Host TPM Attestation alarm in vCenter UI

Products

• VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

After reboot of host you are receiving  Host TPM Attestation alarm.

Investigating host logs you see similar entries in vmkernel logs located at /var/run/log

 

vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 457: TXT chipset and all needed capabilities present.
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 194: Attempting trusted launch.
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1324: Failed to unmarshal NV read public response.
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 351: Failed to retrieve launch error (0x1c10132) size: Failure (0xbad0001)
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 399: Failed to inquire last TPM status.
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1264: Reserving TXT public pages [0xfed30, 0xfed31)
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1271: Reserving TXT private pages [0xfed20, 0xfed21)
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1309: Reserving TXT heap pages [0x77f00, 0x78000)
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1319: Reserving TXT SINIT pages [0x77ec0, 0x77f00)
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1609: TXT.DIDVID = 0x1b0078086
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1610:  vendorId = 0x8086
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1611:  deviceId = 0xb007
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1612:  revisionId = 0x1
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1613:  extendedId = 0x0
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1485: TXT.ERRORCODE = 0xc0040411
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1491: TXT error: ACM error (Error in launching ACM: SINIT is launched not via SENTER. Minor error code: 0x4.)
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 1494: Found TXT error, will do unmeasured launch.
vmkernel: WARNING: VMB_TPM: 201: Trusted launch failed.
vmkernel: VMB_TPM: 206: Attempting measured launch.

Environment

vSphere 8.x

Cause

Possible hardware failure or misconfiguration.

Resolution

Contact your hardware vendor for furter investigation.