You can encrypt your virtual machine with a password to control access to the virtual machine and its contents.

Suspend or shut down the virtual machine.

1

Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.

2

Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.

3

Under Other in the Settings window, click Encryption.

4

Select Enable Encryption and set the encryption password.

The password must be six characters or longer.

Important

Make a record of the encryption password. If you forget the encryption password, Fusion does not provide a way to retrieve it.

5

(Optional) To store the encryption password in the Keychain password management system on your Mac, select Remember Password.

6

Click OK.

The virtual machine is encrypted. Users must provide the encryption password to open the virtual machine.