Windows Installation Prerequisites

  • Make sure the version of Windows running on the target system is supported for data encryption. If you want to encrypt the boot drive, make sure the Windows version is supported for boot drive encryption as well. For details, see Supported Platforms.
  • Make sure the default language for the Windows operating system is English. The Entrust Policy Agent uses scripts that parse the output of Windows commands, and those scripts may give unexpected results if the command output is in a language other than English.
  • Make sure that the Cryptographic Security Platform Vault for VM Encryption or Cryptographic Security Platform Vault for Databases is installed and the cluster is configured properly as described in the Administration Guide. The cluster must be healthy. You cannot register the Policy Agent with a degraded cluster.
  • Make sure the target system is partitioned correctly and you know which partition you want to encrypt. In addition, the partition must be assigned a drive letter or folder mount through the Windows Disk Manager. For details, see your Windows documentation.

  • Make sure that the Microsoft .NET framework 4.8.0 or higher is installed on the target system. For more information, see https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/net481.

    Note: The Microsoft .NET framework is required to use the Policy Agent GUI. If not installed, you will need to use the CLI.

  • If you want to encrypt the boot drive, see the prerequisites in Windows Boot Drive Installation Prerequisites.