Viewing KMIP for VMware instances
End of Marketing: As of 31 October 2025, new deployments of VMware Solutions offerings are no longer available for new customers. Existing customers can still use and expand their active VMware® workloads on IBM Cloud®. For more information, see End of Marketing for VMware on IBM Cloud.
Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP™) for VMware® offering support will end on 31 December 2026 after which the KMIP for VMware service will no longer work. Provisioning of new instances is no longer allowed, and existing customers must migrate to IBM® Key Protect for IBM Cloud® before 31 December 2026.
Use this procedure to view the KMIP™ for VMware® instances that you ordered and information about them.
Procedure to view KMIP for VMware instances
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In the VMware Solutions console, click Resources > KMIP for VMware from the left navigation panel.
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In the KMIP for VMware table, you can see information about the instances that you ordered.
| Item | Description |
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| Name | The name of the instance. |
| Region | The IBM Cloud® region where the instance is hosted. |
| Creation time | The date and time when the instance was created. |
| Status | The status of the instance. |
The instance can have different statuses.
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| Installing | The instance is being created. |
| Inactive | The instance is successfully deployed, but it is not configured yet. |
| Configuring | The instance is being activated. |
| Installed | The instance is ready to use. |
| Removing | The instance is being deleted. |