System sometimes displays error message with vcsencrypt or vcsdecrypt

Last published : Sep 11, 2026
If random number generator is not configured on your system and you run vcsencrypt or vcsdecrypt, the system sometimes displays the following error message:
VCS ERROR V-16-1-10351 Could not set FIPS mode
Workaround: Ensure that the random number generator is defined on your system for encryption to work correctly. Typically, the files required for random number generator are /dev/random and /dev/urandom.