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FVE_E_POLICY_INVALID_PASSPHRASE_LENGTH
FVE_E_POLICY_INVALID_PASSPHRASE_LENGTH The password/passphrase does not satisfy the minimum length required by effective BitLocker policy. The value is rejected before the protector can be created.
What to check for FVE_E_POLICY_INVALID_PASSPHRASE_LENGTH
- Check the effective minimum password length for the target drive type.
- Choose a longer password that meets the organization’s requirements instead of retrying the same value.
- Verify whether additional complexity or ASCII-only requirements are also configured.
manage-bde -protectors -get <drive>Microsoft: Configure BitLocker policy settings
Microsoft: manage-bde -protectors
Diagnostic interpretation
This result has the HRESULT value 0x80310080. AllStat records the condition as “Your password does not meet minimum password length requirements. By default, passwords must be at least 8 characters in length. Check with your system administrator for the password length requirement in your organization.”.
Evidence to capture
- Capture any IErrorInfo text, activity identifier, event-log entry, and subsystem trace that mentions this result or the fve / policy / passphrase / length operation.
- Reproduce this result with the smallest valid input and note whether the result changes with identity, architecture, service state, or target object.
Retry and recovery
Retry this result only when the owning API documents a transient state or after the condition described as “Your password does not meet minimum password length requirements. ” has changed.
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