Once admin is getting notifications form (ab)users about issue with login to vCenter, there are few possibilities: PEBCAK – one of many terms used in Internet chatting, stands for “problem exists between chair and keyboard,” meaning it’s a problem in user understanding or behavior rather than something wrong with hardware or software. The term is…
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How to manage certificates in GUI in vSphere 7
vCenter Server 7.0 has done some interesting things to help make certificate management easier. To start, the solution certificates are deprecated, being replaced under the hood with a less complex but equally secure method of connecting other products like vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, etc. Login to vCenter Go to → Menu → Administration → Certificate Management From…
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With vSphere 7 the management of certificates became much easier. For starters the solution certificates are deprecated, being replaced under the hood with a less complex but equally secure method of connecting other products like vRealize Operations, vRealize Log Insight, etc. Furthermore, there are now REST APIs for handling vCenter Server certificates. VMware Certificate Authority…
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After renewing certificate for one on my vCenters and refreshing connection with vROps, I was not able to re-connect NSX appliance. The error messages was: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: com.vmware.vim.vmomi.client.exception.VlsiCertificateException: Server certificate chain is not trusted and thumbprint doesn’t match Here is my playbook to fix the issue: In vROps navigate to Administration->Management->Certificate Find and delete the old…
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