Managing certificates for existing hosts

Last Updated : Jun 08, 2018 |

About this task

By default, the certificate status of the host or vCenter that is migrated from earlier release is invalid. To perform any operation on the host from Solution Deployment Manager, you require a valid certificate. Therefore, you must get the valid certificate and accept the certificate.

Before you begin

Gain permissions to add a host to generate certificates.

Procedure

  1. On the desktop, click the SDM icon (Icon used to open the Solution Deployment Manager client dashboard), and then click Application Management.
  2. In Application Management Tree, select a location.
  3. On the Platforms tab, in the Platforms for Selected Location <location name> area, select a platform.
  4. For the ESXi host, do one of the following:

    • If the certificate is valid, on the Certificate dialog box, click More Actions > Generate/Accept Certificate, and click Accept Certificate.

    • If the certificate is invalid, log in to the ESXi host, validate the certificate, and then from Solution Deployment Manager, accept the certificate.

      For more information, see Generating and updating the certificate on the ESXi host from VMware.