If a security certificate for a VMware VirtualCenter server expires, or a self-signed certificate is replaced by a third-party CA Certificate, you must update the configuration in VMware VirtualCenter and in Virtual Machine Manager. The following procedure explains the changes that are required.

To update configurations after a certificate change on a VirtualCenter server

  1. To replace the current VMware VirtualCenter self-signed certificate with a new self-signed or third-party CA certificate in VMware VirtualCenter, follow the instructions in the VMware Infrastructure SDK Developer’s Setup Guide, which is available on the VMware Infrastructure SDK Support and Resource site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=121744).

  2. After replacing the certificate on the VirtualCenter server, run the following Windows PowerShell cmdlets on the VMM server, where VirtMgrServer01.Contoso.com is the FQDN of the VirtualCenter server:

    $Virtman = Get-virtualizationmanager –computername “VirtMgrServer01.Contoso.com”

    $Cert = Get-certificate –computername “VirtMgrServer01.Contoso.com”

    Set-VirtualizationManager –VirtualizationManager -$VirtMan –Certificate $Cert

    Note
    Security certificates can only be updated from the command line.

See Also

For the most up-to-date Help information, go to the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Help Online. To find additional Virtual Machine Manager 2008 documentation, go to the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 TechCenter Library.