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ebissonnette
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Converter Standalone install error 29190

I am trying to install vCenter Converter standalone on Server 2019. I am getting an error 29190: Could not generate SSL keys.

 

Looking in the vminst log file I see the following:

 

vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::Execute::File: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\openssl.exe Len: 77
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::Execute::Params: genrsa -out "C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone\ssl\cakey.pem" 2048
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::Execute::Params Len: 90
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::Execute::Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Len: 65
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::Execute::Verb: Len: 0
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::Execute::ShellExecuteEx Res: 1
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::Execute::Process: 1656
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::Execute::done Res: 0
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::ExecuteWaitEx::Execute Res: 0
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::ExecuteWaitEx::WAIT_OBJECT_0
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::ExecuteWaitEx::GetExitCodeProcess Process: 1656 ExitCode: 1 Res: 1
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::ExecuteWaitEx::Res: 1 Incorrect function.
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::ExecuteWaitEx::done Res: 1
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::ExecuteWaitTerminateEx::done Res: 1
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstShell::ExecuteWait::done Res: 1
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMGenerateSSLKeys::Execute SSL Res: 1
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMGenerateSSLKeys::Failed to generate SSL keys
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:47:45 VMInstMsi::PostMsg::Type: 0x01000030 Error: 29190 Value:
vieInstUtil: 10/23/22 15:49:22 VMInstMsi::PostMsg::done Res: 1

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runalongrh
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https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/85160

Check to see if you already have a version of openssl.exe on the machine. If it is in the PATH variable and is an older version, the install will fail. 

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