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JamesR86
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Vcenter 6.5 Certificate Field Blank/will not issue to ESXI host.

Hi all,

Having an issue with the VCS certificate Manager w/ESXi hosts.


VCS is 6.5 latest build, ESXi hosts are 6.5 latest build. VCS is on Windows, not VMCA.

edit* the VCS does have a valid trusted cert from our CA. No issues there.

I'm having two issues that are more than likely related:


First in the VCS under the certificate tab of a selected host - the certificate data field is just blank. No data. Cannot figure out why I'm not seeing ESXi host certificates.And when i say blank - just a blank field.

Second, when I try to renew the host certificates, the job says it completed, but it actually never did. After restart of the host/agent - the ESXi still shows the old certificate. Obviously nothing is reflected in the VCS because the cert tab is blank.

I have 12 hosts and they all do the same thing.

Google has been useless as well VMWare docs.

Any help would be appreciated!

-James

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msripada
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Was the ESXi host in maintenance mode when you renew or refresh certificates on ESXi host?

Thanks,

MS

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JamesR86
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Sir,

I've tried it both in and out of maintenance mode. No success either way.

James

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