Exchange the new security certificates with vCenter for SPBM
When you replace the security certificates or upgrade
PowerProtect Data Manager, you may need to exchange the new certificates with vCenter for storage policy based management (SPBM).
Steps
Obtain the new
PowerProtect Data Manager root certificate.
Use SCP or another file transfer utility to download the certificate at
/etc/ssl/certificates/custom/globalca.pem from the server.
Add the vCenter as an asset source and complete asset discovery.
The
PowerProtect Data Manager Administration and User Guide provides more information.
Add the new
PowerProtect Data Manager root certificate to the vCenter certificate store.
A
PowerProtect Data Manager user with the
Administrator role.
Password
The corresponding account password.
Substitute the placeholders with the
PowerProtect Data Manager fully qualified domain name.
Results
PowerProtect Data Manager is ready to work with SPBM.
Next steps
If you upgrade
PowerProtect Data Manager after replacing the security certificates and exchanging the certificates with SPBM, perform the following steps:
Obtain the
PowerProtect Data Manager root certificate as described in this task.
Add the root certificate to the vCenter certificate store as described in this task.
The registration status shows
Rescanning error or
Offline until the session refreshes to use the new security certificate. Refreshes happen at the top of every hour. To immediately apply the new certificates, remove the SPBM storage provider, and then repeat step
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