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Generating and accepting certificates

About this task

With Solution Deployment Manager, you can generate certificates only for Appliance Virtualization Platform hosts.

For the VMware ESXi hosts, if the certificate is invalid:

Before you begin

Require permissions to add a host to generate certificates.

Procedure

  1. On the System Manager web console, click Services > Solution Deployment Manager, and then click VM Management.
  2. In VM Management Tree, select a location.
  3. On the Host tab, in the Host for Selected Location <location name>, select an Appliance Virtualization Platform host.
  4. Click More Actions > Generate/Accept Certificate.
  5. On the Certificate window, do the following:
    1. Click Generate Certificate.
      noteNote

      You can generate certificate only for the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.

    2. Click Accept Certificate.

    In the Hosts for Selected Location <location name> section, the Host Certificate column must display .

Next Steps

If the system displays an SSL verification error when you gain access to the Appliance Virtualization Platform host from the vSphere client, restart the Appliance Virtualization Platform host.