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5.

Enter the following information in the Certificate Info section:

Country

State

Locality

Organization

Common Name—The fully qualified vCenter Server name.

6.

Optionally, enter the following information in the Optional Certificate Info section:

Organizational Unit

Email

Surname

Given Name

7.

Click Generate.

The certificate signing request is generated. A certificate request with 1024-bit encryption is
generated. .

8.

Copy the certificate signing request text.

9.

Use the Certification Authority tool to generate the CA-signed certificate.

This step is performed outside the vSphere Client application. For instructions, see the
Certification Authority tool documentation.

10. Copy the generated CA-signed certificate to the server on which the Storage Module for

vCenter is installed.

11. Select Certificate Upload from the Actions drop-down list.
12. Paste the CA-signed certificate in the text box, and then click Upload.

NOTE:

After installing a certificate, you must restart all services for Insight Control for vCenter.

When using the vSphere Web Client, after the services are started, log out of the vSphere Web
Client, and then log back in.

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