How It Started I screwed up a vCenter instance. Actually it is pretty easy to screw up the state-of-the-art hypervisor controller from its beautifully designed web UI, using the appealing buttons that always have been there. The process only requires 2 simple steps: Enable vCenter HA Replace the machine SSL certificate The vCenter HA documentation do state “if you want to use custom certificates, you have to remove the vCenter HA configuration” using the smallest font size possible, but the warning is nowhere mentioned in the documentation related to replacing SSL certificates where it should be.
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vSAN 7.0U1 Cluster Rebuild: A Firsthand Experience
How It Started I screwed up a vCenter instance. Actually it is pretty easy to screw up the state-of-the-art hypervisor controller from its beautifully designed web UI, using the appealing buttons that always have been there. The process only requires 2 simple steps: Enable vCenter HA Replace the machine SSL certificate The vCenter HA documentation do state “if you want to use custom certificates, you have to remove the vCenter HA configuration” using the smallest font size possible, but the warning is nowhere mentioned in the documentation related to replacing SSL certificates where it should be.