Certificate errors when connecting Gateway Server or non-domain Agent to...
This was a bit of an odd one. I was adding a Gateway Server to a newly rebuilt SCOM 2007 R2 Root Management Server when I kept encountering this error: The certificate specified in the registry at...
View ArticleRequesting SCOM 2007 Gateway or Agent Certificates for Server 2008 from a...
This is a pretty specific set of instructions for a specific environment: If you are using Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 and you have a Microsoft Certificate Services 2003 Certificate...
View ArticleUsing System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Audit Collection Services for...
SCOM 2007 R2’s Audit Collection Services (ACS from now on) is very useful for meeting compliance (e.g. Sarbanes Oxley) and security audit requirements – working with financial companies often requires...
View ArticleConfiguring SSTP VPN connections to Threat Management Gateway 2010
SSTP or SSL VPN connections are great for people working on client sites or behind very restrictive firewalls – they only require HTTPS (port 443) to be open to be able to connect. Unfortunately, you...
View ArticleConfiguring a Guest wireless network with restricted access to Production VLANs
It’s a fairly common requirement – setting up a guest WiFi network that is secure from the rest of your LAN. You need a secure WLAN access for the domain laptops which has full access to the Server and...
View ArticlePowershell – Generate Microsoft CA signed SSL certificates with vSphere 5.1
The process of requesting certificates for vSphere 5.1 is a fairly grim, manual process. It’s repetitive and easy to make a mistake on any step of the way. Since I’ve got to do this for quite a few...
View ArticleWhy secure your vSphere environment with valid SSL certificates?
It’s no secret that installing certificates from an internal CA is a pain in the…vCenter, but having just gone through the process of updating 3 vCenter installations with the 5-7 certificates required...
View ArticleGenerating and Installing CA Signed Certificates for VMware SRM 5.5
I’m fairly new to SRM, but even so this one seemed like a real head-scratcher! If you happen to be using CA signed certificates on your “protected site” vCenter and “recovery site” vCenter servers,...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 Certificate Toolkit for Distributed Environments
If you’ve had the dubious pleasure of generating and installing vCenter certificates, you’ll know that it’s not the greatest of fun. When VMware released the SSL Certificate Automation Tool, it helped...
View ArticleVCAC 6.0 build-out to distributed model – Part 1: Certificates
Posts in this seriesvCAC 6.0/6.1 build out to distributed model: Deploy the Identity ApplianceVCAC 6.0 build-out to distributed model – Part 1: CertificatesvCAC 6.0 build-out to distributed model –...
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