VMware certificate renewal 8.x
Certificate renewal Problem Statement : certifcate is due to expire e.g – Dec 2025 KB’s to follow Follow the url – https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/385107/vcert-scripted-vcenter-expired-certific.html Step :1 copy the vCert file via WinSCP to /tmp folder of vCenter Step :2 Run the below commands # unzip -q vCert-6.1.0-20250910.zip # cd vCert-6.1.0-20250910 # chmod +x vCert.py # ./vCert.py Step […]
vCenter upgrade 7.0 to 8.0 (Standalone with ELM)- Part 1 & Part 2
Recently I performed a vCenter upgrade 7.0 to 8.0 for a customer, standalone vCenter with ELM, and was a good learning curve Part 1 will brief about the Pre-requisites and how to verify for the version/compatibility matrix/script run Pre-Requisite Compatibility Matrix – validate the version compatibility for the components and sequence of upgrade Validate the […]