This chapter excerpt on Installing and Configuring vCenter Server (download PDF) is taken from the book VMware vSphere 4 Administration Instant Reference. This book provides information on the ins and ...

Before you upgrade vCenter Server, you need to make sure you have a good backup of the SQL database and that the SQL database you are using is supported by vCenter Server 4.0. Also make sure you have ...

SSL certificates took on an important role in vSphere 5.1, and managing the certificates that the vSphere environment required became another challenge that vSphere administrators needed to tackle.

Trying to rid ourselves of self-signed certs so I'm using the ssl-updater tool to install the certs into the various vcenter components. Got to the part where I install the Vcenter cert and it's ...

SSL certificates took on an important role in vSphere 5.1, and managing the certificates that the vSphere environment required became another challenge that vSphere administrators needed to tackle.