Comments for Gavin Adams Information Blog http://www.gavinadams.org/blog Musings on hobbies, technology and topics of interest Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Replacing vCenter 4.1 SSL Certificate with Active Directory Issued One by me@gavinadams.org http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/2010/07/14/replacing-vcenter-4-1-ssl-certificate-with-active-directory-issued-one/comment-page-1#comment-580 me@gavinadams.org Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:37:33 +0000 http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/?p=170#comment-580 Sorry to hear about the problem. Hopefully you were able to revert back to the backed up certificate and restart the services. You can check ...\VMware\Infrastructure\tomcat\logs for the web server log (assuming this is running under Tomcat). My testing has only been with the local database running under the system account. How is your install configured? vCenter version, is it running under a VM, database setup details, etc. Feel free to ping me via email (details on the About Me page). I'll try to help. Sorry to hear about the problem. Hopefully you were able to revert back to the backed up certificate and restart the services. You can check …\VMware\Infrastructure\tomcat\logs for the web server log (assuming this is running under Tomcat).

My testing has only been with the local database running under the system account. How is your install configured? vCenter version, is it running under a VM, database setup details, etc. Feel free to ping me via email (details on the About Me page). I’ll try to help.

]]> Comment on Replacing vCenter 4.1 SSL Certificate with Active Directory Issued One by Grant http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/2010/07/14/replacing-vcenter-4-1-ssl-certificate-with-active-directory-issued-one/comment-page-1#comment-579 Grant Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:25:00 +0000 http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/?p=170#comment-579 Tried these instructions on a vSphere 4.0 environment, running Server 2003 and neither of the services would start after replacing the default certificates - even after applying the fix at the bottom. Any ideas? Also, where is the log that will show what the error is? The windows application log is next to useless. Tried these instructions on a vSphere 4.0 environment, running Server 2003 and neither of the services would start after replacing the default certificates – even after applying the fix at the bottom. Any ideas? Also, where is the log that will show what the error is? The windows application log is next to useless.

]]> Comment on Replacing vCenter 2.5 Self-Signed Certificate with Active Directory Issued One by EngineerArtistEtc http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/2010/04/16/replacing-vicenter-2-5-self-signed-certificate-with-active-directory-issued-one/comment-page-1#comment-576 EngineerArtistEtc Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:58:00 +0000 http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/?p=145#comment-576 That's just: "vpxd -p" from your Virtual Center directory That’s just:

“vpxd -p” from your Virtual Center directory

]]> Comment on Replacing vCenter 2.5 Self-Signed Certificate with Active Directory Issued One by EngineerArtistEtc http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/2010/04/16/replacing-vicenter-2-5-self-signed-certificate-with-active-directory-issued-one/comment-page-1#comment-575 EngineerArtistEtc Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:56:36 +0000 http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/?p=145#comment-575 VMware says to do the following before bringing the two services back online: cd vpxd –p The password is randomly generated. When prompted for your new password, enter your existing database password. That gets around the same issue Wikkie mentioned. Thanks for the great documentation!! VMware says to do the following before bringing the two services back online:

cd vpxd –p
The password is randomly generated.
When prompted for your new password, enter your existing database password.

That gets around the same issue Wikkie mentioned.

Thanks for the great documentation!!

]]> Comment on Replacing vCenter 2.5 Self-Signed Certificate with Active Directory Issued One by Wikkie http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/2010/04/16/replacing-vicenter-2-5-self-signed-certificate-with-active-directory-issued-one/comment-page-1#comment-573 Wikkie Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:19:24 +0000 http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/?p=145#comment-573 Good article puts me in the right direction. One thing after this the webservice won't start. in the log I found following error: vmware RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_type_2:block type is not 02 For me following kb from Vmware solved the problem: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003070 When you run this enter the password you use to access the DB, So probably the SQL account used for Vsphere BTW: This all in combination using Vsphere 4 update 1 Good article puts me in the right direction.

One thing after this the webservice won’t start.
in the log I found following error:
vmware RSA_padding_check_PKCS1_type_2:block type is not 02

For me following kb from Vmware solved the problem:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003070

When you run this enter the password you use to access the DB, So probably the SQL account used for Vsphere

BTW:
This all in combination using Vsphere 4 update 1

]]> Comment on Snow Leopard Certificate Sillyness by Andre http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/2010/01/05/snow-leopard-certificate-sillyness/comment-page-1#comment-564 Andre Thu, 27 May 2010 14:19:56 +0000 http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/?p=132#comment-564 Thanks for the hint, I was going crazy about this problem... I have tried the import as you suggested, but it failed, only certificates but no identities were imported. In order to make it work I had to change the command line to: security import startssl-smime-cert.p12 -k ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain -f pkcs12 and it worked. Thanks for the hint, I was going crazy about this problem… I have tried the import as you suggested, but it failed, only certificates but no identities were imported. In order to make it work I had to change the command line to:

security import startssl-smime-cert.p12 -k ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain -f pkcs12

and it worked.

]]> Comment on DeltaCopy on Windows 7 and Scheduled Tasks by me@gavinadams.org http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/2009/10/22/deltacopy-on-windows-7-and-scheduled-tasks/comment-page-1#comment-509 me@gavinadams.org Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:24:47 +0000 http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/?p=119#comment-509 Hi Lisa, It sounds like you don't have an account created. Even though you're not running in a domain, you can still create a local account and place it in the Local Admins group. Assign a password and see if that solves the issue. Hi Lisa,

It sounds like you don’t have an account created. Even though you’re not running in a domain, you can still create a local account and place it in the Local Admins group. Assign a password and see if that solves the issue.

]]> Comment on DeltaCopy on Windows 7 and Scheduled Tasks by Lisa http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/2009/10/22/deltacopy-on-windows-7-and-scheduled-tasks/comment-page-1#comment-508 Lisa Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:29:37 +0000 http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/?p=119#comment-508 I do not log in to a domain. I can not get the scheduler to run in windows7. It keeps asking for a password and then I put in the local one and it gives me an error. Have you ever seen this error.)An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information. The specific error is 0x8007052e:login failure: unknown user name or bad password. Please help me out. Thanks Lisa I do not log in to a domain. I can not get the scheduler to run in windows7. It keeps asking for a password and then I put in the local one and it gives me an error. Have you ever seen this error.)An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information. The specific error is 0x8007052e:login failure: unknown user name or bad password. Please help me out. Thanks Lisa

]]> Comment on Snow Leopard Certificate Sillyness by me@gavinadams.org http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/2010/01/05/snow-leopard-certificate-sillyness/comment-page-1#comment-499 me@gavinadams.org Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:02:31 +0000 http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/?p=132#comment-499 Thanks for the comment Alan. I never tried the "backup all" option in Firefox. Heck, never would have thunk of it. I wonder what the difference in the saved certificate is compared to export. Having done some work for a bank recently, the whole EV certificate issue has focused my attention on the whole "assurance industry." Thanks for the comment Alan. I never tried the “backup all” option in Firefox. Heck, never would have thunk of it. I wonder what the difference in the saved certificate is compared to export.

Having done some work for a bank recently, the whole EV certificate issue has focused my attention on the whole “assurance industry.”

]]> Comment on Snow Leopard Certificate Sillyness by Alan Levin http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/2010/01/05/snow-leopard-certificate-sillyness/comment-page-1#comment-498 Alan Levin Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:12:56 +0000 http://www.gavinadams.org/blog/?p=132#comment-498 Hi, I'm using 10.6.2 and never had this problem. Took me many months to work out that the way to export from Firefox was NOT to chose export but rather select 'backup all'. The rest was a breeze (if you remember to restart mail). Thanks for the inspiration though. Look forward to the "opinion piece of certificate authorities in general and digital certificates, SSL, S/MIME, and all that rot" Hi, I’m using 10.6.2 and never had this problem. Took me many months to work out that the way to export from Firefox was NOT to chose export but rather select ‘backup all’. The rest was a breeze (if you remember to restart mail). Thanks for the inspiration though. Look forward to the “opinion piece of certificate authorities in general and digital certificates, SSL, S/MIME, and all that rot”

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