Errors with Custom vCenter Appliance 6.7 Certificates and SRM 8.1 (Error 25239)

In this post I decided to talk about two topics regarding vCenter certificates. VMware has improved a lot, but there are still a few bugs and some strange errors. I will show you how to import new custom certificates into vCenter 6.7 and how to resolve an error 25239 installing SRM 8.1. I had this error in a customer and the troubleshoot was quite difficult and the problem was certificate related. So here are my notes about the two topics:

• Installing custom certificates into vCenter 6.7 and troubleshooting
• Installing SRM 8.1 with custom certificates in vCenter 6.7 and troubleshooting

Import Custom 3PAR SSMC Certificates

This is the web based version of the classic 3PAR Management Console application (if you don't use it already, you might know that the old versiont is discontinued).
Today I will show you how to change the default certificates from 3PAR SSMC in a windows platform. You can use external or internal certificates from your Certificate Authority.

All the tools you need to complete this task are pretty well already on the server where you installed the SSMC software.

I think from another post I read that when you upgrade the SSMC version this will overwrite the certificate and you will have to do this again, i have not tested this yet.

Let's see how to do it!

Publishing Exchange 2010 Services in ISA 2006 or TMG 2010 with Certificates

 

 

In this Post I will show you how to Publish all of the Exchange Services in Firewall Rules (with certificates) so you can access it through Webmail, ActiveSync and/or Outlook Anywhere.

This will work with Microsoft Exchange 2007/2010 and Microsoft ISA 2006 and TMG 2010. Other versions of Exchange will work, but you will need to change some of the paths in the Firewall.

The Steps are:

1. Create and Import the Certificates;
2. Configure the Exchange Server;
3. Create the Web Listener in the Firewall;
4. Configure of the Publishing Rules
1. WebMail (OWA)
2. Outlook Anywhere
3. ActiveSync
5. Troubleshooting

With this configuration you can access your Email from Outside/Internet using your favorite browser or any mobile application that use Exchange Services or ActiveSync. With Outlook Anywhere you can use your Outlook like you were in the Office.

So, let's begin!