The SSL/TLS communications with VMware vCenter Server are established to perform a storage node installation, addition, and replacement, the configuration information change and setting, the configuration file import and export, and the configuration backup and restore on the maintenance node. Server certificate verification that is performed in those operations differs from server certificate verification described earlier in the following points.
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Verification target |
How to set verification |
Valid period of the setting |
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Storage node |
--ignore_certificate_errors option for each command |
During the command execution |
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VMware vCenter Server |
change_certificate_action command |
Recorded as an attribute for each user. This setting is valid even if the user is logged out. |
When server certificate verification for VMware vCenter Server is unsuccessful, an error message that contains "SSL connection", "TLS connection", or "certificate" is output.
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For how to change the server certificate for VMware vCenter Server, see the VMware documentation.
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If you have changed the server certificate, see Add your own root CA certificate to the maintenance node (Virtual machine) in this manual to perform necessary operation.
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For details about the change_certificate_action command, see Managing maintenance nodes (Virtual machine) in this manual.
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For how to specify the server certificate verification setting, contact customer support.