Smarts NCM: How can I recreate the Bundl.p12 Certificate if I lost my password

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - NCM

Resolution

Here is how to recreate your Bundle.p12 certificate if you have lost or forgotten your certificate password:
 

1. Download createbundle.pl to your application server
2. source /etc/voyence.conf
3. perl createbundle.pl $VOYENCE_HOME 'NEW PASSWORD'

Make sure it follows the password rules per the NCM documentation;
The password must contain atleast:
  One letter in upper case
  One letter in lower case
  One special character
  One numerical
  Minimum eight characters
Notice: The password must not start or end with a special character.
Special characters that can be used for the certificate password are:
  Tilde (~)
  Exclamation (!)
  At (@)
  Number (#)
  Percent (%)
 

You should see the below 3 messages after executing the script.

Successfully created: /root/bundle.p12
Successfully extracted key from bundle.p12.
Successfully extracted root certificate from bundle.p12.

If not, please re run the script with a new different password.

4. Once completed, copy to  /root/bundle.p12 on the new Device Server and proceed with the installation.
5. No need to copy to existing Device Servers 

Additional Information

IS-6382