Custom certificate on ESXI rollback to VMCA after adding to vCenter
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Custom certificate on ESXI rollback to VMCA after adding to vCenter

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Article ID: 387130

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Products

VMware vCenter Server VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0 VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0 VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0

Issue/Introduction

ESXI custom certificate rollback to VMCA after reconnecting it back to vCenter 

Environment

VMware vCenter Server 6.x
VMware vCenter Server 7.x
VMware vCenter Server 8.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 6.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 7.x
VMware vSphere ESXi 8.x

Cause

The ESXi host's certificate management mode is set to vmca instead of custom 

Resolution

On the vCenter , Navigate to configure tab click on advance settings 

change vpxd.certmgmt.mode to VMCA

Restart vpxd service 

Add the ESXI host with custom certificate 

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