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How to renew Self-Signed certificates for NSX-T LocalManager, tomcat and mp-cluster.

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 Hello Everyone, Hope you are doing well. Today, i am covering this posts regarding the self-signed certificate expires in NSX-T environments for components like LocalManager and mp-cluster.  you will see warnings on NSX-T GUI that LocalManager and mp-cluster self-signed certificates has been expired.  Generally, we update only NSX Manager Cluster/VIP certificates only.  Certificates for LocalManager, tomcat and mp-cluster comes with self-signed certificates when we deployed the NSX-T environment. tomcat certificates is an API certificate used for external communication with individual NSX Manager nodes through UI/API. mp-cluster is an API certificate used for external communication with the NSX Manager cluster using the cluster VIP, through UI/API. Let's start to renew the LocalManager self-signed certificates. Login to NSX-T GUI with admin credentials. Go to Systems > Under Settings click on Certificates > click on CSRs > click GENERATE CsR Click on GEN...

Cross vCenter Server VM migration without same SSO domain in vSphere 7.0.

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 Hello All, Today, i am covering the new feautres introduced in vSphere 7.0 where we can migrate a VM to another vCenter Server which is not joined to same SSO domain.  It means, there is no need to have linked mode and same SSO joined vCenter Servers to migrate a VM to another vCenter Server. All you need you have Network connectivity between the Source and Destination vCenter Servers and required ports should be allowed as well as have access at both the vCenter Server. Below are the screenshots capture while moving a VM from one vCenter Server to another running on vSphere 7.0 version.  Login on Source vCenter Server and choose the VM which we want to migrate.  Right click on VM and choose Migrate option and then select Cross vCenter Server export option.     Click NEXT  Put Destination vCenter Server FQDN, Username and Password and Click on LOGIN option. Accept the thumbprint and click on Yes        Click NEXT and Proceed furthe...