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EMC Avamar 6.1 for VMware User Guide
Configuration and Setup
Configure vCenter-to-Avamar authentication
Avamar VMware Image Backup will not work unless:
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A valid authentication certificate is present on the Avamar Management Console
Server (MCS).
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Certificate authentication for all MCS-to-vCenter communications is turned off.
You must perform this task for each vCenter you intend to protect.
Option 1: Install an authentication certificate on the Avamar MCS
Avamar VMware Image Backup will not work unless a valid authentication certificate is
present on the MCS. For security reasons, Avamar intentionally does not provide one. You
must either obtain your own authentication certificate, or use the default certificate
provided with vCenter, then install either certificate using this procedure.
This procedure assumes that you are installing the default certificate provided with
vCenter.
The procedure uses the java keytool command, a utility that manages certificate keys. The
keytool command is located in the Java bin directory (/usr/java/jreVERSION/bin), where
VERSION is the specific Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version currently installed on the
MCS. If this directory is not in your path, you can either add it to the path, or specify the
complete path when using keytool.
1. Open a command shell, and log in:
• If logging into a single-node server, log in to the server as admin.
• If logging into a multi-node server, log in to the utility node as admin.
2. Stop the MCS by typing:
dpnctl stop mcs
3. Switch user to root by typing:
su -
4. Copy rui.crt from the vCenter machine to /tmp on the utility node or single-node
server.
The default certificate provided with vCenter is:
• Windows 2008: C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\rui.crt
• Other Windows versions: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL\rui.crt
• Linux: /etc/vmware-vpx/ssl/rui.crt
5. Create a temporary version of the MCS keystore by copying the live keystore to /tmp by
typing:
cp /usr/local/avamar/lib/rmi_ssl_keystore /tmp/
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