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3 Register the Management Agent certificate with the vRealize Appliance management site.
a Open a command prompt as an administrator and navigate to the Cafe directory on the machine
on which the Management Agent is installed at <vra-installation-dir>\Management
Agent\Tools\Cafe, typically C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\vCAC\Management
Agent\Tools\Cafe
b Type the Vcac-Config.exe RegisterNode command with options to register the Management
Agent identifier and certificate in one step. Include the Management Agent identifier you recorded
earlier as the value for the -nd option and the thumbprint of the new certificate as the value of the
-tp.
Table 94. Required Options and Arguments for Vcac-Config.exe RegisterNode
Option Argument Notes
-url
"vra-va-hostname.domain.name:5480" The URL of the management site host,
including a port specification
-cu
"root" The user name, which must be the root
user
-cp
"password" Password for the root user as a quoted
string
-hn
"machine-hostname.domain.name" The machine name of the Management
Agent host, including domain information
-nd
"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" Management Agent identifier
-tp
"0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Thumbprint for the new certificate
The following example shows the command format:
Vcac-Config.exe RegisterNode -v -url "vra-va-hostname.domain.name:5480"
-cu "root" -cp "password" -hn "machine-hostname.domain.name"
-nd "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
-tp "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
Example: Command to Register a Management Agent Certificate
Vcac-Config.exe RegisterNode -v -url "vra-va.eng.mycompany:5480" -cu "root" -cp
"secret" -hn "iaas.eng.mycompany" -nd "C816CFBX-4830-4FD2-8951-C17429CEA291" -tp
"70928851D5B72B206E4B1CF9F6ED953EE1103DED"
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