Vcenter 5.5 change the domain name and SSL certificate

Hello All,

I have a vCenter 5.5 running number of ESX 5.5 and 5.1, we have a requirement to remove the domain that the vCenter is member of  to new Active Directory Domain

Old vCenter FQDN

• venter.domain1.domain.local

New vCenter FQDN

• vcenter.domian.local

the second task is to apply the  new SSL certificate

I'm currently trying to get a working to the achieve the above process

I did the following “this is all in the test environment"

1- Make record of the user roles

2- Change the vcenter domain Remove from the old domain - reboot - add to the new domain

3- Satrt up the server Vcenter

4- login to the vClient

5- go to the vcenter Advance setting the change the following

• virtualCenter.FQDN = vcenter.domian.local

1. VirtualCenter.InstanceName= vcenter.domian.local
2. VirtualCenter.VimWebService rui = vcenter.domian.local

I reboot the server, and vCenter service starts OK

I need to configure and change the following attribute to reflect the new domain name

1. Config.vpxd.sso.admin.uri
2. Config.vpxd.sso.sts.uri
3. Config.vpxd.sso.groupCheck.uri

Once I change the above value to the new domain the vcenter services will not start on boot.up

The second Issue.

I need to apply a new  SSL certificate

I apply the SSO new certificate and make inventory service and Vcenretr to trust using the SSL automated tool

I update the inventorying service SSL,” 3. Go to the machine with Inventory Service installed and - Update the Inventor

Service SSL certificate. “

I get the following error

[.] WARNING: Certificate's `CN=VCENTERdomain.internal .corp.internal, OU=vCenterInventoryServi

ce-VCENTER55, O=AllianceBoots, L=Chessington, ST=KT, C=GB' signature uses weak o

ne-way hash (SHA-1). In a secure environment it is recommended to use SHA2-256 o

r a stronger hash algorithm.

[.] The supplied certificate chain is valid.

[03/11/2014 - 13:02:11.30]: Last operation update Inventory Service SSL certific

ate failed :

[03/11/2014 - 13:02:11.31]: Cannot determine if Inventory Service is registered

with Single Sign-On - errorlevel is 1

Has anyone done this task before. any assistace will be very much apprecieted