https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/external-ssl-cert-in-sim-breaks-vmm/m-p/4088166#M29796 <!--!*#-->How do I install an SSL certificate from our internal certificate authority (CA) into HP SIM (via Options\Security\Certificates\Server Certificate...) without breaking the link between SIM and the Virtualization Management Software (VMM)? I have tried importing the cert and the cert chain with VMM stopped and running but with no luck. The hpvmmsvc.log in C:\Program Files\HP\HP Virtualization Management Software\log records the following:<BR /><BR />INFO - SSLSupport initialized with keyStore=/vmtools.ks trustStore=/vmtoolstrust.ks<BR />INFO - SIM SOAP access failed.<BR />WARN - Waiting 30 seconds until retrying to contact SIM.<BR /><BR />The last two lines repeat and then after 30 minutes the HP Virtual Machine Management Service shuts down.<BR /><BR />It looks like I should be able to add our enterprise root CA to the vmtools.ks or vmtoolstrust.ks keystores but I cannot find them. Nor can I find any reference to them in the VMM release notes or user guide documentation.<BR /><BR />VMM works again if I create a new self-signed SSL cert in SIM.<BR /><BR />HP SIM 5.1 with SP1 (build C.05.01.00.02) and VMM/HP Virtual Machine Management Pack 2.2 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:09:41 GMT Christopher Seary 2007-10-18T08:09:41Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/external-ssl-cert-in-sim-breaks-vmm/m-p/4088166#M29796 <!--!*#-->How do I install an SSL certificate from our internal certificate authority (CA) into HP SIM (via Options\Security\Certificates\Server Certificate...) without breaking the link between SIM and the Virtualization Management Software (VMM)? I have tried importing the cert and the cert chain with VMM stopped and running but with no luck. The hpvmmsvc.log in C:\Program Files\HP\HP Virtualization Management Software\log records the following:<BR /><BR />INFO - SSLSupport initialized with keyStore=/vmtools.ks trustStore=/vmtoolstrust.ks<BR />INFO - SIM SOAP access failed.<BR />WARN - Waiting 30 seconds until retrying to contact SIM.<BR /><BR />The last two lines repeat and then after 30 minutes the HP Virtual Machine Management Service shuts down.<BR /><BR />It looks like I should be able to add our enterprise root CA to the vmtools.ks or vmtoolstrust.ks keystores but I cannot find them. Nor can I find any reference to them in the VMM release notes or user guide documentation.<BR /><BR />VMM works again if I create a new self-signed SSL cert in SIM.<BR /><BR />HP SIM 5.1 with SP1 (build C.05.01.00.02) and VMM/HP Virtual Machine Management Pack 2.2 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 08:09:41 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/external-ssl-cert-in-sim-breaks-vmm/m-p/4088166#M29796 Christopher Seary 2007-10-18T08:09:41Z