Hi,
I''ve installed vCenter 5.1 Update 1 on a fresh Windows Server 2008 R2. For this I've followed the description to replace the self-signed certificates by CA-signed ones (see http://www.derekseaman.com/2012/09/vmware-vcenter-51-installation-part-1.html). All components are installed on the same server including Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for the required databases.
All steps worked for me, expect the reregistering of the Inventory Service in vCenter SSO service. According to the instructions in part 5 I've executed the following command in an elevated command prompt:
D:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Inventory Service\scripts>register-sso.bat https://fqdn.my.host:7444/lookupservice/sdk admin@System-Domain OhSoSecret
The command returned immediately with the following error message:
Argument solutionCertificate cannot be null
Return code is: InvalidInput
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D:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Inventory Service\scripts>
After googling around without finding any useful hint I've started to check the involved batch files from VMware as found on the server. But this didn't bring me any closer to a solution.
Has anybody else experienced this problem yet? And is there maybe a solution to it?
Regards,
Bruno