VMware Cloud Assembly - SSL Certificates Enablement Scheduled Maintenance

This maintenance has been completed.

Start Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 19:10 UTC End Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 20:10 UTC Duration: 60 minutes

Impact: Some users may receive an error message similar to the following:

“Failed to connect to vCenter: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target”

This means one of your cloud accounts has an untrusted certificate.

To resolve the error:

1. Edit the existing cloud account in Cloud Assembly.
2. Validate the cloud account and accept the certificate when prompted.
3. Save the cloud account. You can validate that the cloud account integration is working correctly by monitoring the data collection status in the Edit Cloud Account view.

This maintenance has been completed and is being monitored until Wednesday, October 24, 2018 19:00 UTC

Start Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 19:10 UTC End Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 20:10 UTC Duration: 60 minutes

Impact: Some users may receive an error message similar to the following:

“Failed to connect to vCenter: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target”

This means one of your cloud accounts has an untrusted certificate.

To resolve the error:

1. Edit the existing cloud account in Cloud Assembly.
2. Validate the cloud account and accept the certificate when prompted.
3. Save the cloud account. You can validate that the cloud account integration is working correctly by monitoring the data collection status in the Edit Cloud Account view.

This maintenance is in progress.

Start Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 19:10 UTC End Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 20:10 UTC Duration: 60 minutes

Impact: Some users may receive an error message similar to the following:

“Failed to connect to vCenter: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target”

This means one of your cloud accounts has an untrusted certificate.

To resolve the error:

1. Edit the existing cloud account in Cloud Assembly.
2. Validate the cloud account and accept the certificate when prompted.
3. Save the cloud account. You can validate that the cloud account integration is working correctly by monitoring the data collection status in the Edit Cloud Account view.

Strict checking of SSL certificates is being enabled in Cloud Assembly for the following types of cloud accounts: vSphere, NSX-T, NSX-V, and VMware Cloud on AWS.

Start Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 19:10 UTC End Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 20:10 UTC

Impact: Some users may receive an error message similar to the following:

“Failed to connect to vCenter: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target”

This means one of your cloud accounts has an untrusted certificate.

To resolve the error:

1. Edit the existing cloud account in Cloud Assembly.
2. Validate the cloud account and accept the certificate when prompted.
3. Save the cloud account. You can validate that the cloud account integration is working correctly by monitoring the data collection status in the Edit Cloud Account view.