VMware VCM 5.3 - TRANSPORT LAYER SECURITY IMPLEMENTATION Manual page 24

-h 2 Max height of certificate chains. A value of 2 for the Enterprise allows
it to sign a Collector certificate capable of signing Agent certificates.
-in <name> The name of the signing certificate. This would be the common name
(CN field) of the Enterprise Certificate when creating Collector
certificates.
-ir LocalMachine The account of the signing certificate. VCM and the examples in this
document use "LocalMachine"
-is Root The location of the signing certificate. "Root" is the trusted root store.
-len Key length (optional).
-n <collector_cert_ The subject of the Collector certificate.
name>
Must be a valid x509 identifier. Collector Certificates generated by
the VCM installer will have the form:
"CN=VMware VCM Collector Certificate AAAAAAAA-AAAA-AAAA-
AAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAA, T=VMware VCM Certificate 7529006C-
222F-4EBF-A7E7-F6AB15DB626F, O=<customer_name>"
-n <enterprise_cert_ The subject of the Enterprise Certificate.
name>
Must be a valid x509 identifier. Enterprise Certificates generated by
the VCM installer will have the form:
"CN=VMware VCM Collector Certificate AAAAAAAA-AAAA-AAAA-
AAAA-AAAAAAAAAAAA, T=VMware VCM Certificate 7529006C-
222F-4EBF-A7E7-F6AB15DB626F, O=<customer_name>"
CN: Generic name based on a GUID generated for each set
l
of certificates created. This field is required.
T: Static field identifying VCM generated certificates and is
l
the same for all generated certificates. This field is optional.
OU: Static field. This field is optional.
l
O: Contains the customer name identified in the license file.
l
This field is optional.
CN: Generic name based on a GUID generated for each set
l
of certificates created. This field is required.
T: Static field identifying VCM generated certificates and is
l
the same for all generated certificates. This field is optional.
OU: Static field. This field is optional.
l
O: Contains the customer name identified in the license file.
l
This field is optional.
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