VMware SRM - 3PAR Certificates
At a certain point you will upgrade the 3PAR Firmware and during one of those code releases, 3PAR certificates were introduced. The issue is that your SRM will stop working until you've rectified this. The SRA User Guide covers the TPDSrm.exe which is located somewhere under the folder C:\Program Files (x64)\VMware\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\storage
The exact syntax you're going to need is as follows:
TPDSrm.exe viewcert
Take Note of the SysID for each 3PAR.
TPDSrm.exe removecert -sysid XXXXX
Do this for each 3PAR you have upgraded and want to replace the certificate on
TPDSrm.exe validatecert -sys <Hostname/IP Address of 3PAR> -user XXXX -pass XXXX
Yes to accept the certificate
Once you've done this for all the upgraded 3PARs you need to go into SRM and refresh each Array Manager and also each SRA Adapter for good measure. Now test against a simple recovery plan with one small LUN and a single VM. Do a TEST failover and then a Recovery Failover (Disaster Recovery method), followed by a ReProtect, followed by a Failback (Planning Migration method) followed by a ReProtect. Once all those work for a particular Array Pair you can be fairly certain the SRA is communicating correctly with the 3PAR. Next do a test failover for a Production Protection Group to make sure.
A Speadsheet with the following might be of use before beginning this task, particularly if you have many 3PAR's:
Datacenter X:
3PAR Hostname
3PAR IP Address
3PAR SysID
vCenter Server Name
SRM Server Name
Hope this helps you out, once you've got the 3PAR upgrade in the Certificate doesn't expire for many years so you won't have to revisit unless you replace the 3PAR.
