Configure the Agent to Use the Certificate

After the agent is installed, it still needs to be configured to use the correct certificate. The OpsMgr installation includes a utility called MOMCertImport.exe that configures the agent to use certificates for authentication and which certificate in the local computer store to use. The tool does not do any validation checking of the certificate itself, so care needs to be taken that the correct certificate is selected.

Perform the following steps to configure the agent to use a certificate:

1. Log on as an administrator on the Edge Transport server and insert the OpsMgr 2007 R2 installation media.

2. At the AutoPlay menu, select Run SetupOM.exe.

3. Select Browse This CD from the menu.

4. Select the SupportTools directory and the AMD64 directory.

5. In the directory, double-click MOMCertImport.exe.

6. In the pop-up window, select the certificate issued previously and click OK. Use the View Certificate button to view the certificate details if the correct certificate is not obvious.

The Operation Manager service restarts automatically to have the selected certificate take effect. The preceding steps need to be repeated for each Edge Transport server and for each management server.

The Operations Manager event log can be viewed with the Windows Event Viewer. It is named Operations Manager and is located in the Applications and Services Logs folder in the tool. Any problems with the certificate are shown in the log immediately following the start of the System Center Management service.