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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2


Receive the CA-signed certificate


After the CA returns your new digital certificate, save it on the computer where the portal server is running. Repeat for the client. If the CA returns the certificate as part of an e-mail message, copy and paste it from the e-mail into a text file.

Complete the following procedure to receive the digital certificate from the CA into key database on each computer:


Procedure

  1. If you have not already done so, start iKeyman.

  2. Click Key Database File → Open.

  3. Select the keyfile.kdb database and click Open.

  4. Type the password for the database and click OK.

  5. Select Personal Certificates from the pull-down list.

  6. Click Receive.

  7. Click Data type and select the data type of the new digital certificate, such as Base64-encoded ASCII data.

  8. Type keyfile.sth for the Certificate file name and <itm_installdir>/keyfiles as the Location for the new digital certificate.

  9. Click OK.

  10. Type IBM_Tivoli_Monitoring_Certificate for the new digital certificate and click OK.


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