Uninstalling and reinstalling the Certificate Authority on Win2K

[Guest]

Hello:

I configured the VMWare on Win 2K Advanced Server, to use the VMWare for
installing and configuring the Certificate Authority. I have configured the
CA and using it as well. But now, the VMWare is not starting and giving an
error -> Error 6000002. Checked the VMWare site, they say, uninstall and
install the VMWare again.

The question I have is that what will happen to the certificates issued from
the old VMWare? Since the CA will be a new one, do I need to issue the new
certs? What will happen to the revocation of the old certs?

Thanks in advance.

Praveen

 

[David Cross [MS]]

1. Certificate Server is not supported on VMWare.

2. Eventually, the previously issued certificates will fail once the CA is
no longer able to start and issue a CRL.

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