Configuring the Agent to Use the Certificate

After the agent is installed, the agent 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 specifies 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.

To configure the agent to use a certificate, complete the following steps:

1. Log on as an administrator on the DMZ server and insert the OpsMgr 2012 installation media.

2. Open Windows Explorer.

3. Select the OpsMgr 2012 installation media location.

4. Select the ...

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