Generate and Install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager

[Tariq Shahzad]

Hi Friends,

I am trying to deploy VCF 9.1 using Holodeck 9.1 and getting following error.

Generate and Install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager
Failed to install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager sddcmanager-a.site-a.vcf.lab Reference Token: BJ95QG

"2026-03-11T08:09:01.647+0000 DEBUG [vcf_dm,69b1231c9f56c5251c346377eb4ac634,523d] [c.v.e.s.o.c.ProcessingTaskSubscriber,dm-exec-34]  Collected the following errors for task with name InstallSddcManagerVmcaCertificateLocalAction and ID 0a010105-9cd1-1aa7-819c-d1c4bd9d0005: [ExecutionError [errorCode=null, errorResponse=LocalizableErrorResponse(messageBundle=com.vmware.evo.sddc.sddcmanager.messages)]]
2026-03-11T08:09:01.675+0000 DEBUG [vcf_dm,69b1231de8bc74339f0568873ab2415d,8c6d] [c.v.e.s.o.c.ProcessingTaskSubscriber,dm-exec-34]  Invoking task InstallSddcManagerVmcaCertificateLocalAction.UNDO Description: Generate and Install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager, Plugin: SddcManagerContractPlugin, ParamBuilder null, Input map: {sddcManagerAddress=initSddcGreenfield____1__ConfigureSddcManagerCertificate____1__sddcManagerAddress, vcenter=initSddcGreenfield____1__ConfigureSddcManagerCertificate____1__vcenter}, Id: 0a010105-9cd1-1aa7-819c-d1c4bd9d0004 ...
2026-03-11T08:09:01.710+0000 DEBUG [vcf_dm,69b1231de8bc74339f0568873ab2415d,8c6d] [c.v.e.s.o.c.c.ContractParamBuilder,dm-exec-34]  Contract task Generate and Install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager input: {"sddcManagerAddress":"sddcmanager-a.site-a.vcf.lab","vcenter":{"address":"vc-mgmt-a.site-a.vcf.lab","port":0,"username":"[e-mail]","password":"*****"}}
2026-03-11T08:09:01.711+0000 DEBUG [vcf_dm,69b1231de8bc74339f0568873ab2415d,8c6d] [c.v.e.s.o.c.ProcessingTaskSubscriber,dm-exec-34]  Collected the following errors for task with name InstallSddcManagerVmcaCertificateLocalAction and ID 0a010105-9cd1-1aa7-819c-d1c4bd9d0005: [ExecutionError [errorCode=null, errorResponse=LocalizableErrorResponse(messageBundle=com.vmware.evo.sddc.sddcmanager.messages)]]
2026-03-11T08:09:01.740+0000 WARN  [vcf_dm,69b1231d802360ceb405c231d022a27b,046d] [c.v.e.s.o.c.ProcessingOrchestratorImpl,dm-exec-34]  Processing State completed with failure"

I also try to resolve this issue using following links but unable to resolve the issue

Failed to install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager

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Failed to install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager When deploy the VCF through Cloud Builder, the following error is encountered during the "Generate and Install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager" task. View this on Broadcom >

VCF 9.0 deployment fails at "Generate and Install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager" stage with error "Failed to install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager 127.0.0.1 Reference Token: "

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VCF 9.0 deployment fails at "Generate and Install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager" stage with error "Failed to install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager 127.0.0.1 Reference Token: " A new VCF 9.0 deployment fails at "Generate and Install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager" stage with error "Failed to install VMCA Certificate on SDDC Manager 127.0.0.1 Reference Token: ". View this on Broadcom >

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[Tariq Shahzad]

Hi Friends,

After rebooting Holorouter VM, issue is resolved.

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