ESX on Virtualization Gurushttp://mohamedamrrabiee.github.io/virtualizationgurus/tags/esx/Recent content in ESX on Virtualization GurusHugoen-us2026 All rights reserved.Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Preparing Nested ESX Hosts: Certificates and Thumbprints Done Righthttp://mohamedamrrabiee.github.io/virtualizationgurus/posts/lab-esx-certificates-thumbprints/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000http://mohamedamrrabiee.github.io/virtualizationgurus/posts/lab-esx-certificates-thumbprints/How ESX host certificates and SHA-256 thumbprints decide whether VCF Installer validation, vCenter deployment and host commissioning succeed, with two real failures from a VCF 9.1.1 lab and the order of operations that avoids both.