Spider Data Collector Setup: System Requirements - PowerShell Execution Policy (PowerCLI)

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Summary

In case of the PowerShell execution policy being set to "AllSigned", it is necessary to add the publisher of the signing certificate to the trusted publishers store of the local machine.

Symptoms

Setup detects PowerShell execution policy being detected to "AllSigned"

Cause

In case of the PowerShell execution policy being set to "AllSigned", it is necessary to add the publisher of the signing certificate to the trusted publishers store of the local machine.

The Setup will ask you to add the Publisher to the Trusted Publishers store before continuing, this will only place it in the store for the current user, for the certificate to be valid across all accounts of the local machine please follow the instructions below.

Resolution

Warning: It is important that the certificate is imported to the Trusted Publishers of the local machine, not only the user! If it is only imported into the user store it will not be available if the service is running under another account other than the user the Data Collector was installed with.

1. Navigate to the file VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk.ps1 file (default: C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\PowerCLI\Modules\VMware.VimAutomation.Sdk\), right klick and choose Properties
   
2. Choose Tab Digital Signatures
   
3. Click Details
   
4. Click View Certificate
   
5. Click Install Certificate
   
6. Choose Local Machine and click Next
   
7. Choose Place all certificates in the following store and click Browse...
   
8. Choose Trusted Publishers and click OK
   
9. Click Next
   
10. Click Finish
    
11. Close all dialogs by clicking OK until you are back to the following screen
    
12. Highlight the Symantec signature and press Details
    
13. Click View Certificate
    
14. Click Install Certificate
    
15. Choose Local Machine and click Next
    
16. Choose Place all certificates in the following store and click Browse...
    
17. Choose Trusted Publishers and click OK
    
18. Click Next
    
19. Click Finish
    
20. Done

Additional Information

The command "Get-ExecutionPolicy -List" executed in a PowerShell window, will tell you which policies are activated.

Products 

Spider Data Collector (SDC)