"Task failed Error: The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure." in regard to Veeam Backup & Replication

"Task failed Error: The remote certificate is invalid according to the validation procedure." in regard to Veeam Backup & Replication

This usually happens after an upgrade of the vCenter Server. The backups will fail with the error above. Here is a quick and dirty fix for it. YMMV.

1) Open the Veeam B & R Console.

2) Select Backup Infrastructure.

3) Select Managed Servers.

4) Select the vCenter Server that is used to backup your Cluster/Farm.

5) In the "Edit VMware Server" screen click on credentials. (You should not have to change anything
    here).

6) Click next.

7) You will get an error about the certificate and be asked if you want to continue anyway.

8) Continue the process and let it  go through the "Detecting Server Type" and save the server
     configuration.

9) Go to your Backup Jobs and under "Virtual Machines to Backup" select each entry and click       remove. Make a note of any exclusions etc. and add them back in exactly as they were before.

10) After you have added them back in go down and click "Recalculate".
       You should see the size of the backup is calculated correctly. It may have said "N/A" before.

11) Re-run the backup job by selecting "Retry" or "Start".


This should clear the error and your backup job should run now as before. I hope this helps someone else with the problem. If not, maybe it will put you on the right track.

How to Fix “content was blocked because it was not signed by a valid security certificate” on Internet Explorer.

How to Fix “content was blocked because it was not signed by a valid security certificate” on Internet Explorer

11)      Navigate to the page with the error.

22)     Tell the browser to proceed to the web site even if there is a warning.

33)     When you see this: , click on the red X and select “Install Certificate”

44)     Select “Local Machine” and click Next.

55)     Select “Place Certificates in the following store”.

66)     Click Browse and check “Show Physical Stores”:

77)     Scroll up to where it says “Trusted People” and select it, then click OK.

88)      Click next when your screen looks like this:

99)     Click Finish on this screen:

110)   You should see a screen that says the import was successful:

111)   Click “OK” and close the screen where it shows the certificate information by clicking the Red X (if it is still open).

112)   Close Internet Explorer if it is still open and go to the web site again. Click where is says to continue.

This should resolve this issue. If you have another site that gives the same error, this should work for it as well.