AIQUM alerts at random times "Cluster is not reachable" for multiple clusters
Applies to
- Active IQ Unified Manager (AIQUM) - All Platforms
- Remote Authentication
Issue
- Cluster are acquired utilizing a remote authenticated account (Active Directory/LDAP) AIQUM is alerting on cluster reachability at random times:
Alert seen :NetApp Cluster AIQUM Alert: <CLUSTER>: The cluster <CLUSTER> (<CLUSTER IP>) is not reachable. Username or password has changed. Edit the cluster and enter valid username and password.
- Alert appears for multiple clusters at seemingly random time
- Alert are obsoleted/resolved after a few minutes
- At the time where the alert is triggered there is a authentication error in the clusters
audit.log
0000001f.02c4431a 077974b4 Tue Nov 28 2023 20:55:22+00:00 [kern_audit:info:7782] 8503e80002f39059 ::<CLUSTER>:ontapi:: <AIQUM IP>:56495 :: <CLUSTER>:<DOMAIN>\<USERNAME>:: POST /servlets/netapp.servlets.admin.XMLrequest_filer HTTP/1.0 :: Error: 401Unauthorized