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ERROR mgmtgwd.certificate.expired caused by expired AIQUM client certificate

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Applies to

  • Active IQ Unified Manager (AIQUM)
  • ONTAP 9

Issue

  • ONTAP reports ERROR mgmtgwd.certificate.expired or ERROR mgmtgwd.certificate.expiring every day 
    • mgmtgwd.certificate.expired: A digital certificate with Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) <AIQUM_SYSTEM_ID>, Serial Number <SERIAL_NO>, Certificate Authority '<AIQUM_SYSTEM_ID>' and type client for Vserver <CLUSTER_SVM> has expired.
    • mgmtgwd.certificate.expiring: A digital certificate with Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) <AIQUM_SYSTEM_ID>, Serial Number <SERIAL_NO>, Certificate Authority '<AIQUM_SYSTEM_ID>' and type client for Vserver <CLUSTER_SVM> will expire in the next NN day(s).
  • certificate show -type client command of ONTAP indicates that the client certificate installed by AIQUM for EMS subscription has expired

cluster1::> certificate show -type client
  (security certificate show)
Vserver    Serial Number   Certificate Name                       Type
---------- --------------- -------------------------------------- ------------
cluster1   2B5E4C41        f9a179e6-091b-4325-8fe1-59d5e6e9fdd1   client
       Certificate Authority: f9a179e6-091b-4325-8fe1-59d5e6e9fdd1
             Expiration Date: Tue Aug 29 21:05:19 2023

  • Deleting the certificate in System Manager fails:

The certificate could not be removed due to the following conflicts: The certificate issued by "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" with serial number "xxxxxxx" is in use by the rest-api EMS destination "xxxxxxxxxxx" and cannot be removed.

 

 

 

 

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