ONTAP Tools: Add Storage System task fails due to problematic SAML Request
Applies to
- ONTAP Tools for VMware vSphere 9.x
Issue
SAML authentication is enabled in ONTAP. For example:
cluster::> security saml-sp show
Cluster Uuid 1234565-abcd-1234-4321-123456abc
Identity Provider (IdP) Metadata Location https://sso-1234.sso.domain.com/saml2/sp/abcdefg/metadata
SAML Service Provider Host 192.168.0.101
Server Certificate Issuing CA cluster
Server Certificate Serial Number 12345ABC
SAML Service Provider Enabled true
When adding the storage system, the following "Unexpected tag found" exception is seen during a SAML Request:
[2025-06-12T15:29:05,157Z] [qtp1537371824-12441] [DEBUG] Creating new controller instance, ip: 192.168.0.50
[2025-06-12T15:29:05,157Z] [qtp1537371824-12441] [ INFO] Invoking zapiInvoker.invokeFilerBasedZapi() to get result for : <system-get-version/>
[2025-06-12T15:29:05,345Z] [qtp1537371824-12441] [ INFO] Establishing connection with username and password for cluster: 192.168.0.50
[2025-06-12T15:29:05,390Z] [qtp1537371824-12441] [ INFO] received raw response.
[2025-06-12T15:29:05,392Z] [qtp1537371824-12441] [ INFO] Connected to clustered Data ONTAP at: OntapConnectionImpl{ipAddress=192.168.0.50, userName=otvadmin, port=443, ssl=true}
[2025-06-12T15:29:05,392Z] [qtp1537371824-12441] [ INFO] Version is: 9.13.1
[2025-06-12T15:29:05,392Z] [qtp1537371824-12441] [ INFO] Invoking zapiInvoker.invokeFilerBasedZapi() to get result for : <vserver-get-iter><query><vserver-info><vserver-type>admin,data,cluster</vserver-type></vserver-info></query><desired-attributes><vserver-info><vserver-type/><vserver-name/><uuid/><vserver-aggr-info-list><vserver-aggr-info/></vserver-aggr-info-list><vserver-subtype/></vserver-info></desired-attributes><max-records>1000</max-records></vserver-get-iter>
[2025-06-12T15:29:05,393Z] [qtp1537371824-12441] [DEBUG] Establishing connection with socket factory: for cluster: 192.168.0.50
[2025-06-12T15:29:10,708Z] [qtp1537371824-12441] [DEBUG] retryIfApplicable: message=com.netapp.offtap3.ontap.NaProtocolException: Unexpected tag found: <!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title
id="redirect-parent"
data-redirect-url="/samlabcd;SAMLRequest1234"
data-redirect-method="get"
>
Redirecting...