OTV: "Authentication failed" alerts seen in ONTAP audit logs after storage credentials change
Applies to
- Virtual Storage Console (VSC)
- ONTAP Tools for VMware (OTV)
- Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)
- vSphere APIs for Storage Awareness Provider (VP)
Issue
ONTAP logs the following invalid login errors coming from OTV:
EMS errors:
ALERT security.invalid.login: Failed to authenticate login attempt to Vserver: <vserver-name>, username: <username>, application: ontapi.
Audit.log errors:
vserver:ontapi :: <vsc-ip>:58342 :: vserver:username:: Login Attempt :: Error: Authentication failed. vserver:ontapi :: <vsc-ip>:58342 :: vserver:username :: POST /servlets/netapp.servlets.admin.XMLrequest_filer HTTP/1.1 :: Error: 401 Unauthorized