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OTV: "Authentication failed" alerts seen in ONTAP audit logs after storage credentials change

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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

 

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