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CSMIS-3: cimom.cert in NetApp SMI-S Provider 5.2.7 is expired at the time of installation

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5/27/2025, 2:13:00 AM

Issue

  • Although the NetApp SMI-S Provider version 5.2.7 was released in April 2025, the validity date of the server certificate (default path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NetApp\smis\pegasus\cimom.cert) is 2020

C:\>openssl x509 -text -noout -in "C:\Program Files (x86)\NetApp\smis\pegasus\cimom.cert"
Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 1 (0x0)
        Serial Number:
            94:cd:22:27:f9:78:f8:91
        Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
        Issuer: C=US, ST=California, L=Sunnyvale, O=NetApp, Inc, OU=Engineering, CN=root
        Validity
            Not Before: Mar  1 19:30:45 2017 GMT
            Not After : Feb 29 19:30:45 2020 GMT
...

  • As a result, the connection to the SMI-S provider fails from Add Storage Devices in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).

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