Trident Logs “not authorized for that command” Warning
Applies to
- NetApp ONTAP 9.x
- NetApp Trident (Kubernetes/OpenShift integration)
Issue
After configuring new Storage Virtual Machines (SVMs) for Trident integration with Kubernetes, Trident logs the following warning:
time="2026-03-27T21:31:19Z" level=warning msg="Could not determine controller serial numbers.[GET/cluster/nodes][403]nodes_get_default{\\"error\\":{\\"code\\":\\"6\\",\\"message\\":\\"not authorized for that command\\"}}" logLayer=core requestID=4c672604-55d6-42cd-8166-b6f93df98721 requestSource=Periodic workflow="core=backend_reconcile"
