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ONTAP send alerts to list of addresses despite the addresses not being present as event destination

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9.x
  • Email alerts

Issue

  • ONTAP sends alerts to a supposedly non configured email address
  • event notification destination show -instance has different mail ID with destination type as email

                Destination Name: XXX-mgmt-netapp-com_server             Type of Destination: rest-api
                     Destination: https://gXXXmgmt.netapp.com:9443/acq/ontap/ems
 Server CA Certificates Present?: true
   Client Certificate Issuing CA: d7XXXe88
Client Certificate Serial Number: XXX
       Client Certificate Valid?: true
                     Syslog Port: -
                Syslog Transport: -
           Syslog Message Format: -
Syslog Timestamp Format Override: -
 Syslog Hostname Format Override: -

                Destination Name: snmp-traphost
             Type of Destination: snmp
                     Destination: - (from "system snmp traphost")
 Server CA Certificates Present?: -
   Client Certificate Issuing CA: -
Client Certificate Serial Number: -
       Client Certificate Valid?: -
                     Syslog Port: -
                Syslog Transport: -
           Syslog Message Format: -
Syslog Timestamp Format Override: -
 Syslog Hostname Format Override: -

                Destination Name: test
             Type of Destination: email
                     Destination: test@netapp.com (via "localhost" from
                                  "admin@localhost", configured in "event config")
 Server CA Certificates Present?: -
   Client Certificate Issuing CA: -
Client Certificate Serial Number: -
       Client Certificate Valid?: -
                     Syslog Port: -
                Syslog Transport: -
           Syslog Message Format: -
Syslog Timestamp Format Override: -
 Syslog Hostname Format Override: -
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  • In some cases, there may be no Type of Destination : email if there are no email recipients configured but still emails are sent to specific IDs

 

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