Key manager servers show not-responding
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- KMIP
- Thales Key Server
- HasiCorp Key Server
- IBM SLKM
Issue
Configuration of the key manager servers consistently show not-responding in the event log. To check the key manager status you can perform the following:
valt-01::> key-manager show -status (security key-manager show) Node Port Registered Key Manager Status ---------------------- ------ --------------------------- --------------- valt-01-01 5696 10.36.xx.2x not-responding valt-01-01 5696 10.46.xx.2x available valt-01-01 5696 10.46.xx.2x not-responding valt-01-01 5696 10.149.xx.1x not-responding
MGWD logs show events similar to:
5/24/2021 11:21:10 amp-01-02 ALERT km.keyserver.notavailable: The external key management server "10.46.xx.2x:5696" is not available for Vserver "amp-01", status: "not-responding".