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Key servers are unavailable after renewing the KMIP client certificate

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • External Key Management (EKM)

Issue

  • KMIP Client certificate is about to expire in few days.
  • Replacement certificate received
  • Key servers status changes to unavailable after installing the new certificate

    ::> security key-manager external show-status

     Node  Vserver  Primary Key Server                                 Status
     ----  -------  -------------------------------------------------  ------------
     Node1
        Vserver1
           172.XX.X.46:5696                                   not-responding
            Status Details: IO
           172.YY.X.46:5696                                   not-responding
            Status Details: IO

  • The key servers are available after reinstalling the old certificate.

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