OnCommand Unified Manager 5.x alerts on an expired certificate
Applies to
Unified Manager 5.x
Issue
The following symptom(s) are observed on the OnCommand Unified Manager (DFM):
Management Station: Server Certificate About to Expire on <host_name>.
The NetApp Data Fabric Manager (DFM) certificate will expire in 7 days.
- After an upgrade of the DFM, HTTP service is unable to start.
Event: DFM SSL server certificate will expire on XX.XX.XXX date.
Failed to retrieve SSL certificate from Host Service. Check if Host Service is running with admin port configured as 8699 and the SSL certificates are correctly installed.
Event: server certificate about to expire.
Condition: The NetApp DataFabric Manager certificate will expire in 7 days. Please create and reload new certificate soon.
Event Name: Management Station: Server Certificate Expired Event Description: Service certificate expiry status Event Severity: Error Event Timestamp
This article describes the procedure to create/import a DFM SSL certificate to mitigate the issue.