This article will help you to remove the Certificate Status error by identifying the expired/expiring certificates and direct to the right articles to replace the certificate.
Symptoms:
- ESXi host alarm certificate status.
- Monitor or track SSL, SMS and, STS certificate expiration.
- You see an Alarm in the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client for Certificate Status
Alarm alarm.CertificateStatusAlarm
There are certificate that expired or about to expire
- VPXD log will show below entries:
2019-05-20T16:22:47.739Z warning vpxd[30469] [Originator@6876 sub=Main opID=CheckCertificateExpiry-57e82b11] Certificate [Subject: <Certificate Subject>] from store <VECS Store Name> will expire on 2019-07-14 19:44:56.000
2019-05-20T16:22:47.750Z warning vpxd[30469] [Originator@6876 sub=Main opID=CheckCertificateExpiry-57e82b11] Certificate [Subject: <Certificate Subject>] from store <VECS Store Name> will expire on 2019-07-14 19:44:56.000
Log Location:
Windows vCenter Server - %ProgramData%\VMware\vCenter Server\logs\vmware-vpx/vpxd-*.log
VCSA - /var/log/vmware/vpxd/vpxd.log
Note: The preceding log excerpts are only examples. Date, time, and environmental variables may vary depending on your environment.