Symptoms

It may be noted when connecting a web browser to the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 10.3.0 web UI that the SSL certificate’s valid date range may already have expired.

Cause

OMSA upgrades are not creating a new self-signed certificate with a new valid date range starting with the date of upgrade.

Resolution

Dell Engineering plans to address this issue in a future OMSA version where a default self-signed certificate was automatically created during a previous OMSA installation. If a custom self-signed certificate or a certificate generated by a certificate authority was imported, an OMSA upgrade does not replace that custom certificate.A possible workaround is to use the OMSA command-line to create a new self-signed certificate with the following syntax: omconfig preferences webserver attribute=<gennewcert> cn=<common name> org=<organization name> ou=<organization unit name> location=<location name> state=<state name> country=<country name> webserverrestart=true There are other optional certificate parameters that can be added to this syntax including: validity=<days_to_expiration> Consult the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Command-Line Interface Guide for usage and further options

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