Network Management

SCOM shows agent certificate as untrusted

This article briefly discusses why an error message appears in the latest version of SCOM indicating that the certificate Orion uses for the agent connections are untrusted.

First published date

10/30/2018 7:21 PM

Last published date

2/12/2021 8:50 PM

Overview

After installing an agent on a node, an error message appears in the latest version of SCOM indicating that the certificate Orion uses for the agent connection is untrusted.

Product section

Network Performance Monitor

Resolution

Orion creates self-signed certificates for the agent connections. These are recognized as untrusted certificates unless added to the Trusted certificates store. For more information on certificates, see Working with Certificates (© 2021 Microsoft, available at https://docs.microsoft.com/, obtained on February 12, 2021)

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