SmartCenter Server Fingerprint Changed -- why?

[sclausson]

I was unable to connect to the SmartCenter Server this morning. This happened once before, and I jsut needed to issue a 'cprestart'. I did that this morning, and when I reconnected I was presented with a message warning that the SmartCenter fingerprint has changed. I am the only administrator of this server, and I have made no changes. I need to determine why this changed, and if there has been a security breach.

Has anyone encountered this before?

Thanks,
Shayne

[dantro]

This should not happen at all. Even if you are upgrading to a newer version your ICA remains the same and so does your fingerprint. When you installed the SCS you have been asked to save the fingerprint to a file. Open up this file now and compare it with your new fingeprint. If it changed, check the syslog, smart center server logs and related for the reason.

Best regards,
Danny Trommer
CCSA/CCSE/CCSE+

[mcnallym]

Only ever encountered this when I had reset the ICA and it generated a new fingerprint with the new CA.

When upgrading you have a new client which doesn't have the fingerprint in so you have to approve however I don't believe that if you upgrade on box that you get a new fingerprint.

I think you might however if you upgrade export and then import to a new box get a new fingerprint, but to be honest never checked that.