SMA Licensing issue - Missing Web Configuration Manager

 

SMA configuration tab was missing.




The issue was the license under >Management Appliance> System administration > Smart licensing

 

There was an error there stating that sma stopped communication with smart account for more than 90 days.

Go to  sma cli and run

>Grep

>16


" Tue Jan 14 00:24:08 2025 Warning: Failed to renew certificate of the product with Smart Software Manager due to {"product_instance_identifier":["ProductInstance '870ae19a-351-4bbc-a73a-b8b9aef26166' is not valid"]} "


"To resolve this you need to go and re-register the SMA to smart account (smart license > Action > Reregister. Need to create token) "


Mon Jan 20 12:20:35 2025 Info: Renew authorization of the product with Smart Software Manager is successful.

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