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# sk33224 - "SmartCenter CA is not running" error in SmartView Monitor

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk33224 |
| Date Created | 2007-07-04 |
| Last Modified | 2019-06-12 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway, SmartConsole |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.10, R82.20, R82, R81.20 |

## Symptoms

- * "Unable to contact Certificate Authority on the SmartCenter Station. Please make sure the Certificate Authority daemon is running" error message when trying to open any node.  

* The CPCA process on MDS has "N/A" or "down" status.  

* Same error when trying to set up a secondary Management, and the time of both managements differ in at least one hour. This error appears on the secondary Management.  

* "SmartCenter CA is not running" error in the SmartView Monitor.

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