HostCertificateManagerCertificateInfoCertificateStatus_enum
The status of a given certificate as computed per the soft and the hard thresholds in vCenter Server.
There are two different thresholds for the host certificate expirations; a soft threshold (which constitutes of two phases) and a hard threshold.
Soft Threshold:
Phase One: vCenter Server will publish an event at this time to let the user know about the status, but, no alarms or warnings are raised.
Phase Two: During this phase, vCenter Server will publish an event and indicate the certificate status as expiring in the UI.
Hard Threshold:
vCenter Server will publish an alarm and indicate via the UI that the certificate expiration is imminent.
Possible values:
unknown: The certificate status is unknown.expired: The certificate has expired.expiring: The certificate is expiring shortly.(soft threshold - 1)
expiringShortly: The certificate is expiring shortly.(soft threshold - 2)
expirationImminent: The certificate expiration is imminent.(hard threshold)
good: The certificate is good.