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  4. Cloud store account creation fails with incorrect credentials
NetBackup™ for Cloud Object Store Administrator's Guide

Cloud store account creation fails with incorrect credentials

For AWS accounts:

Viewing the nbcosp logs.

Location:

  • For backup host: /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/nbcosp

  • For scale-out server: /cloudpoint/openv/dm/datamover.<datamover_id>/netbackup/logs/nbcosp

{"level":"error","Error Code":"SignatureDoesNotMatch","Message":"The request signature we calculated does not match the signature you provided. Check your key and signing method.
","time":"2023-07-25T10:58:48.130601182Z","caller":"main.validateNBCosCreds:s3_ops.go:1634",
"message":"Error in getBucketLocation for credential validation"}
{"level":"error","errmsg":"Unable to validate creds.","storage server":"aws-acc","time":"2023-07-

Viewing the ncfnbcs logs.

Location:

  • For backup host: /usr/openv/logs/ncfnbcs

  • For scale-out server: /cloudpoint/openv/dm/datamover.<datamover_id>/logs/ncfnbcs

2,51216,309,366,474,1690282728130,1673,140536982484736,0:,0:,0:,2,(28|S113:ERR - OCSD reply with error,error_code=1003 error_msg: updateStorageConfig Failed as credential validation failed|)
2,51216,309,366,475,1690282728131,1673,140536982484736,0:,0:,0:,2,(28|S60:ERR - operation_to_ocsd failed, storageid=aws-acc, retval=23|)
0,51216,526,366,6,1690282728131,1673,140536982484736,0:,132:Credential validation failed for given account,

Workaround:

Update the credentials and try to create the account again.

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