Unable to start Deduplication Manager service ( Spad.exe ) when Lockdown feature is enabled

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Description

Error Message

LockdownServer Logs show the following error -

[1852] 2021-04-16T13:43:10:755 WinTrustHelper::VerifyChainForExecutable: WinVerifyTrust() failed for "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\spad.exe", primary signature, Error: 2148204810 (0x800b010a): {A certificate chain could not be built to a trusted root authority.}
[1852] 2021-04-16T13:43:10:755 <= Exiting  WinTrustHelper::VerifyChainForExecutable
[1852] 2021-04-16T13:43:10:755 WinTrustHelper::VerifyTrustForExecutable: Failed to verify Certificate Chain for "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec\spad.exe", Error: 2148204810 (0x800b010a): {A certificate chain could not be built to a trusted root authority.}

Error in the spad Log -

25000: CreateTreeLoggingOptionalA: could not create directory
25003: History::open: cannot open history file D:\BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder\history/pathobject/2021-03-30 (access denied)
26016: History Manager: OpenHistory failure.
25008: SpaDB::CTable::safe_save: failed to create record file D:\BackupExecDeduplicationStorageFolder\databases\spa\database\eventproperties\1.tmp (Access is denied. )
25020: Error occur when saving record!
25004: EventSystem::SpaDBEventStorage::getNewID Failed to set the max event id in the eventproperties table

 

Cause

The Issuer of the certificate could not be found.

Resolution

Install the root certificate (VeriSign Universal Root Certification Authority) on the server and then start the Deduplication Manager.

Double click and open VeriSign Universal Root Certification Authority Certificate and click Install Certificate...

 

Issue/Introduction

Unable to start Deduplication Manager service ( Spad.exe ) when the Lockdown feature is enabled.