VCF on VxRail: Backup Configuration Fails with Invalid Parameter

Summary: Backup configuration fails with invalid parameter: Validation failed for directory path. Please make sure backup directory is intact and the SFTP server has write permissions on the backup path. ...

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Symptoms

After a user applies the SFTP backup configuration, a user may see that the following error is returned:

 

Invalid parameter: Validation failed for directory path /path/to/backup/location" on server sftp.domain.com. Please make sure backup directory is intact and sftp server has write permissions on backup path.

 

Invalid parameter error on the screen

 

Domainmanager.log shows the following error:

2023-02-14T14:01:06.035+0000 DEBUG [vcf_om,8afed32d4e774023,5787] [c.v.e.s.c.u.InMemoryHostKeyRepository,http-nio-127.0.0.1-7300-exec-10] Key <hidden> of type ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 for host sftp.domain.com not found in [KeySpec(host=sftp.domain.com, port=Optional[22], keyType=ssh-rsa, key=<hidden>)]

 

Cause

Checking the Signature Algorithms supported by the SFTP server, a user sees that SSH-RSA is not supported, due to the security policy set:

[centos-admin@CENTOS-9 ~]$ cat /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/openssh.config
Ciphers aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes256-cbc,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes128-cbc
MACs hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512
GSSAPIKexAlgorithms gss-curve25519-sha256-,gss-nistp256-sha256-,gss-group14-sha256-,gss-group16-sha512-,gss-gex-sha1-,gss-group14-sha1-
KexAlgorithms curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519,ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,sk-ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com
CASignatureAlgorithms ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-ed25519,sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512
RequiredRSASize 2048

 

[centos-admin@CENTOS-9 ~]$ update-crypto-policies --show
DEFAULT

 

Resolution

To resolve this issue, add ssh-rsa to the openssh configuration file:

  1. Set the crypto-policies to legacy mode.

    [centos-admin@CENTOS-9 ~]$ update-crypto-policies --set LEGACY

  2. Check openssh.config (ensure that ssh-rsa is added).

    [centos-admin@CENTOS-9 ~]$ cat /etc/crypto-policies/back-ends/openssh.config
Ciphers aes256-gcm@openssh.com,chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com,aes256-ctr,aes256-cbc,aes128-gcm@openssh.com,aes128-ctr,aes128-cbc
MACs hmac-sha2-256-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-etm@openssh.com,umac-128-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512-etm@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-256,hmac-sha1,umac-128@openssh.com,hmac-sha2-512
GSSAPIKexAlgorithms gss-curve25519-sha256-,gss-nistp256-sha256-,gss-group14-sha256-,gss-group16-sha512-,gss-gex-sha1-,gss-group14-sha1-
KexAlgorithms curve25519-sha256,curve25519-sha256@libssh.org,ecdh-sha2-nistp256,ecdh-sha2-nistp384,ecdh-sha2-nistp521,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group14-sha256,diffie-hellman-group16-sha512,diffie-hellman-group18-sha512,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384-cert-v01@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-ed25519,ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,sk-ssh-ed25519-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-256-cert-v01@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-512,rsa-sha2-512-cert-v01@openssh.com,ssh-rsa,ssh-rsa-cert-v01@openssh.com
CASignatureAlgorithms ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,sk-ecdsa-sha2-nistp256@openssh.com,ecdsa-sha2-nistp384,ecdsa-sha2-nistp521,ssh-ed25519,sk-ssh-ed25519@openssh.com,rsa-sha2-256,rsa-sha2-512,ssh-rsa
RequiredRSASize 2048

  3. Retry the backup configuration in SDDC Manager.

Affected Products

VMWare Cloud on Dell EMC VxRail E560F, VMWare Cloud on Dell EMC VxRail E560N, VxRail E560 VCF, VxRail E560F VCF, VxRail E560N VCF, VxRail G560 VCF, VxRail G560F VCF, VxRail P570 VCF, VxRail P570F VCF, VxRail P580N VCF, VxRail S570 VCF , VxRail V570 VCF, VxRail V570F VCF ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000209752
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 17 Jul 2025
Version:  4
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