When attempting to upgrade metadata to a newer version via Configuration Wizard, the upgrade fails with the following or similar errors being logged in the MDUPD log file:
[SERVER:CastorServer][PID:8548][THR:13612][MD Update][Error][UID:][SID:][OID:0][CDSSMDUpdate.cpp:18205] MDUpdate: Failed to re-encrypt for NCS encryption level failed of error:'-2147216625'. [SERVER:CastorServer][PID:8548][THR:13612][MD Update][Error][UID:][SID:][OID:0][CDSSMDUpdate.cpp:7977] MDUpdate: Failed to perform AES GCM re-encryption in configuration level with error code '-2147216625'. [SERVER:CastorServer][PID:8548][THR:13612][MD Update][Info][UID:][SID:][OID:0][CDSSMDUpdate.cpp:2352] UNEXPECTED ERROR: (0x8004130F) Database password encryption / decryption failed.
This issue may occur due to the presence of devices within the metadata that were created in a previous version of Strategy using legacy encryption algorithms (specifically RC4). The two types of devices that may be contributing to this problem are:
Upon verification of the presence of Devices of the specified types within the metadata, the solution involves utilizing a recent version of Developer to edit these Devices and explicitly re-enter their FTP or Smart Host passwords, thereby overwriting the legacy passwords. With that, there would be no need to delete these Devices, rather, merely editing the Device and re-entering the password to make the Device be preserved using a current encryption algorithm. After implementing these steps, the metadata upgrade can be successfully executed using the Configuration Wizard.
