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Cannot backup to cloud becuase certificate revoked

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I am trying to update my cloud back up.  When I try to run the back up I get the message

"The last backup failed.  It will be restartet at 9:32.  Failed to renew certificate, reason is "certificate revoked"

The backup does not restart

How do I resolve this?

BG

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BG,

Please see post: https://forum.acronis.com/forum/116934#comment-356822 for advice from Slava (Acronis Support) on how to resolve the revoked certificate issue.  You may need to read on further through this post if the initial advice doesn't solve this for you.

I tried to follow your link but I get a message that I am not allowed to access that page.  Obviously I am logged into Acronis as I am able to write this message

Can you copy and paste the contents of the post?    Curiously, I did not get a notification of your message even tho' I have the please notify me box checked

 

Thanks

 

BG

BG,

Here's the cut & paste:

Certificate here refers to a file with .crt extension at C:\ProgramData\Acronis\OnlineBackup\<your email address>\ which is used to establish secure connection to the cloud storage. If you double-click on that .crt file, switch to Details tab and look at "Valid from" value, it will show you when this certificate was generated on the server side.

Certificate files are renewed on the server side from time to time, client-side software seamlessly downloads them and replaces old .crt with new ones.

Message "Certificate is revoked" means that either new certificate could not be downloaded at backup start, or existing certificate`s validity could not be verified for some reason. Have you updated to the latest build on all the computers where you have logged in with your Acronis account in True Image? Having different builds of the program connecting to the same account may provoke the issue.

You can force the program to re-download the latest version of certificate file this way:

1) make sure that no cloud backup is running

2) sign out from your Acronis account in True Image

3) close True Image window

4) delete .crt file from C:\ProgramData\Acronis\OnlineBackup\<your email address>\, if it was not deleted automatically upon logging out

5) open True Image and sign into your account. Latest version of certificate file will be downloaded from the server

BG,

The link is in a private section.  If the information does not fix your problem, please let us know and we will research further.

Regards,

FtrPilot

Tudorbacker,

Being logged into this Forum is in no way connected to your Acronis account nor the Cloud service.  Logon to your account needs to be performed by going to the Acronis Support site and selecting Account Log in.  On the ssupport page, once logged in, you will see in the left column menu a link to Cloud.  Clicking on that link should trigger the download of newly issued Certificates and update the old ones on your PC restoring your Cloud service.

I tried logging out of Acronis and finding the file without success.  So shut down the laptop and rebooted.  In ProgramData\acronis there isn't a folder called onlineBackup

I opened True Image.  As soon as I open the interface that has my backups listed, I get the certificate revoked message.  I do not have to sign in to the interface (screenshot attached)

If I go to my Online Dashboard, it says that my backup is OK (screenshot attached) but its not if its not backing up

BG

 

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BG, sorry, that was one of the reasons in my earlier reply I said to 'read on in that particular thread' as Slava made a typing mistake with the path for where the credential files are held.  

Slava posted a further update later in the thread, copied below:

Slava wrote:

Karl, my apologies, of course, the path remained unchanged, it is still C:\ProgramData\Acronis\TrueImageHome\OnlineBackup\.

Could you try the following solution? The problem with login could be related to Windows itself indeed:

1) close Acronis window if it is opened

2) rename the folder C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys, for example, to MachineKeysOld

3) rename the folder C:\ProgramData\Acronis\TrueImageHome\OnlineBackup, for example, to OnlineBackupOld

4) delete the following registry keys:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Acronis\Connections\account
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Acronis\TrueImageHome\Recent login
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Acronis\TrueImageHome\Recent login state

5) open Acronis window. It should show login screen.

6) sign in and let backups run normally

7) move files from renamed C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeysOld to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Crypto\RSA\MachineKeys without replacing existing files. Only move those files that do not cause naming conflicts. Newer files generated in that folder should not be replaced with older versions.

Regards,

Slava

Note: Karl, the OP of the thread then reported that the revoked certificate error resolved itself, came back on another occasion, then resolved itself again - all before following the above steps given by Slava!

So I did the steps recommended , and the cloud backup started once again. I did not do step 7.    I then had an issue with a possible virus and had to roll the PC back to 2 weeks ago, which was before I did the steps above.  The invalaid certificate message came back, so I went through the steps again!

Not for the fainthearted to be editing the registry!

Thanks

TB