Veeam failed to create snapshots for volume : (401) Unauthorized
Applies to
- Ontap 9
- Veeam Software
- Backup
Issue
- Veeam software was failing to create snapshot for volume "Volume"
Details: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized

- MGWD.log:
[kern_mgwd:info:3336] Error: PAM failed to authenticate user 'null',application 'ontapi', vserver 4294967295: Permission denied
- AUDIT.log:
[kern_audit:info:9211] 8503e80000000288 :: Cluster1:ontapi :: 10.0.0.1:48144 :: Cluster1:null :: POST /servlets/netapp.servlets.admin.XMLrequest_filer HTTP/1.1 ::Error: 401 Unauthorized