Disabling a policy results in a 403 error

Problem

When you go to Automation > Policies and select the Disable automation updates option on a policy, the FETCH_ERROR_403 error appears. This error is expected for a backup deployment.

Cause

Policy updates are not allowed on the backup cluster.

Resolution

To avoid the error, you can set a variable so that the cluster is not recognized as backup.

1. Edit the cem-users deployment and add the SERVICECONTINUITY_ISBACKUPDEPLOYMENT variable if it doesn't yet exist.
   • To edit the cem-users deployment from the command line, run the following commands:

     oc get deployment | grep cem-users
     oc edit deployment <release_name>-ibm-cem-cem-users

   • To edit the cem-users deployment from the Red Hat® OpenShift®console, log in to Red Hat OpenShift, go to Deployments, and edit the cem-users deployment.
2. In the cem-users deployment, set the value of the SERVICECONTINUITY_ISBACKUPDEPLOYMENT variable to false. The cluster is not recognized as backup if this variable is set to false.
   • Do not set this property to true on a single, stand-alone cluster.
   • Set this property to true only in a high availability disaster recovery (HADR) hybrid deployment or geo-redundant setup.