3422544 - Unable to adjust secure storage due to message "Could not open lockfile SSFS_SID.LCK" - SAP ASE

• trans.log shows below error message
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  ERROR => 
  read_ssfs_record(): RSecSSFsGetRecord(DB_CONNECT/DEFAULT_DB_USER)1 : 
  Record with key "DB_CONNECT/DEFAULT_DB_USER" not found in secure storage 
  <-- Data file "\\WINDOWS_HOSTNAME\sapmnt\SID\SYS\global\security\rsecssfs\data\SSFS_SID.DAT" 
  does not exist (this is not an error per se: a non-existing data file is a valid situation and treated equally as one without entries) 
  <-- File "\\WINDOWS_HOSTNAME\sapmnt\SID\SYS\global\security\rsecssfs\data\SSFS_SID.DAT" cannot be opened in mode "rb": 
  No such file or directory (errn...(truncated) 
  -----------------------------
• r3trans -d returns 0012
• while trying to adjust secure storage for the missing key, below error shows up:
  rsecssfx put DB_CONNECT/DEFAULT_DB_USER SAPSR3 -plain
  Could not open lockfile "\\WINDOWS_HOSTNAME\sapmnt\SID\SYS\global\security\rsecssfs\data\SSFS_SID.LCK"; open()== 2 (No such file or directory)
• removelock does not work either:
  rsecssfx removelock
  Could not open lockfile "\\WINDOWS_HOSTNAME\sapmnt\SID\SYS\global\security\rsecssfs\data\SSFS_SID.LCK"; open()== 2 (No such file or directory)
• This is on windows OS, and the mentioned SSFS_SID.LCK file does not exist at the mentioned path
• Below env settings are set:
  RSEC_SSFS_DATAPATH=\\WINDOWS_HOSTNAME\sapmnt\SID\SYS\global\security\rsecssfs\data
  RSEC_SSFS_KEYPATH=\\WINDOWS_HOSTNAME\sapmnt\SID\SYS\global\security\rsecssfs\key

• windows OS
• SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (SAP ASE) for Business Suite all versions

secure storage, DB_CONNECT/DEFAULT_DB_USER, lockfile, read_ssfs_record, RSEC_SSFS_DATAPATH, RSEC_SSFS_KEYPATH , KBA , BC-DB-SYB , Business Suite on Adaptive Server Enterprise , Problem