3562677 - DB6: SSFS-4218: Record with key "DB_CONNECT/DEFAULT_DB_USER" not found in secure storage

Installing an Application Server Instance  with SWPM fails with R3trans fails with saplikey pf=/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/profile/<hostname> -install_first_temp XXXXXXXXXX   XXXXXX' exits with error code 2. 
Running R3trans provides additional information on the reason for failure.

ERROR => Connect to R/3 failed. USERID and/or PASSWD could not be retrieved from SSFS
2EETW169 no connect possible: "DBMS = DB6 --- DB2DBDFT = '<SID>'"
ETW000 R3trans version 6.26 (release 753 - 19.06.24 - 15:07:06).
4 ETW000 unicode enabled version
4 ETW000 ===============================================
4 ETW000
4 ETW000 date&time : 21.01.2025 - 15:38:38
4 ETW000 control file: <no ctrlfile>
4 ETW000 R3trans was called as follows: R3trans -d
4 ETW000 trace at level 1 opened for a given file pointer
4 ETW000 [ dev trc,00000] Tue Jan 21 15:38:38 2025
4 ETW000 [ dev trc,00000] Loading DB library '/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/exe/run/dbdb6slib.so' ...
4 ETW000 [ dev trc,00000] Library '/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/exe/run/dbdb6slib.so' loaded
4 ETW000 [ dev trc,00000] Version of '/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/exe/run/dbdb6slib.so' is "753.02", patchlevel (0.1400)
4 ETW000 [ dev trc,00000] read_con_info_ssfs(): DBSL supports extended connect protocol
4 ETW000 ==> connect info for default DB will be read from ssfs
4 ETW000 [dbcon.c ,00000] *** ERROR => read_ssfs_record(): RSecSSFsGetRecord(DB_CONNECT/DEFAULT_DB_USER)=1 : SSFS-4218: Record with key "DB_CONNECT/DEFAULT_DB_USER" not found in secure storage <-- SSFS-4215: Data file "/usr/sap/<SID>/SYS/global/security/rsecssfs/data/SSFS_<SID>.DAT" exists, but does not contain the requested entry.
4 ETW000 [dbcon.c ,00000] *** ERROR => Connect to R/3 failed. USERID and/or PASSWD could not be retrieved from SSFS
2EETW169 no connect possible: "DBMS = DB6 --- DB2DBDFT = '<SID>'"

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