To fix the "Invalid settings" and backup error messages when backing up the GravityZone virtual appliance database follow the next instructions.

When performing a Local backup from the GravityZone appliance, the Bitdefender user is required instead of bdadmin, otherwise the backup will fail with the below error messages:

In order to solve this issue, open a SSH connection to the GravityZone appliance (Ex: PuTTY) and run the below commands:

sudo su

chmod 777 folder > to grant oll of the users full access to the folder in question. Ex: chmod 777 tmp/

or

chown bitdefender:bitdefender folder > to grant full access to the Bitdefender user on the folder in question. Ex: chown bitdefender:bitdefender tmp/