ORA-46677: specified backup identifier exceeds maximum length

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SQL>  ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT ALTER KEYSTORE PASSWORD FORCE KEYSTORE IDENTIFIED BY old_password set new_password with backup using 'Keystore_bkp_before_key_rotate';
 ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT ALTER KEYSTORE PASSWORD FORCE KEYSTORE IDENTIFIED BY old_password set new_password  with backup using 'Keystore_bkp_before_key_rotate'
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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-46677: specified backup identifier exceeds maximum length

Cause: The backup identifier within the ASM file name of the keystore exceeded the maximum length of 12 characters.

Solution: specify  backup identifier for keystore <= 12 character long.

SQL> ADMINISTER KEY MANAGEMENT ALTER KEYSTORE PASSWORD FORCE KEYSTORE IDENTIFIED BY xxxx set xxxx with backup using 'Key_bkp';

keystore altered.