Unable to allocate Backup Vault in West Europe

All public documents indicate this is available but everytime I tried to create one, it fails.
Any ideas or thoughts?
"The server encountered an internal error. Please retry the request. The long running operation tracking ID was: c712c8bd4b097de8a1a1f8fb1e8ec288."

Hello Madisher,
Thanks for posting here!
The server encountered an internal error. Please retry the request. The long running operation tracking ID was:
c712c8bd4b097de8a1a1f8fb1e8ec288. This could be because of the region constraints.
Please try to allocate the backup vault in a different region and see if that works.
If you're particular about the region, in that case you may have to wait for some time and then try.
Hope this helps!
Write back to us if you have any questions.
Best Regards,
Sadiqh Ahmed

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NAME                       BYTES/(1024*1024)
KGLH0                             522.005989
free memory                       230.318596
SQLA                              36.0669022
ASH buffers                               16
KGLS                              10.2996902
XDBSC                             9.62641144
kglsim object batch               9.62521362
row cache                         7.23767853
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5 - PSAPUNDO       UNDO ONLINE    LOCAL    MANUAL    NO         3/1
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my HP-UX is 11-23
*********************import monitor log********************
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Loading of 'DD03L' import package is interrupted with R3load error.
Process '/usr/sap/R3T/SYS/exe/run/R3load -i DD03L.cmd -dbcodepage 4102 -l DD03L.
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DbSl Trace: Error 12801 in exec_immediate() from oci_execute_stmt(), orpc=0
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000002560K MINEXTENTS 0000000001 MAXEXTENTS 2147483645 PCTINCREASE 0 ) NOLOGGING
COMPUTE STATISTICS PARALLEL )
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Indexing a file failed. Returned -12
see [this_|http://web.me.com/pondini/TimeMachine/C3.html] user tip by Pondini.
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jcm21 wrote:
CCC put up a message that there was a Physical Problem "Library/Application Support/Techtool Protection/McIntosh HD/Directory Backup 2011-11-01-16-28-16"
You should not keep those files for long, and probably shouldn't back them up (if you need them at all -- since you do regular backups, I'm doubtful just how worthwhile that feature is).
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