Upgrade TDM Portal Error: INFO: Error in loading the application.properties: String index out of range: -5

Products

• CA Test Data Manager (Data Finder / Grid Tools)

Issue/Introduction

We received an error when attempting to upgrade the Portal in our test domain to 4.9. 

the error message in startup.log indicates a problem with the install..

INFO|4112/0|20-03-02 09:21:46|INFO: Error in loading the application.properties: String index out of range: -5

Cause

The application.properties file got corrupted during the upgrade of the TDM Portal to 4.9.

Environment

Release : 4.9

Component : CA Test Data Manager

Resolution

Did an uninstall and install of TDM Portal 4.9.  This resolved the issue.