CA WA ESP REST API failed with WS8098E and RC 8

Products

• ESP Workload Automation

Issue/Introduction

CA WA ESP REST API failed with below:
Thread-16¨ RpcServiceMainframe              : WS8099E CYBWS004 ended normally, rc=8
Thread-15¨ RpcServiceMainframe              : WS8098E CP init rc=14, IXCJOIN, Member already active
CONNECTOR¨ RpcServiceMainframe              : WS8097E Command processor init failed with
CONNECTOR¨ ClientImpl                       : Connect to ESP Master 'ESP' failed. rc=8

Environment

Release : 12.0

Component : CA ESP WORKLOAD AUTOMATION

Resolution

You should specify a different value for REST API:
# XCF member name
esp.client.connection.xcfName=RESTAPI

Note: "XCF D G" will show existing XCF values for ESP Master, proxy and shadow.