starting v21 ucsrvwp.exe on win throws periodcalc.dll error

Products

• CA Automic One Automation

Issue/Introduction

After installing version 21.0 automationengine component on windows, WPs are unable to start.

Starting the WP from the service manager throws an error:
20210930/211304.952 - U00022006 ... and start directory  'C:\automic\21.0.0\ServiceManager\bin\..\..\AutomationEngine\bin'.
20210930/211304.952 - U00022007 Process 'UC4 WP1' (ID '14764') successfully started.
20210930/211304.999 - U00022023 No associated window can be found for process 'UC4 WP1'.
20210930/211305.005 - U00022012 Process 'UC4 WP1' (ID '14764') ended.
20210930/211305.005 - U00022022 Process 'UC4 WP1' ended, exit code='3221225781'.

No WP log is created.  

When attempting to start the WP from the executable - ucsrvwp.exe - you'll see the popup:
The code execution cannot proceed because periodcalc.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.

Environment

Release : 21.0

Component : AUTOMATION ENGINE

Cause

This was caused by a problem with the build of the automation engine component

Resolution

This has been fixed with the new image and files as of October 1.  Only the September 30 image or files will have this problem.

Workaround

There are three possible workarounds:

1) Download the attached Setup.lst file and place it into the [setup directory]\AutomationEngine\windows\x64 directory, replacing the original .lst file

1) Add line in Setup.lst after File103 line and re-run setup.exe:
[email protected],$(AppPath),,,09/30/2020,15000,6.00.0.0,U

2) copy the periodcalc.dll file from the image files to the automationengine bin directory.