Remote Execution job with a password that has a $ sign caused a submission error.

Products

• Workload Automation Agent

Issue/Introduction

Issue:

Remote Execution job from ESP to Windows System Agent running job on OpenVMS does not even make it to OpenVMS, error seen in proxy log

" Illegal group reference " error it was found the problem pointed to a $ causing Java to fail in the proxy.log file when it was resolving the encrypted password that contained a $ 

Environment: 

Windows

 

Resolution:

 

An update is needed for the CA WA Remote Execution Agent

11.3 SP5 PATCH2

 

Additional Information:  

 

June 2016 the patch is T5UQ294 

Environment

Release: WKLASE99000-11.3-Workload Automation-Agent SE
Component: