BS2000: JOBS and JOBF fail in v24.4.3

Products

• CA Automic Workload Automation - Automation Engine

Issue/Introduction

After the upgrade of the BS2000 Agent to v24.4.3 jobs started to fail with error like below where the job name is partly garbled or part are missing (bold):

20260212/055439.861 - U00011454 Fuer die Datei '<JOB.NAME.‰ø½



€H
Š€>' konnte kein vollqualifizierter Dateiname ermittelt werden. Fehler: 'e9c4f0f2'.
20260212/055439.867 - U00011409 FT '5835662': FileTransfer wurde abnormal beendet. 

or

2026-02-06 06:06:31 - U00011134 FEHLER '67' Byte, '1' Datensätze für Datei '<JOB_NAME.050226>'->'050226' fehlerhaft übertragen. Dauer '00:00:00'.
2026-02-06 06:06:31 - U00011454 Für die Datei '050226' konnte kein vollqualifizierter Dateiname ermittelt werden. Fehler: 'e6d6d9d2'.

 

It emerged that the issue coincided with port scans from a third-party utility.

The issue can be simulated by the following command:

nmap <BS2000-Host> -P <Agent-Port> -v 

Cause

DE182432

Resolution

Solution:

Update to a fix version listed below or a newer version if available.

Fix version:

Component(s): BS2000 Agent

Automation.Engine 24.4.4 HF1 - Available
Automation.Engine 24.4.5 - Planned release June 2026

Additional Information

Public description: A problem has been fixed where the RFC mechanism does not work if a port scanner connects to the RFC port.