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Acquire datasource with powershell inside custom workflow fails in WFA with invalid character error after upgrading via backup and restore method

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Applies to

  • OnCommand WorkFlow Automation (WFA) 5.1.1P7
  • Windows installation
  • ONTAP/ActiveIQ Unified Manager (AIQUM) datasource

Issue

  • WFA upgraded from 5.1.1P3 to 5.1.1 P7  via backup/restore method
  • Workflows with acquire datasource via powershell fails for both ONTAP/AIQUM datasource after upgrade
  • Error on wfa.log:

INFO  [com.netapp.wfa.command.execution.instance.impl.ExecutionInstanceDaoImpl] (Thread-4 (ActiveMQ-client-global-threads)) [acquire_wfa_datasource]   ### Command 'acquire_wfa_datasource' in 'POWER_SHELL' ###

DEBUG [com.netapp.wfa.command.execution.impl.executors.CommandExecutorImpl] (Thread-4 (ActiveMQ-client-global-threads)) Executing command 'acquire_wfa_datasource':POWER_SHELL
...
...
 
DEBUG [com.netapp.wfa.command.execution.impl.CredentialDaoImpl] (default task-7) Looking command credential by IP addresses (exact match) '[<WFA_Server_IP>, 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]'
INFO  [com.netapp.wfa.rs.execution.ExecutionResource] (default task-7) Execution : Credential Request Successfully processed for array host '<WFA_server>'
INFO  [com.netapp.wfa.command.execution.instance.impl.ExecutionInstanceDaoImpl] (default task-7) [acquire_wfa_datasource]   Credentials successfully provided for '<WFA_server>'
 
...
...
 
DEBUG [com.netapp.wfa.common.stats.MethodInvocationStatsInterceptor] (Thread-4 (ActiveMQ-client-global-threads)) COMPLETED                milliseconds=1967                     depth=25                       class=ScriptHandlerBaseImpl                        method=executeScriptCommand:Time taken to execute the script in a process  parameters=[[powershell, -ExecutionPolicy, remotesigned, -NonInteractive, -NoProfile, -InputFormat, Text, -OutputFormat, XML, -Command, $_Netapp_Uri = @($input)[0] ; D:\NetApp\WFA\jboss\..\PoSH\profile.ps1;Invoke-WfaCommand -Script './acquire_wfa_datasource14021644386637789484.ps1 -DataSourceName ''<ONTAP/AIQUM_Datasource>'' -Protocol ''https'' -WfaServer ''<WFA_server>'' ']]
[com.netapp.wfa.common.stats.MethodInvocationStatsInterceptor] (Thread-4 (ActiveMQ-client-global-threads)) FAILED       milliseconds=0      depth=25                       class=ScriptHandlerBaseImpl                        method=executeScriptCommand:reading error message from error stream            parameters=['_x0001_', hexadecimal value 0x01, is an invalid character. Line 1, position 559.]

 

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