2017999 - Wrong element.clusterID - AS Java fails to start

You try to start the Application Server Java but it does not start. You check the work folder of the system on ../<SID>/<InstID>/work/ and the dev_server<x> shows this error:

[Thr 01] *** LOG => exiting (exitcode -1501, retcode 2).
[Thr 01] CCMS: CCMS Monitoring Cleanup finished successfully.

The std_server<x>.out file shows this error:

ERROR: Cannot read manager properties due to:
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Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The method [resolveCalculatedValue] in the class [com.sap.engine.core.configuration.impl.KernelFriendImpl] cannot be invoked. Check the provided classloader [system:Kernel@com.sap.engine.boot.loader.ResourceMultiParentClassLoader@25cbfa42@alive]
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Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
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Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character found in the expression [$] (0). Complete expression is [${INSTANCE} + 00]

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illegalArgumentException, illegal character, complete expression, exitcode -1501 , KBA , BC-JAS-SF , Startup Framework , Problem