3028924 - Error during ping operation: Initialization of repository destination: <destination_name> failed

While performing a "Ping destination" under NWA -> Destinations, customer is receiving the following error:

• Checking the defaultTrace file ( /usr/sap/<SID>/<instanceID>/j2ee/cluster/serverX/log/defaultTrace.X.trc), the following exception can be seen:

Error during ping operation: Initialization of repository destination destination_name failed: Parameter containing a user ID is missing: neither user nor user alias nor external ID nor SSO ticket nor X.509 certificate has been specified

[EXCEPTION]

com.sap.security.wd.destinations.exception.DestinationUIException: com.sap.tc.lm.itsam.ui.proxy.exception.JMXJMRuntimeOperationException: com.sap.security.core.server.destinations.itsam.DestinationRuntimeException: com.sap.security.core.server.destinations.api.DestinationException: [com.sap.ASJ.dest.if0156] Error during ping operation: Initialization of repository destination destination_name failed: Parameter containing a user ID is missing: neither user nor user alias nor external ID nor SSO ticket nor X.509 certificate has been specified

at com.sap.security.wd.destinations.helper.BEInstructor.pingDestination(BEInstructor.java:264)
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Caused by: com.sap.tc.lm.itsam.ui.proxy.exception.JMXJMRuntimeOperationException: com.sap.security.core.server.destinations.itsam.DestinationRuntimeException: com.sap.security.core.server.destinations.api.DestinationException: [com.sap.ASJ.dest.if0156] Error during ping operation: Initialization of repository destination <destination name> failed: Parameter containing a user ID is missing: neither user nor user alias nor external ID nor SSO ticket nor X.509 certificate has been specified
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Caused by: com.sap.conn.jco.JCoException: (101) JCO_ERROR_CONFIGURATION: Parameter containing a user ID is missing: neither user nor user alias nor external ID nor SSO ticket nor X.509 certificate has been specified (remote system is [<unknown>])

at com.sap.conn.jco.rt.MiddlewareJavaRfc.generateJCoException(MiddlewareJavaRfc.java:589)
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Caused by: RfcException raised by system [<unknown>]:

message: Parameter containing a user ID is missing: neither user nor user alias nor external ID nor SSO ticket nor X.509 certificate has been specified

return code: RFC_INVALID_PARAMETER (19)

error group: 101

key: RFC_ERROR_PROGRAM

at com.sap.conn.rfc.api.RfcOptions.checkLogonData(RfcOptions.java:305)

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