3226232 - "Did not read [ as first non-whitespace character" error in SAP HANA

Symptom

The following error is showing in SAP HANA trace or SAP HANA studio alerts:

inifile_read IniParser.cpp(00116) : Error in configuration file /usr/sap/<sid>/<path_to_configuration_files>/<service>.ini: Did not read [ as first non-whitespace character, file may be corrupted .

Environment

SAP HANA, platform edition

Product

SAP HANA, platform edition 2.0

Keywords

inifile_read, IniParser.cpp, Error in configuration file , KBA , HAN-DB-MON , SAP HANA Monitoring , Problem

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