3247381 - Error: "Path component contains reserved character (':'): CCMSD:" during system rename

Symptom

You are doing system rename via SWPM.

It stops and shows the following error(sample).

In sapinst_dev.log, the following error can be found.

TRACE 2022-06-22 02:14:20.278 (<hostname>\<username>) (startInstallation) com.sap.sdt.ins.jsyslib.syslibconv.ChildApplication
D:\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64\sapstartsrv.exe returned 0, output:
sapstartsrv=>sapparam: "DIR_PROFILE": must not be in "D:\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\profile\DEFAULT.PFL"

...

WARNING[E] 2022-06-22 02:17:50.457 (<hostname>\<username>) (startInstallation) [syxxcpath.cpp:476] id=syslib.filesystem.badCharacterInPath errno=FSL-02106 CSyPath::CSyPath(D:\usr\sap\CCMSD:\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64\sappfpar.exe=>sapparam: "DIR_PROFILE": must not be in "D:\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\profile\DEFAULT.PFL")
Path contains reserved character (':'): D:\usr\sap\CCMSD:\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64\sappfpar.exe=>sapparam: "DIR_PROFILE": must not be in "D:\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\profile\DEFAULT.PFL"

TRACE 2022-06-22 02:17:50.457 (<hostname>\<username>) (startInstallation) com.sap.sdt.ins.jsyslib.syslibconv.SyslibConv
Error checking if node 'D:\usr\sap\CCMSD:\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\exe\uc\NTAMD64\sappfpar.exe=>sapparam: "DIR_PROFILE": must not be in "D:\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\profile\DEFAULT.PFL"' exists, return false: com.sap.sdt.sltoolbox.JSyslibException: Path component contains reserved character (':'): CCMSD:

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The log is an example.

Environment

ABAP system rename via SWPM.

Product

SAP NetWeaver all versions

Keywords

KBA , BC-INS-SRN , System Rename Utility , Problem

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