3593115 - Execution of hdbalm Command Fails with Error: TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "bytes") to str

Execution of hdbalm command fails with similar error below:

./hdbalm -u SYSTEM -h <hostname> -p 80<instance no.> import /tmp/install/du/TEST.tgz
Password:
Unknown error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./hdbalm3.py", line 2853, in run_command2
    self.init2(options, command_options, nolog=True)
  File "./hdbalm3.py", line 1672, in init2
    self.conn = self.ctx.HttpConnection.initialize_connection(options)
  File "./hdbalm3.py", line 1154, in initialize_connection
    conn = HttpConnection(host, port, user, password, args.https, verbose=args.verbose, minVersion=minVersion, tenantHost=args.tenant_host)
  File "./hdbalm3.py", line 1182, in __init__
    self.open_connection(minVersion=minVersion)
  File "./hdbalm3.py", line 1214, in open_connection
    raise utils.UserReportableException("Unable to connect to system: " + res +nl)
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "bytes") to str

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• SAP HANA, platform edition 1.0
• SAP HANA, platform edition 2.0

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