Data Protection Advisor - Error 400 for Pre or Post scripts

Summary: Getting an Error 400 when running a report that has a script associated with.

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Symptoms

The error is observed when attempting to run a report that has an associated script. 
Error 400:
Resulting file is outside common scripts directory

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Observations from the server log (application server: <install dir>\emc\dpa\services\logs\server): 
2021-01-22 11:24:10,556 ERROR [com.emc.dpa.restapi.util.DPAExceptionMapper] (http-/0.0.0.0:9002-3) Exception caught. Building error response. Exception was...: javax.ejb.EJBTransactionRolledbackException: Input validation failed for object ScheduledReport Original message: Resulting file is outside common scripts directory: <Path to customer defined script> (exception.input_validation_error)
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Caused by: com.emc.dpa.common.exception.DPAException: Input validation failed for object ScheduledReport Original message: Resulting file is outside common scripts directory: <Path to customer defined script> (exception.input_validation_error)

Cause

The reason for this error is that DPA expects the scripts to be in a specific directory.
Scripts will not be processed if placed outside of the designed directory path.

Resolution

As per the Admin Guide:
You must place scripts in the <install-dir>/services/shared/commands 
Placing the script in the location above will resolve the problem.

Affected Products

Data Protection Advisor
Article Properties
Article Number: 000200217
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 10 Nov 2022
Version:  4
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