NetWorker (Linux): Upgrading to NetWorker 19.13 unable to configure AUTHC server

The NetWorker authentication service reports the following error when upgrading to 19.13.x from a previous release:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/emc/brs/auth/util/ServiceConfigurator has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 61.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0

The same error is returned when running the AUTHC configuration script: /opt/nsr/authc-server/scripts/authc_configure.sh

[root@lnx-srvr01 linux_x86_64]# /opt/nsr/authc-server/scripts/authc_configure.sh

Specify the directory where the Java Standard Edition Runtime Environment (JRE) software is installed [/opt/nre/java/latest]:

The installation process will install an Apache Tomcat instance.
For optimum security, EMC NetWorker Authentication Service will
use a non-root user (nsrtomcat) to start the Apache Tomcat instance.
If your system has special user security requirements, ensure that proper
operational permissions are granted to this non-root user (nsrtomcat).
Please refer to NetWorker Installation Guide.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/emc/brs/auth/util/ServiceConfigurator has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 61.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:756)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:473)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:74)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:369)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:363)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:362)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:418)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:359)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
        at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:641)
ERROR: Could not get hostname in FQDN format.

NetWorker 19.13 requires Java Development Kit (JDK) 17. The NetWorker server is using Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8, which was used by NetWorker 19.12 and prior.

[root@lnx-srvr01 linux_x86_64]#  sudo find /usr /opt /lib* -type f -name "java" 2>/dev/null
/opt/nre/java/jre1.8.0_421/bin/java

Install NetWorker Runtime Environment (NRE) 17.0.1 (or later) or Oracle licensed JDK 17. NRE is available through: https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/en-us/product/networker/drivers

NetWorker Runtime Environment (NRE): Introduction and Installation

Example:

[root@lnx-srvr01 17.0.1]# rpm -Uvh nre-linux-17.0.1.rpm
warning: nre-linux-17.0.1.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID ff48d101: NOKEY
Verifying...                          ################################# [100%]
Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
   1:nre-17.0.1-1                     ################################# [ 50%]
                NOTE: To complete configuration execute the following script :
                        /opt/nre/nreconfig.sh
Cleaning up / removing...
   2:nre-8.0.22-1                     ################################# [100%]

[root@lnx-srvr01 17.0.1]# /opt/nre/nreconfig.sh

Creating the installation log in /opt/nre/logs/install.log.

Performing initialization. Please wait...

NRE configuration completed

After upgrading to JDK 17, run the authc_configure.sh script to configure authc:

[root@lnx-srvr01 ~]# /opt/nsr/authc-server/scripts/authc_configure.sh

Specify the directory where the Java Standard Edition Runtime Environment (JRE) software is installed [/opt/nre/java/latest]:

The installation process will install an Apache Tomcat instance.
For optimum security, EMC NetWorker Authentication Service will
use a non-root user (nsrtomcat) to start the Apache Tomcat instance.
If your system has special user security requirements, ensure that proper
operational permissions are granted to this non-root user (nsrtomcat).
Please refer to NetWorker Installation Guide.

The Apache Tomcat will use "lnx-srvr01.networker.lan" as the host name.
The Apache Tomcat will use "9090" as the port number.

The NetWorker Authentication Service requires a keystore file to configure encryption and to provide SSL support.

EMC recommends that you specify a keystore password that has a minimum of six characters.

Do you want to use the existing keystore /nsr/authc/conf/authc.keystore [y]?

Specify password for the existing keystore:
The install will use the existing certificate "emcauthctomcat" for Apache Tomcat.
The install will use the existing certificate "emcauthcsaml" for Authentication Service.

Creating the installation log in /opt/nsr/authc-server/logs/install.log.

Performing initialization. Please wait...


The installation completed successfully.

[root@lnx-srvr01 ~]# systemctl start networker

Review the NetWorker server /nsr/logs/daemon.raw to monitor service startup: NetWorker: How to use nsr_render_log to render .raw log files

The issue outlined in this KB also appears during new deployments of 19.13 if the JDK 17 requirements are not met.

NetWorker: NMC Launcher fails to connect to NMC after upgrade to NetWorker 19.13