Article - CS195731
Commands fail with "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Null input buffer" exception in Windchill Bulk Migrator
Modified: 01-Oct-2025
Applies To
- Windchill Bulk Migrator 4.0 to 12.1
- Incorrect staging password
Description
- WBMMappingClient command execution fails with below error :
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[RMI TCP Connection(26)-10.59.232.163] ERROR client.ExtractProperties - Error: com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wc2wc.util.WBMException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Null input buffer at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wc2wc.util.WBMExceptionHandler.throwException(WBMExceptionHandler.java:34) ~[codebase/:?] at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wc2wc.extractor.client.ExtractProperties.getStaging_DB_PW(ExtractProperties.java:599) ~[codebase/:?] at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wc2wc.util.wbmutil.CommonConnectionPool.loadStagingConnectionDetails(CommonConnectionPool.java:251) ~[codebase/:?] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Null input buffer at javax.crypto.Cipher.doFinal(Cipher.java:2198) ~[?:?] at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wc2wc.util.StringEncryptHelper.decrypt(StringEncryptHelper.java:70) ~[codebase/:?] at com.ptc.windchill.migration.wbm.wc2wc.extractor.client.ExtractProperties.getStaging_DB_PW(ExtractProperties.java:597) ~[codebase/:?] ... 31 more
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- WBM commands fail with error:
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java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Null input buffer
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