After Clone Rehost 'windchill wt.auth.Authentication' command failed with error in Windchill PDMLink

• After Cloning/Rehosting from Production to Test, the ‘windchill wt.auth.Authentication’ command encountered the below error:

D:\PTC\Windchill\bin>windchill wt.auth.Authentication
Thu Apr 04 12:39:31 EDT 2024:transport:main:Could not access HTTP invoker remote service at [https://https://<Windchill-URL>/Windchill/MethodServer]; nested exception is java.net.UnknownHostException: https
wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to invoke remote method; nested exception is:
        wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to locate method server; nested exception is:
        org.springframework.remoting.RemoteAccessException: Could not access HTTP invoker remote service at [https://https://<Windchill-URL>/Windchill/MethodServer]; nested exception is java.net.UnknownHostException: https
        at org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerClientInterceptor.convertHttpInvokerAccessException(HttpInvokerClientInterceptor.java:234)
        at org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerClientInterceptor.invoke(HttpInvokerClientInterceptor.java:160)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:186)
        at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopProxy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:215)
        at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy7.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at wt.method.RemoteMethodServer.springInvoke(RemoteMethodServer.java:568)
        at wt.method.RemoteMethodServer.invoke(RemoteMethodServer.java:720)
        at wt.auth.Authentication.getUserName(Authentication.java:68)
        at wt.auth.Authentication.main(Authentication.java:235)
Caused by: java.net.UnknownHostException: https
        at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:229)
        at java.base/java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
        at java.base/java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:609)
        at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:300)
        at java.base/sun.security.ssl.BaseSSLSocketImpl.connect(BaseSSLSocketImpl.java:173)
        at java.base/sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:182)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:474)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:569)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(HttpsClient.java:266)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:373)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:203)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1187)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:1081)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:189)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1367)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1342)
        at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:246)
        at org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.SimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor.writeRequestBody(SimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor.java:170)
        at org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.SimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor.doExecuteRequest(SimpleHttpInvokerRequestExecutor.java:92)
        at org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.AbstractHttpInvokerRequestExecutor.executeRequest(AbstractHttpInvokerRequestExecutor.java:141)
        at org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerClientInterceptor.executeRequest(HttpInvokerClientInterceptor.java:209)
        at org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerClientInterceptor.executeRequest(HttpInvokerClientInterceptor.java:191)
        at org.springframework.remoting.httpinvoker.HttpInvokerClientInterceptor.invoke(HttpInvokerClientInterceptor.java:157)
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