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# sk122098 - Upgrade from R77.30 to R80.10 fails with "Invalid white space character" error

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk122098 |
| Date Created | 2017-12-31 |
| Last Modified | 2019-05-07 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * Inplace Upgrade from R77.30 to R80.10 fails with "`Invalid white space character`" message.
* The `$FWDIR/log/upgrade_from_fwm_on_domain_....elg` file shows:

  ```
  
  at com.checkpoint.management.upgrade.action.SmartEventUpgradeAction.insertObjsToDb(SmartEventUpgradeAction.java:55)
  at com.checkpoint.management.upgrade.action.SmartEventUpgradeAction.upgrade(SmartEventUpgradeAction.java:122) 
  at com.checkpoint.management.upgrade.Dispatcher.dispatch(Dispatcher.java:2)
  ```

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