Replication error due to unsupported characters | AEM

All replication agents to publisher are failing with the following error: error: com.day.cq.replication.ReplicationException: Repository error during node import: Cannot create a new node using a name including an index.

Issue

All replications to publish instances are failing with the following error:

error: com.day.cq.replication.ReplicationException: Repository error during node import: Cannot create a new node using a name including an index

Full error:

29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : Sending message to 52.208.247.135:4503
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : >> POST /bin/receive HTTP/1.0
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : >> Action: Activate
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : >> Path: /content/dam/Deloitte/us/Images/promo_images/business-finance/us-cfo-coins-money.jpg
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : >> Handle: /content/dam/Deloitte/us/Images/promo_images/business-finance/us-cfo-coins-money.jpg
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : >> Referer: about:blank
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : >> ...spooling 160582 bytes...
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : --
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : << HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : << Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 09:40:20 GMT
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : << X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : << Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : << Content-Length: 145
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : << 
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : << error: com.day.cq.replication.ReplicationException: Repository error during node import: Cannot create a new node using a name including an index
29.05.2017 09:40:20 - ERROR - Publish1EUW1 : Message sent.

Environment

6.2

Cause

The particular resource being activated has descendant nodes named with illegal characters. Refer to this documentation.

Resolution

To get the replication queue processing again, perform the following steps:

  1. Go to http://aemhost:port/crx/de/index.jsp and log in as admin.
  2. Browse to and delete the nodes that have illegal characters in them.
  3. Click Save All.

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