E-IB: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Doc ID 1565892.1)

Symptoms

Applies to all PeopleTools 8.4x, 8.5x environments

Sample Environment:
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Tools 8.52
HCM 9.1 ( upgrading from 8.9 )
STG and Prod envs affected

Issue:
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The site moved the STG environment to a new hardware, the ping node on the Vendor setup fails.  


The error message seen is per following:

Error:
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 "Integration Gateway - External System Contact Error (158,10721)"

Error in the intergration gateway errorlog file:

Type   Error
ErrorLevel   Standard Gateway Exception
Description
Exception      
MessageCatalog   MessageSet:   MessageID:   MessageParms:  
Stack Trace
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:381)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:243)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:230)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:377)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:539)
at com.ibm.jsse2.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:178)
at com.ibm.jsse2.SSLSocketImpl.<init>(SSLSocketImpl.java:374)
at com.ibm.jsse2.SSLSocketFactoryImpl.createSocket(SSLSocketFactoryImpl.java:6)
at psft.pt8.pshttp.https.HttpsClient.doConnect(HttpsClient.java:172)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.openServer(NetworkClient.java:130)
at psft.pt8.pshttp.https.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:529)
at psft.pt8.pshttp.https.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:350)
at psft.pt8.pshttp.https.HttpsClient.<init>(HttpsClient.java:76)
at psft.pt8.pshttp.https.HttpsClient.newClient(HttpsClient.java:132)
at psft.pt8.pshttp.https.HttpsClient.newClient(HttpsClient.java:100)
at psft.pt8.pshttp.https.HttpsURLConnection.connect(HttpsURLConnection.java:462)
at psft.pt8.pshttp.PSHttp.getResponseCode(PSHttp.java:378)
at com.peoplesoft.pt.integrationgateway.targetconnector.HttpTargetConnector.send(HttpTargetConnector.java:764)
at com.peoplesoft.pt.integrationgateway.targetconnector.HttpTargetConnector.ping(HttpTargetConnector.java:1218)
at com.peoplesoft.pt.integrationgateway.service.BasicConnectorInvocator.execute(BasicConnectorInvocator.java:132)
at com.peoplesoft.pt.integrationgateway.framework.GatewayManager.invokeService(GatewayManager.java:145)
at com.peoplesoft.pt.integrationgateway.framework.GatewayManager.connect(GatewayManager.java:189)
at com.peoplesoft.pt.integrationgateway.listeningconnector.PeopleSoftListeningConnector.doPost(PeopleSoftListeningConnector.java:182)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:727)
at com.peoplesoft.pt.integrationgateway.listeningconnector.PeopleSoftListeningConnector.service(PeopleSoftListeningConnector.java:86)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:820)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper$ServletServiceAction.run(StubSecurityHelper.java:227)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.StubSecurityHelper.invokeServlet(StubSecurityHelper.java:125)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.execute(ServletStubImpl.java:300)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.TailFilter.doFilter(TailFilter.java:26)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:60)
at com.peoplesoft.pt.integrationgateway.common.IBFilter.doFilter(IBFilter.java:84)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.FilterChainImpl.doFilter(FilterChainImpl.java:60)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.wrapRun(WebAppServletContext.java:3729)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext$ServletInvocationAction.run(WebAppServletContext.java:3695)
at weblogic.security.acl.internal.AuthenticatedSubject.doAs(AuthenticatedSubject.java:321)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityManager.runAs(SecurityManager.java:120)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.securedExecute(WebAppServletContext.java:2285)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.execute(WebAppServletContext.java:2184)
at weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.run(ServletRequestImpl.java:1459)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:209)
at weblogic.work.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:178)

Cause

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