Resource Reservation - Resource names cannot contain special characters

Replicated a Resource Room from 6.5 to an 8.5 server. Upgraded the design, site profile and mail in docs for rooms and resources following http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21329258 to a new domain.

However, I can create a new resource but cannot save any changes to existing resources due to a validation failure for the resource name. I am not changing the name at all, just the ownership names. Here is the message:

“Resource names cannot contain special characters.”

Any clues ?

Subject: Invalid characters

Even though you aren’t trying to rename the rooms, they may have invalid characters that aren’t passing a validation formula. There were changes between 6.x and 8.x. Please see the technote below for more info:

https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21251010