Siebel EIM >  SBL-SVR-01042, SBL-ADM-60070, SBL-SVR-01042 and SBL-EIM-00204

These error messages come together.
SBL-SVR-01042: Internal: Communication protocol error while instantiating new task SBL-EIM-00204
SBL-ADM-60070: Error reported on server 'SIEBEL_SERVER_NAME' follows:
SBL-SVR-01042: Internal: Communication protocol error while instantiating new task SBL-EIM-00204: Invalid configuration file (ifb) name.
SBL-EIM-a00204: Invalid configuration file (ifb) name.

-07 15:04:12       3/7/12 15:04 Error SBL-EIM-00306, in "/folder/eimfolder/deletecontact.ifb" line 22: Invalid
EIMTrace            EIMTraceSubEvent         3             000000084f573b73:0      2012-03-07 15:04:12       token for right-hand side.
Symptoms and Solution:
This error can be seen at the command prompt if you run the eim job from the server manager command line.
This error may be visible in the GUI screen as well. It may or may not appear in the EIM log files.

If you check the EIM table where data is stored, no data has been modified.

The error occurs because of a syntax error in the ifb file. Check out if there are incorrect values, parameters
or extra spaces/extra white lines.