NodeManager: domain salt file not found

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startNodeManager.cmd is in C:\bea11\wlserver_10.3\server\bin
in the same dir is also nodemanager.properties WHICH IS NOT BEING USED!

This file is configured to have:
DomainsFile=C\:\\bea11\\wlserver_10.3\\server\\bin\\nodemanager.domains


for some reason the nodemanager.domains is missing and this other is loaded:
C:\bea11\wlserver_10.3\common\nodemanager\nodemanager.domains


because NODEMGR_HOME=%WL_HOME%\common\nodemanager
where WL_HOME=C:\bea11\wlserver_10.3\

Verify the Domain name mappings:

if you are pointing to the wrong directory, where no valid domain exists, you will get this error emssage:

java.io.FileNotFoundException: Domain directory 'C:\bea11\wlserver_10.3\common\nodemanager' invalid (domain salt file not found)