PQ94396: WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER V5 GETTING ERROR 500 CREATING IMS CONNECTION FACTORY AT CELL LEVEL

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APAR status
Closed as program error.

Error description
Error 500 creating IMS connection factory at CELL level.
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After the connector is installed in each node, you can
then 'scope' the connector at the cell level. Once
the connector is scoped at the cell level, you can add
connection factories (at the cell level) so that they
can be used by all nodes in the installation.
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The connector was installed successfully on both application
nodes (node1tj & node1tk). I 'scoped' the connector at the
cell level and everything appeared to work just fine. I ran
into trouble adding connection factories at the cell level.
Here is the problem. Though no errors were thrown, the cell
scoped connector is missing (all) most of its custom
properties needed to define connection factories.
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When we compare the file
/zWebSphere/cell1/DeploymentManager/config/cells/cell1
between the DevPlex and TestPlex. There should be about 17
properties available (versus two). Connection factories
inherit these properties.
The error in the admin occurs when you click apply while
creating the connection factory.
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Error on trying to create an IMS connection factory at
the cell level (which has 0 custom properties):
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Error 500
An error occurred while processing request:
/admin/j2CConnectionFactoryDetail.do
Message: Server caught unhandled exception from servlet
[action]: null
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Message Detail:
java.lang.NullPointerException
com.ibm.ws.console.resources.j2c.
2CConnectionFactoryDetailAction.copyPa
rentProperties(J2CConnectionFactoryDetailAction.java:214)
com.ibm.ws.console.resources.j2c.
J2CConnectionFactoryDetailAction.perfor
m(J2CConnectionFactoryDetailAction.java:158)
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.
org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.
processActionPerform(ActionServlet.java:1791)
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: All users of WebSphere Application Server    *
*                 V5.0 for z/OS                                *
****************************************************************
* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Custom properties are missing and/or an *
*                      Error 500 is received when creating a   *
*                      connection factory for a Resource       *
*                      Adapter defined at cell level           *
****************************************************************
* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
****************************************************************
In the Administrative Console, after creating a resource adapter
with cell scope, in some cases the resource adapter will not
contain the custom properties that were defined in the .rar file
and/or the following error will occur when creating a connection
factory for the resource adapter:

Error 500 An error occurred while processing request:
/admin/j2CConnectionFactoryDetail.do Message: Server caught
unhandled exception from servlet ?action?: null

Message Detail:  java.lang.NullPointerException
com.ibm.ws.console.resources.j2c.
J2CConnectionFactoryDetailAction.copyParentProperties
(J2CConnectionFactoryDetailAction.java:214)
Problem conclusion
All .rar files are installed at the node level.  To create a
resource adapter at the cell level, the rar must be installed on
all nodes in the cell, except the Deployment Manager node.  The
code, however, was assuming that ALL nodes have the rar file and
was just choosing one.  When it chose the Deployment Manager
node, the rar file didn't exist, so no custom properties were
copied, which causes the NullPointerException when attempting to
create a connection factory.
The code was updated to always choose a node that contains the
desired adapter.

APAR PQ94396 is associated with SERVICE LEVEL W502017 of
WebSphere Application Server V5.0 for z/OS.
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ94396
Reported component name WEBSPHERE FOR Z
Reported component ID 5655I3500
Reported release 500
Status CLOSED PER
PE NoPE
HIPER NoHIPER
Special Attention NoSpecatt
Submitted date 2004-09-17
Closed date 2004-10-28
Last modified date 2004-12-02

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APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
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Fix information
Fixed component name WEBSPHERE FOR Z
Fixed component ID 5655I3500

Applicable component levels
R500 PSY UQ94534    UP04/11/03 P F411

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Current web document: swg1PQ94396.html
Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server for z/OS
Operating system(s):
Software version: 500
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ94396
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Dec 2, 2004