PQ77021: THIS APAR ADDRESSES DEFECTS IN WEBSPHERE APPLICATION SERVER V5.0 FOR Z/OS.

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APAR status
Closed as program error.

Error description
This APAR addresses defects in WebSphere Application Server
V5.0 for z/OS.
Local fix Problem summary
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* USERS AFFECTED: All users of WebSphere Application Server    *
*                 V5.0 for z/OS                                *
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* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: APAR PQ77021 addresses various defects  *
*                      in WebSphere Application Server V5.0    *
*                      for z/OS.                               *
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* RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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APAR PQ77021 addresses the following defects in
WebSphere Application Server V5.0 for z/OS:

(MD17356) Support is needed to handle new parameters passed by
the addNode batch job in the Node federation utility. The
following additional parameters have to be set in the node
agent configuration by the Node federation utility.
short name, soap port, orb listener port, orb SSL listener port,
discovery port, multicast discovery port, DRS client port.

(MD17367) In the administrative console, if you navigate to:
Environment > Virtual Hosts > default host > Host Aliases
collection view.  Click NEW button.  The help panel says that
Host Name default is *.  But it comes up <blank> in the panel.
In addiiton, PORT needs integer and range validity check.

(MD17381) In the administative console, if you
navigate to: System Administration > Cell or
System Administration > Nodes > <a-node>, the shortName field
should be read-only.  The shortName field is editable in the
above 2 panels.

(MD17406) Users can not log onto the administrative console
after configuring and changing the registry to LDAP or custom
user registry using the server id/pass word. The user will get a
page not found error returned to their browser.

When LDAP or custom user registry is selected the code is
using the role based authorizer when it was supposed to use the
null implementation.

(MD17412) In the administrative console, in an ND environment,
if you navigate to Security --> Global Security,
in the select list of Active Authentication Mechanism, the
choice of SWAM should not be allowed.

(MD17419) Transformer produces messages in English only.
Japanese messages should be made available. Also, NodeAgent
message for restarting servers needs to be translated.

(MD17422) The current default JVM heap size is 48M for an
application server region.  This is not enough for some
applications. Applications being migrated from WebSphere V4.0.1
may expect the same default as WebSphere V40.1. The default size
WebSphere V4.0.1 was 256M.  This should be the default size in
WebSphere v5.0 for z/OS as well.

(MD17432) When a customer creates a configured binding to link
an object in a cluster, the URL contained in that binding
contains the wrong protocol and any lookups on that binding
will fail.

(MD17437) Transaction service PMI counters are not updated.
During server initialization, the transaction service fails to
initialize the PMI metric collectors for transactions.  Without
this initialization, the PMI service does not register the
appropriate callbacks to process transaction service events.

(MD17440) In the administative console, if you navigate to:
Environment > Manage WebSphere Variables collection view.
The collection view should not show the WebSphere z/OS internal
system variables that are prefixed with WAS_DAEMON_ or
WAS_SERVER_ONLY_.  The configuration for these system variables
should be done through webui.zos panels, such as z/OS Location
Service configuration view.

(MD17444) Method PortableRemoteObject.narrow() throws a
ClassCastException when narrowing a stub that has been returned
by a local invocation due to an incorrectly assigned servant
object.

(MD17470) BBOT_TransactionManager_CR::begin method, bbottmcr.cpp
set the wrong BBOTTMCR_Footprint flag (bbottmcr.cpp) used in
managing internal transaction locks.  A SystemException was
thrown by the BOA for minor code C9C21210 from the invocation of
context_to_gtid_row(), bbooboat.cpp.  The OTS object scoped
recovery that depends on the proper setting of flags in the
footprint mentioned above, allowed the exit from the
BBOT_TransactionManager_CR::begin() routine without releasing a
lock.  This resulted in a lock hierarchy violation within the
OTS Component (C9C218B1)

(MD17322) When ATRFGT fails with RC=370 the controller hangs
attempting to terminate itself. The server termination is held
up because an RRS unregister has not been done.

(MD17492) ABEND0C4/ABENDS0C4 in module BBOCASYD in the daemon
address space during comm_daemon_locate. A server was attempting
to contact another server on another system and the
comm_daemon_locate failed. The reason for the failure was a
corrupted cpool element.  A cpool element was returned to the
pool by module BBOCLCLR with an invalid address. This invalid
address was obtained and used later, which caused an
ABEND 0x0C4 in module BBOCASYD.

(PQ63654) The "WebSphere for z/OS Customization" dialog panels
currently supports data set names of up to 42 characters.  It
should be able to handle upto 44 characters.
Problem conclusion
APAR PQ77021 fixes various defects in WebSphere Application
Server V5.0 for z/OS.

(MD17356) The Node federation utility code was modified to
handle the additional parameter settings.

(MD17367) Set the default value for the Hostname to "*" and
added the validation rules to check for integer and value range
for the Port field in the HostAliasDetailForm.

(MD17381) Support has been modified such that the  shortName
field read-only on the cell detail view and the node detail
view.

(MD17406) Code was modified to use the null implementation of
the role based authorizer when LDAP or custom user registry is
the selected registry.

(MD17412) In the administative console, for the ND environment,
support has been modified to remove the choice of SWAM from the
select list of Active Authentication Mechanism in the Global
Security panel.

(MD17419) Transformer messages(BBOJ0053 through BBOJ0067) have
been translated to Japanese, along with the Nodeagent message
for server restart.

(MD17422) The dialog skeletons bbowsera and bbowserd will be
updated to set the initalHeapSize and maximumHeapSize to be 256.

(MD17432) Code was updated so that the correct protocol is
placed in the bindings URL.

(MD17437) The transaction service component startup has been
updated to make the appropriate initialization calls to the PMI
service.

(MD17440) Code has been added to the controller for the view to
remove all the environment variables that are prefixed with
WAS_DAEMON_ or WAS_SERVER_ONLY_.

(MD17444) The setting of the servant object has been correct so
that the type-checking code could properly recognize the
narrowed stub.

(MD17470) Code has been modified in
BBOT_TransactionManager_CR::begin() to correct the erroneous
setting of a flag in the footprint object.

(MD17322) Code added such that we deregister as a resource
manager with RRS before we abend the main thread.

(MD17492) Code was added to verify that the cpool elements
returned by module BBOCLCLR are valid.

(PQ63654) Dialog file will be updated such that data set names
are allowed to have upto 44 characters instead of 42 characters.

APAR PQ77021 is associated with SERVICE LEVEL W500103 of
WebSphere Application Server V5.0 for z/OS.
Temporary fix Comments
APAR information
APAR number PQ77021
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 2003-07-31
Closed date 2003-08-02
Last modified date 2003-09-05

APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros
BBOUBINF          

Publications Referenced

Fix information
Fixed component name WEBSPHERE FOR Z
Fixed component ID 5655I3500

Applicable component levels
R500 PSY UQ79132    UP03/08/08 P F308

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Document Information


Current web document: swg1PQ77021.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 #: PQ77021
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Sep 5, 2003