Fix (APAR):  WAS_DRS_03-16-2004_5.0.1_cumulative_Fix

Status:  Fix

Release:  5.0.1

Operating System:  All

Supersedes Fixes:  PQ75365,PQ79680,PQ76091,PQ76310,PQ77785,PQ78045,PQ78204,PQ79243,
PQ85234,PQ85318,PQ78005,PQ79072,PQ79493,PQ81536,PQ81990,PQ83816

CMVC Defect:  

Byte size of APAR:  97141

Date: 2004-03-16

Abstract:  Websphere Data Replication Cumulative Fix 5.0.1 03/16/2004

Description/symptom of problem:  
This is a cumulative fix that is being released for the 5.0.1 product. Fixes 
to this component will resolve bugs and errors that come up in the HTTP 
Session Memory to Memory replication function or the Websphere Dynamic Cache 
replication function.

This fix contains and supersedes the following fixes/APARs:
163603  Fix partition choosing when doing partial partitioning
163611  Fix multiple brokers in a single JVM configs            
165308  PERF enhancement- use obj messages; fix NullPointerExceptions
165271  Exception thrown during deserialization of HomeHandle 
PQ75365 JMSMessageQueueOverflowException:   using m2m session replication
PQ79680 Data Replication problems if > 2 servers in cluster            
PQ76091 Share Type PUSH_PULL in Dynamic Cache fails outside of cluster      
PQ76310 NullPointerException when processing received Session Acknowledgement
PQ77785 Fix improper Data Replication dead server detection
PQ78045 Fix Data Replication to not replicate to same node when using single replica.
PQ78204 Fix Data Replication bug which broke the Dynamic cache in Push-Pull mode.
PQ79243 Fix Data Replication round-robin topic load-balancing in 1-replica mode.
PQ85234 Failover does not occur, new session object is created
PQ85318 Deadlock in Replication, Disthub, Session manager during Appserver shutdown.
PQ78005 Fix CloseJMS behavior for multiple replication instances  in a JVM
PQ79072 Application server startup hangs with > 2 DRS instances
PQ79493 M2m replication fails with EOF Exception.
PQ81536 zOS: Fix resetJMS recovery level functionality
PQ81990 zOS SVT: Miscellaneous Data Replication fixes
PQ83816 Deadlock in com.ibm.disthub.impl.jms.SessionDispatcher on Appserver recycling.

Directions to apply fix:  

NOTE:  YOU MUST FIRST DOWNLOAD THE UPDATE INSTALLER TOOL IN ORDER TO INSTALL A FIX.
       The Fix Installer can be downloaded from the following link:
       http://www-3.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/support/index.html

1) Create temporary "fix" directory to store the jar file:
             UNIX: /tmp/WebSphere/fix
          Windows: c:\temp\WebSphere\fix

2) Copy jar file to the directory

3) Shutdown WebSphere

4) Follow the Fix installation instructions that are packaged with the Fix Installer on how to install the Fix.

5) Restart WebSphere

6) The temp directory may be removed.

Directions to remove fix:  
NOTE:  FIXES MUST BE REMOVED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE APPLIED.  DO NOT REMOVE A FIX UNLESS
     ALL FIXES APPLIED AFTER IT HAVE FIRST BEEN REMOVED.  YOU MAY REAPPLY ANY REMOVED FIX.

Example:  If your system has fix1, fix2, and fix3 applied in that order and fix2 is to be
          removed, fix3 must be removed first, fix2 removed, and fix3 re-applied.


1) Shutdown WebSphere

2) Follow the instructions that are packaged with the Fix Installer on how to uninstall the Fix.

3) Restart WebSphere

Directions to re-apply fix:  
1) Shutdown WebSphere

2) Follow the Fix instructions that are packaged with the Fix Installer on how to uninstall and reinstall the Fix.

3) Restart WebSphere



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