Fix (APAR):  WAS_Dynacache_07-16-2003_5.0.0_cumulative_Fix

Status:  Fix

Release:  5.0.0

Operating System:  All

Supersedes Fixes:  WAS_Dynacache_05-14-2003_5.0.0_cumulative_Fix



CMVC Defect:  

Byte size of APAR:  643338

Date: 2003-08-01

Abstract:  WAS_Dynacache_07-16-2003_5.0.0_cumulative_Fix

Description/symptom of problem:  This is a cumulative dynacache fix containing all the changes made to dynacache as of March 14, 2003 since 5.0.0 was released and corrections for the following problems:

PQ74492 - Template invalidations of cache entries are not passed to edge server caches.
PQ74493 - Dependency Id for commands does not show in cache monitor after a cache hit.
PQ74418 - Cache monitor hangs if web server is restarted while viewing ESI statistics.

Internal Defects include:
160692 - HTOD disk cache problems are now fixed.
160836 - When flushToDiskOnStop property is true, all the cache entries are saved to disk when AppServer is stopped.
160877 - Cache Monitor displays needs to display disk contents.
166222 - JSP Changes do not trigger invalidations on edge servers.
167543 - J2EE roles need to be added to the Cache monitor deployment descriptor.
165059, 165322, 165827, 168238, 161078, 164812, 161475, 162503 - StreamCorruptedException happened when running trade3 stress and displaying disk cache contents using Cache Monitor, HTOD synchronization problem when running HTOD 24-hour cleanup. 
164990 - When both application servers specify the same disk offload location, the HTOD does not work
169992 - Add query parameters of the original request to alternate url before it is sent to the ESIProcessor.
169993 - Remove child from parent's dep-ids when the child is edgeable so that when the child is invalidated, the parent is not invalidated as well.
160918 - Use response's character encoding when different from request character encoding
165570 - NileApp configured for servlet caching no longer breaks



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.

7) You must reinstall CacheMonitor.ear if you already had it installed prior to installing WAS_Dynacache_07-16-2003_5.0.0_cumulative_Fix.



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

4) You must reinstall CacheMonitor.ear if you had it installed prior to removing WAS_Dynacache_07-16-2003_5.0.0_cumulative_Fix.



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

4) You must reinstall CacheMonitor.ear if you had it installed prior to re-applying WAS_Dynacache_07-16-2003_5.0.0_cumulative_Fix.




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