PQ52629: IMPROPER HOST NAME, WHEN STARTED HTTP SERVER RECEIVED GETHOSTBYNAME ERROR MSG IN NETSCAPE LOG FILE, UNABLE TO SERVE ANY WAS REQ. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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APAR status Closed as program error. Error description The customer was configuring OSE Remote in a multi-node cloned environment. Per the OSE Remote configuration instructions they manually edited the queues.properties file on the HTTP server machine and added the required entries, including the ose.srvgrp ibmoselink.clonex.host entries. They mistyped one of these host entries so that it was unable to be resolved throught DNS. When they attempted to start their http server they received gethostb error messages in the netscape log file, and they were unable to server any WebSphere requests, even to the clones whos host names were resolvable. The customer was able to find the mistyped host name and correct it, and was able to get their configuration up and running. How they feel that the WebSphere plug-in should have been able to ig the incorrect entry, and route requests to the properly configur The problem is recreatable with IBM HTTP Server, rather than the Netscape server the customer is using. In this case, the HTTP S failed to completely start. As with Netscape, correcting the in hostname in the queues.properties file resolved the problem. Please create a defect for servicability since the product did n ot provide enough information for the customer to figure out on their own what was causing the problem. WASWLMK, WASPERFK SVCLocal fix Work around was to correct improper hostname so WebSphere would serve requests again.Problem summary The plugin is working as designed. In order for requests to be serviced properly the information in the properties files has to be correct. Valid hostnames are critical to the overall functioning of the plugin in an OSE remote configuration. If we cannot reach the defined machine, we cannot service requests. So, an invalid hostname is a considered a critical error. While the plugin does attempt to validate the info in the properties files (like resolving the host names defined in the queues.properties file), it is ultimately up to the user to make sure that the information contained in these files are correct.Problem conclusion Added new error message to give users more information when invalid hostname is supplied.Temporary fix Comments
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following: PQ50243 APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: Modules/Macros
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Document Information |
Product categories: Software > Application Servers >
Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application
Server > General
Operating system(s):
Software version: 400
Software edition:
Reference #: PQ52629
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Sep 20, 2001
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