IZ81531: CS/LINUX CONNECTION FAILURE WITH REMOTE API CLIENTS

Communications Server for AIX, Version 6.4 -- Latest PTFs
Communications Server for Linux, Version 6.4 -- Latest Fixpack

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• CS/Linux connection failure with Windows clients. The following
  ASSERT error is issued:
  *
   LOG      Message 4096 - 13, Subcode: 0 - 1
   Log category: PROBLEM   Cause Type: Internal
   System: ratecsl1.mf.adp.com
   Process ID: 1475 (snaslim)
  
   ASSERT:
   File name   = ../../p/vsl/vslsys.c
   Line number = 105
   Expression  = (FALSE)
  *
  SNA Audit file also showed process handle failure with Error
  Code = 5.
  

Local fix

• Contact Level/2 for efix availability.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of Communications Server           *
  *                 Remote API Client                            *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:  At times, there is a lost of           *
  *  communication with the Windows client.  The audit logs show *
  *  message "Unable to create a process handle" 16392-18(46)    *
  *  for transactions that are active and working.  These        *
  *  messages from the audit logs are harmless in themselves,    *
  *  however when CS generates logs during the start up of       *
  *  an application (before it has attached to the service) it   *
  *  is possible that we can fail to log the message locally and *
  *  try and send the log to the service before the IPC is in a  *
  *  ready state.  This problem could also affect a Unix client. *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• New code was added to correctly initialize the state of an
  internal data structure to indicate that the IPC is not in
  a ready state.
  

Temporary fix

• efix available, sent to customer on 12/09/2008.
  Contact Level/2 support for further details.
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  LI73963

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CS AIX V6.X

• Fixed component ID

  5765E5100

Applicable component levels

• R640 PSY U838613

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