IT37199: Failure data capture (FDC) record header contains the first linefrom mqpatch.dat but it should be the last line

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The record header in each record of a .FDC file contains the
  build level of MQ.
  
  If a fix has been installed using the supplied installation
  program, then a line containing the fix name has been added to
  mqpatch.dat.
  
  The build level in the FDC record header is expected to contain
  the current fix name, if there is one.
  
  The first line from mqpatch.dat was being written into the FDC
  record header.  But it is possible for the level of MQ code to
  be upgraded (by installing a fix pack), or for a second fix to
  be installed, without the earlier line being removed from
  mqpatch.dat.  In that case it is the last line in the file that
  is most appropriate to be written into the FDC record header,
  not the first line.
  

Local fix

• Manually edit mqpatch.dat to remove the irrelevant lines,
  leaving
  only the last line.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  Users looking at FDC files (these are written for unhandled
  error conditions) and seeing that the fix named in the top of
  the FDC file is not relevant for the installation.
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  The last line in mqpatch.dat is most appropriate to describe the
  current state of fixes installed, not the first line (if there
  is more than one line).  So the last line from mqpatch.dat
  should have been used in the FDC records.
  

Problem conclusion

• The MQ code has been changed to write out the last line from
  mqpatch.dat into the FDC records.
  
  The dspmqver command now also outputs the last line (if present)
  from mqpatch.dat as the 'Level:'.
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v9.1 LTS   9.1.0.11
  v9.2 LTS   9.2.0.5
  v9.x CD    9.3.0.0
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from
  'WebSphere MQ Recommended Fixes'
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006037
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available information on
  its planned availability can be found in 'WebSphere MQ
  Planned Maintenance Release Dates'
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006309
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IBM MQ BASE M/P

• Fixed component ID

  5724H7261

Applicable component levels