PM10317: METHOD NAMES IN MESSAGE BBOO0325W ARE UNPRINTABLE GARBAGE CHARACTERS.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• WebSphere Application Server controller regions issue message
  BBOO0325W when an IIOP request stays active for longer than the
  timeout value specified by protocol_iiop_local_timeout.
  
  For example:
  BBOO0325W An IIOP request for
  Class Name 'biz.aa.bbbbbbb.cccc.dddddHome' and
  Method Name '?ﾔ
  ?￴
  ', to
  'hostname=h1111.h222.BIZ port=###', has timed out.
  SessionHandle=################, Request ID=########.
  
  The unprintable method names appear if the timed-out IIOP
  request is a LOCATE or a RE-LOCATE.  For a LOCATE request, the
  Class name will be an EJB HOME interface name.  For a RE-LOCATE,
  the class name could be anything.
  
  The garbled method name is the result of incorrect method name
  translation between ascii and ebcdic.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of IBM WebSphere Application       *
  *                 Server V7.0                                  *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: WebSphere Application Server for z/OS   *
  *                      controller region version 6.1 issues    *
  *                      BBOO0325W timeout message with          *
  *                      garbled method name for an IIOP         *
  *                      request.                                *
  *                                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  The code page of the operation name and the operation name are
  managed by 2 fields within the ORBR (bbooorbr).  The code page
  of the operation name represents the code page of the current
  connection related to the ORBR request (ex. for a local
  communication connection the code page is EBCDIC).
  The garbled operation name appearing in the BBOO0325W
  message was caused by a mismatch between these 2 fields.
  example of garbled message.
  BBOO0325W An IIOP request for Class Name
  'biz.aa.bbbbbbb.cccc.dddddHome' and Method Name '??', to
  'hostname=h1111.h222.BIZ port=###', has timed out.
  SessionHandle=################, Request ID=########.
  

Problem conclusion

• The management scheme of the operation name within the ORBR is
  now based on maintaining the operation name in the EBCDIC code
  page within the native at all times.  To implement this new
  management scheme the following code changes have been made.
  The GIOP message build code (bbocgiop) was modified to convert
  the operation name to ASCII before writing the GIOP message
  based on the operation flag in the ORBR.  Also bboojorb and
  bboofjni were modified to remove the conversion of operation
  name to ASCII so that operation name remains EBCDIC in ORBR.
  
  APAR PM10317 is currently targeted for inclusion in Service
  Level (Fix Pack) 7.0.0.13 of WebSphere Application Server V7.0.
  
  Please refer to URL:
  //www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=404&uid=swg27006970
  for Fix Pack availability.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PM10165

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

Modules/Macros

• BBGUBINF BBOUBINF
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655I3500

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY UK61114

     UP10/10/21 P F010

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