IC99484: IBM PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS PCSERR100 MESSAGE

Personal Communications 6.0.11
Personal Communications 6.0.12
Personal Communications 6.0.13
Personal Communications 6.0.15

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• All Personal Communications connections were disconnected when
  the PCSERR100 displayed. The PCSERR100 was also recorded in the
  Windows event log as the message text of PCS3008E.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: Users running multiple sessions of PCOM      *
  *                 with Auto-reconnect enabled.                 *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: With Auto-reconnect option enabled,     *
  *                      whenever any session gets               *
  *                      disconnected, the session attempts to   *
  *                      reconnect to the host. During every     *
  *                      reconnect attempt, process memory of    *
  *                      PCSCM increases. The increase in        *
  *                      process memory over a period of time    *
  *                      causes PCSCM process to crash.          *
  *                      PCSERR100 error message is also         *
  *                      displayed as a result of the            *
  *                      memory leak.                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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  PCSCM memory increases on every reconnect of an emulator
  session due to incorrect handling of memory allocation.
  

Problem conclusion

• PCSCM.EXE and PCSWS.EXE have been changed to handle memory
  allocation correctly at the time of session reconnect.
  
  Fix scheduled for PCOM 6.0.11 Refresh Pack
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

Modules/Macros

• PCSCM    PCSWS
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I700J

Applicable component levels

• R601 PSY

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