IJ10651: THE TEMS RAS LOG FILLS RAPIDLY AND APPEARS TO BE FILLED WITH ZEROES

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0 Fix Pack 7 Service Pack 1 (6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM-SP0001)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Turning on certain verbose TEMS traces exposes a defect that
  results in invalid messages being written to the RAS log. At
  the same time, the TEMS may become preoccupied generating a
  high volume of these invalid messages so that it is unable to
  perform normally.
  

Local fix

• Turn off traces/Contact support
  

Problem summary

• Turning on certain verbose TEMS traces exposes a defect that
  results in invalid messages being written to the RAS log.  At
  the same time, the TEMS may become preoccupied generating a high
   volume of these invalid messages so that it is unable to
  perform normally.
  
  
  The TEMS RAS log grows rapidly and appears to be corrupted and
  full of zeroes.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code was changed to ensure the RAS traces are printed
  correctly.
  
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
     | service pack | 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM-SP0001
  

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:

  OA56596

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TEMS

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04MS

Applicable component levels