IT01889: PCOM: PCSCM.EXE CRASH RUNNING SNA 3270 SESSIONS OVER LLC2 CONNECTION

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

• WinXP PCOM V5.8 move to Win7 32bit PCOMM V6.0.9 HOST IBM
  SYSTEM-Z - SNA3270 LLC2 session PCOMM V6.0.9
  
  there are 4 session and one of them has special session
  that Host application does Vary OFF/ON by every 1 minutes
  for keeping a session alive.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• A 3270 Emulator session is established over SNA connectivity.
  When an user operates on 3270 session, PCSCM crashes reporting
  the following error:
  "PCSCM is not running. Press OK to terminate PCOMM  session. "
  

Problem conclusion

• Problem was due to Null pointer exception in the IBM Personal
  Communications SNA code. Code changes have been made in
  PCSRUINW.DLL, PCSRUISN.DLL and PCSRUISS.DLL to rectify the
  problem.
  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

• PCSRUINW PCSRUISN PCSRUISS
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I700J

Applicable component levels

• R609 PSY

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