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IT22213: MONITOR COUNTS WITH A LARGE INTERVAL AND BURST LIMIT MIGHT EXCEED32-BIT LIMITATION AND PREMATURELY TAKE ACTION ON TRAFFIC.

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APAR status

  • Closed as Permanent restriction.

Error description

  • Having a large burst limit and large interval inside a count
    monitor might cause traffic to result in the filter action
    triggering before expected.
    

Local fix

  • Disable burst limit or reduce the interval and burst limit to be
    underneath 32-bit limit.
    
    4294967295 / interval = maximum burst limit
    

Problem summary

  • Sufficiently Large Message Monitor Intervals might cause the
    Interval/Limit to not be enforced.
    

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

  • Limit Interval/Limit Values to 86400 / 49 or equivalent
    combination ( Ex: 42336 / 100 ).
    

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IT22213

  • Reported component name

    DATAPOWER

  • Reported component ID

    DP1234567

  • Reported release

    720

  • Status

    CLOSED PRS

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2017-08-30

  • Closed date

    2017-10-30

  • Last modified date

    2017-12-12

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

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

Modules/Macros

  • 0
    

Fix information

Applicable component levels

[{"Line of Business":{"code":"LOB45","label":"Automation"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Product":{"code":"SS9H2Y","label":"IBM DataPower Gateways"},"Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"7.2"}]

Document Information

Modified date:
28 September 2021