IT30268: INTEGRATION NODE CRASH WHEN WINDOWS PASSWORD HAS SPECIAL CHARACTERS IN BROKERTRUSTSTOREPASS OR BROKERKEYSTOREPASS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If you directly specify the password in properties like
  brokerTruststorePass or brokerKeystorePass under
  BrokerRegistry, it may cause the integration node to crash if
  the password contains special charactes which are not allowed
  for a filename on windows.
  
  Additional Symptom(s) Search Keyword(s):
  

Local fix

• NA
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  All users of IBM Integration Bus v10 and IBM App Connect
  Enterprise v11 on Windows.
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  Windows on x86-64 platform
  
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  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">If you
  directly specify the password in properties like </span><span
  style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">brokerTruststorePass
  or brokerKeystorePass under               </span>
  <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">BrokerRegistry
  and if the password contains special characters which are not
  allowed  </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255,
  255)">for a filename on Windows operating system then  it may
  cause the integration node to crash during the lookup for the
  registry key.</span>
  
  <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">This is
  applicable to all the configurable properties which can
  otherwise be set using mqsisetdbparms.  </span>
  <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">
                                                           </span>
  

Problem conclusion

• The product no longer crashes on Windows platform due to invalid
  characters in the configurable properties which require a lookup
  in the integration node registry.
  
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  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v10.0      10.0.0.18
  v11.0      11.0.0.7
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from:
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006041
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available,information on
  its planned availability can be found on:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006308
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  INTEGRATION BUS

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0540

Applicable component levels