IT31620: THE INTEGRATION NODE FAILS TO START VIA MQ SERVICE ON AIX ACE V11.0.0.7

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• On ACE V11.0.0.7 the runMQService was updated to allow a new
  parameters to be called (i.e. --vault-key). This change is
  working as expected on all platforms apart from AIX. The
  runMQService script runs using a ksh where linux uses a bash
  script. This causes a command argument not to be cleared and
  propogates it into the mqsistart command causing it to fail.
  

Local fix

• In order to fix the issue it it necessary to set the $@
  variable before calling the mqsiprofile.
  
  In the file at
  //server/bin/runMQService
  add
  
  args=$@
  
  before the line # Run mqsiprofile
  
  and change the
  last line from
  
  . ./mqsistart $broker -1 $@
  
  to
  
  . ./mqsistart
  $broker -1 $args
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  <span
  style="font-size:15px;font-family:slack-lato,applelogo,sans-seri
  f">All users of IBM App Connect Enterprise v11.0 on AIX</span>
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  AIX
  
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  On ACE V11.0.0.7 the runMQService was updated to allow new
  parameters to be called (i.e. --vault-key). This change is
  working as expected on all platforms apart from AIX. On AIX, the
  runMQService script runs using the ksh shell which has different
  'scoping' for positional parameters in comparison to linux
  (which uses bash script). This different scoping causes the
  positional parameters to be overwritten resulting in invalid
  values being propagated to the mqsistart command causing it to
  fail.
  

Problem conclusion

• The runMQService script is updated to save the arguments
  supplied to the runMQService script, while the execution
  environment is initialised, and then explicitly pass the saved
  arguments to the mqsistart command.
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v11.0      11.0.0.8
  
  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

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  APP CONNECT ENT

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0550

Applicable component levels