IV87940: MESSAGE SITUATION USING SELECT == *MNR RESULTS IN TWO ALERTS

IBM Tivoli Monitoring : IBM i OS Agent 6.3.0.5-TIV-ITM_IBMi-IF0002
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0 Fix Pack 7 (6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0007)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Message situation using SELECT == *MNR results in two alerts.
  The first alert is sent when an inquiry message is received on
  the message queue.  The second alert is sent when a reply to
  the inquiry message is sent.  This is a behavior change from an
  earlier release and does not match the documentation.  For
  SELECT == *MNR, the desired behavior is a single alert when the
  inquiry message is received on the message queue.
  

Local fix

• Specify TYPE == 05 instead of SELECT == *MNR for the message
  situation.  Message type 05 indicates an inquiry message which
  is equivalent to select *MNR (message needs reply) .
  

Problem summary

• Message situation using SELECT == *MNR results in two alerts.
  The first alert is sent when an inquiry message is received on
  the message queue.  The second alert is sent when a reply to the
   inquiry message is sent.  This is a behavior change from an
  earlier release and does not match the documentation.  For
  SELECT == *MNR, the desired behavior is a single alert when the
  inquiry message is received on the message queue.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code was modified to only signal an alert for a reply
  message if the SELECT criteria is *ALL.  If the SELECT criteria
  for a message is not explicitly specified, then SELECT is set to
   *ALL by default.
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
    | fix pack | 6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0007
  

Temporary fix

• Specify TYPE == 05 instead of SELECT == *MNR for the message
  situation.  Message type 05 indicates an inquiry message which
  is equivalent to select *MNR (message needs reply)
  

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

  ITM AGENT ISERI

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04A4

Applicable component levels