IZ52599: TACMDVIEWSIT INCORRECTLY GIVES ERROR KUICVS005E THE SITUATION <SITUATION_NAME> DOES NOT EXIST ON SERVER.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 8 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0008)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 9 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0009)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 6 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0006)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• #situation naming conventions in ITM version 6.1 and 6.2 are :
  *length<32 chars.
  *starts with alphabetic characters.
  *does not contain special characters and whitespaces.
  #In ITM 6.2.1 these restrictions are removed and situation names
  can be upto 256 characters.
  
  Steps to recreate the problem are :
  1)Create a situation that follows earlier conventions.
  *observe siuation name displayed correctly in TEP.
  *observe situation name displayed correctly in tacmd listsit.
  *observe out put of tacmd viewsit -s <sit_name> is correct.
  
  2)Edit situation in TEP situation editor in following way.
  -->Rename the situation in such a way that even the new name
  is according to earlier conventions. click "apply" and then
  click "ok". Close situation editor.
  *observe the new situation name is displayed in TEP situation
  editor.
  *observe tacmd listsit displays old situation name.
  *issue command tacmd viewsit -s <oldsit_name>
  observe this correctly displays output.
  situation definition is as follows:
  Name : <oldsit_name>
  Fullname: <newsit_name>
  *issue command tacmd viewsit -s <newsit_name>
  this does not display situation and gives error:
  {KUICVS005E: The situation <newsit_name> does not exist
  on server <protocol>://<servername>:<port_number>.
  
  The command did not complete because the specified situation was
  not found on the server.
  
  Specify a valid situation name and try running the viewsit
  command again. } <==this is where the problem lies.
  
  
  Note: this problem happens only when the new name given to
  situation also follows earlier conventions (which are mentioned
  above). If new situation name contains whitespace, special
  characters (eg: "-") or is more than 32 characters;
  then : tacmd viewsit -s <newsit_name> works. (displays
  situation).
  

Local fix

• not available.
  

Problem summary

• tacmd viewsit command does not find the situations if longname
  is specified instead of the shortname.
  

Problem conclusion

• Proper check has been introduced to look for the related short
  name in the long names table.
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
     | fix pack | 6.2.1-TIV-ITM-FP0001
  

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

  TEMS

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04MS

Applicable component levels

• R621 PSY

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