JR44841: ISSUE WITH THE DEPLOYMENT PACKAGE DEPLOYED_FLOWS/PXRUN.SH IN INFORMATION SERVER 8.5.

IBM InfoSphere Information Server, Version 9.1.2
InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3 for Microsoft Windows
InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3 for AIX
InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3 for Linux
IBM InfoSphere Information Server Enterprise Edition V11.3 for Windows

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In  the deployment package Deployed_Flows/pxrun.sh script it
  looks like the format/syntax of the  params value string has
  changed from DS 7.5.1a to DS 8.5.  The format/syntax in DS 8.5
  doesn't appear to quote the values of parameters listed in the
  -params string.  So, if
  there is an environment variable that has a value with spaces
  then the osh command with the -f option is throwing an invalid
  option error.
  
  ERROR RECEIVED in 8.5 executing OSH from pxrun.sh (when env var
  has spaces - in this case DATETIME has a space before time.  So,
  osh errors thinking that the time is an invalid option for osh
  -f)
  ##E IIS-DSEE-TCOS-00006 15:58:12(005) <main_program> Invalid
  value for
  option -f: 15:58:11;"$JOB_NAME"=GLOBAL.
  

Local fix

• Adding the double quotes around the values
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  Problem affects only users of remote deployed osh jobs which
  have
  spaces embedded in environment variable job parameters.
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  The quoting on the pxrun.sh script was incorrect and did not
  protect
  environment variables whose value contained the space character.
  Problem manifested itself as an error in the arguments when
  running
  the osh command.
  ****************************************************************
  RECOMMENDATION:
  For automated use of remote deployment the patch should be
  applied
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• Corrected the DataStage compiler code so that it generated a
  version of pxrun.sh with the correct quoting to support spaces
  being passed.
  
  For jobs which exhibit the failure based on the environment
  variables containing spaces it will be necessary to recompile
  the jobs after applying the patch. For jobs where environment
  variables do not contain spaces recompilation is not necessary.
  

Temporary fix

• Edit the pxrun.sh script prior to deployment and insert double
  quotes around the values.
  

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

  WIS DATASTAGE

• Fixed component ID

  5724Q36DS

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

     UP

• R870 PSN

     UP

• R910 PSN

     UP