PI73577: IPIC connections are unresponsive after a CICS server restart and msgIEE342I is issued.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Intermittently a problem occurs where a Gateway daemon does not
  reconnect to IPIC connected CICS servers after the CICS servers
  have been restarted.
  
  Attempts to issue modify commands to the Gateway daemon using
  the SDSF command do not complete successfully and might return
  the following message:
  IEE342I MODIFY REJECTED-TASK BUSY modify rejected task busy
  
  The following messages might also be written to the CICS TG log:
  CTG8495E Communication failure for IPIC connection to CICS
           server <server_name> reason = java.io.IOException: End
           of stream
  CTG8433E Connection failure for IPIC connection to CICS server
           <server_name> reason =  java.net.Connect Exception:
           EDC8128I Connection refused
  
  Additional search words: msgIEE342I IEE342 msgIEE342 msgCTG8495E
  msgCTG8495 CTG8495 msgCTG8433E CTG8433 msgCTG8433
  

Local fix

• Restarting the Gateway daemon clears the problem.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All users of CICS Transaction Gateway and IPIC connected     *
  * CICS servers.                                                *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * IPIC sessions deadlocked and message IEE342I issued after    *
  * SDSF modify command.                                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * .                                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  When CICS TG closes a number of IPIC sessions at the same time.
  it is possible for 2 sessions to deadlock on the same resource.
  In this deadlock one of the sessions can be holding a CICS TG
  statistics record while waiting for the deadlocked resource.  If
  the CICS TG ZOSConsole thread then attempts to collect
  statistics it can also become deadlocked and issue the message
  IEE342I.  Any further attempts to use CICS TG administration
  commands from the SDSF console will not complete. The Gateway
  daemon will continue to process ECI requests over IPIC sessions
  that are not affected by the deadlock. It is also possible that
  the IPIC session deadlock will hold statistics resources that
  will prevent scheduled statistics from being collected.
  

Problem conclusion

• CICS TG has been changed to remove the reported deadlock on IPIC
  session closure.
  

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:

  UI43331 UI43332 UI43333

Modules/Macros

• CTG00201 CTG00204
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CTG V9 FOR Z/OS

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y2000

Applicable component levels

• R900 PSY UI43331

     UP16/12/20 P F612

• R910 PSY UI43333

     UP16/12/20 P F612

• R920 PSY UI43332

     UP16/12/20 P F612

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