PM50010: WHEN JAPANESE CHARACTERS ARE INCLUDED IN MESSAGES, NOTIFICATION FAILS OR MESSAGES HAVE MISSING CHARACTERS

Rational ClearCase Fix Pack (7.1.2.5) for version 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack (8.0.0.1) for version 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 14 (7.1.2.14) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 11 (8.0.0.11) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 12 (8.0.0.12) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 15 (7.1.2.15) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 13 (8.0.0.13) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 16 (7.1.2.16) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 17 (7.1.2.17) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 14 (8.0.0.14) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 18 (7.1.2.18) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 15 (8.0.0.15) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 19 (7.1.2.19) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 16 (8.0.0.16) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 17 (8.0.0.17) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 18 (8.0.0.18) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 19 (8.0.0.19) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 20 (8.0.0.20) for 8.0
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 21 (8.0.0.21) for 8.0

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When you use notification in your IBM Rational ClearCase
  scheduled jobs, you may see the following error in the albd log:
  _____________
  
  Error converting input to Unicode
  
  The first several bytes starting at the beginning of the
  problematic MB character have the following hexadecimal
  representation: \xa0\xf5\xcd\x0\x58.
  
  The beginning of the problematic MB character is 0 bytes away
  from the beginning of the input string.
  
  ___________
  
  You may also see that the messages that are received have
  missing characters.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  When you use notification in your IBM Rational ClearCase
  scheduled jobs, you may see the following error in the albd
  log:
  _____________
  
  Error converting input to Unicode
  
  The first several bytes starting at the beginning of the
  problematic MB character have the following hexadecimal
  representation: \xa0\xf5\xcd\x0\x58.
  
  The beginning of the problematic MB character is 0 bytes
  away from the beginning of the input string.
  
  ___________
  
  You may also see that the messages that are received have
  missing characters.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available in ClearCase versions 7.1.1.8, 7.1.2.5
  and 8.0.0.1
  

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

  CLEARCASE WIN

• Fixed component ID

  5724G2900

Applicable component levels

• R712 PSN

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