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Known problems and workarounds for WebSphere Transformation Extender, V8.4

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Use these links to find the latest information about known problems and workarounds in WebSphere Transformation Extender, version 8.4.

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Preloading WebSphere Transformation Extender maps and .mdq files in a z/OS CICS environmenthttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21664636
The length of the lpszIdentifier input to the mpiMapLoadMemory method cannot exceed 32 bytes http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21657990
WebSphere Transformation Extender Oracle adapter crashes if Oracle client 11G maintenance version is earlier than 11.2.0.3 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21698224
WebSphere Transformation Extender source map updates are not included when WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit rebuilds a BAR file http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686609
WebSphere Transformation Extender Zip adapter support of ZIP64 format http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21662496
Deploying a revised WebSphere Transformation Extender map to a WebSphere Transformation Extender for WebSphere ESB mediation module
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21648964
FAQ: What is propagated through a WebSphere Transformation Extender for Message Broker Map node failure terminal when it is connected to a message flow?http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21633469
XML file fails validation with error: Content of element xxxxxxx is different from the fixed attribute value in the elements schema declarationhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21625632
AIX APAR causes Launcher to crash or hang when spawning processes on 64-bit WebSphere Transformation Extenderhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21625872
"Deadlock avoided - addrmentry :" entries in the debug log of WebSphere Transformation Extender Launcherhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21623792
Map card definitions have an XML namespace pairs limit of 5120 bytes http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21589813
WTX for Integration Servers V8.4.0.3 provides incorrect OSGi integration with WebSphere Business Process Manager versions earlier than V8.0 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21607801
Required patch for 64-bit WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.4.0.x when using mtsmaker or any 64-bit database adapter http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21608147
Missing software inventory fix-level tag files in IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.4.0.3 Windows installations http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21606108
Deploying WebSphere Transformation Extender Map nodes in a WebSphere Message Broker flow generates a DTXPluginNode error or JVM pointer errorhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21593272
Error "unable to initialize variables" during installation of WebSphere Transformation Extender with Launcher http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21601273
Extending the WebSphere Transformation Extender with Launcher Hypervisor Edition image by using IBM Workload Deployerhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21586027
The stand-alone information center does not start in WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.4.0.3http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21573550
WebSphere Transformation Extender Cluster Manager property pages are blank for the Launcher resource http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21573549
What's New in 8.4.0.3 is missing from the What's New PDFhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27035638
Launcher result codes > 128 on UNIX systemshttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21573552
On Solaris systems, multithreaded maps that use a lot of memory have poor performance http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21594844
Java exception with WebSphere adapter on WebSphere Transformation Extender V8.4 http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21573548
On z/OS systems, the WebSphere Transformation Extender ODBC adapter cannot retrieve tables that have XML columns http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21588513
WebSphere Message Broker V8.0 message flows that contain WTX nodes cause their Execution Groups to abend http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21575522
The Deploy Definition dialog of the Integration Flow Designer does not retain the selected file path
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21572589
The standalone information center in V8.4 doesn't start when Mozilla Firefox is the default browserhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21572704
Intermittent fault during startup in a multithreaded environment when maps use the EXIT function http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM53086
Intermittent abend during stress testing in WTX with Launcher or WTX for Integration Server products on 64-bit platforms http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM53087
Null pointer exception can occur when using WebSphere Adapter 7.5 runtime with maps created with a different runtime version http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV01900
The "Invalid metadata location" message occurs when WTX uses XML System Serviceshttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21573545
In WTX for Sterling B2B Integrator, a WTX map service or Sterling B2B Integrator service fails with "Could not open work files" error http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM53424

WebSphere Tranformation Extender e-mail adapter syntax correction: -SUBJECT variable
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413041
Synchronizing type trees and converting type trees
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413044
Map Designer stops responding http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413046
PACKAGE function causes data conversion that is incompatible with an adapter http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413048
Type or map name contains question marks
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413557
Invoking launcheradmin.sh and mgmtconsole.sh causes unsatisfied link errors on AIX 6.1 64-bit
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413050
Tools do not work or work incorrectly with maps that use Java-based adapters http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413051
Maps that use any e-mail adapter fail at runtime
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413054
WebSphere adapter importers do not create a TX schema for all the schemas the adapters import
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413055
The navigation pane of the information center does not display on some Microsoft Windows operating systems http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413897
WebSphere FTP adapter generates an OverlappingFileLockException error
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413898
WebSphere FTP adapter skips the topmost level of hierarchical business object during an outbound create, append, or overwrite operation
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413899
Maps fail when both the Oracle client library and the DB2® client library are installed http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413901
Map with WebSphere FTP adapter source and WebSphere E-mail adapter target generates null pointer http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413902
Invalid output from generated XML type tree that contains nillable elements http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413911
Multiple, unused directories and files are created at runtime in the %TEMP%\.com_ibm_tools_attach directory http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21414072
WebSphere Adapter for E-mail outbound function returns "-1003: Function name is not specified" errorhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21413047
PDF documentation is not available on the Webhttp://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21414080
Specify an absolute path on the DTX_LOG_RES_ALIAS environment variable to create a Resource Registry trace file http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21425325
Configuring WebSphere ESB to use the WebSphere Transformation Extender map primitive on USS platforms http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21414077
Error occurs when map uses WebSphere Transformation Extender for WebSphere ESB map primitive with wired input and output cards that have /body as the XPATH http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21414078
Map directories used by the WTX Map primitive in WebSphere Transformation Extender for WebSphere ESB http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21419538
Removing a Launcher system without shutting down other WebSphere Transformation Extender Launcher systems http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21433119
Configuring WebSphere ESB to use WebSphere Transformation Extender in a WebSphere ESB multi-server environment http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21438068
IBM MQ Adapter example produces unexpected results http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21441273
WebSphere Message Broker IC69077 APAR: Multiple execution groups that share an input directory for FileInput nodes can experience contention in creating a lockfile and generate a BIP3315 error in the syslog. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IC69077
WebSphere Transformation Extender for Application Programming used with WebSphere Application Server fails frequently due to Java heap corruption in WebSphere Application Server http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21399260
WebSphere Transformation Extender custom functions might produce compiler errors http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21445148
Importer type (-T) option of the WebSphere Transformation Extender dsxmlconv utility command is not required to be specified
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21461784
On all Microsoft Windows operating systems, the WebSphere Transformation Extender installation directory must have Write permission for the logged-in user. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21505014

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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swg21570416