Known Issues

Sterling B2B Integrator, Version 5.2.3 has various known issues.

ActiveMQ

Issue Description Resolution
There is an ActiveMQ startup failure error that occurs while encrypting the JDBC connection. This issue occurs because IBM® JDK does not support SSLv2, this lack of support for SSLv2 becomes an issue when all of the following are used: Oracle Database (DB), TCPS communication between ActiveMQ and Oracle DB, and IBM JDK. In order to avoid this issue do not use TCPS between ActiveMQ and Oracle DB.

Adapters

Issue Description Resolution
A WebSphere Asynchronous Receive adapter with incorrectly configured connecting settings is unable to connect to WebSphere. When incorrectly configured the adapter is in a Stopping state and cannot reach a Stopped state. To prevent this issue you can edit the adapter configuration when it is in the Stopping state.

AS3

Issue Description Resolution
An AS3 contract created with the AS3 Bulk Message Generation option enabled and the Run Schedule time set to a zero value displays a zero value in the User Interface editor. However, when the Run Schedule time configuration of an existing contract is updated with a zero value, the User Interface editor incorrectly displays the last known nonzero value. This issue occurred only during an update of the AS3 contract and the zero value configured is saved correctly and passed to the scheduler. To correct this issue you can reenter the zero values for hours or minutes while editing an existing AS3 contract.

EBICS

Issue Description Resolution
The Electronic Banking Internet Communication Standard (EBICS) test client is packaged separately from Sterling B2B Integrator. For testing purposes, you can obtain the EBICS test client package from support.
Note: The EBICS test client package is not for production use.

Import/Export

Issue Description Resolution
Importing a service configuration that uses a container node and does not use a group results in an empty group name instead of a null group name in the database. The issue occurs when the container node in which the adapter runs is down. The result is an error when the service runs that does not clearly state the problem. You could see a couple of different errors in the business process monitor:
  • The status report might show that there is a null error or that the service name is null.
  • The service calling WebSphere® Transformation Extender displays as blank in the process monitor. The services controller log shows that the service could not be loaded. (This error occurs when WebSphere Transformation Extender is integrated with Sterling B2B Integrator and is set up to run in a separate container.)
 If you see these errors in the business process monitor, check to be sure that all necessary container nodes are running. This problem does not occur when the container node is started. To prevent the error reporting part of the issue edit and save any service that is configured to run in a container created or modified in the system via import.

Installation

Issue Description Resolution
Halting the GUI installation on Windows to generate the DDL for managing the database schema separately from the installer throws an error message. You can ignore this error message. The DDL is generated and can be applied without error as noted by the documented installation procedures. A silent install on Windows exits with the appropriate exit code as designed.

Performance

Issue Description Resolution
A failure can occur when using ebXML payload files that are greater than or equal to 1 GB. To avoid this issue the following is recommended:
  1. In the ebxmlext.properties file
    ## PROPERTY_START
## PROPERTY_NAME: 
##     EBXML_PIPELINE_TIMEOUT
## PROPERTY_TYPE: String
## PROPERTY_DESCRIPTION: 
##     EBXML MIME/UNMIME TIMEOUT 
##         IN SECONDS
##
EBXML_PIPELINE_TIMEOUT=300

## PROPERTY_START
## PROPERTY_NAME: 
##     EBXML_DOCREADER_BUFFERSIZE
## PROPERTY_TYPE: String
## PROPERTY_DESCRIPTION: 
##     EBXML MIME/UNMIME DOC READER 
##        BUFFER SIZE IN BYTES
##
EBXML_DOCREADER_BUFFERSIZE=1024
  2. Increase the timeout values:
    • ebxml MIME/unMIME pipeline timeout: EBXML_PIPELINE_TIMEOUT in ebxmlext.properties
    • http client timeout in ebXMLMessaging bpml: <assign to="endpoint/timeout" append="true">xxx</assign>

Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor

Issue Description Resolution
The Map Test feature of the Sterling B2B Integrator Map Editor fails to return results when FIPS mode and the SSL option is enabled. You can view the results of the Map Test business process through the Business Process Monitor > Current Processes. You can also use the Map Test feature without the SSL option (if you do not require the use of SSL).
To work around this issue in UNIX the following is recommended:
  1. Open the temp.sh.asset_ext.in file in the <install>/bin directory
  2. Append the -DDisableSSLEmptyRecords=true flag to the JAVA_FLAGS
    • EXAMPLE:
      JAVA_FLAGS="${JAVA_FLAGS} 
-Dcom.maverick.ssh.components.
ComponentManager.
tryStandaloneCryptographyBeforeJCE
=true 
-Dssh.maxWindowSpace=4194304 
-Dcom.certicom.tls.record.
maximumPaddingLength=0 
-DDisableSSLEmptyRecords=true "
  3. Run setupfiles.sh to incorporate the change and make it available
To work around this issue in Windows the following is recommended:
  1. Open the tmp.cmd.asset.ext.in file in the <install>/bin directory
  2. Append the -DDisableSSLEmptyRecords=true flag to the JAVA_FLAGS.
    • EXAMPLE: 
      set JAVA_FLAGS=%JAVA_FLAGS% 
-Dcom.maverick.ssh.components.
ComponentManager.
tryStandaloneCryptographyBeforeJCE
=true 
-Dssh.maxWindowSpace=4194304 
-Dcom.certicom.tls.record.
maximumPaddingLength=0 
-DDisableSSLEmptyRecords=true
  3. Run setupfiles.cmd to incorporate the change and make it available

Sterling File Gateway

Issue Description Resolution
Sterling File Gateway report with PDF format does not render with Internet Explorer 7 if the previous report page is not closed first. Sterling File Gateway on Internet Explorer 7 cannot open more than one PDF report at a time due to Internet Explorer 7 content blocking security. To view multiple PDF reports, you can turn off the Display PDF in Browser setting in Adobe Reader. With the Display PDF in Browser setting turned off an Adobe window is opened instead of Internet Explorer 7.
  1. Open Adobe Reader
  2. Click the Edit menu, select Preferences
  3. From the Categories list, select Internet
  4. Clear the Display PDF in Browser check box
Note: These steps are based on Adobe Reader X.
Clarification of fields in Sterling File Gateway and mySFG reports. In Sterling File Gateway reports, the Filter header contains a field called Report End Time which by default represents the time the report was run. If a time range was specified it represents the Date (To) and the Time (To). It does not represent anything else such as the time of the last route activity or the time the report was run. Additionally, please note that the sort order selection of File Name implies the Original File Name as seen in the report output column header.

User Interface (UI)

Issue Description Resolution
Simultaneous login on to 2 nodes of a vertical cluster is not allowed. You need to open a new session window from Internet Explorer instead of using the tabs.
Enabling the Menu Bar in Internet Explorer 8:
  1. Open Internet Explorer 8
  2. Click the Tools menu, select Toolbars
  3. Select the Menu Bar check box

Opening a New Session in Internet Explorer 8:

  1. Open Internet Explorer 8
  2. Click the File menu, select New Session
Note: With these steps, you can use 2 different browsers to connect to both nodes.

WebSphere Transformation Extender 8.4

Issue Description Resolution
Intermittent fault during startup in a multithreaded environment when maps use the EXIT function. You can request the fix from support.

(APAR PM53086: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM53086)