IC68749: CUMULATIVE FIXES FOR THE MQ EXPLORER WHICH ARE NEEDED WHEN ADMINISTERING WEBSPHERE MQ TELEMETRY

WebSphere MQ V7.0 Fix Pack 7.0.1.4
WebSphere MQ V7.0.1 for i5/OS Fix Pack 7.0.1.4

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When using the MQ Explorer to administer WebSphere MQ
  Telemetry, the following problems may occur:
  
  - The WebSphere MQ Explorer generates an FFST if the WebSphere
    MQ Telemetry service is not running.
  
  - The MQ Explorer writes an FFST with Probe ID JD514000 and
    Major Errorcode MQRCCF_CHANNEL_IN_USE if an attempt is made
    to delete a WebSphere MQ Telemetry channel which is in use.
  
  - Trying to create a duplicate WebSphere MQ Telemetry channel
    results in an informational FFST being generated, with Probe
    Id JD514000 and Major Errorcode MQRCCF_CHANNEL_ALREADY_EXISTS.
  
  - The MQ Explorer fails to provide any information for the
    following fields in the WebSphere MQ Telemetry Channel Status
    page:
  
      keep alive
      msg send
      msg rcvd
  
  - When using the MQ Explorer on Linux, opening Explorer Help
    causes the Explorer to crash.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  These issues affect users of the WebSphere MQ V7 Explorer, and
  the WebSphere MQ Explorer SupportPac (MS0T), who administer
  WebSphere MQ Telemetry.
  
  Platforms affected:
  Linux (x86),Linux (x86-64),Windows
  
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM SUMMARY:
  There were a number of issues here:
  
  - The MQ Explorer incorrectly wrote informational FFSTs when
  the WebSphere MQ Telemetry plug-in was being used in certain
  "user error" scenarios.
  - The data returned from WebSphere MQ Telemetry was in a format
  that could not be displayed by the MQ Explorer.
  - When the 64-bit version of the package xulrunner was present
  on Linux systems, the MQ Explorer would try to use this when
  opening help. This package was not compatible with the
  version of Eclipse being used by the MQ Explorer.
  

Problem conclusion

• The issues mentioned above have been addressed in the following
  ways:
  
  - The MQ Explorer now only generates FFSTs if a genuine error
    has occurred when using the WebSphere MQ Telemetry plugin.
  - The WebSphere MQ Telemetry plugin for MQ Explorer has been
    changed to convert the values of "keep alive",
    "msg sent" and "msg rcvd" into a format that can be displayed
    by the user interface.
  - The MQ Explorer on Linux has been modified to load the
    correct version of the xulrunner package.
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
                     v7.0
  Platform           Fix Pack 7.0.1.3
  --------           --------------------
  Windows            U200320
  Linux (x86)        U834415
  Linux (x86-64)     U834985
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from
  'WebSphere MQ Recommended Fixes'
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006037
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available, information on
  its planned availability can be found in 'WebSphere MQ
  Planned Maintenance Release Dates'
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006309
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

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

  WMQ WINDOWS V7

• Fixed component ID

  5724H7220

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

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