IC99077: SECOND SESSION MAY CRASH TSM CLIENT BACKGROUND PROCESS WHEN STARTED WITH INVALID CLIENT OPTIONS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• After having run one or more sessions successfully,
  initializing the next session may crash the client process,
  if in the meantime one or more client options were changed
  to an invalid setting in dsm.opt, dsm.sys or within the API
  functions dsmInit() or dsmInitEx().
  
  This defect affects Tivoli Storage Manager Client background
  processes which create several sessions in succession.
  Such background process can be any of the following:
  
  Windows client services:
    dsmcsvc.exe, dsmcad.exe, dsmagent.exe
  
  UNIX daemons:
    'dsmc sched', dsmcad, dsmagent
  
  Application client background processes using the API Client:
    prole.exe, prole = service / daemon process
        of Tivoli Storage Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning
    Other applications using the Tivoli Storage Manager API Client
  
    Customer/L2 diagnostics: A core file may be created.
  Product versions affected: All Tivoli Storage Manager Client
                             versions prior to 6.4
             Initial impact: Low
        Additional keywords: core stacktrace
  

Local fix

• Ensure you use valid client options
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: API client versions 6.3, 6.4 and 7.1         *
  *                 running on all platforms.                    *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: See ERROR DESCRIPTION.                  *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply fixing level when available. This      *
  *                 problem is currently projected to be fixed   *
  *                 in levels 6.4.2 and 7.1.1. Note              *
  *                 that until these levels are available,       *
  *                 this information is subject to change at     *
  *                 the discretion of IBM.                       *
  ****************************************************************
  *
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem has been fixed so that it no longer occurs.
  

Temporary fix

• 6.3.2.3 for UNIX/Linux clients and 6.3.2.4 for Windows clients
  

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Modules/Macros

• API
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TSM CLIENT

• Fixed component ID

  5698ISMCL

Applicable component levels

• R63A PSY

     UP

• R63H PSY

     UP

• R63L PSY

     UP

• R63M PSY

     UP

• R63S PSY

     UP

• R63W PSY

     UP

• R64A PSY

     UP

• R64H PSY

     UP

• R64L PSY

     UP

• R64M PSY

     UP

• R64S PSY

     UP

• R64W PSY

     UP

• R71A PSY

     UP

• R71H PSY

     UP

• R71L PSY

     UP

• R71M PSY

     UP

• R71S PSY

     UP

• R71W PSY

     UP