IJ35018: CICS EXPLORER ERRORS UNCLEAR WHEN CONNECTED USING SMSS

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When connected to a single CICS region (SMSS) via CMCI, using
  the SM Administration perspective, various vies will return
  messages such as:
  
  IZE0106E Connect failed with error "Not Found" (connectionName)
  
  The Error Log shows messages such as:
  
  
  CNX0624E: Get Managed Region from "regionName" failed
  CNX0220E A connection error has occurred: Not Found
  
  CNX0624E: Get Active Workload Target Statistic from "region"
  failed
  CNX0221W Resource type 'Active Workload Target Statistic'
  (WLMATARG) unsupported
  
  These messages are to be expected given the Explorer client is
  connected to a single CICS region as oppose to a CICSPlex,
  however these messages do not give a clear indication that is
  the reason for the error.
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• When connected to a single CICS region (SMSS) via CMCI, using
  the SM Administration perspective, and the user requests the MAS
  table, CICS Explorer contacts the server and sees a variety of
  error messages around tables being unsupported, or a get failing
  .
  

Problem conclusion

• CICS Explorer has been updated so that when the user requests
  the MAS table on an SMSS connection, CICS Explorer does not
  contact the server and either returns "No Context" (if the
  context is never valid for that resource) or "This resource is
  not available" (if the context is appropriate but the resource
  is not available on SMSS).
  .
  In SMCICSConnection.checkOperation, a small number of resources
  were listed as being permanently unavailable (platform,
  batchrep, CSYSGRP, WLMSPEC), the code has now been updated to
  mark all CPSM Manager, CPSM Config, and CPSM Config Def
  resources as being permanently unavailable.
  .
  This fix will be made available in Version 5.5.19 of the CICS
  Explorer.
  .
  For installation instructions please see: Ordering maintenance
  for IBM CICS Explorer and CICS Explorer plug-ins
  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/623031
  

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:

Modules/Macros

•    EXPLORER
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS EXPLORER V

• Fixed component ID

  5655Y0401

Applicable component levels