IT03971: ON DEMAND ROUTER SESSION AFFINITY IS NOT ALWAYS MAINTAINED

Fix packs for DataPower B2B Appliance version 6.0
Fix packs for DataPower Integration Appliance version 6.0
Fix packs for DataPower Service Gateway version 6.0
Fix packs for DataPower Service Gateway version 6.0.1
Fix packs for DataPower B2B Appliance version 6.0.1
Fix packs for DataPower Integration Appliance version 6.0.1
Fix packs for DataPower Service Gateway version 7.0
Fix packs for DataPower B2B Appliance version 7.0
Fix packs for DataPower Integration Appliance version 7.0

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When using the on demand router, session affinity might not be
  maintained depending on the order of the cookies in the header
  sent to DataPower.
  
  This produces an error in the log with the following format:
  Affinity was broken for a request because Server was not found
  for cloneId '<CloneID>; ABC=abc'
  
  Where ABC is an extraneous cookie and <CloneID> is the expected
  cloneID.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• For customers using 6.0.0.9, 6.0.1.5 or 7.0.0.2, when using ODR
  with DataPower, the appliance might fail to parse multiple
  cookie values properly.
  

Problem conclusion

• Fix is available in 6.0.0.10, 6.0.1.5 and 7.0.0.3.
  
  For a list of the latest fix packs available, please see:
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21237631
  

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

  DATAPOWER

• Fixed component ID

  DP1234567

Applicable component levels

• R600 PSY

     UP

• R601 PSY

     UP

• R700 PSY

     UP