IT31253: CANNOT START A STANDALONE INTEGRATION SERVER ON WINDOWS DUE TO BIP2136 WHEN IN THE LOCAL CODE PAGE IS 943 FROM ACE 11.0.0.6

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Starting from ACE 11.0.0.6, a standalone integration server on
  Windows cannot be started when the local CCSID has been set, or
  is determined to be, 943 due to the following error:
  
  
  
  
  C:\Users\gb120268.GB120268-WINDOW> IntegrationServer -w
  goldfinch
  
  Caught unhandled exception in main: BIP2136E: Source
  character ''5c00'' in field ''43003a005c00550073006500720073005c
  00670062003100320030003200360038002e0047004200310032003000320036
  0038002d00570049004e0044004f00 ...data truncated to first 64
  chars'' cannot be converted from Unicode to codepage '943'. :
  C:\S000\WMB\src\CommonServices\ImbConverter.cpp: 734:
  ImbConverterCPP::internalFromUnicode: :
  
  ....
  
  
  
  This occurs
  because the Integration Server startup routines resolve CCSID
  943 to the ICU codepage ibm-943_P130-1999, which cannot encode
  the backslash character (U+005c), rather than to
  ibm-943_P15A-2003 which can correctly encode the backslash
  character. The unconvertable text show in the exception will be
  part of the absolute path to the Integration Server work
  directory, encoded as UTF-16LE.
  

Local fix

• Set the MQSI_LOCAL_CCSID environment variable to a different
  codepage number like 932.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  All users of IBM App Connect Enterprise v11 on Microsoft Windows
  using console codepage windows-932 and fixpack 11.0.0.6 or
  higher.
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  Windows on x86-64 platform
  
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  Starting from ACE 11.0.0.6, a standalone integration server on
  Windows cannot be started when the local CCSID has been set, or
  is determined to be, 943 due to the following error:
  
  C:\Users\gb120268.GB120268-WINDOW> IntegrationServer -w
  goldfinch
  Caught unhandled exception in main: BIP2136E: Source character
  ''5c00'' in field
  ''43003a005c00550073006500720073005c0067006200310032003000320036
  0038002e00470042003100320030003200360038002d00570049004e0044004f
  00 ...data truncated to first 64 chars'' cannot be converted
  from Unicode to codepage '943'. :
  C:\S000\WMB\src\CommonServices\ImbConverter.cpp: 734:
  ImbConverterCPP::internalFromUnicode: :
  ....
  
  This occurs because the Integration Server startup routines
  resolve CCSID 943 to the ICU codepage ibm-943_P130-1999, which
  cannot encode the backslash character (U+005c), rather than to
  ibm-943_P15A-2003 which can correctly encode the backslash
  character. The unconvertable text show in the exception will be
  part of the absolute path to the Integration Server work
  directory, encoded as UTF-16LE.
  

Problem conclusion

• A standalone integration server can now be started in codepage
  windows-932.
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v11.0      11.0.0.7
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from:
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006041
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available,information on
  its planned availability can be found on:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=849&uid=swg27006308
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

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

  APP CONNECT ENT

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0550

Applicable component levels