IV04585: AGENT FAILS TO DISCARD EVENTS FOR STOPPED SITUATION.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 8 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0008)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 9 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0009)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Agent fails to discard events for stopped situation.
  
  Situation events remain stored in persistent files on the
  agent, if situation is stopped while agent is running in
  autonomous mode.
  
  Symptoms: Persistent files <hostname><pc>_autoattr.asa
  are present in the agent CTIRA_SIT_PATH after it reconnects
  to TEMS.
  

Local fix

• Delete <hostname><pc>_autoattr.asa file and recycle ITM agent.
  

Problem summary

• Agent fails to discard events for a stopped situation.
  
  
  Agent fails to discard events collected in autonomous mode for a
  stopped or modified situation. Situation events remain stored in
  persistent files on the agent if a situation is stopped while an
  agent is running in autonomous mode. Symptom: Presence of
  persistent files <hostname><pc>_autoattr.asa in the agent
  directory when agent is connected to the monitoring server.
  

Problem conclusion

• Agent framework now discards events for stopped or modified
  situations.
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
    | fix pack | 6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0007
    | fix pack | 6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0001
  

Temporary fix

• Delete the <hostname><pc>_autoattr.asa file and recycle the
  monitoring agent.
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  IV11596 OA38228 OA38998

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TEMA

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04TE

Applicable component levels

• R622 PSY

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