IV72667: EXPECTED MESSAGE HEADER FIELDS NOT REPRESENTED CORRECTLY IN WEBSPHERE MQ APPLICATION ACTIVITY TRACE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When running an activity trace of an application consuming a
  message from a queue, fields that are present in the MQMD header
  of the consumed message, such as the Correlation Identifier, are
  not visible in the activity trace message.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  Users of Activity Tracing
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
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  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  When adding a string parameter to an activity trace record , the
  length field of the MQCFST structure was not aligned on a 4 byte
  boundary, which meant that the MQMD data could not be extracted
  from the record correctly.
  

Problem conclusion

• The application activity trace logic has been updated to align
  the length field to a 4 byte boundary.
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v7.1       7.1.0.7
  
  The latest available maintenance can be obtained from
  'WebSphere MQ Recommended Fixes'
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006037
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available information on
  its planned availability can be found in 'WebSphere MQ
  Planned Maintenance Release Dates'
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006309
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

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

  WMQ AIX V7

• Fixed component ID

  5724H7221

Applicable component levels

• R710 PSY

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