OA24686: TEC EVENT MSG SLOT IS TRUNCATED FOR SOME SITUATIONS

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Environment:
  
  Reproduced internally on standalone ITM 6.1 FP4 with IF11,
  AIX 5.3, TEMS/TEPS/UNIX Agent
  
  Problem Description:
  
  TEC Event Forwarding is enabled on the Hub.  A situation with
  the following formula is used (output is from "tacmd viewsit -s
  <Situation>"):
  
     *IF *VALUE Process.User_Name *EQ testuser *AND *MISSING
     Process.Process_Command *EQ ( 'testprocess' )
  
  When this Situation becomes true, a TEC Event is successfully
  sent.  However, the TEC Event has the "msg" slot truncated
  
  Detailed Recreation Procedure:
  
  TEC Event Forwarding is enabled on the Hub.  A situation with
  the following formula is used (output is from "tacmd viewsit
  -s <Situation>"):
  
     *IF *VALUE Process.User_Name *EQ testuser *AND *MISSING
     Process.Process_Command *EQ ( 'testprocess' )
  
  When this Situation becomes true, a TEC Event is successfully
  sent.  However, the TEC Event has the "msg" slot truncated, as
  follows:
  
     ...;msg='sit_88221_test1[(User_Name="testuser" AND ) ON
     bootcamp.tivlab.austin.ibm.com:K (User_Name="testuser"
     )]';....
  
     Notice that the "msg" slot stops the Situation Description at
  "AND )", but does not include the remaining portion of the
  situation formula. Normally, the full situation formula
  appears here.
  
  (NOTE: Related Files and Output all on ECuRep.
  Pertinent logs:
  
  --TEMS log with at least "ERROR (UNIT:kfaot ALL)" tracing
  enabled
  
  (NOTE: bootcamp_ms_46326cbf-01.log .  See line 1514
  and above.)
  
  (NOTE: the "ERROR (UNIT:kfaot ALL)" was added via the
     Service Console after the TEMS was already started, so you
  will not see the setting explicitly in the log; but it was
  definitely set,)
  
  --Situation Dump: (tacmd viewsit -s <Situation> > viewsit1.out)
  
  --Situation Dump, XML format: (tacmd viewsit -s <Situation> -e
  viewsit2.out)
  
  Suspected Problem:
  
  The *MISSING clause in the situation predicate isn't being
  parsed.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED: All TEMS users.                              *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: TEC EVENT MSG SLOT IS TRUNCATED FOR     *
  *                      SOME SITUATIONS                         *
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  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the PTF.                               *
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  If a situation has the MISSING clause in it, the resulting
  TEC event has the msg slot value truncated.
  

Problem conclusion

• The code was changed to correctly process the MISSING clause.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  IY98977

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

Modules/Macros

• KDSMAIN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MGMT SERVER DS

• Fixed component ID

  5608A2800

Applicable component levels

• R610 PSY UA40688

     UP08/05/22 P F805

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