OA37518: WHEN USING NVAS RECEIVE DSI021A WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LOGON AND THE OPID IS PADDED WITH BLANKS.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer is logging onto NetView using NVAS. The recording
  sequence that was done in NVAS has the opid followed by blanks.
  With NetView V5R3 this didn't cause any problems because NetView
  parsed on a blank.  But the parsing was changed in V5R4 and
  we now modify the SBA and buffer address to be 3E4040 and then
  we parse on the 3E. So if there are trailing blanks after the
  opid they are not deleted with V5R4.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All V5R4 IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS users   *
  *                 who log on to NetView through a session      *
  *                 management application such as NVAS          *
  *                 (NetView Access Services).                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Error message "DSI021A INVALID          *
  *                      OPERATOR IDENTIFICATION, REENTER" is    *
  *                      received when logging on to V5R4        *
  *                      NetView using NVAS.  The same problem   *
  *                      may exist if other session management   *
  *                      application similar to NVAS is used.    *
  *                      MSGDSI021A                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  When logging on to NetView V5R4 using NVAS, the operator ID
  field is more than 8 characters long but the extra characters
  are blanks.  The parsing of the logon buffer is changed in V5R4
  to use X'3E' as the delimiter instead of a blank.  So the extra
  blanks in the operator ID field are now part of the ID.  This
  makes the operator ID longer than 8 characters.
  Before stripping off any trailing blanks, NetView checks the
  length of the operator ID.  If it is longer than 8 characters,
  NetView considers it an error and sends error message DSI021A.
  

Problem conclusion

• DSILAM, DSILAN and DISLAR are being changed so any trailing
  blanks in the operator ID field are removed and the operator
  ID length is adjusted before any validity checking is done.
  

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:

  OA37702 UA62472

Modules/Macros

• DSILAM   DSILAN   DSILAR
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  NETVIEW FOR Z/O

• Fixed component ID

  5697ENV00

Applicable component levels

• R54B PSY UA62472

     UP11/11/09 P F111

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