PH66288: AFTER APPLYING APAR PH63454/UI98908 NEW MESSAGE DFHWB1583 IS ISSUED CONTAINING GARBAGE FOR THE NEW IP ADDR 25/11/21 PTF PECHANGE

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Migrating from CICS v5.6 to 6.1 and now see message DFHWB1583
  being issued with garbage for the
  new IP address. This happens when the WEB CONVERSE fails
  during the SEND due to network problems.
  The message looks like so:
  .
  +DFHWB1583I REGNNAME
  
  THE IP ADDRESS FOR HOST whatever.host.name.is HAS CHANGED. THE
  OLD IP ADDRESS WAS: 12.123.456.78. THE NEW IP ADDRESS IS:
  
  
  
  
  .
  Message DFHWB1583 was introduced by APAR PH63454/UI98908.
  

Local fix

• You can stop the message from being issued by disabling the DNS
  cache by setting feature toggle
  "com.ibm.cics.web.dnscache=false". True is the default value.
  
  Keywords: KIXREVQWD
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All CICS Users with PH63454 applied (PTFs    *
  *                 UI98907 or UI98908, or superceding PTFs      *
  *                 UI99534 or UI99535).                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Message DFHWB1583 may contain corrupted *
  *                      data in the New IP Address field.       *
  ****************************************************************
  Message DFHWB1583, which was added by APAR PH63454, is issued
  to document when a DNS lookup detects that the IP address has
  changed from the one that was being currently used, but it may
  contain corrupted data in the New IP Address field. This
  message corruption will only occur when the connection fails.
  

Problem conclusion

• UI98907 UI98908 UI99534 UI99535
  CICS has been changed to ensure that the New IP Address is
  correctly picked up and set in message DFHWB1583.
  

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:

  PH68736 UO05905 UO05906

Modules/Macros

• DFHMEWBC DFHMEWBE DFHMEWBK DFHWBA   DFHWBA1  DFHWBAP  DFHWBAPF
  DFHWBBLI DFHWBBMS DFHWBCL  DFHWBDM  DFHWBDUF DFHWBENV DFHWBFM
  DFHWBIP  DFHWBLT  DFHWBPA  DFHWBQM  DFHWBRL  DFHWBRP  DFHWBSC
  DFHWBSO  DFHWBSR  DFHWBSV  DFHWBTC  DFHWBTCC DFHWBTRI DFHWBTTA
  DFHWBUE  DFHWBUR  DFHWBUX  DFHWBXM  DFHWBXN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CICS TS Z/OS V6

• Fixed component ID

  5655YA100

Applicable component levels

• R400 PSY UO05906

     UP25/11/29 P F511 {

• R500 PSY UO05905

     UP25/11/29 P F511 {

Fix is available

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