PH68983: IBM DEVELOPER FOR Z/OS 17.0.2 RANDOM CONNECTION ISSUE

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When starting IBM DEVEOLOPER FOR Z/OS 17.0.2 some users have
  been receiving a message that they cannot connect to the
  mainframe
  
  Manually disconnecting and reconnecting does not help
  This behavior does not affect all users, nor is it always the
  same users
  
  ZOS0302T/K
  

Local fix

• Restarting the computer sometimes completely helps
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: 1. Users submitting jobs with TYPRUN=SCAN    *
  *                 and NOTIFY                                   *
  *                 2.All users                                  *
  *                 3. All MFA users with compound delimiter ;   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: 1. The job completion status of jobs    *
  *                      submitted with TYPRUN=SCAN and NOTIFY   *
  *                      is reported as "? x01000000"            *
  *                      2. When starting IBM DEVEOLOPER FOR     *
  *                      Z/OS 17.0.2 some users have             *
  *                      been receiving a message that they      *
  *                      cannot connect to the mainframe         *
  *                      Manually disconnecting and              *
  *                      reconnecting does not help              *
  *                      This behavior does not affect all       *
  *                      users, nor is it always the same users. *
  *                      3. When connecting IBM DEVELOPER FOR    *
  *                      Z/OS 17.0.3 using MFA (token            *
  *                      with passphrase and separator ";") a    *
  *                      message error occurs in the client      *
  *                      login:                                  *
  *                      RSEG1242                                *
  *                      'Failed to launch server on             *
  *                      <hostname> using daemon running on      *
  *                      port <nnnn>'                            *
  *                      Details:                                *
  *                      Failed to connect to the daemon with    *
  *                      an unexpected exception: server         *
  *                      failure: ERROR; verify user, missing    *
  *                      required user                           *
  *                      credentials. Make sure the daemon is    *
  *                      running on port <nnnn>.                 *
  ****************************************************************
  1. The job completion status of jobs submitted with
  TYPRUN=SCAN and NOTIFY is reported as "? x01000000" instead
  of "UNKNOWN" by JES Job Monitor
  2. Starting from version 17.0.2, server performs a client
  offerings versions validation. It chokes when client new
  offering field presents but with no data unexpectedly.
  3. There is an issue in the host component that chokes on ";"
  separator used in MFA
  compound login credential.
  

Problem conclusion

• 1. Updated JMON to handle the unexpected
  status bit.
  2. A check to detect client's incomplete offerings version
  field is introduced.
  3. Parsing issue was fix. MFA user now could login using their
  credential with ";" MFA separator
  

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:

  UO06789

Modules/Macros

• FEJENF70 FEJJCNFG FEJJJCL  FEJJMON  FEJTSO   FEK1SMPE FEK2RCVE
  FEK3ALOC FEK4ZFS  FEK5MKD  FEK6DDEF FEK7APLY FEK8ACPT FEK@CERR
  FEK@CONE FEK@CONF FEK@CUST FEK@DEB  FEK@DESC FEK@FLOW FEK@GEN
  FEK@GENW FEK@ISPF FEK@IVP  FEK@IVPD FEK@IVPW FEK@JCN1 FEK@JCNE
  FEK@JESJ FEK@MAIN FEK@MIGO FEK@OPTE FEK@OPTG FEK@OPTN FEK@PRIM
  FEK@RSE1 FEK@RSEO FEK@STRT FEK@TAB1 FEK@TAB2 FEK@TAB3 FEK@WRK1
  FEK@WRK2 FEK@WRK3 FEK@WRK4 FEK@WRK5 FEKAPPCC FEKAPPCL FEKAPPCX
  FEKATTR  FEKDSI   FEKEESX0 FEKFASIZ FEKFATT1 FEKFBLD  FEKFCIPH
  FEKFCLIE FEKFCMOD FEKFCMPR FEKFCMSG FEKFCOMM FEKFCOPY FEKFCOR6
  FEKFCORE FEKFDIR  FEKFDIR6 FEKFDIVP FEKFDST0 FEKFDST1 FEKFDST2
  FEKFENVF FEKFENVI FEKFENVP FEKFENVR FEKFENVS FEKFEPL  FEKFERRF
  FEKFGDGE FEKFICUL FEKFISPF FEKFIVP0 FEKFIVPA FEKFIVPD FEKFIVPI
  FEKFIVPJ FEKFIVPT FEKFJESM FEKFJESU FEKFJLIC FEKFJSON FEKFJVM
  FEKFLATR FEKFLDSI FEKFLDSL FEKFLEOP FEKFLOGS FEKFLPTH FEKFMAI6
  FEKFMAIN FEKFMINE FEKFMNTL FEKFNTCE FEKFOMVS FEKFPATT FEKFPKCS
  FEKFPLUG FEKFPTC  FEKFRIVP FEKFRMSG FEKFRSES FEKFRSRV FEKFSCMD
  FEKFSEND FEKFSSL  FEKFSTUP FEKFT000 FEKFT002 FEKFT003 FEKFT004
  FEKFT005 FEKFT006 FEKFT007 FEKFT008 FEKFT009 FEKFT010 FEKFTEAM
  FEKFTIVP FEKFTSO  FEKFUTIL FEKFVERS FEKFXITA FEKFXITL FEKFZOS
  FEKHCONF FEKHCUST FEKHDEB  FEKHDESC FEKHFLOW FEKHGEN  FEKHISPF
  FEKHIVP  FEKHIVPD FEKHJESJ FEKHMAIN FEKHMIGO FEKHOPTE FEKHOPTN
  FEKHPRIM FEKHRSE1 FEKHRSEO FEKHSTRT FEKHTAB1 FEKHTAB2 FEKINIT
  FEKKEYS  FEKLOCKA FEKLOGR  FEKLOGS  FEKM00   FEKM01   FEKM02
  FEKMKDIR FEKMOUNT FEKMSGC  FEKMSGS  FEKPKCS1 FEKRACF  FEKRSED
  FEKSAPF  FEKSAPPL FEKSBPX  FEKSCLAS FEKSCLOG FEKSCMD  FEKSCPYM
  FEKSCPYU FEKSDSN  FEKSENV  FEKSETUP FEKSISPF FEKSJCFG FEKSJCMD
  FEKSJMON FEKSJWT  FEKSJWTU FEKSLPA  FEKSPROG FEKSPTKT FEKSRSED
  FEKSSERV FEKSSTC  FEKSSU   FEKSUSER FEKXCFGE FEKXCFGI FEKXCFGM
  FEKXCFGT FEKXMAIN FEKXML   HUHFCOR6 HUHFCORE
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  EXP FOR Z/OS HO

• Fixed component ID

  5655EXP23

Applicable component levels

• R340 PSY UO06789

     UP26/02/20 P F602

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