PK73157: 6.0.2.X INSTALLING RAR FILE TO 6.0.2 NODE FROM 6.1.X DMGR

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The fix is to address 6.1 console installing a rar
  on a 6.0.2 node.
  ..
  The fix will take care of 2 things:
  ..
  1. Change the behavior of the 6.1 DMGR  to where
     installation of rar files will expand them to
     the outer directory as it did in previous versions
  2. If a new rar file is installed to 6.0.2, it will
     backup the existing rar install if it is expanded.
     The updated rar install will expand just the
     outer level. Remove the backup if extraction is
     successful.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of WebSphere Application Server   *
  *                  in a mixed-cell environment with a V6.1     *
  *                  deployment manager and a V6.0.1 node        *
  *                  on z/OS.                                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: In a mixed-cell environment with a      *
  *                      V6.1 deployment manager and a           *
  *                      V6.0.1 node, an install or update of a  *
  *                      resource adapter on a V6.0.1 node is    *
  *                      in an expanded format, i.e. the Java    *
  *                      Archive (JAR) inside the resource       *
  *                      adapter is expanded, under the          *
  *                      following scenarios:                    *
  *                                                              *
  *                      - using a V6.1 console to               *
  *                      install or update a resource adapter    *
  *                      on a V6.0.1 node, or                    *
  *                      - using a V6.1 wsadmin to               *
  *                      install or update a resource adapter    *
  *                      on a V6.0.1 node with the               *
  *                      "rar.DeleteSourceRar" option enabled    *
  *                      in an AdminTask                         *
  *                      installResourceAdapter command.         *
  *                                                              *
  *                      In the same mixed-cell environment,     *
  *                      an install or update of a resource      *
  *                      adapter on a V6.0.1 node is in a        *
  *                      non-expanded format, i.e. the Java      *
  *                      Archive (JAR) inside the resource       *
  *                      adapter is not expanded, under the      *
  *                      following scenarios:                    *
  *                                                              *
  *                      - using a V6.1 administrative console   *
  *                      or wsadmin to install or update a       *
  *                      resource adapter on a V6.0.1 node       *
  *                      after applying PK73004 fix to a V6.1    *
  *                      deployment manager, or                  *
  *                      - using a V6.1 wsadmin to               *
  *                      install or update a resource adapter    *
  *                      on a V6.0.1 node with the               *
  *                      "rar.DeleteSourceRar" option disabled   *
  *                      in an AdminTask                         *
  *                      installResourceAdapter command.         *
  *                                                              *
  *                      The expansion difference between a      *
  *                      previous install and an update causes   *
  *                      the update of a resource adapter to     *
  *                      fail.                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Resource adapters should always be saved in a non-expanded
  format on a V6.0.1 node. The V6.1 resource adapter install has
  added capability to delete the temporary copy of a resource
  adapter downloaded to a node after an install. However, this
  new capability is not supported in a V6.0.1 node, causing a
  resource adapter to be installed or updated in an expanded
  format. The difference in expansion between a previous install
  and an update causes the following exception:
  
  
           ConfigServiceException javax.management.MBeanException
  
  com.ibm.websphere.management.exception.AdminException:
  ADMN0029E: An error occurred while extracting archive
           /testcase/toyRA.rar. The exception is
  com.ibm.etools.j2ee.commonarchivecore.exception.SaveFailureExcep
  tion: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
  

Problem conclusion

• The code was modified to always save the resource adapter in a
  non-expanded format in a V6.0.1 node and clean up the expanded
  resource adapter install.
  
  APAR PK73157 currently targeted for inclusion in Service
  Level (Fix Pack) 6.0.2.33 of WebSphere Application Server V6.0.1
  for z/OS.
  
  Please refer to URL:
  //www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=404&uid=swg27006970
  for Fix Pack availability.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  PK73004

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBSPHERE FOR Z

• Fixed component ID

  5655I3500

Applicable component levels

• R601 PSY UK43592

     UP09/02/11 P F902

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