PL50389: DSNTINST INSTALL TYPE UPDATE, DSNZPARM NAME NOT KEPT FROM PREVIOUS RUN

Obtain the fix for this APAR.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A USER RUNS DSNTINST IN INSTALL TYPE AND ENTERS A DSNZPARM
  VALUE IN OPTION 7 DSNZPARM NAME ON PANEL DSNTIPO. THE NEXT
  TIME DSNTINST IS INVOKED, THE NAME ENTERED PREVIOUSLY BY THE
  USER HAS BEEN REPLACED BY DSNZPARM. THIS WORKED THE SAME WAY
  IN THE PREVIOUS RELEASES OF DB2, EXCEPT THE OPTION TO SPECIFY
  DSNZPARM, WAS ON THE MAIN MENU SO IT WAS OBVIOUS THE NAME MUST
  BE CHANGED IF THE DEFAULT VALUE IS NOT USED. WHEN RUNNING IN
  UPDATE MODE THE USER DOES NOT NECESSARILY GO TO PANEL DSNTIPO
  AND DOESN'T SEE THAT DSNZPARM NAME IS CHANGED.
  IT IS QUESTIONABLE IF &DSNTZPRM HAS TO BE SET TO &STR() AT
  SEQUENCE 00051000 IN DSNTINST CLIST.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: ALL DB2 USERS WHO USE THE CLIST "DSNTINST"   *
  *                 TO INSTALL DB2.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: DSNZPARM VARIABLE NAME IS NOT KEPT      *
  *                      FROM PREVIOUS RUN WHILE RUNNING         *
  *                      DSNTINST CLIST IN UPDATE MODE.          *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: APPLY THE APPLICABLE PTF.                    *
  ****************************************************************
  PRIOR TO VERSION2 RELEASE2 OF DB2, THE VARIABLE DSNZPARM
  NAME (NAME OF THE DB2 PARAMETER MODULE) WAS LOCATED ON
  THE MAIN PANEL DSNTIPA1.  THIS VALUE IS ALWAYS RESET TO A
  DEFAULT VALUE OF "DSNZPARM" BETWEEN SESSIONS OF THE CLIST.
  BEING LOCATED ON THE MAIN PANEL, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE
  DSNZPARM VALUE HAD TO BE CHANGED IF THE SITE DSNZPARM NAME
  DIFFERED FROM THE DEFAULT VALUE APPEARING ON THE SCREEN.
  IN VERSION2 RELEASE2 OF DB2, THE DSNZPARM VARIABLE IS NOT ON
  THE MAIN PANEL, INSTEAD IT IS ON PANEL DSNTIPO, A PANEL THAT
  IS NOT ALWAYS ACCESSED WHILE IN THE UPDATE MODE.
  HAVING RUN ONE SESSION OF THE CLIST IN UPDATE MODE, ACCESSING
  PANEL DSNTIPO AND CHANGING THE DSNZPARM VALUE TO A UNIQUE SITE
  VALUE, THEN RUNNING ANOTHER SESSION OF THE CLIST IN UPDATE MODE
  NOT ACCESSING PANEL DSNTIPO, IT MAY BE ASSUMED THAT THE DSNZPARM
  VALUE ENTERED IN THE PREVIOUS SESSION WAS USED, WHEN IN FACT
  IT WAS REPLACED WITH A DEFAULT VALUE "DSNZPARM".
  

Problem conclusion

• THE CLIST DSNTINST WAS MODIFIED TO USE THE VALUE ENTERED FOR
  THE DSNZPARM BETWEEN SESSIONS OF THE CLIST INSTEAD OF
  REPLACING THE DSNZPARM NAME WITH A DEFAULT VALUE OF
  "DSNZPARM".
  

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:

  UL61618

Modules/Macros

•    DSNTINST
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  5740 IBM DATABA

• Fixed component ID

  5740XYR00

Applicable component levels

• R220 PSY UL61618

     UP89/10/30 P F001

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