PM68899: Intermittent system crashes (BSOD) occur in nightly builds

Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 13 (7.1.2.13) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 14 (7.1.2.14) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 15 (7.1.2.15) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 16 (7.1.2.16) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 17 (7.1.2.17) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 18 (7.1.2.18) for 7.1.2
Rational ClearCase Fix Pack 19 (7.1.2.19) for 7.1.2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When you are running nightly builds, you may have intermittent
  system crashes (BSOD or blue /black screen) due to a
  NULL_CLASS_PTR_DEREFERENCE.
  
  This is occuring when you are running IBM Rational Clearcase
  7.1.2.7.  We have also seen OpenText NFS (14.0.7) in the memory
  stack.
  
  WORKAROUND:
  none
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  IBM Rational ClearCase users might sometimes encounter STOP
  errors when making large builds using dynamic views on
  Microsoft Windows(R) platforms
  

Problem conclusion

• IBM Rational ClearCase versions 8.0.0.09 and 8.0.1.02 have
  been modified to prevent STOP errors while doing large
  builds.
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  CLEARCASE WIN

• Fixed component ID

  5724G2900

Applicable component levels

• R712 PSN

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