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IBM InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3.1.2 (fix pack 2) fix list

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Abstract

Summary of fixes included in the IBM InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3.1.2 (11.3.1 fix pack 2).

Content

The following list of APARs are included in InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3.1.2 (fix pack 2).

Please note that this list includes only those fixes contained in fix pack 2. For the list of APARs included in Information Server 11.3.0, 11.3.1, and 11.3.1.1, refer to the following documents:
InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3 Fix List
InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3.1 Fix List
InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3.1.1 Fix List

*Fixes that have an asterisk after the Fix ID may require post-install steps to activate. Please refer to the following document for details on how to activate those fixes:
InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.3 fixes that require post-installation steps



ASB Pack
Balance Optimizer
Connectivity
DataStage Core
DataStage Engine
DataStage Tools
Exception Manager
Governance Tools
Metadata Asset Manager
Information Analyzer
Install
ISALite
Information Server Framework
Parallel Engine
XML Pack



ASB Pack

APARDescription
JR52755Vulnerability issues with all versions of Apache WSS4J prior to 1.6.17 and 2.0.2 affecting Infosphere Datastage Webservices Pack

Balance Optimizer
APARDescription
JR52575Optimized BDFS job failed with error "variable is not defined".

Connectivity
APARDescription
JR50369PX Bridge in Netezza Connector job aborts sometime causes lockup of Datastage on Windows
JR51470TDCC and TDEE Stage action is different when inserting existing records.
JR51555Teradata Common Connector failing to match TELINFOAREA using cliv2
JR51665Connector Migration Tool does not correctly validate project role of user
JR52083Oracle Connector job fails with error ORA-00932; Add support for environment variable CC_ORA_BIND_DECIMAL_AS_CHAR
JR52093GreenPlum Connector jobs might hang in SQLGetDiagRec on error or warning
JR52138Provided DataDirect ODBC drivers to address the SSLV3 Poodle Vulnerability.
JR52236Sybase IQBulk Plugin doesn't contain STRIP RTRIM option
JR52251Teradata Common Connector crashing on UNIX servers when fetching multiples of tens for number data type
JR52318DB Type is not recognized when Sybase operator is connecting to Sybase IQ 16.0
*JR52347Provide an environment variable to control the MQ Connection on the Conductor node.
JR52349CC_CDC_SIMULATION_FILE not working when CC_CDC_SIMULATE_SOCKET is set to 2
JR52377Oracle Connector partitioning write jobs with Char/Varchar partition key columns abort with SIGSEGV error
JR52453ODBC Connector jobs which reject LOB fields abort
JR52472Allow Oracle Connector to supress Oracle warning ORA-24347: Warning of a null column in an aggregate function
JR52532Oracle Connector job throws OCI-21500: internal error code, arguments: [KGHFRE3] during session termination
JR52565SAS read job failing abnormally when the length of the fields in the schema is more than 8 characters.
JR52636Connector Migration Tool should use the derivation column names to create the Select statement query when migrating DB2 plugin to DB2 Connector
JR52653FTP Plugin does not add column delimiter for BINARY data type
*JR52663Decimal data truncated when data is in binary format
JR52698DB2 Connector inserts/updates records to incorrect partition.
JR52836MDI from Hive using ODBC Connector fails when Assets to Import option is used in IMAM
*To use this fix in your jobs, refer to InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.3 fixes that require post-installation steps
DataStage Core
APARDescription
*JR52028Otherwise trigger is run even when conditional triggers are run.
*JR52085Corrupted Japanese characters in the exported Designer palette
*JR52142Per column mapping is not honoured if two sequential stages are linked directly
JR52274Error while adding a job to schedule %1
JR52368Designer crashed when setting the execution mode to sequential and the preserve partition mode to clear on advanced stage option
JR52390Message IDs in the example text are used to suppress messages
JR52395Administrator client error when double clicking on 'properties' for a project (single clicking works fine).
JR52423Doc link error: the online doc cannot be launched from the client-only system
*JR52452Encrypted password not masked in datastage job log
JR52476HELP button in some windows from CFF stage does not work
*JR52514SAP Issues opening editors and losing BAPI parameters.
JR52659Restriction on creating DSODB for customers upgrading from 11.3.0 to FP1
*JR52693DSWaitForJob consumes too much CP when waiting for parallel jobs
*JR52781Unable to accept TLS v1.2 certificates when attempting to attaching using Designer, Director and Admin
JR52782(40816) The destination stage cannot support any more reference input links
*JR52800Compilation of Parallel Transformer can delete *modify library files
JR52807InfoSphere Designer Layout tab does not display the COBOL tab correctly.
JR52879dsjob with -wait option getting client/server timeout may not always return correctly
JR52899Installation of Information Server 11.3 / 11.3.1 Fixpack 1 overwrites dsodbconfig.cfg file
JR52965dsjob command does not terminate even if job ends.
JR53172Patch for JR52693 causes problems for server components running in parallel environment
*To use this fix in your jobs, refer to InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.3 fixes that require post-installation steps
DataStage Engine
APARDescription
JR51611Error calling subroutine: DSD.Browse (Action=3); check DataStage is setup correctly in project
JR52790On Solaris, sequence jobs intermittently abort with code=-99 [General repository interface 'other error']

DataStage Tools
APARDescription
JR52528Build history sort order in deployment package files is reversed


Exception Manager
APARDescription
JR52971An LDAP issue in Subscription Manager causes the user to be unable to create new subscriptions

Governance Tools
APARDescription
JR52404Inconsistency in IGC for foreign keys
JR51145Unable to edit the values of custom attributes for assets in MWB
JR52276Long Description of terms being truncated in Print Preview in IGC
JR52312Improve performance when exporting a large number of query results
JR52383Unable to find information in "USED BY BI REPORTS / USES DATABASE TABLE OR VIEWS" in Prebuilt IGC BI Reports Query.
JR52391Workbench generate utility is creating disconnected assets if it is missing assets in identity hierarchy
JR52415Unable to modify predefined values list of custom attributes
JR52519Disable workflow fails
JR52586Unable to identify source tables when there are no source columns for a view
JR52592Missing data lineage info when used multiple input links between Oracle connector and database tables
JR52723IE11- BGA open in browser-broken (send email broken)
JR52779The user cannot edit external assets in the development glossary.
JR52819Searching terms with category permissions in oracle takes long time
JR52885Unable to export custom attributes for data files

Metadata Asset Manager
APARDescription
JR52639InfoSphere Metadata Asset Manager (IMAM) overriding host name and database name during import of metadata from Cognos BI.

Information Analyzer
APARDescription
JR51840Importing global environment variables loses the bindings.
JR52405Multicolumn virtual column is created in the incorrect order when foreign key candidate is marked as Foreign Key.
JR52458RuleID in RuleStage is truncated for data rule definition lengths greater than 64 characters.
JR52620Return primary key and foreign key selected status when retrieving key analysis results through the IA REST API.
JR52748New IA HTTP API call to retrieve PK-FK relationship information.
JR52750Referential Integrity analysis job status shows as Completed while prerequisite Column Analysis job is still running.
JR52993Submit button does not respond second time in run column analysis in Information Analyzer UI.
JR53001MCPK returns wrong results when run in a multi node environment.
Install
APARDescription
JR52549JR52549Updaters contain an information disclosure vulnerability during some patch install situations
JR52589All characters allowed in WebSphere passwords should be supported for wasadmin by the IIS Update Installer

ISALite
APARDescription
IT07527ISALite Health Check in Information Server 11.3.1 shows an error in IGC Client test as health check is looking for jar files that no longer exist in 11.3.1.

Information Server Framework
APARDescription
JR51183Client login fails when user id does not match the case of user id in the user registry
JR52209WebSphere JVM crashes and the Java core file shows a gpf with WASJ2EEDirectoryImpl.getGroupsForUser in the stack trace
JR52265Patch install fails with ADMN0022E error while executing iisAdmin -deploy command
JR52455JDBC DataSource test connection fails for WebSphere cluster installations
JR52563Excel 2003 indicates that the XLS format report for column analysis from Information Analyzer is problematic
JR52596Information Analyzer jobs running in parallel are constrained to the minimum handler instances setting
JR52820Root user is required to run MetadataServer.sh even if WebSphere is configured as non-root
DataStage Parallel Engine
APARDescription
JR51358On Unix platforms, APT_IMPORT_PATTERN_USES_FILESET=TRUE does not import files when the file names contain spaces
JR51589Parallel transformer stage emits wrong output when a function is used as a right operand of the operator 'OR' in an IF statement.
*JR51595Parallel transformer stage does not compile when a nullable vector is used in an expression
JR51691Parallel jobs running on Windows report fatal IOPORT errors
JR51855Job with transformer stage and IsValid function will not fail when wrong type parameter is set in IsValid function.
*JR52174Special case fix for NULL handling behavior of parallel transformer function TrimLeadingTrailing()
JR52370APT_FILE_EXPORT_ADD_BOM causes failure in fileset stage
JR52505Parallel Engine performance analysis fails with timestamp parsing error"
JR52593On Parallel Windows jobs, temporary lookup table files are not removed even if the job completes successfully.
JR52763Issues with osl level parsing of the osh script
*To use this fix in your jobs, refer to InfoSphere Information Server Version 11.3 fixes that require post-installation steps XML Pack
APARDescription
JR52178Catch exception from E2 process
JR52590Convert decimal to plain string
JR52722Job runs successfully but XML stage is not processing all rows.


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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

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