Troubleshooting
Problem
This technote addresses 2 scenarios:
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1) You have an IBM MQ queue manager running in AIX and in the error log of the queue manager you see an error message that looks like this one:
AMQ6047E: Conversion not supported.
EXPLANATION:
IBM MQ is unable to convert string data tagged in CCSID 1208 to data in CCSID
500.
ACTION:
Check the IBM MQ Application Programming Reference Appendix and the appropriate
National Language Support publications to see if the CCSIDs are supported by
your system.
If at least one of the CCSIDs is a Unicode CCSID then check that the
bos.iconv.ucs.* operating system filesets have been installed on the system.
EXPLANATION:
IBM MQ is unable to convert string data tagged in CCSID 1208 to data in CCSID
500.
ACTION:
Check the IBM MQ Application Programming Reference Appendix and the appropriate
National Language Support publications to see if the CCSIDs are supported by
your system.
If at least one of the CCSIDs is a Unicode CCSID then check that the
bos.iconv.ucs.* operating system filesets have been installed on the system.
.
2) The mqconfig tool shows WARN (warning) for at least one of the following items:
Unicode Filesets used by IBM MQ Data Conversion
bos.iconv.ucs.com Unicode Converters for AIX Code Sets/Fonts PASS
bos.iconv.ucs.ebcdic Unicode Converters for EBCDIC Code Sets WARN
bos.iconv.ucs.pc Unicode Converters for Additional PC Code Sets WARN
bos.iconv.ucs.com Unicode Converters for AIX Code Sets/Fonts PASS
bos.iconv.ucs.ebcdic Unicode Converters for EBCDIC Code Sets WARN
bos.iconv.ucs.pc Unicode Converters for Additional PC Code Sets WARN
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Modified date:
28 April 2025
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