PI12030: USERS MAY PREFER TO REDIRECT TEMPORARY FILES DURING WAS MIGRATION TO SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN /TMP

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Users often wish to use a directory other than /tmp for their
  temporary files.  In the case of temp files during migration,
  this was only possible by manually altering the bbomigrt2.sh
  script to add a line to export the TMPDIR environment variable.
  This had to be done a specific point in the middle of the
  migration jobs.
  

Local fix

• After generating the migration Jobs and Data, follow the three
  step migration process starting with the BBOW_PRO job.
  
  - The BBOW_PRO job will create the new profile and in the
    process it will copy the bbomigrt2.sh script to the migration
    backup directory you specified using the zMMT tool.
    Example: /tmp/migrate
  
  - Save a backup copy of bbomigrt2.sh
  
  - Edit the bbomigrt2.sh script:
    Towards the top of the script, right after these lines:
          AWK=${AWK-/bin/awk}
          GREP=${GREP-/bin/grep}
          SED=${SED-/bin/sed}
          LS=${LS-ls}
  
    Add the following line:
          export TMPDIR=<myDefaultTempSpace>
  
    where <myDefaultTempSpace> is the temp directory you want the
    migration process to use.
  
    Note: Be sure that this temp location is writable by the
          userid running the migration.
  
    Continue running the rest of the migration steps.
         BBOW_PRE and BBOW_POS, ...
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of IBM WebSphere Application      *
  *                  Server V8.5                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The migration process, including the    *
  *                      application deployment, is using up     *
  *                      all the temp space.                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  On z/OS java processes determine what temp space to use by
  first looking for the -Djava.io.tmpdir property.  If that is
  not provided then the location pointed to by the TMPDIR
  environment variable is used. If neither of the above are
  provide the /tmp directory is used.  The migration process on
  zOS does not allow the default process to be overridden.
  Customers must use what is set by default, which can result in
  the default temp space being filled up.
  APAR PI12030 is being closed FIN with concurrence from the
  submitting customer. This means that a fix to this APAR is
  expected to be delivered from IBM in a release which is being
  developed at the time that the APAR was closed. The latest
  release of the product to exit development at the time this
  APAR was closed was:
  WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

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APAR Information

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

• R850 PSY

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