IV10238: SLOW TEP UPDATE WHILE USING PARGS COMMAND

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 8 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0008)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.2 Fix Pack 9 (6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0009)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.3 Fix Pack 5 (6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0005)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.3 Fix Pack 2 (6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0002)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.3 Fix Pack 4 (6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0004)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Environment:
  The Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS 6.2.2 on Solaris
  
  Problem Description:
  On Solaris the Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS kuxagent process
  takes a very long time to collect process info while executing
  pargs command.
  On some machines a core file related to pargs command has been
  observed and it is just a side effect of this issue.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• Slow portal client update while using pargs command.
  
  On Solaris, the Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS kuxagent process
  takes a very long time to collect process information while
  executing pargs command.
  
  In order for this APAR to be properly implemented in your
  environment, a new environment variable has been added.  See the
  "Install Actions" section of the APAR conclusion for more
  details.
  

Problem conclusion

• A new environment variable has been added to address this issue.
  
  Install Actions
  
  In order for this APAR to be properly implemented in your
  environment, a new environment variable KUX_PARGS_ENABLE has
  been added in order to allow the user to decide if the pargs
  command should be used to collect process information, the
  default value for this variable is FALSE.  It can be enabled by
  setting the following in the ux.ini file:
  
  KUX_PARGS_ENABLE=TRUE
  
  KBB_RAS1=ERROR (UNIT:get_process ALL)
  
  
  
  The fix for this APAR is going to be included in the following
  maintenance vehicle:
      | fix pack | 6.2.2-TIV-ITM-FP0008
      | fix pack | 6.2.3-TIV-TIM-FP0001
  

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

  ITM AGENT UNIX

• Fixed component ID

  5724C040U

Applicable component levels

• R622 PSY

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