IC70596: GHOST FOLDERS FILLING UP /VAR/MQM FILESYSTEM DUE TO DURABLE SUBSCRIPTIONS NOT BEING CLEANED UP.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Durable subscriptions are created by MQFTE GUI for each user who
  connects and who may or may not necessarily reconnect, leaving
  permanent messages accruing on SYSTEM.MANAGED.DURABLE queues,
  and using large amounts of disk space.
  

Local fix

• Reconnect the GUI at regular intervals to consume the messages
  or
  Manually cleanup of the affected queue(s)
  

Problem summary

• The WMQFTE plugins for MQ explorer create a durable subscription
  to the SYSTEM.FTE topic so that it can display a log of
  transfers for that particular coordination queue manager. If the
  GUI is disconnected from the coordination queue manager and not
  started again then WMQ will create ghost folders to hold any
  messages pertinent to the durable subscription until the
  subscription is connected again. If there is a large amount of
  file traffic being transferred then this can lead  to these
  ghost folders filling up the local file system.
  
  USERS AFFECTED:
  All using the GUI infrequently to monitor a high-volume WMQFTE
  network.
  
  PLATFORMS AFFECTED:
  All supported
  

Problem conclusion

• An option has been added to the WMQFTE plugin to MQ Explorer to
  allow users to choose whether the subscription made to the
  coordination queue manager is durable or non-durable. The
  default is durable.
  If a non-durable subscription is chosen then only transfers that
  occur when the WMQFTE plugins for MQ Explorer are connected to
  the coordination queue manager are shown. This means that some
  other method of storing transfer results must be used if results
  for all transfers want to be used. The database logger feature
  of WMQFTE can be used for this.
  

Temporary fix

• An iFix is available on request
  

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

  WMQ FILE TRANSF

• Fixed component ID

  5724R1000

Applicable component levels

• R702 PSY

     UP

• R700 PSN

     UP

• R701 PSN

     UP