IJ24493: BIGFIX DISCOVERY FAILING IF THERE IS UNDERSCORE CHARACTER IN THE HOSTNAME

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• When there is ?_? character in the hostname then ASD Sensor
  fails and in logs ?ASDSensor- DEBUG sensor.ASDSensor - No
  discovery result found for file name <file Name with incorrect
  host>. This happens because code is written for valid hosts and
  underscore is invalid. So a mismatch in the file name taken in
  ASDPingSensor and ASDSensor occurs and discovery fails.
  

Local fix

• Remove the ?_? character from hostname because underscore is
  invalid in constructing a hostname.
  Codefix/Resolution: In the
  code the result package fetched from the Bigfix server is
  treated to expect an underscore in hostname.
  So result package
  is splitted over some other delimiter instead of ?underscore?
  as used till now and processed.
  

Problem summary

• In BigFix discovery, ASD Sensor fails When there is any
  underscore character( ¡_ ) in the hostname and in logs
  visible error is  ASDSensor- DEBUG sensor.ASDSensor   No
  discovery result found for file name <file Name with incorrect
  host> .
  This happens because code is written for valid hosts and
  underscore is invalid as per current design. So a mismatch in
  the file name taken in ASDPingSensor and ASDSensor occurs and
  discovery fails. Code is changed to provide support even if
  there is underscore character in the hostname.
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  | Fix Pack | 7.3.0-TIV-ITADDM-FP0008
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• 999
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  APP DEPENDENCY

• Fixed component ID

  5724N5500

Applicable component levels