IC84805: IBM Systems Dir 6.3 /var/adm/message fill up invalid reg request

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• Users of Tivoli Common Agent Services (CAS) agent on AIX may see
  messages in the /var/adm/message or other system logs logging
  SLP errors.  The error messages will contain the following (may
  be in local languages): Impossible to parse attribute.
  These messages may be abundant and may cause the log file to
  grow quickly.
  

Local fix

• There is no usage change that will avoid this issue.
  

Problem summary

• The slp_reg process in the CAS agent tries to set an attribute
  to "" when the RFC only allows for NULL or the attribute name
  without a value to be used to indicate no data.  Per the RFC,
  the AIX slp process logs the error message.
  This issue will be resolved in a future release of the CAS
  agent.
  Platforms:
  AIX
  Versions:
  IBM Systems Director Common Agent Services (CAS)  6.x
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is included in IBM System Director update
  6.3.2.
  

Temporary fix

• The client can choose to set net.slp.loglevel=0 in
  /etc/slp.conf, which sets up the SLP server to only log
  emergency-level messages to syslog. As there are no
  emergency-level messages in the SLP server, this would
  effectively disable SLP server logging.
  

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

Applicable component levels

• R630 PSY

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