PI18794: TIMEMARKS NO LONGER SENT TO CLIENTS FOR GIVEN TELNET PORT

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• TIMEMARK and SCANINTERVAL were specified for the Telnet server.
  The potential exists for the Telnet server to stop sending
  timemarks to all clients associated with a given port.  Clients
  connected to other ports on the server continue to receive
  timemarks.
  

Local fix

• .
  Issue an OBEYFILE command referencing the TN3270 PROFILE data
  set, and any new connections established after that point will
  receive TIMEMARKs.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All users of the IBM Communications Server                   *
  * for z/OS Version 2 Release 1 IP: Telnet                      *
  * timemark facilities.                                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Timemark timer not reset causing                             *
  * timemarks to not be sent to idle                             *
  * connections.                                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * Apply PTF.                                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  The Telnet server is processing the connections for a specific
  port.  If the last connection in the hash table for the port
  fails with a send error, the timemark timer is not reset.
  Telnet will no longer send timemarks to the connections
  which are active on that port.
  

Problem conclusion

• Module EZBTTTSI is updated to clear the return codes after
  checking each connection and reset the timemark timer.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  PI17311

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

  UI18411

Modules/Macros

• EZBTTTSI
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TCP/IP V3 MVS

• Fixed component ID

  5655HAL00

Applicable component levels

• R210 PSY UI18411

     UP14/07/15 P F407

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