PI58100: SOME OTELNETD MESSAGES WRITTEN TO SYSLOGD DESTINATION APPEAR ON MULTIPLE LINES IN ARCHIVED SYSLOG DATASETS

APAR status

• Closed as fixed if next.

Error description

• The following messages are written to SYSLOGD destination:
  
  . EZYTU02E UTILITY:Read from ttloop. Peer died.  . EDC5000I No
  error occurred. rsn=00000000
  
  However, when the syslogd file is archived the same message
  appears on mltiple lines, with one additional blank line after
  the second record:
  
  EZYTU02E UTILITY:Read from ttloop. Peer died.
  EDC5000I No error occurred. rsn=00000000
  .
  
  
  
  
  Additional Symptom(s) Search Keyword(s): syslogd archive otelnet
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * All users of the IBM Communications Server for z/OS Version  *
  * 2 Release 1 and Release 2 IP: syslogd archive                *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * The syslogd archive function splits records that contain a   *
  * carriage-return into multiple records in the archive file.   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  * FIN                                                          *
  ****************************************************************
  The syslogd log file may contain records which have a
  carriage-return within the record. When this log file is
  archived the single record is split into multiple reocrds in the
  archive file.
  

Problem conclusion

Temporary fix

Comments

• The solution for this APAR is included in CS for zOS Version 2
  Release 3.
  
  This APAR is being closed FIN (Fixed If Next) with concurrence
  from the submitting customer. This means that a fix to this APAR
  is expected to be delivered from IBM in a release (if any) to be
  available within the next 36 months.
  

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

• R210 PSN

     UP

• R220 PSN

     UP