IT02188: PCOM: SNA 3270 PRINTER SESSION DOES NOT RECOVER AFTER HOST APPLICATION RESTART

Personal Communications 6.0.11
Personal Communications 6.0.12
Personal Communications 6.0.13
Personal Communications 6.0.15

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Customer is using SNA/LLC2 printer session with PCOM 6.0 on
  Windows 7 operating system.
  
  Customer's VSE CICS host application is restarted every day at
  midnight. In the morning, customer cannot get print jobs.
  The workaround is to restart SNA node each morning.
  

Local fix

• Stop and restart the SNA node each morning.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of SNA LLC2 3270 host printer      *
  *                 sessions                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When z/VSE CICS host application is     *
  *                      restarted the user cannot get print     *
  *                      jobs to the PCOM printer session.       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  If a SNA printer is connected over an LLC2 link and it is
  reset by the receipt of DACTLU/ACTLU then if the printer is
  reconnected to the server before the ACTLU is received, VTAM
  may fail to restart the SNA session (no BIND is issued).
  

Problem conclusion

• The problem is caused by the ACTLU RSP issued by PCOMM
  incorrectly indicating that the LU-LU session is already
  active. APPN.SYS has been changed to correct this parameter.
  This problem was introduced through previous APAR JR44768.
  
  Fix scheduled for PCOM 6.0.11 Refresh Pack
  

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:

  IV63812 LI78144 JR51178

Modules/Macros

• APPN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  PCOMM V5 COMBO-

• Fixed component ID

  5639I700J

Applicable component levels

• R601 PSY

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