IT04813: WEBSPHERE MQ 7.5 MFT PROTOCOL BRIDGE AGENT INTERMITTENTLY GETTING BFGIO0106E ERRORS

Fix Pack 8.0.0.2 for WebSphere MQ V8.0
WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition V7.0 Fix Pack 7.0.4.5

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A WebSphere MQ 7.5 Managed File Transfer transfer setup to
  transfer files
  from protocol bridge agent with the following source
  specification:
  
  
   Server:/dir1/dir2/*.file
  
  
  is intermittently getting BFGIO0106E errors while trying to
  incorrectly process Server:/dir1/dir2 as a file transfer.
  
  Example error:
  BFGIO0106E:
  File "Server:/dir1/dir2" is not a normal file (it might be
  a directory).;
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  This APAR affects all users of WebSphere MQ Managed File
  Transfer who use a protocol bridge agent as the source of files
  for a file transfer. If particular it affects users who use a
  wild-card when specifying the names of the source files to be
  transferred.
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  The problem occurred when attempting to generate a list of file
  names to be processed.
  
  The protocol bridge agent needed to connect to a remote ftp/sftp
  server to obtain a list of file names that matched a wild-card
  specification. The agent was unable to make the connection and
  an exception was generated. The processing of this exception was
  handled internally but the action taken allowed the processing
  of the transfer to continue processing with an empty list of
  file names. This subsequently caused the creation of the error
  message "BFGIO0106E:
  File "Server:/dir1/dir2" is not a normal file (it might be
  a directory)".
  

Problem conclusion

• The WebSphere MQ Managed File Transfer product code has been
  modified such that when a connection to a remote ftp/sftp server
  fails the original exception generated by this failure is now
  returned and this will cause the transfer to fail.
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v7.0       7.0.4.5
  v7.5       7.5.0.5
  v8.0       8.0.0.2
  
  The latest available FTE maintenance can be obtained from
  'Fix List for WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition 7.0'
  http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27015313
  
  The latest available MQ maintenance can be obtained from
  'WebSphere MQ Recommended Fixes'
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006037
  
  If the maintenance level is not yet available information on
  its planned availability can be found in 'WebSphere MQ
  Planned Maintenance Release Dates'
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=171&uid=swg27006309
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  

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:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WMQ MFT

• Fixed component ID

  5724H7242

Applicable component levels

• R750 PSY

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