IT14176: FTECREATETRANSFER GENERATES A BFGCL02532W MESSAGE WHEN TRANSFERSARE SUBMITTED TO A PROTOCOL BRIDGE AGENT

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A managed transfer request is submitted to a protocol bridge
  agent, using the command:
  
  fteCreateTransfer -sa FTPAGENT1
  -sm QM1
  -da FTPAGENT2
  -dm QM2
  -t binary
  -de overwrite
  -df /test/jobs/target/testFile.bin
  /test/jobs/source/testFile.bin
  
  The command generates the following output:
  
  BFGCL0035I: Transfer request issued.  The request ID is:
  414d5120514d48503146545055382020550c6da220013095
  BFGCL0253W: No acknowledgement to command from agent within
  timeout.
  
  and the managed transfer fails to run.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  USERS AFFECTED:
  This issue affects users of:
  
  - The WebSphere MQ V7.5 Managed File Transfer component.
  - The IBM MQ V8 Managed File Transfer component.
  
  who have protocol bridge agents which act as the source agent
  for managed transfers, and have no default protocol file server
  configured.
  
  
  Platforms affected:
  MultiPlatform
  
  ****************************************************************
  PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  When a managed transfer request is submitted to a protocol
  bridge agent, the source_specification can be in one of the
  following formats:
  
  - [protocol file server name]:[filename]
  - [filename]
  
  If the source_specification is defined in the second format,
  then the protocol bridge agent will use it's default protocol
  file server (as specified in it's ProtocolBridgeProperties.xml
  file) when trying to locate the source file.
  
  If a managed transfer was submitted to a protocol bridge agent
  using the fteCreateTransfer command, where the
  source_specification was specified in the format:
  
    [filename]
  
  and no default protocol file server had been defined for the
  agent, then the fteCreateTransfer command generated the
  following messages:
  
    BFGCL0035I: Transfer request issued.  The request ID is:
  <transfer identifier>
    BFGCL0253W: No acknowledgement to command from agent within
  timeout.
  
  and the managed transfer would not run.
  

Problem conclusion

• The protocol bridge agent has been updated to send back a
  response to the fteCreateTransfer command if it:
  
  - Receives a managed transfer request where the
  source_specification does not explicitly contain a protocol file
  server name.
  - And no default file server has been configured for the agent.
  
  The managed transfer will subsequently run, and be marked as
  "Failed" with the error:
  
  BFGBR0163E: No default protocol server defined for the protocol
  bridge.
  
  ---------------------------------------------------------------
  The fix is targeted for delivery in the following PTFs:
  
  Version    Maintenance Level
  v7.5       7.5.0.7
  v8.0       8.0.0.5
  
  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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