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IV67701: SPECIAL CHARACTERS INCORRECTLY DISPLAYED IN MIB BROWSER

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • Product: Tivoli Network Manager for IP
    Version: 3.8, 3.9, 4.1
    Symptom:
    Multibyte characters are displayed in the raw hexadecimal
    values in the SNMP MIB Browser.
    See also alm00305481
    

Local fix

  • NA
    

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
    * ITNM 3.9  users                                              *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
    * Special characters in MIB variables (eg. õéü®©£) will be     *
    * displayed as 'F5:E9:FC:AE:A9:A3' in MIB Browser              *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
    * waiting to be confirm..                                      *
    ****************************************************************
    

Problem conclusion

  • The problem was due to the Mib Browser grabbing data directly
    from the SNMP helper which provides the data in a UTF8 encoded
    state for multibyte data
    

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV67701

  • Reported component name

    TIV NETWK MGR I

  • Reported component ID

    5724S4500

  • Reported release

    390

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2014-12-08

  • Closed date

    2015-04-23

  • Last modified date

    2017-01-19

  • 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

    TIV NETWK MGR I

  • Fixed component ID

    5724S4500

Applicable component levels

  • R390 PSN

       UP

  • R390 PSY

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
19 January 2017