IV78573: TEBS: PORT POOLS FOR LOOPBACK DEVICE SOCKET ALLOCATIONS

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0 Fix Pack 6 (6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0006)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The KDE_TRANSPORT POOL: keyword does not permit configuration of
  socket port pools on the LOOPBACK device. To accommodate this ,
  a new environment variable, KDE_LOOPBACK_POOL , can be used to
  configure a pool of available ports associated with the
  loopback device from which all Tivoli Monitoring socket
  requests are satisfied.  The semantics of KDE_LOOPBACK_POOL are
  the same as the KDE_TRANSPORT POOL: keyword as it applied to
  the loopback device but the syntax differs. The usage is
  KDE_LOOPBACK_POOL=NNNNN-KKKKK , where NNNNN is the start of the
  port pool range, KKKKK is the end of the port pool range, and
  KKKKK - NNNNN <= 1024 .  KDE_LOOPBACK_POOL resides in the same
  Tivoli product configuration file as does KDE_TRANSPORT.
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• Tivoli Monitoring configuration of socket port pools is not
  permitted on the LOOPBACK device.
  
  The Tivoli Monitoring KDE_TRANSPORT environment variable 'POOL:'
   keyword does not permit configuration of socket port pools on
  the LOOPBACK device.
  
  In order for this APAR to be properly implemented in your
  environment, a new environment variable has been added.  See the
  "Install Actions" section of the APAR conclusion for more
  details.
  

Problem conclusion

• Install Actions:
  Code has been added to support a new Tivoli Monitoring
  environment variable, KDE_LOOPBACK_POOL.  KDE_LOOPBACK_POOL can
  be used to configure a pool of available ports associated with
  the loopback device from which all Tivoli Monitoring socket
  requests are satisfied.
  
  The semantics of KDE_LOOPBACK_POOL are the same as the
  KDE_TRANSPORT environment variable 'POOL:' keyword as it applied
  to the loopback device but the syntax differs. The usage is
  KDE_LOOPBACK_POOL=NNNNN-KKKKK , where NNNNN is the start of the
  port pool range, KKKKK is the end of the port pool range, and
  KKKKK - NNNNN <= 1024 .  KDE_LOOPBACK_POOL resides in the
  same Tivoli product configuration file as does KDE_TRANSPORT.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

  OA48117

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TEMS

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04MS

Applicable component levels

• R630 PSY

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