IZ39428: TAPE_DRIVES.ADDRESS IS REPRESENTED AS DECIMAL INSTEAD OF HEXADECIMAL ADDRESSES. A CONVERSION OPTION IS REQUIRED.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Tape_Drives.Address is represented as decimal instead of
  hexadecimal addresses.  A conversion option is necessary so that
  the attribute value can be referenced as hexadecimal.  Function
  like RANGE for the field do not allow hexadecimal values to be
  evaluated in a Tivoli Enterprise Portal Situation.
  
  We opened this APAR with the Omegamon XE on z/OS Agent to start
  the process to look for the correct architecture change to allow
  the hexadecimal address to be used in a custom situation.
  
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Local fix

• Non Available
  

Problem summary

• The Range Properties dialog does not accept hex values even when
  entered with the 0X prefix indicating the following characters
  represent a hex value.
  
  For attributes, like z/OS tape drive addresses, that are
  typically represented as hex values, it should be possible to
  enter the start and end of range values as hex numbers.
  

Problem conclusion

• The Range Dialog was modified to accept hex values denoted by a
  0X prefix, e.g.  0X000A is the hex representation of the decimal
  value 10.  The dialog is launched from an expression predicate
  cell when the 'See if a value is within a range' option is
  chosen from the function selection list or when a cell with an
  existing range value is double-clicked.  The option is available
  for numeric attributes on the Threshold, Filter, and Query
  Editor panels.  If the attribute is of hex type, the dialog will
  show the start and end values in hex with a 0X prefix.  When the
  dialog is dismissed, the values are converted to decimal and
  returned to the cell in the internal comma-delimited list
  format.  Values entered without the 0X prefix will be
  interpreted as decimal.
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
     | interim fix | 6.2.0.2-TIV-ITM-IF0001
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

  OA26979

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

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TEP

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04EP

Applicable component levels

• R620 PSY

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