JR50720: BPMDELETESNAPSHOT PROCEEDS EVEN THOUGH THERE BPD INSTANCES IN ANOTHER SNAPSHOT THAT POINT TO TASKS FROM THIS SNAPSHOT

8.5.0.0-WS-BPM-IFJR50720
8.5.5.0-WS-BPM-IFJR50720
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Version 8.5.0 Fix Pack 2 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If you run the  BPMDeleteSnapshot command, orphaned tasks are
  created if tasks that refer to the snapshot being deleted belong
  to BPD instances that refer to another snapshot as well.  It
  appears as if entries in the corresponding LSW_TASK table
  remain, although they refer  to a deleted snapshot. When process
  instances are migrated to a new snapshot, tasks that no longer
  appear in the new process model are not migrated to the new
  snapshot and continue to refer to the old snapshot.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• No additional information is available.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available for IBM BPM that introduces enhanced
  consistency checks and returns the following error message to
  prevent the BPMDeleteSnapshot command from deleting the snapshot
  that tasks refer to when those tasks have process instances that
  have been migrated to another snapshot.
  
  On Fix Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral), search
  for JR50720:
  
  1.Select IBM Business Process Manager with your edition from the
    product selector, the installed version to the fix pack level,
    and your platform, and then click Continue.
  
  2.Select APAR or SPR, enter JR50720, and click Continue.
  
  When you download fix packages, ensure that you also download
  the readme file for each fix. Review each readme file for
  additional installation instructions and information about the
  fix.
  
  In addition to this interim fix, install the other interim fixes
  that are required for the BPMDeleteSnapshot and
  BPMSnapshotCleanup commands, which are listed in "Issues with
  BPMDeleteSnapshot and BPMSnapshotCleanup commands in IBM
  Business Process Manager (BPM)"
  (http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21669992).
  

Temporary fix

• Not applicable
  

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

  BPM STANDARD

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9500

Applicable component levels

• R751 PSY

     UP

• R801 PSY

     UP

• R850 PSY

     UP

• R855 PSY

     UP