JR50819: UNABLE TO CREATE NEW DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT IN ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLE IF THE PRIMARY ADMIN USER IS DIFFERENT THAN THE CELL

Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 6 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If you change the primary admin user after you create the IBM
  Business Process Manager (BPM) profiles and later try to
  create a new deployment environment (DE) by using the
  administrative console DE wizard when logged in as the IBM BPM
  cell admin user, you see following error in the administrative
  console:
  
  The login user ($CellAdmin) does not have required access to
  create a deployment environment. Use cell administrator
  ($PrimaryAdmin) to log in.
  

Local fix

• - Change the WebSphere Primary Admin user same as CellAdmin
  user
  - Restart the Deployment Manager
  - Log as CellAdmin user
  - Create the  new Deployment Environment
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  IBM BPM Advanced                            *
  *                  IBM BPM Standard                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: If you change the primary admin user    *
  *                      after you create the IBM Business       *
  *                      Process Manager (BPM) profiles and      *
  *                      later try to create a new deployment    *
  *                      environment (DE) by using the           *
  *                      administrative console DE wizard when   *
  *                      logged in as the IBM BPM cell admin     *
  *                      user, you see following error in the    *
  *                      administrative console:                 *
  *                      The login user ($CellAdmin) does not    *
  *                      have required access to create a        *
  *                      deployment environment. Use cell        *
  *                      administrator ($PrimaryAdmin) to log    *
  *                      in.                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  You cannot create a new deployment environment in the
  administrative console when you are not logged in as the
  primary admin user.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available for IBM BPM V8.5.5 that allows cell admin
  users to create a new deployment environment irrespective of
  what the WebSphere Primary Admin user is.
  
  On Fix Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral), search
  for JR50819:
  
  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 JR50819, 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.
  

Temporary fix

• Log in by using the primary admin user to create the IBM BPM
  deployment environment.
  

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 ADVANCED

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9400

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY

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