OA39845: ENGINE STORAGE QUIESCE OCCURS AFTER MANY FAILED LOGONS TO OMEGAMON FOR SMS. CREATE PATH FAILS WITH STATUS 104, 172, ETC.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.3 Fix Pack 5 (6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0005)
IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2.3 Fix Pack 4 (6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0004)
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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Storage Quiesce occurs in the ITM Engine after many (thousands)
  of failed attempts to logon to OMEGAMON for SMS. The RKLVLOG
  shows a "Create Path Failed, status nnn" message when the logon
  fails.  The storage creep occurs for several different status
  codes. For this problem, the status codes observed were 104
  (Invalid CT/DS ID) and 172 (TEMS not connected).
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Storage Quiesce occurs in the ITM Engine after many (thousands)
  of failed attempts to logon to OMEGAMON for SMS. The RKLVLOG
  shows a "Create Path Failed, status nnn" message when the logon
  fails.  The storage creep occurs for several different status
  codes. For this problem, the status codes observed were 104
  (Invalid CT/DS ID) and 172 (TEMS not connected).
  

Problem conclusion

• Ensure the storage is freed when CreatePath fails.
  
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
    | fix pack | 6.2.3-TIV-ITM-FP0003
  

Temporary fix

• Correct the reason for the LOGON failures.
  

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  OA40092

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MGMT SERVER DS

• Fixed component ID

  5608A2800

Applicable component levels

• R623 PSY UA68938

     UP13/04/30 P F304

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