PH00681: MQ V9: CHANNEL STAYS IN RETRY FOREVER

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• If there is a sender channel defined with
  more then one ip addresses in the conname field of a sender
  channel and these addresses do not work,
  the channel goes into retry.
  Retry counts not being decremented when a channel's CONNAME
  contains a comma-separated list of addresses.
  This applies to short and long retry counts.
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: All users of IBM MQ for z/OS Version 9       *
  *                 Release 0 Modification 0 and Release 1       *
  *                 Modification 0.                              *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: A channel that has multiple connection  *
  *                      names and fails to start will stay in   *
  *                      retry state forever regardless of the   *
  *                      retry properties on the channel.        *
  ****************************************************************
  A channel that has multiple connection names via the use of a
  comma separated list will fail to update its retry count. As a
  consequence, after a failed start the subsequent retries will
  process as if its the first time it has tried to restart. In
  turn this results in the channel never exhausting all it's retry
  attempts that are set via the retry properties on the channel
  and the channel stays in the retry state until it is manually
  stopped.
  

Problem conclusion

• The logic in the code has been corrected so that channels with
  multiple connection names will correctly update their retry
  count each time they fail to start. Therefore they will now
  return to the stopped state once all retry counts set by the
  retry properties on the channel have been exhausted.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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

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

  UI62047 UI62048

Modules/Macros

• CSQXRCSI
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IBM MQ Z/OS V9

• Fixed component ID

  5655MQ900

Applicable component levels

• R000 PSY UI64599

     UP19/09/27 P F909

• R100 PSY UI64601

     UP19/09/27 P F909

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