PM43351: FILE MANAGER UNABLE TO DISPLAY MESSAGES FOR MIXED CASE MQ QUEUE NAME

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• User is using the WebSphere MQ function of File Manager to view
  or update messages in MQSeries queues.  When doing so, they are
  not able to access messages on queue names that are mixed case.
  When they list the queues, File Manager shows the queue name in
  mixed case, however when they select the queue, the name is
  switched to upper case and File Manager gets an open error
  because the upper case name doesn't exist.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: File Manager Websphere MQ                    *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When selecting a queue that has a mixed *
  *                      case name, message FMNBC307 "Open Queue *
  *                      failed" is generated.                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION: Apply the provided PTF.                      *
  ****************************************************************
  File Manager field processing was not allowing for input fields
  used to specify the queue name, to contain mixed case. This
  results in an incorrect name being passed on and rejected, or
  an incorrect queue (i.e. an all uppercase queue of the same
  name) to be selected.
  

Problem conclusion

• File Manager has been updated in order to correctly process
  queue names containing mixed case as per the MQ object naming
  standards.
  When directly specifying a queue name to a File Manager utility,
  to specify that the mixed case usage is intentional, the queue
  identification must be enclosed in quote marks.
  E.g. To copy from a mixed case queue name one would enter in the
  data set name field:
  'MQ:MQ72:MixedCaseQueueName'
  or when using keywords in batch:
  $$FILEM DSC DSNIN='MQ:MQ72:MixedCaseQueueName'
  

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:

  PM50259

Modules/Macros

• FMN0LVL
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  FILE MANAGER ZO

• Fixed component ID

  5655V5200

Applicable component levels

• RA10 PSY UK72042

     UP11/10/13 P F110

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