PM44594: FIX TO ITPLSGEN TO CORRECTLY BUILD THE STL CODE. ROLLOUT OF SAMPLE CODE THAT BUILDS NTWRK/STL CODE FROM TCP/IP CTRACE FILES.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• ITPLSGEN in WSIM incorrectly reads the DELAY/NODELAY,
  VERIFY/NOVERIFY and DEBUG parameters and outputs STL code that
  does not match the customers request.
  
  Several requests have been received to release sample code for
  converting a TCP/IP CTRACE file into NTWRK/STL code usable in
  WSIM.
  

Local fix

• No workaround available
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: Users of IBM Workload Simulator (WSim)       *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: ITPLSGEN in WSIM incorrectly reads the  *
  *                      DELAY/NODELAY,VERIFY/NOVERIFY and       *
  *                      DEBUG parameters and outputs STL code   *
  *                      that does not match the customers       *
  *                      request.                                *
  *                                                              *
  *                      Several requests have been received to  *
  *                      release sample code for converting a    *
  *                      TCP/IP CTRACE file into NTWRK/STL code  *
  *                      usable in WSIM.                         *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  ITPLSGEN has a parameter table which is used to determine what
  processing is to be done. A new entry was added to the table but
  the index values were not incremented correctly so a number of
  parameters are being incorrectly processed.
  
  There have been several requests to provide sample code that
  processes TCP/IP CTRACE files and produces WSIM code that can
  test TCP/IP transactions on a Z/OS platform.
  +-------------------------------------------------------------+
  + Please check our Communications Server for OS/390 homepages +
  + for common networking tips and fixes.  The URL for these    +
  + homepages can be found in Informational APAR II11334.       +
  +-------------------------------------------------------------+
  

Problem conclusion

• The index values for the ITPLSGEN parameter table were
  re-evaluated and incremented where appropriate. This means the
  DELAY/NODELAY, VERIFY/NOVERIFY and the DEBUG parameters will now
  generate the correct WSIM code.
  
  The sample code provided for processing CTRACE files includes
  two REXX execs and additional panels which customers can modify
  to suit there own environment. The first exec ITPCTEXT reads
  the CTRACE file and extracts data that will be used to build
  the WSIM code. The second REXX exec ITPCTBLD will take the data
  from the extract file and buidl the WSIM NTWRK and STL code for
  each selected port and id. This code only handles simple
  configurations of the CTRACE file and does not handle, for
  example, related TCP/IP packets coming from different ports.
  
  * Cross Reference between External and Internal Names
  SPA_NAME (IDSS_NAM)
  

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:

  UK70609

Modules/Macros

• ITPCTBLD ITPCTBLP ITPCTBL2 ITPCTEXP ITPCTEXT
  ITPLSGEN
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  IBM WORKLOAD SI

• Fixed component ID

  5655I3900

Applicable component levels

• R110 PSY UK70609

     UP11/08/12 P F108

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