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In Cognos connection, try to access the permissions list on one of the packages, the server hangs

Troubleshooting


Problem

In Cognos connection, try to access the permissions list on one of the packages, the server hangs.

Symptom

Cogserver.log has the following error message.

CAM-CRP-0026 An error was returned from the underlying socket implementation.
RSV-BBP-0029 Failed to cancel the request:
CCL-BIT-0005 A socket reported a communication error.
or

CM-SYS-5144 While processing your request, Content Manager locked some objects for 703.491 seconds. This lock may have caused some other
requests to be abandoned.

Cause

AIX enables Path MTU discovery by default and will limit the size of transmitted TCP/UDP packets.

Environment

AIX 5.3, Websphere, sunone directory server

Resolving The Problem

Contact network administrator to reduce the MTU size (a networking parameter) from 1500 to 1400

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Historical Number

1036946

Document Information

Modified date:
28 November 2022

UID

swg21342486