PI13403: Rational Developer for System z (RDz) Unable to recover a MVS project with an invalid character in project name

Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 5 (8.5.1.5) for 8.5.1
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 7 (8.5.1.7) for 8.5.1
Rational Developer for System z Fix Pack 6 (8.5.1.6) for 8.5.1

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Rational Developer for System z - RDz - v8.5.1.4
  
  No error is given when an MVS project name is changed even
  though it contains an invalid character in the name.
  
  This also occurs on the RDz v9.0.1 client.
  To recreate this problem start with an MVS project name of New
  Then, rename it to New/Update.
  
  In the .log file the following error can be seen:
  Contains: / is an invalid character in resource name
  'wdz_proj_New/update_New'.
  Contains: OK
  !SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.core.resources 4 77 2014-02-24
  12:18:55.172
  !MESSAGE Invalid project description.
  !SUBENTRY 2 org.eclipse.core.resources 4 77 2014-02-24
  12:18:55.172
  !MESSAGE / is an invalid character in resource name
  'wdz_proj_New/update_New'.
  !SUBENTRY 2 unknown 0 0 2014-02-24 12:18:55.172
  !MESSAGE OK
  
  
  The New.xml in wdz_proj_New_New had been updated to point to
  wdz_proj_New_update, which no longer existed.
  
  ***************************************************************
  Local fix:
  The project directory name does not actually get changed, but
  the file New.XML gets deleted.
  
  To recover your workspace
  First, close the RDz client.
  Create a file called New.XML in the wdz_proj_New directory,
  and point it to the new directory, which is the project
  directory.
  
  This xml file needs to contain the following information:
  ??xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'??
  ?PROJECT-STRUCTURE?
  ?WSED-VERSION?7.5.0.0?/WSED-VERSION?
  ?PROJECT?
  ?PROJECT-NAME?New?/PROJECT-NAME?
  ?PROJECT-TYPE?zos-project?/PROJECT-TYPE?
  ?SYSTEM/?
  ?STATE?
  ?STATE-IS-OFFLINE?false?/STATE-IS-OFFLINE?
  ?/STATE?
  ?SUBPROJECT-LIST?
  ?SUBPROJECT?
  ?SUBPROJECT-NAME?New?/SUBPROJECT-NAME?
  ?SUBPROJECT-FULL-PATH?wdz_proj_New_New?/SUBPROJECT-FULL-PATH?
  ?/SUBPROJECT?
  ?/SUBPROJECT-LIST?
  ?/PROJECT?
  ?/PROJECT-STRUCTURE?
  
  Then, edit the New.xml file in wdz_proj_New_New directory, which
  is the subproject directory, to point to the correct project
  directory of the project.
  
  Ensure that the Subproject full path statement is correct:
  ?SUBPROJECT-FULL-PATH?New/New?/SUBPROJECT-FULL-PATH
  
  Ensure that the File full path statement is correct:
  ?FILE-FULL-PATH?New/New/CANDYL.COBOL/CBLDBGEX.cbl?/FILE-FULL-PAT
  H?
  
  Finally, start the RDz client.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• When a z/OS Project (or MVS Subproject) is renamed and the name
  contains invalid characters, no error is given and the project
  (or subproject) becomes unusable.
  

Problem conclusion

• RDz now presents an "unexpected error" message dialog, where the
  error details show an OperationFailedException that explains
  that the new name contains an invalid character.   This is less
  friendly than validating the name while it is being entered but
  we had to work within the limitations of the Eclipse RSE rename
  dialog.
  
  The problem listed in this APAR has been resolved with
  IBM Rational Developer for System z V8.5.1.5 Fix Pack which
  is available from the Recommended Fixes support download page:
  http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2294&uid=swg27006335
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  RATL DEV FOR SY

• Fixed component ID

  5724T0700

Applicable component levels

• R851 PSY

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