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PH08368: IN Z/OS EXPLORER 3.1.1.16, DISPLAY CLIENTS OPERATOR COMMAND FAILS WHEN USERS ARE LOGGED IN TO THE SYSTEM

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • In IBM z/os Explorer 3.1.1.16 with IDz 14.1.x, the operator
    command to display clients fails when users are logged in to the
     Remote System Explorer.
    
    The operator command is /F RSED,APPL=DISPLAY CLIENT
    
    The command does not respond if users are logged in and FEKLOGS
    reports an exception:
    
    USER:RSED ERROR: class com.ibm.etools.zos.serve
      19730 java.lang.NullPointerException
      19731  at
    com.ibm.etools.zos.server.DaemonMonitor.displayClients(DaemonMon
    itor.java:2051)
      19732  at
    com.ibm.etools.zos.server.DaemonMonitor.processInternalCommand(D
    aemonMonitor.java:1819)
      19733  at
    com.ibm.etools.zos.server.DaemonMonitor.run(DaemonMonitor.java:1
    83)
      19734  at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:812)
    
    When users are not logged in it correctly returns:
    +FEK207I No Client to be displayed
    

Local fix

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED: 01.All zExpl and IDz users                   *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: 01.The operator command to display      *
    *                         clients fails - no response          *
    *                         received - when users are logged in  *
    *                         to the Remote System Explorer.       *
    ****************************************************************
    01.The parameter to be queried for connected users in the
       received response is wrong, thus having a Null Pointer
       Exception.
    

Problem conclusion

  • 01.Corrected the parameter to be queried for connected users to
       prevent Null Pointer Exception.
    

Temporary fix

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PH08368

  • Reported component name

    ID/Z HOST

  • Reported component ID

    5724T0723

  • Reported release

    310

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2019-02-08

  • Closed date

    2019-03-07

  • Last modified date

    2019-04-02

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

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

Modules/Macros

  • FEJENF70 FEJJCNFG FEJJJCL  FEJJMON  FEJTSO   FEK1SMPE FEK2RCVE
    FEK3ALOC FEK4ZFS  FEK5MKD  FEK6DDEF FEK7APLY FEK8ACPT FEK@CERR
    FEK@CONE FEK@CONF FEK@CUST FEK@DEB  FEK@DESC FEK@FLOW FEK@GEN
    FEK@GENW FEK@ISPF FEK@IVP  FEK@IVPD FEK@IVPW FEK@JCN1 FEK@JCNE
    FEK@JESJ FEK@MAIN FEK@MIGO FEK@OPTE FEK@OPTG FEK@OPTN FEK@PRIM
    FEK@RSE1 FEK@RSEO FEK@STRT FEK@TAB1 FEK@TAB2 FEK@TAB3 FEK@WRK1
    FEK@WRK2 FEK@WRK3 FEK@WRK4 FEK@WRK5 FEKAPPCC FEKAPPCL FEKAPPCX
    FEKATTR  FEKDSI   FEKEESX0 FEKFASIZ FEKFATT1 FEKFBLD  FEKFCIPH
    FEKFCLIE FEKFCMOD FEKFCMPR FEKFCMSG FEKFCOMM FEKFCOPY FEKFCOR6
    FEKFCORE FEKFDBGM FEKFDIR  FEKFDIR6 FEKFDIVP FEKFDST0 FEKFDST1
    FEKFDST2 FEKFENVF FEKFENVI FEKFENVP FEKFENVR FEKFENVS FEKFEPL
    FEKFICUL FEKFISPF FEKFIVP0 FEKFIVPA FEKFIVPD FEKFIVPI FEKFIVPJ
    FEKFIVPT FEKFJESM FEKFJESU FEKFJVM  FEKFLATR FEKFLDSI FEKFLDSL
    FEKFLEOP FEKFLOGS FEKFLPTH FEKFMAI6 FEKFMAIN FEKFMINE FEKFMINS
    FEKFMNTL FEKFNTCE FEKFOMVS FEKFPATT FEKFPRDS FEKFPTC  FEKFRIVP
    FEKFRMSG FEKFRSES FEKFRSRV FEKFSCMD FEKFSEND FEKFSSL  FEKFSTUP
    FEKFT000 FEKFT001 FEKFT002 FEKFT003 FEKFT004 FEKFT005 FEKFT006
    FEKFT007 FEKFT008 FEKFT009 FEKFT010 FEKFT011 FEKFT012 FEKFT013
    FEKFT014 FEKFT015 FEKFTIVP FEKFTRKS FEKFTSO  FEKFUTIL FEKFVERS
    FEKFXITA FEKFXITL FEKFZME  FEKFZMF  FEKFZOS  FEKHCONF FEKHCUST
    FEKHDEB  FEKHDESC FEKHFLOW FEKHGEN  FEKHISPF FEKHIVP  FEKHIVPD
    FEKHJESJ FEKHMAIN FEKHMIGO FEKHOPTE FEKHOPTN FEKHPRIM FEKHRSE1
    FEKHRSEO FEKHSTRT FEKHTAB1 FEKHTAB2 FEKINIT  FEKKEYS  FEKLOGR
    FEKLOGS  FEKM00   FEKM01   FEKM02   FEKMKDIR FEKMOUNT FEKMSGC
    FEKMSGS  FEKRACF  FEKRSED  FEKSAPF  FEKSAPPL FEKSBPX  FEKSCLAS
    FEKSCLOG FEKSCMD  FEKSCPYM FEKSCPYU FEKSDSN  FEKSENV  FEKSETUP
    FEKSISPF FEKSJCFG FEKSJCMD FEKSJMON FEKSLPA  FEKSPROG FEKSPTKT
    FEKSRSED FEKSSERV FEKSSTC  FEKSSU   FEKSUSER FEKXCFGE FEKXCFGI
    FEKXCFGM FEKXCFGT FEKXMAIN FEKXML
    

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    EXP FOR Z/OS HO

  • Fixed component ID

    5655EXP23

Applicable component levels

  • R310 PSY UI61722

       UP19/03/16 P F903

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Document Information

Modified date:
02 April 2019