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PI66503: MIGRATION TOOL GENERATED MIGRATION JOBS FAIL TO FIND THE MIGRATION TEMP DIRECTORY DUE TO A TYPO IN THE JOB TEMPLAT

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APAR status

  • Closed as program error.

Error description

  • In the migration job templates for BBOWMG3B, the variable
    &MBTMPDIR is mistakenly called &MDTMPDIR.  As a result, when
    the jobs and response files are generated the &MDTMPDIR
    variable is left as-is instead of being replaced with the
    actual migration temporary directory path.  When the jobs are
    run, users will receive an error for an invalid character in
    the path field of the DD where this variable was left, and/or
    that a file is not a valid file because the path to it is
    incomplete.
    
    When BBOWmG3B was run with this typo, this message was found in
    the migration log:
    The following validation errors were present with the command
    line arguments:
      portsFile: /12345678/portdef.props: is not a valid file
    manageprofiles.sh failed
    
    And the job output pointed to an issue in line 24 of the
    generated job BBOWMG3B:
    24 IEF825I INVALID CHARACTER IN THE PATH     FIELD
    DTM1455I 2016.204 09:08:03 Job BBOWMG3B failed, JCL Error
    
    where line 24 is a DD with the typo:
    24 //HFSOUTL  DD PATH='&MDTMPDIR/12345678/portdef.props',
       //            PATHOPTS=(OWRONLY,OCREAT,OTRUNC),
       //            PATHMODE=(SIRWXU,SIRWXG)
    
    
    The same kind of typo exists in the migration temp directory
    variable used in the generation of jobs for standalone servers,
    Admin Agents, and JobManagers.  Below is the complete list of
    affected CNTL template files:
    BBOWBPRO BBOWBPRE BBOWBPOS BBOWMG3B BBOWAPRO BBOWAPRE BBOWAPOS
    BBOWMG3A BBOWJPRO BBOWJPRE BBOWJPOS BBOWMG3J
    
    and DATA response files
    BBOWMBRF BBOWMJRF BBOWMARF
    

Local fix

  • Manually replace all instances of &MDTMPDIR in the generated
    jobs and response file with the "Migration Temporary Directory
    Location" path that you supplied when running the migration
    tool to generate the job.  Then re-run the corrected job.
    
    Note that this will not fix the template, so any new jobs
    generated for a new migration profile will need to be corrected
    in the same way, after generation, until the fix pack with this
    APAR is applied.
    

Problem summary

  • ****************************************************************
    * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of IBM WebSphere Application      *
    *                  Server V9.0 Configuration Migration for     *
    *                  z/OS or of IBM WebSphere Application        *
    *                  Server z/OS Migration Management Tool on    *
    *                  any supported operating system.             *
    ****************************************************************
    * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Error like "/12345678/portdef.props:    *
    *                      is not a valid file" when migrating     *
    *                      z/OS application server, admin agent,   *
    *                      or job manager                          *
    ****************************************************************
    * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
    ****************************************************************
    When running either the PRO, PRE, POS, or G3 migration job to
    migrate a standalone application server, administrative agent,
    or job manager profile, the job will fail with an error
    similar to "/12345678/portdef.props: is not a valid file". The
    path will always begin with a string of numbers like
    /12345678/. The problem is caused because the path should
    begin with the path to the migration temporary directory as
    specified in the response file.
    This occurs because of an error in the job
    templates which misspells the symbol for the migration
    temporary directory when specifying the path to the
    portdef.props file.
    

Problem conclusion

  • The affected job templates were updated to have the correct
    substitution variable when creating and referring to the
    portdef.props file. New jobs generated by processing a
    migration response file using either the WebSphere
    Customization Toolbox on supported operating systems, or
    zmmt.sh on z/OS will have the correct paths, and migration will
    proceed normally. Jobs already generated with the erroneous
    substitution symbols will need to be edited using the
    temporary fix, or re-processed from the response file, before
    migration will succeed.
    
    APAR PI66503 is currently targeted for inclusion in Service
    Level 9.0.0.1 of WebSphere Application Server. Please refer to
    the Recommended Updates page for delivery information:
    http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg27004980
    

Temporary fix

  • You will need to update the following jobs in the DATA and
    CNTL datasets depending on what type of profile you are
    migrating and which migration jobs you intend to run:
    
    Standalone: BBOWBPRO, BBOWBPRE, and BBOWBPOS, or BBOWMG3B in
    CNTL and BBOWMBRF in DATA;
    
    Administrative Agent: BBOWAPRO, BBOWAPRE, and BBOWAPOS, or
    BBOWMG3A in CNTL and BBOWMARF in DATA;
    
    Job Manager: BBOWJPRO, BBOWJPRE, and BBOWJPOS, or BBOWMG3J in
    CNTL and BBOWMJRF in DATA.
    
    For each of the CNTL jobs, locate the WRPORTS step, and then
    the line within that step, which beings with:
    
    //HFSOUTL  DD PATH='&MDTMPDIR/
    
    Replace the  óÔé¼ ô&MDTMPDIR óÔé¼  ¢ with the path to your migra
    temporary directory specified as zmbTempDirectory in the
    response file.
    
    For the DATA job, locate the line:
    
    portsFile=/12345678/portdef.props
    
    (Note that the string of numbers used here is just an example;
    the actual value will be equal to the zmbTimestamp value in
    the response file.)
    
    Prepend the path to the migration temporary directory
    specified as zmbTempDirectory in the response file to this
    path, after the = and before the /.
    
    The paths in the CNTL and DATA jobs should be identical when
    this workaround is applied. This will ensure that the
    migration jobs copy the ports data into the correct location,
    and that various scripts are able to access that data
    throughout migration.
    

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    PI66503

  • Reported component name

    WEBSPHERE FOR Z

  • Reported component ID

    5655I3500

  • Reported release

    900

  • Status

    CLOSED PER

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2016-07-26

  • Closed date

    2016-08-17

  • Last modified date

    2016-08-17

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

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

Fix information

  • Fixed component name

    WEBSPHERE FOR Z

  • Fixed component ID

    5655I3500

Applicable component levels

  • R900 PSY

       UP

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Document Information

Modified date:
04 May 2022