APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
Some of the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS customization jobs that are generated by the WebSphere Customization Toolkit (or the zpmt.sh command) will fail if the user running the jobs does not have write permission to the /tmp directory.
Local fix
Problem summary
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: All users of IBM WebSphere Application * * Server for z/OS Version 8.5. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The customization jobs generated by * * the Profile Management Tool for z/OS * * write temporary files into the /tmp * * directory. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** Some of the customization jobs generated by the Profile Management Tool for z/OS write temporary files into the /tmp directory. The jobs that generate these temporary files will fail if the user running the jobs does not have write permission to the /tmp directory.
Problem conclusion
For each customization job that writes files to the /tmp directory, the Profile Management Tool for z/OS will generate an alternate job that will write temporary files in the directory specified by the TMPDIR environment variable. If the TMPDIR environment variable is not defined, then the /tmp directory is used. The alternate jobs that use the TMPDIR environment variable will only work for customizing configuration images that are associated with installation images that are at a Fix Pack level after 8.5.0.2. The original jobs that write to the /tmp directory will work for all version 8.5 Fix Pack levels, provided the user running the jobs has write permission to the /tmp directory. Note that part of the fix for this defect is delivered in the WebSphere Customization Toolkit service level that follows the 8.5.0.2 Fix Pack and part of the fix for this defect is delivered in the WebSphere Application Server for z/OS service level that follows the 8.5.0.2 Fix Pack level. Both parts of the fix are required to run the alternate customization jobs that do not use the /tmp directory. However, any WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V8.5 service level can be customized by jobs generated from any WebSphere Customization Toolkit V8.5 Fix Pack level. The instructions generated by the updated Profile Management Tool for z/OS reference the alternate jobs (that do not write files into the /tmp directory) and state the requirements for running these jobs. As previously noted, APAR PM76993 is currently targeted for inclusion in the Fix Pack that follows the 8.5.0.2 Fix Pack level of WebSphere Application Server for z/OS V8.5 and the Fix Pack level that follows the 8.5.0.2 service level of WebSphere Customization Toolkit V8.5. For documentation of the APAR contents for Fix Packs please refer to the following url: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27022958
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
PM76993
Reported component name
WEBSPHERE CUST
Reported component ID
5655N0213
Reported release
800
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2012-11-13
Closed date
2013-02-05
Last modified date
2013-02-05
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 CUST
Fixed component ID
5655N0213
Applicable component levels
R800 PSY
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
05 February 2013