DB2 - Problem description
Problem IC71701 | Status: Closed |
DB2 for zOS or iSeries client may hang or fail with -998 when the Connection Concentrator is enabled. | |
product: | |
DB2 FOR LUW / DB2FORLUW / 950 - DB2 | |
Problem description: | |
When accessing a DB2 LUW server with the Connection Concentrator enabled, a DB2 for zOS or iSeries client may experience an intermittent hang condition or -998 error. | |
Problem Summary: | |
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: * * DB2 for zOS or iSeries Clients * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: * * A DB2 for zOS or iSeries client may experience hangs or -998 * * errors when accessing a DB2 LUW server that has the * * Connection Concentrator Enabled. * * * * A db2trc collected at the DB2 LUW Server will show that DB2 * * is acting is as designed based upon the DRDA buffers * * received. * * * * * * A client-side trace or TCP/IP trace will show that the * * buffers sent by the client do not align with the buffers * * received by the Server. The * * buffers may be incorrectly chained together, or received by * * a different agent. * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * * Apply FP8 to resolve this problem * **************************************************************** | |
Local Fix: | |
Disable the Connection Concentrator | |
available fix packs: | |
DB2 Version 9.5 Fix Pack 8 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows | |
Solution | |
Problem first fixed in DB2 v9.5 FP8 | |
Workaround | |
Disable the Connection Concentrator | |
BUG-Tracking | |
forerunner : APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following: IC75314 follow-up : | |
Timestamps | |
Date - problem reported : Date - problem closed : Date - last modified : | 05.10.2010 27.06.2011 27.06.2011 |
Problem solved at the following versions (IBM BugInfos) | |
9.5.FP8 | |
Problem solved according to the fixlist(s) of the following version(s) | |
9.5.0.8 |