Visit our Home Page on the Internet: Communications Servers Support http://www.software.ibm.com/network/commserver/support/ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Date: 01/18/2001 Product/Version:SAA 4.0 Readme file for APAR: JR15338 This APAR addresses the following Error Symptom(s): The failure occurs because pointer to the current mblk is zero. The failing client connection is in contention state and the data ready is set to on. A simple explanation is the server was abending on NWTN3270.nlm PRE-REQUISITES The following prerequisites must be installed prior to the installation of this APAR to successfully work. Please refer to the Web page listed above to obtain these prerequisites. PTF/APAR Description SAA40020 PTF20 PROBLEM(s) FIXED (This is a cumulative list of problems fixed for this component) APAR Description JR15338 The failure occurs because pointer to the current mblk is zero. The failing client connection is in contention state and the data ready is set to on. A simple explanation is the server was abending on NWTN3270.nlm JR14888 An emulator that sends ACK and LULU data in the same message block would encounter a connection problem. The Acknowledgement is processed and the LULU data is throw away. Any data following the End of Record indicator EF is considered junk. FILES INCLUDED This APAR fix is self extracting and contains the following files: SHIPPED (fn.ft) File Destination (Include Full Path) Date NWTN3270.nlm sys:system\nwsaa\nwtn3270.nlm 01/02/2001 NWTN3270.map sys:system\nwsaa\nwtn3270.map 01/02/2001 The files below need to be renamed once placed in debug directory NWTN3270.dbg sys:system\nwsaa\debug\nwtn3270.nlm 01/02/2001 NWTN3270m.dbg sys:system\nwsaa\debug\nwtn3270.nlm 01/02/2001 Note: The "MAP" files are used for IBM support personnel only. Please copy them into the same directory Location as the corresponding NLM file. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 1) Be SURE to download the JR15338.exe file in BINARY format. 2) Create a Temp directory and copy the JR15338.exe file into it. 3) Within the temp directory, extract the JR15338.exe file by executing it. 4) Stop NetWare for SAA. 5) Backup your previous versions of the files being replaced. 6) Copy the new files into their appropriate directories. 7) Restart NetWare for SAA. IMPORTANT! Carefully compare the dates of the files supplied with this APAR fix to the files being replaced. If ANY of the files being replaced are more recent than the files shipped with this APAR, discontinue the installation of this fix and contact Customer Support for clarification. TECHNICAL SUPPORT For technical assistance or questions, please call the IBM SUPPORT CENTER for your Country. For example in the USA call: 1-800-237-5511 COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright Novell Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. 1997. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, photocopied, stored on a retrieval system, transmitted, or translated into any language without the express written consent of the publisher: Novell Inc. International Business Machines Corp. 2180 Fortune Drive P.O. Box 12195 San Jose, CA 95131 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2195 U.S.A. US.A. Note to U.S. Government Users - Documentation related to restricted rights - Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. LIMIT OF LIABILITY License to the contained APAR fixes is conditioned upon the recipient holding a license to the prerequisite product. The license terms and conditions of the APAR fixes are the same as those for the prerequisite product. Please see the product license for specifics.