I've been trying out IPGATE recently, because we have a couple of
systems with no good alternatives for remote SFS access. One of our
testers is reporting errors accessing a remote directory after the
connection has been idle for several hours. I would love to open an
ETR, but we all know that IPGATE isn't a supported product. The user is
seeing the typical errors that I would expect when a filepool has gone
away, e.g.:
DMSJCA1152S File pool SFSDE600 is unavailable; accessed directories for
this file pool are released
DMSFNS1217E Rollback occurred during CMS command processing
DMSEIO632E I/O error in EXECIO; rc=31 from FINIS command
Writing 10003195 RESPONSE B 10/02/08 09:59:42
IPGATE on the client system has some interesting messages in its
console:
05:55:03 IPGATEY0000000039 started.
05:55:04 IPGATEY0000000039 Request from DENNIS for SFSxxxxx at 4567
171.xx.xx.xx
06:02:40 IPGATEY0000000040 started.
06:02:40 IPGATEY0000000040 Request from EMIL for SFSyyyyy at 4567
171.xx.yy.yy
06:02:40 -
06:03:35 IPGATEY0000000040 ended.
06:31:12 IPGATEY0000000039 ended.
09:59:40 IPGATEY0000000041 started.
09:59:40 IPGATEY0000000041 Request from SERVER for SFSyyyyy at 4567
171.xx.yy.yy
09:59:40 -
09:59:41 DMSRXS1419E EventSignal failed for event IPGATEY0000000039;
RC=8 Reason=108
IPGATE on the server system seems happy:
IPGATEI0000000008 started. (6 2 AF_INET 1750 165.zz.zz.zz)
IPGATEI0000000008 User SERVER from 165.zz.zz.zz has been accepted for
SFSyyyyy
I find it odd that EventSignal is failing for event 39, which supposedly
ended over 3 hours earlier. The errors writing the file are happening
on SERVER. The testers report that this often happens on their first
transaction of the day, then goes away. The client system is in the UK,
and the server is in the US. Both systems are mostly idle for several
hours before they start testing, but there are the usual timer pops from
RSCS, VM:Operator, and so on.
HELP for DMS1419E isn't terribly helpful. The only CSL I can find that
issues reason code 108 is DMSERP, but I don't see DMSERP anywhere in the
IPGATE or MTREXX code. Does anyone have any idea what might be going
on, or where to look?
A couple of months ago, someone said that IBM has an internal version of
IPGATE with some bugs fixed. Is there any chance of getting that on the
VM Download page?
Dennis O'Brien
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