IC83879: TRANSFER HANGS IN RECOVERING STATE AFTER AGENT LOGS BFGCH0066E ERROR

WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition V7.0 Fix Pack 7.0.4.2

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A transfer goes into 'recovering' state and never recovers. The
  following will be observed in the output0.log file:
  
  BFGCH0027I: An internal error has occurred. The command message
  has been discarded because 'BFGCH0066E: An internal error has
  occurred. An exception has been reported by the State Store. The
  exception is null'.
  BFGUT0002E: An internal error has occurred. Product failure data
  was captured in file
  "FFDC.FTE.X.Y.log".
  
  The FFDC generated will show:
  
  Cause:
  com.ibm.wmqfte.cmdhandler.FTECommandHandlerErrorException:
  BFGCH0066E: An internal error has occurred. An exception has
  been reported by the State Store. The exception is null
  com.ibm.wmqfte.cmdhandler.FTECommandHandlerErrorException:
  BFGCH0066E: An internal error has occurred. An exception has
  been reported by the State Store. The exception is null
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.cmdhandler.impl.FTECommandHandlerStateStoreImpl.p
  rocessInternalCommand(FTECommandHandlerStateStoreImpl.java:646)
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.cmdhandler.impl.MessageHandlerImpl.internalMessag
  eHandler(MessageHandlerImpl.java:393)
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.cmdhandler.impl.MessageHandlerImpl.processCommand
  (MessageHandlerImpl.java:143)
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.cmdhandler.impl.MessageHandlerImpl.processCommand
  (MessageHandlerImpl.java:134)
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.cmdhandler.impl.FTECommandThread.run(FTECommandTh
  read.java:279)
   at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:736)
   at com.ibm.wmqfte.thread.FTEThread.run(FTEThread.java:64)
  Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.io.queue.FTEQueueFactory.newFTEFile(FTEQueueFacto
  ry.java:77)
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.io.FTEFileFactory.newFTEFile(FTEFileFactory.java:
  225)
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.io.FTEFileFactory.newFTEFile(FTEFileFactory.java:
  202)
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.io.FTEFileFactory.isRecordOriented(FTEFileFactory
  .java:936)
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.cmdhandler.impl.FTECommandHandlerStateStoreImpl.p
  rocessTransferCommandMessage(FTECommandHandlerStateStoreImpl.jav
  a:812)
   at
  com.ibm.wmqfte.cmdhandler.impl.FTECommandHandlerStateStoreImpl.p
  rocessInternalCommand(FTECommandHandlerStateStoreImpl.java:574)
   ... 6 more
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Invalid checking for a Message-to-File transfer could cause a
  NullPointerException which cause a transfer to enter recovering
  state and never recover.
  
  USERS AFFECTED:
  All users of Message-to-File
  
  PLATFORMS AFFECTED:
  All
  

Problem conclusion

• The code has been altered to ensure that the erroneous checking
  is not performed for Message-to-File transfers.
  
  The fix for this APAR is currently targeted for inclusion in fix
  pack 7.0.4.2.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• 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

  WMQ FILE TRANSF

• Fixed component ID

  5724R1000

Applicable component levels

• R704 PSY

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