IV51026: RFE 36691: ITM MESSAGES ARE FILLING RKLVLOG AND ARE NOT USEFUL.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3.0 Fix Pack 3 (6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0003)

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• RFE 36691: ITM messages are filling RKLVLOG and are not useful.
  
  The change will be to suppress the messages if the user is
  contained in a list. The list is provided by a new TEMS variable
  that the customer can modify as needed.
  
  This provides a nice compromise in that we should still be able
  to see these messages in most cases while suppressing the
  messages for "userids" that generate excessive numbers.
  
  Here are the messages at issue for the MSG2 (Operation) log =>
  
  KDSMA011   Logon successful to server SRVR01 user DSTSNS
             ip.pipe:#aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd(10111).
  KDSMA009   User DSTSNS logged off serverSRVR01.
  

Local fix

• None presently exists, thus the RFE !
  

Problem summary

• IBM Tivoli Monitoring "logon/logoff" messages are filling up
  RKLVLOG.
  
  
  When any IBM Tivoli Monitoring component does a logon or a
  logoff to the monitoring server, the respective KDSMA009 and
  KDSMA011 messages are recorded in MSG2/Operation log file.
  There can be use cases that result in large numbers of these
  KDSMA009 and KDSMA011 messages being recorded to MSG2/Operation
  log file.  The large volumes of KDSMA009 and KDSMA011 messages
  result in excessive growth of MSG2/Operation log file and this
  can be an undesirable effect on the log file.
  
  In order for this APAR to be properly implemented in your
  environment, a new environment variable has been added.  See the
  "Install Actions" section of the APAR conclusion for more
  details.
  

Problem conclusion

• Install Actions:
  
  A new monitoring server environment variable was added, named
  KDS_USERS_NO_MSGLOG.  One may declare this environment variable
  and assign it a comma delimited list of User IDs that will NOT
  output KDSMA009 and KDSMA011 messages to MSG2/Operation log
  file. For example, setting the environment variable
  "KDS_USERS_NO_MSGLOG=DSTSNS,KCJ,sysadmin" would suppress output
  KDSMA009 and KDSMA011 messages to MSG2/Operation log file for
  the users specified. User IDs specified may be one or more of
  the ITM internal IDs, e.g.  KCF,DSTSNS, SRVR01, etc and/or one
  or more of the customer's defined User IDs, i.e.  sysadmin.
  
  Three important notes: (1) Default mode is message suppression
  is 'unarmed'/disabled. (2) User IDs are case-sensitive and (3)
  the Logon/Logoff text of KDSMA009/KDSMA011 messages will still
  be recorded in the monitoring server's RAS1 trace log, given
  appropriate KBB_RAS1 settings.
  
  The fix for this APAR is contained in the following maintenance
  packages:
  
    | fix pack | 6.3.0-TIV-ITM-FP0003
  

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:

  OA45650

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  TEMS

• Fixed component ID

  5724C04MS

Applicable component levels

• R630 PSY

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