PH63262: ADDING AN OBJECT VIA DDL IN AN INSTANCE, THE REQUIRED OBJECTS SHOULD BE PRESENT. IF NOT, A NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION CAN HAPPEN.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• *Users Affected:* User of IBM Db2 DevOps Experience which lack
  required objects in instances under and application are getting
  a NULL Pointer exception
  
  Before adding an object via DDL, the required objects must be
  present in the instance; otherwise, an error (Message Id:
  IZPPL306W - The required object was missing while adding the
  object: '%1$s' of type '%2$s'. Required object details: Name -
  '%3$s' and Type '%4$s', Instance name - '%5$s'.) will occur. A
  null pointer check has been implemented, along with warning
  messages, to log any missing required objects when adding new
  objects via DDL in the instance.
  
  *Release:*  UMS 1.2 base and its all maintenance releases.
  
  *Prerequisite:*  UMS1.2.0.8 (PTF UI97871)
  

Local fix

• NA
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED: User of IBM Db2 DevOps Experience for z/OS   *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: When adding an object via DDL in an     *
  *                      instance, the required objects should   *
  *                      be present. However, in some cases,     *
  *                      these objects are missing, causing UMS  *
  *                      to throw a NullPointerException.        *
  ****************************************************************
  Before adding an object via DDL, the required objects must be
  present in the instance; otherwise, an error (Message Id:
  IZPPL306W - The required object was missing while adding the
  object: '%1$s' of type '%2$s'. Required object details: Name -
  '%3$s' and Type '%4$s', Instance name - '%5$s'.) will occur. A
  null pointer check has been implemented, along with warning
  messages, to log any missing required objects when adding new
  objects via DDL in the instance.
  

Problem conclusion

• Apply the PTF provided by this APAR
  

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:

Modules/Macros

• IZP2IFIP IZPD2A   IZPD2R   IZPD2T   IZPD2VA  IZPD2VR  IZPD2VT
  IZPD3T   IZPD3VT  IZPDAJP  IZPDATPP IZPDISCP IZPHLVP  IZPJOBSP
  IZPMNFST IZPSERVE IZPUI    IZPUSCP
  

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  UNIFIED MGMT SV

• Fixed component ID

  5698UM100

Applicable component levels

• R120 PSY UI99021

     UP24/11/20 P F411

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