Troubleshooting
Problem
Resolving The Problem
- Gathering information to open a support ticket
- How to submit diagnostic data to IBM Support
- General IBM Support hints and tips
Gathering information to open a support ticket
A valid IBM customer number, contact name, email address, and phone number are important to validate the entitlement and contact information.
Refer to the section "Accessing Software Support" in the IBM Software Support Handbook to have the full list of information necessary to open a support ticket.
To determinate the correct Severity of your concern for your business, refer the IBM Software Support Handbook.
A. Please provide answers to all of the following, before you gather problem specific information requested in part B.
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- Share the environment specific information below:
- OS Version
- Database
- Type (i.e. DB2, Oracle)
- Version
- Fix Pack
- Application Server
- Type (i.e. Jboss, Oracle WebLogic, WAS)
- Version
- Fix Pack
- Share detailed steps to recreate the problem along with supporting screenshots and/or a recording of the problem if possible.
- Please highlight the Observed Vs Expected behavior.
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Provide the Business Impact along with any timelines impacted due to the reported issue.
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Which environment(s) is the issue seen? Is the behavior only reproduced in Production or other lower environments too?
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Since when is the issue seen on your end? Share timestamps.
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Is the problem specific to a particular user or are all users impacted? Any other patterns observed such as specific items, nodes or enterprise etc?
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Is this a new flow being tested or was this working before?
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Are there any recent changes in the impacted environment such as a custom deployment, Fix pack (Minor version) or Major version upgrade that you think might have caused this issue?
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Please share the product version in use including the Fix pack (Minor version) level. You can get this using one of the options below:Screenshot of the About box through Application console. This can be opened, by clicking on the IBM icon on the right hand side of the console screen.
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Go to the <INSTALL_DIR>/properties folder, look up (ls -ltr *version*.*) versoninfo files listed below and share over the case: versioninfo.properties_isc_ext
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versioninfo.properties_isf_ext
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versioninfo.properties_wsc_ext
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versioninfo.properties_ysc_ext
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Offeringversioninfo.properties Applies to Docker based setup/OMoC customers)
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Self service tool (For OMoC customers)
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B. Navigate to the problem or issue type that best describes your situation. This lists the diagnostics that IBM Support team requires to review your problem.
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How to submit diagnostic data to IBM Support
- After collecting the preceding information and a support ticket is opened, follow the instructions in: submit diagnostic data to IBM (ECuRep) or Enhanced Customer Data Repository (ECuRep) for secure upload.
- If you are using IBM Community Portal, update the case to indicate that data is sent.
General IBM Support hints and tips
Here you can find a list of useful links for IBM MQ and the Support processes:
- IBM MQ Overview - An overview on how MQ is used with Sterling OMS
- IBM MQ External Integrations - Steps to follow for configuring external integrations with Sterling OMS
- IBM Support Portal - IBM Support Portal home page.
- IBM Support Guide - A guide to best practices and procedures when working with IBM Support for each type of product.
- IBM Directory of Worldwide Contacts - IBM Support worldwide contacts.
- How to create and manage Enhancement Requests - Submit or vote for a product requirement.
Document Location
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Modified date:
01 July 2023
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