PH52494: FIX TO APAR PH40986 CAN CAUSE DUPLICATE LICENSE USAGE IN CLEARCASE "INTEROP" ENVIRONMENTS.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In Interop environments using Unix views, the changes to prevent
  async license checkouts from failing in cases where the
  requester is in a different domain than the albd account can
  cause 2 ClearCase licenses to be checked out per user. If a user
  "ccuser" exists on both Windows and unix, and the Unix user name
  format is not IDENTICAL to the windows domain qualified name,
  use of a Unix hosted view can cause 2 ClearCase (and by
  extension MultiSite) licenses to be checked out.
  
  License usage reports will show something similar to the below:
  
  Users of TLSTOK:  (Total of 100 licenses issued;  Total of 10
  licenses in use)
  
    "TLSTOK" v2.0, vendor: ibmratl, expiry: 31-mar-2023
    floating license
  
      prod\ccuser MYWINHOST MYWINHOST ClearCase (v2.0)
  (licsvr/27000 103), start Wed 2/8 14:06, 5 licenses  (linger:
  1142 / 1800)
      ccuser unixhost /dev/pts/1 ClearCase (v2.0) (licsvr/27000
  302), start Wed 2/8 14:16, 5 licenses  (linger: 1764 / 1800)
  
  Any other functionality that depends on user name -- for example
  options-file-based license access lists -- will also be effected
  by this issue.
  

Local fix

• None. If using user-based license access control, both the
  domain\user and user formats will need to be in the access list.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users of ClearCase in an interop environment with Rational   *
  * Common Licensing.                                            *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * Unix user format is different from windows domain qualified  *
  * name. Windows user format contains domain prefix so that it  *
  * assumes both the users are different and checking out new    *
  * license for same user.                                       *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available in ClearCase versions 9.1.0.5 and 10.0.1
  

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

  CLEARCASE WIN

• Fixed component ID

  5724G2900

Applicable component levels