Fix (APAR):  PK99568

Status:  Fix

Release:  6.1.1

Operating System:  AIX,HP-UX,Linux,Solaris,Windows

Supersedes Fixes:  PK97324

CMVC Defect:  PK99568

Byte size of APAR:  246290

Date: 2009-12-08

Abstract:  Trailing backslashes on routing rule URI patterns might cause incorrect routing.

Description/symptom of problem:  
 
 
PK99568 resolves the following problem:

ERROR DESCRIPTION:                                              
503 or 404 errors are logged in the local.log when certain      
URI pattern combinations are supplied                           

LOCAL FIX:                                                      
N/A                                                             

PROBLEM SUMMARY

USERS AFFECTED:
 All users of WebSphere Virtual Enterprise

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
Trailing backslashes on routing
rule URI patterns might cause incorrect
routing.

RECOMMENDATION:
None

Virtual Enterprise should ignore trailing backslashes on the
URI patterns that are used to build routing rules.

PROBLEM CONCLUSION:                                             
Apply this interim fix so that Virtual Enterprise processes URI 
patterns with and without trailing backslashes identically.     


Directions to apply fix:  
Install Fix to:
NOTE: Developers -  Place and X next to the proper installation method and remove this note
XX Application Server Nodes
__ Deployment Manager Nodes
__ Both

NOTE:
The user must have Administrative rights in Windows, or be the Actual Root User in a UNIX environments. Also, you should be logged in with the same authority level when unpacking a fix, fix pack or refresh pack.

DOWNLOAD THE UPDATE INSTALLER TOOL IN ORDER TO INSTALL A FIX.
The Fix Installer can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg21205991

The Update Installer for V5.0 does not have a maintenance directory. It uses fixpacks and fixes as the location of the unpacked files.

Customers must be at V6.1.0.17 or newer of the Update Installer.  This can be checked by reviewing the level of the Update Installer in file <was_root>/updateinstaller/version.txt.

1) Copy PK99568.pak file directly to the maintenance directory

2) Shutdown WebSphere
Manually execute setupCmdLine.bat in Windows or . ./setupCmdLine.sh in Unix from the WebSphere instance that maintenance is being applied to.

3) Launch Update Installer

4) Enter the installation location of the WebSphere product you want to update.

5) Select the "Install maintenance package" operation.

6) Enter the file name of the maintenance package to install (PK99568.pak file which was copied in the maintenance directory).  The V5.0 and V5.1 fix packs and fixes are unpacked as .jar files and should be unpacked into fixpacks or fixes directory.

7) Install the maintenance package.

8) Restart WebSphere

Directions to remove fix:  
NOTE:  The user must have Administrative rights in Windows, or be the Actual Root User in a UNIX environments.

NOTE:  FIXES MUST BE REMOVED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE APPLIED.
DO NOT REMOVE A FIX UNLESS
ALL FIXES APPLIED AFTER IT HAVE FIRST BEEN REMOVED.
YOU MAY REAPPLY ANY REMOVED FIX.

Example:  If your system has fix1, fix2, and fix3 applied in that order and fix2 is to be removed, fix3 must be removed first, fix2 removed, and fix3 re-applied.

1) Shutdown WebSphere
Manually execute setupCmdLine.bat in Windows or . ./setupCmdLine.sh in Unix from the WebSphere instance that uninstall is being run against.

2) Start Update Installer

3) Enter the installation location of the WebSphere product you want to remove the fix.

4) Select  "Uninstall maintenance package" operation.

5) Enter the file name of the maintenance package to uninstall (PK99568.pak).

6) UnInstall maintenance package.

7) Restart WebSphere

Directions to re-apply fix:  
1) Shutdown WebSphere

2) Follow the Fix instructions to apply the fix.

3) Restart WebSphere

Additional Information: