Fix (APAR):  PM48929

Status:  Fix

Release:  7.0.0.1,7.0

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

Supersedes Fixes:  

CMVC Defect:  PM48929

Byte size of APAR:  961560

Date: 2012-05-02

Abstract:  A java.lang.NullPointerException is thrown on the charting page due to a missing visdataservice.xml file.

Description/symptom of problem:  
PM48929 resolves the following problem:

ERROR DESCRIPTION:?                                             

LOCAL FIX:?                                                     

PROBLEM SUMMARY:?

USERS AFFECTED:
 All users of WebSphere Virtual Enterprise

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
A java.lang.NullPointerException
is thrown
on the charting page due to a
missing visdataservice.xml file.

RECOMMENDATION:
None

When the Visualization Data Service is not enabled, meaning the
visdataservice.xml file does not exist, if the users click on
the
Table View button in the Chart Data collection on the Reports
page, an java.lang.NullPointerException is thown.

PROBLEM CONCLUSION:?                                            
The code was udpated to return a default                        
VisualizationDataService object when the visdataservice.xml is  
absent to avoid the exception.                                  


Directions to apply fix:  
Install Fix to:
__ Application Server Nodes
X_ 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 PKxxxxx.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 (PKxxxxx.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 (PKxxxxx.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: