Drop-In ID: OPDM-11.03.00.08-011

Product: IBM® InfoSphere® Optim™ Web Applications

Release: 11.3.0.8

Problem ID: IP24313

Date: December 28, 2020

Description: This iFix includes corrections for the following problem:

When an attempt is made to modify the custom URL in Optim Connection Manager to add additional connection parameters to the JDBC connection string for the database holding the OCM tables or Optim Directories for DB2 connections, the following error will occur:

Error creating SQL Model Connection connection to OCMCONN. Connection authorization failure occurred. Reason: Security mechanism not supported. ERRORCODE=-4214, SQLSTATE=28000.
After applying this iFix, and its co-requisite iFix, this error will be corrected.

Prerequisites: IBM® InfoSphere® Optim™ Web Applications 11.3.0.8.2019110109 using:

IBM® Installation Manager 1.8.2 or later

Co-requisites: IBM® InfoSphere® Optim™ Designer 11.3.0.8.20191101_0906 with OPDM-11.03.00.08-010.

Supersedes: All previous IBM® InfoSphere® Optim™ Web Applications iFixes.

Special Notes: Optim Manager iFixes are always cumulative, and are provided as a complete Optim Unified war file. After installing this iFix, you must manually undeploy the previous Optim Unified war file and manually deploy the Optim Unified war file that is supplied with this iFix. Do not install any previous Optim Manager iFixes once this iFix is installed.

While this issue is particular to Web Applications, because it contains all previous Web Application iFixes, you must also install iFix OPDM-11.03.00.08-010 for Optim Designer.

IBM Installation Manager 1.8.2 or later is required to install this iFix.

OS Platforms: Windows, Linux, AIX

Corrective Actions:

Section I

If more than one iFix is found by Installation Manager, then all of them will be selected by default. Review each iFix and unselect any that you do not wish to install.

Ensure that all Optim components are not running before applying this iFix.

Continue through the Installation Manager Update wizard to apply this iFix.

How to uninstall this fix:

Ensure that all Optim components are not running before uninstalling any iFix.

Start IBM Installation Manager

Select the Uninstall option from the main Installation Manager window or menu.

Select the iFix you wish to uninstall.

Continue through the Installation Manager Uninstall wizard to remove this iFix.

This iFix will automatically be uninstalled if you upgrade to a new version.

Section II

If you have any questions about or problems with these procedures, contact IBM Optim Support.