Re: NSCPIC.LOG -- MIDRANGE-L

IBM has an open APAR on this (SA65672) that dates back to around Sept 11th.
No PTF available yet in a Service Pack, although there is a fix available.
See below:



Item SA65672

  APAR Identifier ...... SA65672       Last Changed..97/09/11  
  CA400WINOPT-COMM-NETSOFT NS ROUTER LOG GROWS WITHOUT LIMIT
 
 
  Symptom ...... IN INCORROUT         Status ........... CLOSED  PER
  Severity ................... 2      Date Closed ......... 97/06/27
  Component .......... 5763XD100      Duplicate of ........
  Reported Release ......... 312      Fixed Release ............ 999
  Component Name 5763 CA400 WIN       Special Notice
  Current Target Date ..              Flags
  SCP ...................
  Platform ............
 
  Status Detail: TESTPACKAGING - Packaged solution is being tested.
 
  PE PTF List:
 
  PTF List:
  Release 312   : PTF not available yet
 
 
  Parent APAR:
  Child APAR list:
 
 
  ERROR DESCRIPTION:
  NSCPIC.LOG file appears in root directory without requesting it
  and takes over free space.
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  LOCAL FIX:
  A work around to prevent total hard disk utilization is to make
  the NSCPIC.LOG file read only.
  Have customer Delete the file and then start a NS Router
  session, end the session and router.  By doing this the file
  will be recreated.  Using Windows Explorer Right click on the
  NSCPIC.LOG file and go to properties, here change the Attributes
  from ARCHIVE to READ ONLY.  This stops the file from being
  written out to, but allows NS Router to find it.
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
  .
 
 
  PROBLEM SUMMARY:
  NSCPIC.LOG file appears in root directory without requesting it
  and takes over free space.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  PROBLEM CONCLUSION:
  This problem is fixed by applying DIAGAPI.EXE v2.10.0.30.
  Please contact a service representative to receive a copy of
  this fix.  This fix currently is not available in a service
  pack.
 



On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Jeff Crosby wrote:

> Two of us in the office use CA/400 Win95/NT client.  Both of us are at
> V3R1M2 and the latest service pack.  Late last week the other user
> noticed a file in his C: root directory with a size of 110mb!  The file
> was NSCPIC.LOG.  I checked my NSCPIC.LOG and it was 142mb!  Needless to
> say this file takes a fair amount of time to back up. <g>
> 
> I checked online help, NS Administrator help, manuals, etc, but can't
> find just exactly what this file is for, although the .LOG extension is
> a clue.  It definitely has something to do with the NS router and is
> definitely a log of activity, but could find no way to turn it "off."  I
> took a chance and deleted it.  Within an hour it reappeared and after a
> week has now grown to 10mb.
> 
> Anybody know more about this?  Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> -Jeff
> 
> jlcrosby@fwi.com
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