Pipeline Manager Crashes After Reload Of Zone Entries

(Doc ID 1314881.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 15, 2014

Applies to:

Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management - Version 7.4.0.0.0 to 7.4.0.0.0 [Release 7.4.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 15-Jan-2014***

Symptoms

After using a semaphore file to reload zones in a batch pipeline, if one inserts a CDR in its input directory, the process crashes. A diagnostic file is created under ifw logs.

The problem does not occur if one removes the FCT_Zone plugin, so it looks like the FCT_Zone module is causing the issue.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Configure OOB registry wireless.reg, with DAT_Zone and FCT_Zone (right after FCT_Account) as below :

ZoneDataModule
{
   ModuleName = DAT_Zone
   Module
   {
     ReuseOnFailure = FALSE
     Source = DataBase
     MaxAge = 0
     DistCalcMode = DISC
     DataConnection = ifw.DataPool.Login
     LoadZoneDescription = False
     LoadZoneEntryName = False
     CliMode = DEC

     ZoneModels
     {
        ALL_RATE
     }
   }
}
....

Zoning
{
  ModuleName = FCT_Zone
  Module
  {
    Active = True
    DataModule = ifw.DataPool.ZoneDataModule
    EdrZoneModel = ALL_RATE
  }
}


2. Start the ifw process.
3. Create a /gsm/telephony account.
4. Rate a CDR and verify that it is rated fine.
5. Now, pass the below semaphore to pipeline :

ifw.DataPool.ZoneDataModule.Module.Reload {}


6. Check for the ifw process to be up and running [ps -ef | grep wireless.reg] .
7. Now, rate another CDR for the same account.
8. Repeat step 6, you will see that the ifw process is no longer running, it has been stopped.

Cause

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