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How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

  • 1.  How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted Tue February 04, 2025 02:33 AM
    Edited by NeverXP YANG Tue February 04, 2025 08:47 AM
    Hi, When I create system files, some of the settings are always filled with junk data. Some junk data even appears in the binary file (MSL) file.
    I am using ITX version 9 and 10, same problem. How can we generate a clean system file?
    Example 1:
    Junk data.
    Example 2: 
    We set the audit log to be unique for multithreading, however, it always appends "no data" to the log path and no audit log is created due to this extra "no data" in the path. 
    It took us ages to find this problem. What a stupid bug in WTX! And we had no idea how to fix it.
    MSD file:
    MSL file:
    If anyone could provide a solution I would be grateful. Thanks.


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  • 2.  RE: How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted Wed February 05, 2025 08:13 AM

    Hello,

    I have seen this behavior for us on Output Cards. When testing we were using the Target: File and then went to go live and changed it to Sink, but after building and deploying to Linux. When we view the logs after starting up the Launcher  it has "junk" in the Output Cards Section, however this is no impact to it when it runs. 

    If you set it back to File and Clear it out and then change back to Sink it cleared that "junk" out.

    Hope this helps

    Thanks

    Attila



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  • 3.  RE: How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted Wed February 05, 2025 10:51 AM

    I have never seen those junk after I changed from File to SINK.  I have changed quite a few maps from FILE to SINK recently.   I did it in V11.0.1.  

    1. Go to output card
    2. Change adapter from File to Sink
    3. Clear the file name


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  • 4.  RE: How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted Wed February 05, 2025 11:09 AM

    Hi Rex,

    Initially during testing it had File, then once deployed it has Sink

    Here is before:

    here is after

    It is deployed with Sink, but in logs I see this

    Thanks,

    Attila



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  • 5.  RE: How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted Wed February 05, 2025 01:49 PM

    If this is a bug, then you or NeverXP should open a ticket with Support.  People in this chat cannot fix it.



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  • 6.  RE: How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted Wed February 05, 2025 02:27 PM

    Hi Rex,

    Our "fix" is to clean it up when it is file, save it and then change to Sink and it isn't a issue. Fortunately, for us it never impacts the running, more just a cleanup activity to not see "strange" things when we start up a Launcher.

    Thanks

    Attila



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  • 7.  RE: How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted Wed February 05, 2025 11:50 PM

    No issue with file or sink as output. 

    My issue is with the audit log file. I cannot clear the junk data whatever I do (switch from unique to custom).



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  • 8.  RE: How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted Thu February 06, 2025 11:29 PM

    I think the problem is in the configuration of your resource registry setting being used in conjunction with the / after it - if it is just the directory name - just put in the %<ResoureRegAlias>% without the slash.  This could be especially harmful if your source system is windows and your deploy location is say linux where the directory slash is the opposite.

    Hope this helps - I don't have the time currently to test if this is absolutely the issue but I highly suspect it is.



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    Lisa Edwards
    Software Engineer / Subject Matter Expert
    Rainbow Data Systems, Inc
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  • 9.  RE: How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted Mon February 10, 2025 03:13 AM

    I'll risk a question, possibly stupid but if I don't ask I'll never know :-)

    Does this happen in the English locale or in any other one? I had strange behaviours in many areas of the Studio (several versions) when my locale was French. 

    I stopped caring for this and always turn my settings to en_US now. 

    Hope this helps...



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  • 10.  RE: How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted Tue February 11, 2025 07:24 AM
    For my scenario it was in en_US
     
     
    Thanks,
     
    Attila


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  • 11.  RE: How to generate clean system (MSL) file.

    Posted 28 days ago

    I have opened a ticket with IBM support. Waiting for a response from IBM. This issue has been around for a long time since Ver 8.x - V10.x.



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