FIX: The BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS does not reconnect to the TIBCO EMS server after the TIBCO EMS server becomes available in BizTalk Server 2006 R2

Consider the following scenario:

• You use the Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO Enterprise Message Service (EMS) as a receive adapter in Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2.
• You use the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS to poll data from a TIBCO EMS server.
• The BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS loses the connection to the TIBCO EMS server.
  
  Note An example of when the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS loses the connection to the TIBCO EMS Server is when you restart the TIBCO EMS server.
• The BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS tries to reconnect to the TIBCO EMS server.

In this scenario, you receive an error message that resembles the following: Additionally, after the TIBCO EMS server becomes available for reconnection to the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS, the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS does not reconnect to the TIBCO EMS server. For example, after the TIBCO EMS server is restarted successfully, the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS does not reconnect to the TIBCO EMS server. Meanwhile, the status of the receive location is displayed as Enabled.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

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Prerequisites

You must have Microsoft BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise Applications installed to apply this hotfix.

Note This version of Microsoft BizTalk Adapters for Enterprise Applications is used in BizTalk Server 2006 R2.

Restart requirement

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.

File information

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Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2

You can restart the BizTalk hosted instance in the BizTalk Server Administration console to resume the connection between the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS and the TIBCO EMS Server.

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

This problem prevents the Retry Count property and the Retry Interval property in the receive adapter from functioning correctly. Instead, the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS tries to reconnect five times. If the connection is not established after five attempts, the status of the receive location is still displayed as Enabled.

Note You can configure the Retry Count property and the Retry Interval property in the TIBCO EMS Transport Properties dialog box.

After you apply this hotfix, the specified values for the Retry Count property and for the Retry Interval property function correctly. When the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS loses the connection to the TIBCO EMS server, the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS tries to reconnect according to the specified values of the Retry Count andRetry Interval properties.

Note The BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS tries to reconnect five times when the specified value of the Retry Count property is less than 5.

If the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS still cannot reconnect after the specified number of attempts, the receive location in the receive adapter is disabled.

For more information about the BizTalk Adapter for TIBCO EMS, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web sites:
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