2386698 - Call to _GetAuthDB4(<SID>OFR ) failed in STMS

This error can occur in two different circumstances.

Case A : Your system has not been converted to New User Concept

• You experience problems releasing and importing transport requests in STMS.
• You are using still using IBM i Old User concept
• The log shows the following errors:
  

  *** ERROR => Call to _GetAuthDB4(<SID>OFR ) failed

  *** Exception text could not be retrieved: CPF9897

  *** ERROR => Switch to <SID>OFR failed.no connect possible: "DBMS = DB2/400"

Case B: A similar error can occur even if you are already on New User Concept

     *** ERROR => Call to _GetAuthDB4(<SID>OFR)       

     *** User profile <SID>OFR is disabled.

     *** ERROR => Switch to <SID>OFR failed

(Where <SID> is the System ID of the SAP system.)

AS/400, OS/400, system i, i5/OS, IBM i, , KBA , BC-DB-DB4 , DB2 for AS/400 , BC-OP-AS4 , IBM AS/400 , Problem