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IBM i - IBM i Log Reader plugin shows FILE_IO_ERROR
In the event that when configuring the IBM i Log Reader plugin you experience a FILE_IO_ERROR you should ask the client to check with their IBMi administrators whether there is a firewall rule in place.
This is documented in Ticket 310492
In this case the client’s firewall rule was blocking access to the file - the plugin reports FILE_IO_ERROR in this use case. This has not been verified in house with our own IBMi test environment however it is a troubleshooting step that should be checked for.
To set up IBMi plugins - the following articles are useful.
All About Running the IBM i netprobe binary
IBMi Setup and JTOpen Port Forwarding
Testing IBMi plugin - Using Windows Subsystem for Linux