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Overview

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For a list of all changes in a release - all platforms, all components - see see All Platforms Package Maintenance Levels - Agent 7.2.x.

For a list of all changes in a release - all platforms, specific components - see Component Maintenance Levels - Agent 7.2.x.

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The following table identifies the maintenance level of all components contained in each Universal Agent 7.2.x for z/OS package.
 

Release

Release Date

SMP/E
Install

Universal
Broker

Universal
Automation
Center
Agent

Universal
Message
Service
(OMS)

Controller
Command
Line
Interface

Universal
Certificate

Universal
Command
Manager

Universal
Command
Server

Universal
Connector
for SAP

Universal
Connector
for PeopleSoft

Universal
Control

Universal
Database
Utilities

Universal
Data
Mover
Manager

Universal
Data
Mover
Server

Universal
Encrypt

Universal
Enterprise
Controller

Universal
Event
Monitor

Universal
FTP Client

Universal
Query

7.2.0.9

March 12, 2024

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.9


7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

6.2.0.5


7.2.0.6

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.8

February 13, 2024

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6


7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

6.2.0.5


7.2.0.6

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.6

December 12, 2023

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6


7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

6.2.0.5


7.2.0.6

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.6

7.2.0.6

7.2.

1

0.0

7.2.0.5

October 31, 2023

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.5


7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.5

7.2.0.5

6.2.0.5


7.2.0.5

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.5

7.2.0.5

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.4

, 20217.1

July 31, 2023

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.3


7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.0

6.2.0.0


7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.4

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.3

April 28, 2023

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.3


7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.0

6.2.0.0


7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.3

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.1

August 5, 2022

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.1


7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

6.2.0.0


7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

April 1, 2022

7.2.0.0

7.2.0.0

7

.1

.2.0.0


7.2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0

6.

1

2.0.0


7.

1

2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0

7.

1

2.0.0


Note
titleNote

Install changes refer to changes to the programs, scripts, or supporting files used to install the package. There are no changes to the actual product components.

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Agent 7.2.0.

...

9 - March 12, 2024

Change ID

Platforms

Component

PTF

Description

D-12304z/OS

...

UAGSRV

PS32035

Improves threading support for some OpenSSL functions to prevent UAG Server unexpected terminating with an exit code 8 or an 0C4 ABEND.

Agent 7.2.0.

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8 -

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February 13,

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2024

D-10474 

z/OS 

UCMD 
UCTL 
UDM 
UEM 
UFTP 

 

Prevent a situation in which command line parameters provided via a SYSIN statement were ignored if they followed a password on the same line. 

For example, given the following: 

 //SYSIN DD * 
-userid uid -pwd password -level info 
/* 

 The -level option would be ignored unless moved to a separate line:
//SYSIN DD * 
-userid uid -pwd password 
-level info 
/* 


Change ID

Platforms

Component

PTF

Description

B-10691 

All 

UAGSRV 
UFTP 

Add explicit FTPS (FTPES) support to UFTP. 

Enables transfers using TLS/SSL over connection to standard FTP port 21, provided the FTP server supports it. 

To request TLS/SSL from a Remote File Transfer or Remote File Monitor task, select the FTP protocol and prepend ftpes:// to the FTP server host name or IP address (e.g., ftpes://somehost). If the FTP server has enabled TLS/SSL support, the connection will proceed using encrypted communication. If TLS/SSL support is NOT enabled, a plain text session/transfer is done. 

The UFTP ENABLE_SSL configuration option (default:no) is provided to always request a TLS/SSL session, eliminating the need to specify the ftpes:// prefix. 

The UFTP AUTHENTICATE_PEER configuration option (default: no) is provided to control FTP server certificate authentication. When set to “yes”, the UFTP CA_CERTIFICATES configuration option must specify a CA certificate that can authenticate the FTP server’s certificate. 

B-12809 

All
(except HP-UX and Solaris Intel) 

USAP 

Update USAP to support the RSPARAMSL_255 data type for variants. The following USAP operations may now take advantage of this change: 

  • SUBMIT variant using a variant definition file 
  • MODIFY variant using a variant definition file 
  • DISPLAY variant 
  • GENERATE variant definition 
  • SUBMIT job from job definition file with inline temporary variant. SAP LOW and HIGH data types to support up to 255 chars

These changes are supported for XBP 2.0 and XBP 3.0, but full 255-character support ultimately depends on the SAP function module implementation.  

Note
titleNote

For the most consistent RSPARAMSL_255 support, Stonebranch recommends using SAP NW RFC library version 7.5.x and XBP 3.0 (controlled via the USAP XBP_MAX configuration option).

B-13282 

z/OS 

UAGSRV 

Add automatic failover support for Agents configured to execute in a sysplex environment.  

The following items were delivered for UA 7.1.0.0 to support this feature: 

  • B-13184: Allow a secondary agent to become a primary agent upon failover. 
  • B-13186: Allow a primary agent to become a secondary agent upon failover. 
  • B-13283: Provide the ability to configure a failover hierarchy, to determine the order in which secondary agents are chosen to become the new primary agent. 
  • B-13284: Provide the ability to stop a Universal Broker started task WITHOUT initiating a failover. 
  • B-13285: Provide the ability to stop a Universal Broker started task AND initiate a failover.  
  • B-13291: Allow a new primary agent to receive tracking data for jobs submitted or executed by the previous primary agent. 
  • B-13964: Ensure that licenses obtained from Universal Controller are handled properly within the updated primary and secondary agents whenever a failover occurs
Note
titleNote

To ensure proper accounting for z/OS licenses, we recommend that all UAG Servers configured to run in a sysplex environment use the same value for the UAG Server’s NETNAME configuration option.

B-13885 

z/OS 

UBROKER 

Suppress ICH408I messages in the RACF log when running the Broker with a user without BPX.SUPERUSER access.  

This message is an expected response to a check of authority level, but repeated checks result in several instances of the ICH408I message appear in the log. 

D-08997 

z/OS 

UDM 
UDMSRV 

Prevent a S0C4 when executing transfers of UTF16-encoded datasets. 

D-09852 

Unix 
z/OS 

UDM 
UDMSRV 

Ensure that the message that shows the result of the CD command displays correctly. 

This issue was most visible on zOS, but could occur on any Linux/Unix system whose default locale is not UTF8.  

D-10189 

z/OS 

PKG 

Fix a problem that prevented the installation of hlq.SUNVSAMP(UBRDBSPZ). 

D-10210 

All 

UDM 
UDMSRV 

Scrubs any password specified with the OPEN statement from trace file output. 

D-10256 

All 

UDM 

Fixes a crash that could occur if the UDM Manager message level was set to “trace” from the command line. 

D-10346 

z/OS 

UAGSRV 

 

Fixes a problem that prevented a zOS CHANGE File Monitor task from storing a renamed dataset’s new name in Universal Control variables. 

D-10426 

z/OS 

UBROKER 

Fixes a problem that prevented UBROKER startup while loading the UNVACTRT SMF exit. 

D-12222z/OS

UAGRERUN
UAGU84
UAGUSI

PS32032
PS32033
PS32034

Resolves unexpected behavior for a z/OS task, under the following conditions:

  • The z/OS task contains a Step Condition that is defined treat an ABEND as an expected result, by specifying an action of Continue/Success
  • A subsequent step in the z/OS task's JCL contains an EXEC COND= parameter that references the ABENDed step, that would normally prevent execution of the step

Prior to this fix, the EXEC COND= parameter is not honored when the ABEND occurs, and the step executes.

This fix ensures the Step Condition and the EXEC COND= configuration is honored.


Agent 7.2.0.6 - December 12, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

PTF 

Description

D-11353AllUFTP
UPPS

PS32022
N/A

Update the libcURL library used by Universal Agent components to 7.88.1 for Unix/Windows and 7.81.0 for zOS.

Note

The libcURL library used for the Universal Agent for HP-UX distribution was not updated.


D-11189All

OMSSRV
UAGCMDZ
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCERT
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UEM
UFTP

N/A
PS32021
PS32020
PS32025
PS32023
PS32024
PS32031
PS32026
PS32027
PS32029
PS32030
PS32028
PS32022

Update the OpenSSL library used by Universal Agent components to 1.1.1u.

Note

The OpenSSL library used for the Universal Agent for HP-UX distribution was not updated.


D-11889AllOMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMSRV
UCTSRV
UDMSRV
UEMSRV		N/A
PS32020
PS320
PS32024
PS32027
PS32030
N/A		Changes the message digest used to sign internally-created self-signed certificates from SHA1 to SHA256 to prevent UC-OMS connection failures on newer Linux distributions


Anchor
z/OS 7.2.0.5
z/OS 7.2.0.5

Agent 7.2.0.5 - October 31, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

PTF

Description

D-11174All

UFTP
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UEM
USAP

PS32013
PS32014
PS32015
PS32016
PS32017
PS32018
PS32019		Prevent an error when the value of the -pwd option contains a single space (e.g., -pwd " ").
D-11458AllUAGSRVPS32012Fixes a problem where UAG Server memory's consumption may gradually increase following repeated, forced reconnections to OMS Server.


Anchor
z/OS 7.2.0.4
z/OS 7.2.0.4

Agent 7.2.0.4 - July 31, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

PTF

Description

D-11166

All

UFTPPS32010Fixes an issue that causes UFTP to fail when multiple files are transferred to a remote directory path that contains spaces.
D-11424zOS

UAGU83

PS32011

Fixes a problem where an ABEND within the UAGU83 SMF exit module could cause RMF to terminate with an S0C1.


Anchor
z/OS 7.2.0.3
z/OS 7.2.0.3

Agent 7.2.0.3 - April 28, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

PTF

Description

D-10510z/OSUDM
UDMSRV		PS32008
PS32009

Eliminate all "benign" ICH408I message occurrences from the RACF log. 

These messages would sometimes appear during UDM's processing, when checking for access to resources it required. UDM would silently ignore the situation that caused these messages, using an alternate execution path. This change will ensure that UDM takes no action that could result in these messages. 

D-10727z/OSUCMDPS32006Fix an issue that prevented a z/OS UCMD Manager from performing a success network fault tolerant (NFT) recovery when SystemSSL was used.
D-10910AllUBROKERPS32007Fix a memory leak that, if left unchecked, could require frequent Universal Broker restarts.
D-10934AllUBROKERPS32007Fix a memory leak that could occur within the Universal Broker Memory when responding to a UAG Server configuration refresh request
D-11003z/OSUAGSRV
UAGU83		PS32003
PS32005		Fix a situation in which a z/OS File Monitor task could be triggered more than once for the same dataset or file
D-11059z/OSUAGSRV
UAGRERUN		PS32003
PS32004		Fix a situation in which the step that executes the UAGRERUN utility is inserted into a z/OS task's JCL at an unexpected/unsupported location
D-11118AllUAGSRVPS32003Fix a situation in which tasks could end with a Start Failure or say in a Queued status if the Agent's hostname is longer than 62 characters.
D-11198z/OSUAGSRVPS32003Fix a situation in which a password might be exposed in the Universal Agent log.

Anchor
z/OS 7.2.0.1
z/OS 7.2.0.1
Agent 7.2.0.1 - August 5, 2022

Change ID

Platforms

Component

PTF

Description

D-10716

All

UAGSRVPS32001

Prevent a deadlock that may occur when a CHANGE File Monitor instance detects new matching files.

Note

This item may be identified in other UA releases as D-10587 or D-10707.

D-10732AllUAGSRVPS32001

Prevent a CHANGE File Monitor that specifies a stable period from incorrectly generating multiple events.

Note

This item may be identified in other UA releases as D-10544 or D-10733.

Anchor
z/OS 7.2.0.0
z/OS 7.2.0.0
Agent 7.2.0.0 - April 1, 2022

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

B-13286z/OSUAGSRV

Extend the AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option to support the primary_secondary value, which will instruct a Universal Agent configured with a SYSPLEX_ROLE of primary to start as a secondary Agent if another primary Agent is already running.

Info
titleNote

The AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option continues to support a default value of never, which will disable automatic failover and will require failovers to be managed manually via a Universal Broker MODIFY command. 


B-13287z/OSUAGSRV

Extend the AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option to support the secondary_primary[n] value, where n is an optional numeric value that sets a priority to determine which secondary Agent (among several active secondary Agents) will take over as primary.

Info
titleNote

The AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option continues to support a default value of never, which will disable automatic failover and will require failovers to be managed manually via a Universal Broker MODIFY command. 


B-13288z/OSUAGSRVAdded the (mutually-exclusive) ZOS_JOB_SYSAFF and ZOS_JOB_SYSTEM configuration options that can manage a z/OS task's execution via a SYSAFF or SYSTEM JOB card parameter, respectively.
B-13292z/OSUAGSRV

Extend the AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option to support the always_primary value, which will force an Agent whose SYSPLEX_ROLE is primary to always start as a Primary Agent. Any other Agent running as a Primary Agent will become a Secondary Agent when this Agent starts.

Info
titleNote

The AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option continues to support a default value of never, which will disable automatic failover and will require failovers to be managed manually via a Universal Broker MODIFY command. 


B-14036AllUFTP

Establish a connection to the (S)FTP Server before attempting the requested transfer operation. This will allow connection-specific failures to be isolated and reported.

To support this change, the following message:

UNV3707E cURL reports could not connect.

was replaced with:

UNV6955E Unable to establish an FTP server connection (curl_rc): curl_msg

where curl_rc and curl_msg are the return code and error message, respectively, that identify the problem.

In addition, UFTP now displays the entire connection conversation between it and the Server without requiring the -verbose option. 

D-10417

z/OS

UAGSRVFix an issue that prevents a z/OS Agent using IBM System SSL (that is, RACF-based keyrings) from connecting to an OMS Server.
D-10531z/OS

UDM

UDMSRV

Fix an issue where an attempt to transfer PDS members from z/OS using UDM may result in an S0C4 ABEND.

When this occurs, the following error is reported:

CEE3204S The system detected a protection exception (System Completion Code=0C4).
From entry point UPdsRead at compile unit offset +00000398 at entry offset +00000398 at address 0A5B5030.

Note
titleNote

This problem was introduced by D-08997, delivered in UA 7.1.0.0.



D-10556z/OSUAGSRV

Fix an issue that prevented a file monitor task from locating datasets when a wildcard is used as the first character in the dataset pattern.

This restores behavior that existed prior to Universal Agent 7.0.0.0.

D-10676AllUFTPEnsures that UFTP will not crash when used to transfer a comma-separated list of files from z/OS using the MGET command.
D-10687z/OSUAGSRV

When running a File Transfer Task via a z/OS Agent, if the Local and/or Remote Filename values exceeded 72 characters, UAG Server failed to properly format the SYSIN DD statement in the JCL used to execute UFTP.

The z/OS Agent now ensures that such values are properly terminated at column 72 and continued to the next line.