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Overview

This page identifies the changes made in all Universal Agent 7.5.x maintenance releases, including the initial release, for all supported platforms.

Each change identifies the platform(s) for which it was made.

For a list of changes made to optional Agent 7.5.x packages, such as Universal Command Agent for SOA 6.7.x, see the platform-specific Maintenance Levels pages.

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

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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.

Release 7.5.0.4 - March 12, 2024

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Ensure that failed attempts to launch child processes spawned by UAG Server (via the ./ubroker/sbin/cskern utility) are handled gracefully.

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Unix
Windows

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

Release 7.5.0.3 - February 13, 2024

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Fixes an intermittent issue where UAGSRV may terminate abnormally when stopped with the Universal Control utility (UCTL). The failure is not common, and was observed only when the UAG Server JTSK_NUM configuration option was set to its maximum value of 64.

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Fixes an issue where Program and Variant Names do not appear in their respective drop down lists when adding an ABAP Program Job Step to an SAP Task.

The failure applies to Load Balancing (Type-B) connections only and results in a "Missing required Value for RFC Connection" error.

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UAGRERUN
UAGU84
UAGUSI

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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.

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Table of Contents

Overview

This page identifies the changes made in all Universal Agent 7.6.x maintenance releases, including the initial release, for all supported platforms.

Each change identifies the platform(s) for which it was made.

For a list of changes made to optional Agent 7.6.x packages, such as Universal Command Agent for SOA 6.7.x, see the platform-specific Maintenance Levels pages.

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

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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.

Release 7.6.0.3 - July 9, 2024

Change IDPlatformsComponentDescription
D-
11555Unix
WindowsUSAPResolves a performance issue when downloading a large SAP spool file.

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Release 7.5.0.1 - December 12, 2023

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Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

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B-11499All

OMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UEM
UEMSRV
UFTP
UQUERY
UPPS
USAP

Provides changes that:

  • Adds operating system name and version to the Universal Query Report heading, and
  • Adds operating system name and version to header information contained Universal Agent component trace files.
B-15847WindowsUIP-VSCODEAdd the ability for the VisualStudio Code Plugin for Universal Extension development to detect when an extension's implementation no longer matches the extension template defined in the Controller.
The types of "out-of-sync" conditions the VSCode Plugin will detect are listed below.

  • Invalid field name: This occurs when the Python code references an invalid field name for a given context (e.g., extension_start, Dynamic Choice Command, Dynamic Command).

  • Field used as incorrect type: The Python code uses a field incorrectly, based on that field's type definition in the Controller.

  • Invalid Dynamic Choice Command Name: The Python code references an invalid Dynamic Choice Command name. This can occur when the Dynamic Choice field has been renamed or removed from the template.

  • Invalid Dynamic Command Name: The Python code references an invalid Dynamic Command name. This can occur when the Dynamic Command has been renamed or removed from the template.

  • Unimplemented Dynamic Choice Command: The template contains a Dynamic Choice field that is not implemented in the Python code.

  • Unimplemented Dynamic Command: The template contains a Dynamic Command that is not implemented in the Python code.

  • Invalid dependent field mapping for Dynamic Choice field: A Dynamic Choice Field specifies a dependent field mapping for a field that does not exist in the template.

  • Invalid dependent field mapping for Dynamic Command: A Dynamic Command specifies a dependent field mapping for a field that does not exist in the template.

B-16795

Unix
Windows

UAGSRVImprove the management and display of an Agent task's output that contains diacritic characters and other language-specific features when that output is viewed from the Controller.B-16797Unix
WindowsUAGSRVAdd the ability to control exactly where a script is written by defining the following environment variables in a task:
  • UAG_SCRIPT_DIRECTORY - specifies a directory that is visible to the native user environment in which the task executes.
  • UAG_SCRIPT_DIRECTORY_RELATIVE_TO - used with UAG_SCRIPT_DIRECTORY to specify a location in an isolated execution environment (e.g., chroot). This is a location that the user in whose context the task executes would not necessarily see in their native shell environment, but is visible to the task's environment.

Neither of these variables need to be defined for a task that does not execute in an isolated, secure environment.

B-16800WindowsUIP-VSCODEAdd support for multi-root workspaces to the VisualStudio Code Plugin for Universal Extension development. This support will allow extension developers to work on several different extensions in the same VSCode workspace.B-16813Unix
WindowsUAGSRVImprove the Universal Agent Server's warm start processing so that a re-starting Agent will display an "Active" status in the Universal Controller with minimal delay.B-16881UnixINSTALLCertify the Universal Agent for Linux RedHat and Ubuntu distributions that provide a version 5 kernel.B-16882WindowsUIP-VSCODEImprove the initialization of a new Universal Extension project by automatically creating that project's folder if it does not already exist.B-17048

Unix
Windows

OMSSRVAdd the ability for Universal Control to refresh an OMS Server's MAX_MSG_SIZE and MSG_CHUNK_SIZE configuration options without requiring a server restart.B-17449AllUBROKER

Revisit changes previously delivered by B-14668 in Universal Agent 7.3.0.0. That delivery provided the ability to automatically recover a Universal Broker database that failed validation at startup. However, to provide backward compatibility, that feature was not enabled by default and had to be manually configured across the enterprise with the Universal Broker RECREATE_DATABASES configuration option.

The UA 7.5.0.0 release provides the following changes to the automatic Broker database recovery feature:

  • The RECREATE_DATABASES configuration option is deprecated.
  • Automatic recovery now occurs by default for those databases that fail a validation which may occur at Broker startup. This validation is triggered whenever the databases weren't properly closed during shutdown of the previous Broker instance. Affected databases include:
    • bcomponent.db
    • scomponent.db
    • ues.db
    • uems.db
  • By default, the Broker creates a copy of any database that fails validation. The Broker then removes the corrupted database and recreates it so that Broker startup may proceed.
  • The number of database copies is controlled by a new DB_FILE_GENERATIONS configuration option. The default value of that option is 3. Database archival can be turned off by setting the value of the option to 0 (zero).

The intent of the updated behavior is to improve Agent resiliency and recoverability while retaining some ability to manage these database files.

B-17457

Unix
Windows

UAGSRV
USAPProvides Universal Agent support for SAP Task enhancements and improved form layout provided by Universal Controller 7.5.0.0.
Agent enhancements also include support for:
  • Email notifications
  • Extended print parameters
  • Dynamic field population for ABAP reports, variants, languages, and output devices
B-17520z/OSUAGSRVAdd the ability to edit JCL in a zOS task's JCL Location or JCL Override Location directly from the Controller.B-17521z/OSUAGSRVAdd Agent support to zOS tasks for Controller Task Simulations. Any symbols that are defined in the JCL will be resolved when the simulation is run.B-17523z/OSUAGSRVProvide the ability to dynamically add or override the USER keyword on a JOB Statement using the new UAG Server configuration option ZOS_JOB_USER.B-17583
B-17656
B-17657Unix (except HP-UX and Solaris)
WindowsOMSSRV
UAGSRV
UEXT

Add the ability to define activity tracing and collect performance metrics for Universal Extension tasks, OMS Server, and UAG Server.

Data is collected by an OpenTelemetry collector, making it suitable for display in front-end applications like Grafana and Jaeger.

B-17602AllUFTPRemove support for the TFTP protocol.B-17655UnixINSTALLUpdate runtime requirements for the Universal Agent distribution for Linux Ubuntu.B-17755z/OSUAGSRVAdd Agent support for the new Trigger on Create option for Change file monitors. This allows a zOS agent to look for dataset creations or changes from the same file monitor task instance.B-18306WindowsUIP-VSCODEAllow Universal Extensions that use the built-in OpenTelemetry framework to debug those extensions from the UIP VisualStudio Code Plugin.D-07391Unix
WindowsUAGSRV

Fixes a problem where the output for a task will contain the first character of the next line that exceeds the number of output lines the task is configured to automatically retrieve.

For this problem to occur, a task

  1. Must be configured to automatically retrieve stdout/stderr, and
  2. Must specify a "number of lines" to retrieve from that output
D-11115Unix (except HP-UX)
WindowsUAGSRV
UEXTFixes a problem where the requires_python field of a Universal Extension fails to detect or select a suitable Python executable when comparison operators less than (<) or greater than (>) are used.D-11137WindowsUAGSRVFixes a problem with file monitor tasks that specify a file path with a double backslash as a separator (e.g. C:\\work\\pattern*.txt ). The file monitor task issues the error "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect." and then fails with a Start Failure.D-11156UnixUAGSRVEnsure that all file descriptors are properly closed when a task fails because credentials were specified for a user account that does not exist.D-11160Unix
WindowsOMSSRVFix a memory leak that can occur in OMS Servers that communicate with a UAG Server via a proxy server connection.D-11166Unix
WindowsUFTPFixes an issue that causes UFTP to fail when multiple files are transferred to a remote directory path that contains spaces.D-11174AllUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTPPrevent an error when the value of the -pwd option contains a single space (e.g., -pwd " ").D-11178UnixUAGSRVFixes an issue that could result in excessive CPU consumption when UAG Server launches and/or executes several different task types concurrently.D-11189AllOMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UFTPUpdate 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-11222UnixUBROKERIn AIX environments whose locale is set to UTF8, fix an error in the ubrokerd startup script that failed to properly recognize ulimit values set to unlimited.D-11226z/OSUFTPFixes an error that causes transfers across z/OS systems to fail when using the SFTP protocol.D-11229All

UCMD
UCTL
UDM
UEM
UENCRYPT
UFTP

Fixes a "checksum mismatch" error when a Universal Encrypted file is decrypted and one of the comment lines inserted into the file exceeds 80 characters. D-11238

Unix
Windows

UFTPUpdate the libssh2 library used by Universal Agent components from 1.9.0 to 1.10.0.
NOTE: The libssh2 library used for the Universal Agent for HP-UX distribution was not updated.
D-11333Windows

INSTALL

Fixes a problem introduced in the 7.4.0.0 release that may cause upgrades to fail if the Python distribution for Universal Agent is installed.

D-11334WindowsUAGSRV
UEXTImproves the efficiency of the termination logic when a Universal Extension tasks on Windows finishes.D-11335WindowsUAGSRVFixes an issue that prevents successful completion of a Change file monitor instance when the file path contains double backslashes (i.e., \\) or a single forward slash (i.e., /). Prior to this fix, the task instance remains in a Running status.D-11342Unix
WindowsUAGSRVEnsures that any temporary files created by Universal Extension tasks are properly removed following completion of UAG Server warm start processing.D-11345WindowsINSTALLHonor the USE_TLS1_3 command line parameter for upgrades from UA 7.4.0.x and later. This was done for parity with Unix installs.
NOTE: Use of this option will apply configuration updates to all Universal Agent components that use SSL/TLS. Care must be taken when using this option for upgrades from UA 7.4.0.x and later, as TLS 1.3 may already be used for some Agent components and turned off in others. Using this option will cause all component configurations to enable TLS 1.3 support.
NOTE: The interactive system mode install for Windows will continue to display the dialog that uses a checkbox to enable Agent-wide TLS 1.3 support only when upgrading from releases prior to UA 7.4.0.0.D-11353AllUFTP
UPPSUpdate 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-11362z/OSUAGSRVFixes a problem that may cause an extra USER= parameter to get added to the JCL's job card created for a File Transfer task.D-11392z/OSUAGSRVPrevent an error when a z/OS task is rerun under the following conditions:
  • the task's JCL is pulled from the specified JCL Override Library, and
  • a JCLLIB statement is manually inserted within JCL statements that UAG Server generates and inserts into the JCL
D-11403Unix (except HP-UX)
WindowsUEXTFixes an issue which may cause a Universal Extension task to stay in a "Running" status if an exception is raised in the __init__ method.D-11411z/OSUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP
USAPFixes a problem introduced in UA 7.3.0.0 that prevents Universal Agent components from reading a plain-text command file specified with the -f / -file option in a job's SYSIN. 
D-11413z/OSUDM
UDMSRV

Fixes a situation in which a UDM file transfer will fail if an attempt is made to allocate a zOS dataset with an EXPDT equal to one of the following special values:

  • 00000 - allocate the dataset with no expiration date

  • 98000 - used by some tape management systems control when datasets are uncataloged and tape volumes become available for re-use

  • 99000 - used by some tape management systems control when datasets are uncataloged and tape volumes become available for re-use

  • 99365 - allocate the dataset so that it never expires

  • 99366 - allocate the dataset so that it never expires

When none of the above 5-digit values are used, UDM will still expect a 7-digit expiration date as it did prior to this change.

D-11424z/OSUAGU83Fixes a problem where an ABEND within the UAGU83 SMF exit module could cause RMF to terminate with an S0C1.D-11439z/OSUBROKERFixes a problem that may cause the Universal Broker's COMPONENT_START to fail on z/OS when System SSL is usedD-11453Unix (except HP-UX)
WindowsUEXTPrevent a Universal Extension task failure on systems that only have Python 2 installed.D-11470Unix (except HP-UX)UAGSRV
UEXTFix an issue that may cause a CANCEL command issued for a Universal Extension task to take longer than necessary to process.D-11472Unix
WindowsUAGSRV

Remove an extra line that is shown in the Universal Broker log when the Broker is run in console mode and UAG Server encounters a job launch failure.

D-11478UnixUAGSRVFixes an issue that may cause messages intended for the ops_monitor process to be consumed by UAG Server and sent to a file transfer task, which could cause its failure.D-11503Unix (Linux only)PYTHONUpdate the Universal Agent's Python distribution to prevent failures when libffi.so.6 is not installed on newer Linux RedHat and Ubuntu distributions.D-11511Unix
WindowsUSAPFix an error that could cause USAP to crash when displaying spool lists.D-11521z/OSINSTALLFixes an installation error in which the sample UAGRRPRC mentioned in user documentation (to support configurable UAGRERUN handling) is missing from SUNVSAMP following a 7.4.0.0 or 7.4.1.0 installation
12638z/OSUAGSRVWhen all steps selected for rerun FLUSH, ensure the task instance for that rerun ends with a Failed status.
D-12721

Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows

UEXT

Address reported CVEs by providing the following updates:

  • Update the Python modules installed to the ./uagsrv/uext/_3pp/public directory to the versions indicated:
    • certifi == 2024.06.02
    • charset_normalizer == 3.3.2
    • googleapis_common_protos == 1.63.2
    • idna == 3.7
    • protobuf == 4.25.3
    • requests == 2.32.3
    • typing_extensions == 4.12.2
    • urllib3 == 1.26.19
    • wrapt == 1.16.0
    • zipp == 3.19.2
  • Update the PyYAML Python module installed to the ./uagsrv/uext/_3pp/internal/yaml27 directory to 5.4.1
  • Update the PyYAML Python module installed to the ./uagsrv/uext/_3pp/internal/yaml39 directory to 5.4.1

Release 7.6.0.2 - June 11, 2024


Change IDPlatformsComponentDescription
D-11554Unix (except HP-UX)PYTHON

Exclude the nis module from the Universal Agent's Python distribution on Linux.

The nis module is a thin wrapper around the NIS library, which is only available on Unix systems (not Linux).

Attempts to import the nis module from a script that executes with the Universal Agent Python distribution on Linux will issue the following error: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'nis'. 

The module will import successfully on AIX and Solaris with the following warning: <stdin>:1: DeprecationWarning: 'nis' is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.13

D-11867Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows		UAGSRVEnsure that all temporary Universal Extension files are removed following cancellation of a Universal Extension task.
D-11929z/OSUAGSRV

Provide a new UAG Server configuration option, rerun_before_include, which is defined in UAGCFG00. This option controls whether a JCL INCLUDE statement should trigger the insertion of the UAGRERUN step.

Valid values and their meaning are as follows:

  • no -- a JCL INCLUDE statement will not trigger insertion of a UAGRERUN step. This is the default, which matches the behavior in previous versions.
  • yes – a UAGRERUN step is inserted ahead of a JCL INCLUDE statement.
D-12020AllUDM
UDMSRV		Expands support for files whose names contain multibyte (i.e., Unicode) characters.
D-12505z/OSUAGSRV

Adds the following messages to provide better information when the UNVJSC cluster dataset is not found or fails to open:

  • UAG5656 - Dataset jscds must be a VSAM cluster, where jscds is the name of the UNVJSC dataset
  • UAG5657 - Dataset jscds could not be opened, where jscds is the name of the UNVJSC dataset
D-12543z/OSUAGRERUNEnsures that unexpired archived datasets are deleted by UAGRERUN's cleanup logic.
D-12548Unix (except HP-UX, Solaris)
Windows		UAGSRVProvides a change that causes UAG Server and OMS Server activity spans for PeopleSoft task instances to remain associated with the Universal Controller's parent trace grouping.
D-12570

Unix
Windows

UAGSRV
USAP		Expands support for multi-byte (i.e., Unicode) values specified in SAP tasks. This change ensures that Unicode values in job definition scripts or SAP task definitions are correctly passed to and received from the SAP system.


Release 7.6.0.1 - May 14, 2024

Change IDPlatformsComponentDescription
D-11270z/OSUAGSRVProvide message UAG5656E Dataset <dsname> specified for <jcl_save_library> cannot be found to make UAG Server start failures that occur due to missing JCL_SAVE_LIBRARY datasets more clear.
D-12506z/OSUAGRERUN

Improve error messaging when UAGRERUN executes on a system that does not have UAG Server. For example, when z/OS Workload Manager routes a job to a non-Agent system within a Sysplex, include a clear description of the error and the system on which UAGRERUN ran.

D-12559All (except HP-UX)

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

Update the OpenSSL library that Universal Agent uses to OpenSSL 1.1.1w.
E-02039AllAllMiscellaneous fixes to improve Universal Agent stability and reliability.


Release 7.6.0.0 - April 3, 2024

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

B-09236z/OSUAGSRV

Enhance options used to override a CA-7 Schedule ID with the following changes:

  • Support lists and ranges of Schedule IDs with the #JI statement (e.g., #JI,ID=(1,3,5-8,12)).
  • Accept #XI, #XO, and #XEND statements as synonyms for the #JI, #JO, and #JEND statements already supported by UAG Server
B-15814z/OS

UAGSRV
UAGUTIL

Provides a local data store that holds job history that can be used manually rerun jobs originally executed by UAG Server.

Note that any job rerun in this manner is not monitored or tracked by the z/OS Universal Agent or Universal Controller.

This feature adds the UAG Server configuration options HISTORY_DATASET and HISTORY_RETENTION. A new installation job, UNVIN12, is provided to create and configure this new feature.

See the UAGRERUN Stand Alone Execution section in the Universal Agent User Guide for complete details.

B-15867WindowsINSTALL

Sign all Universal Agent binaries and packages with a digital signing certificate.

To view Certificate information, view the installed file's properties from Windows Explorer and select the Digital Signatures tab.

B-16966z/OSUBROKER

Provides a change that causes the Universal Broker on z/OS to mount the UNVSPOOL file system with the zFS RWSHARE option to prevent sharing violations in a Sysplex configuration.


B-16983

Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows

UAGSRV
UEXT

Add the ability to resolve the following Controller functions when embedded in text and array fields of a Universal Extension:

  • Credential functions
  • Script functions
  • SAP Connection functions
  • Database Connection functions
  • Task Instance/Sibling Task Instance Output Path
  • Variable Path functions

Info
titleNote

This is a companion item to the Universal Controller enhancement B-16984.


B-17011

Unix
Windows

UDM
UDMSRV

Introduces the following UDM variables that provide access to the following Utility Agent credential and hostname information:

  • $(ops_utility_cred_user)
  • $(ops_utility_cred_pwd)
  • $(ops_utility_agent_name)
B-17038Solaris Intel
Solaris SPARC		INSTALL

Drop support for Solaris 10.

Starting with Universal Agent 7.6.0.0, installs are only permitted on Solaris 11. The install will be allowed to continue on any Solaris 11 system, but only Solaris 11.4 is certified.


Note
titleCritical Information

This is a breaking change for upgrades from Universal Agent versions prior to 7.6.0.0.

If you are running an OMS Server on a Solaris Intel system and attempt to upgrade to 7.6.0.0 or later, the OMS message file can no longer be read.

The reason is that Universal Agent versions prior to 7.6.0.0 were 32-bit on Solaris Intel. Starting with 7.6.0.0, Solaris Intel deliveries are 64-bit. If Universal Agent 7.6.0.0 or later attempts to read an OMS message file created by an earlier 32-bit Universal Agent, the OMS Server will crash.

For the best upgrade experience and to minimize any unexpected downtime, please refer to this section.

Upgrades on Solaris SPARC are not affected.


B-17111IBM iINSTALLCertify the IBMi Universal Agent 5.1.1 for IBM i 7.5.
B-17780z/OSUAGSRV
UAGRERUN

Add support for z/OS tasks whose JCL contains a JES2 /*ROUTE PRINT statement, to ensure proper output processing.

Prior to this change, output could be routed to another system before UAG Server had a chance to process it.

When UAG Server encounters this statement, it will use its JES_SYSOUT_CLASS configuration parameter to manage output processing and routing.

B-17883AllINSTALL

Add PGP signatures to Universal Agent distribution files.

For information on verifying these signatures, please refer to the following information.

B-17891Unix (except HP-UX and Solaris)
Windows

UAGSRV
UBROKER
UFTP

Add end-to-end OpenTelemetry tracing support to UFTP when run from a File Transfer or Remote File Monitor task. Tracing support is also available for stand-alone UFTP execution.

B-17927z/OS

UAGSRV
UAGRERUN

Provides support for the JCL RD keyword on the JOB and EXEC statements. When RD=NR or RD=NC is specified, the Agent will mark the affected step is marked as non-restartable.

Info

To disable this behavior, use the new UAGRERUN parameter NORDNR.

To disable this behavior for all z/OS tasks, use the new RERUN_OPTIONS option in the UAG Server configuration member, UAGCFG00.



B-17935Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows		PYTHON

Update the Universal Agent's Python distribution to 3.11.6.

Info

The 3pp modules listed below were updated for this distribution. The module is provided for all platforms, except where noted:

  • azure-storage-blob==12.19.1
  • boto3==1.34.62
  • cx_Oracle==8.3.0 (Windows only)
  • docker==7.0.0 
  • google-cloud-storage==2.15.0
  • hdbcli==2.19.21 (Windows only)
  • hdfs==2.7.3 (Linux and Windows only)
  • kubernetes==29.0.0 (Linux and Windows only)
  • paramiko==3.4.0 
  • pyodbc==5.1.0 (Linux Intel and Windows only)
  • requests==2.31.0


B-18417z/OSUAGRERUN

Update UAGRERUN behavior so that it deletes datasets prior to a run or rerun of a job, including those datasets whose expiration date has not passed.

Prior to this change, unexpired datasets were not deleted by UAGRERUN's dataset cleanup processing.

B-18578All

OMS
UAGSRV

Update the Agent to rely on a dynamically-generated key to decrypt sensitive information obtained from the Controller.


Info
titleNote

This change deprecates the Universal Agent's AUTHVER configuration option.

The option, if configured, will still be recognized by UAG Server, but will no longer be honored.


B-18723z/OSUAGUTIL

Provides an optional installation job, UNVIN14, that can be used to assist Agent configuration. This new job will automatically generate the EXIT ADD statements that should be added to a SYS1.PARMLIB PROGxx member to ensure SMF exits used by the Agent are configured correctly.

UNVINV14 uses the SYS1.PARMLIB SMFPRMxx as input and generates a list of missing exit point definitions and/or SMF record types.

B-18730Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows

UAGSRV
UEXT

Provides a change to the Universal Extension Event API to support arrays (Python list) as attribute values.

D-10536z/OSUAGSRV

When the Universal Agent AGENT_IP configuration option specifies an IP address instead of a host name, eliminate the UNV0182E 'Cannot resolve' error, and accept the IP address as entered.

D-11139Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows		UAGSRV

The extensions directory, located in the DATA_DIRECTORY path option for UAG Server, will now be created automatically when a non-default value is set for this option.

Prior to this change, Universal Task instances would stay in an Undeliverable status until directory was created.

D-11383AllUAGSRV

Fixes a UAG Server crash that may occur when multiple Remote File Monitor instances finish at the same moment as a new instance is starting.

D-11431z/OSUAGSRV

Always insert the UAGRERUN step ahead of any IF statements in the JCL. This will ensure that UAGRERUN is executed ahead of any initial EXEC or PROC statement that may be enclosed within an IF statement.

D-11526WindowsUIP-VSCODE

Fixes a problem where a debugging session will not start if the Debug button in the "Run and Debug" section of the activity bar is selected.

Prior to this change, the only way to start a debugging session was with F5.

D-11555Unix
Windows		USAPResolves a performance issue when downloading a large SAP spool file.
D-11862WindowsUIP-VSCODE

Fixes a problem where a user specifies a dynamic choice field in the configuration.yml file that does not exist, and there are no dependent fields specified in the template.json file.

In this situation, the debugger fails to launch, and the error message KeyError: 'raw_type' is displayed.

D-11889AllOMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMSRV
UCTSRV
UDMSRV
UEMSRV		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
D-11900UnixUAGSRVEnsure that failed attempts to launch child processes spawned by UAG Server (via the ./ubroker/sbin/cskern utility) are handled gracefully.
D-11974Unix
Windows		UAGSRV

Fixes an issue where Program and Variant Names do not appear in their respective drop down lists when adding an ABAP Program Job Step to an SAP Task.

The failure applies to Load Balancing (Type-B) connections only and results in a "Missing required Value for RFC Connection" error.

D-12221z/OSUAGSRV

Prevent a JCL error by ensuring that line numbers are not pulled into a JCL statement when

  • The JCL used for a z/OS task contains line numbers, and
  • A z/OS task variable is replaced with a value that is shorter than the variable name

The fix also prevents truncation of JCL statements that contain in-line data with hexadecimal values.

D-12222z/OSUAGRERUN
UAGU84
UAGUSI

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.

D-12223WindowsUAGSRVAdds the Windows network error ERROR_UNEXP_NET_ERR (59) as a retry-able error condition for a Windows File Monitor task, when file monitor fault tolerance is enabled.
D-12323Unix (except HP-UX)PYTHONDelivers a fix within the updated Python distribution that ensures the built-in _ssl and _hashlib modules are imported correctly.
D-12338

Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows

UEXT

Fixes Universal Extension support for Python's async functionality that was provided in Python 3.9.

Full async functionality is supported in

  • Normal task execution
  • Dynamic commands, and
  • Dynamic choice commands.