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Introduction

This page summarizes the changes introduced in each component maintenance release for Universal Agent 6.4.x.

For a list of all component changes included in the maintenance release for each platform, see:

All Universal Agent Components

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-02897

All

z/OS

Add support for mixed case passwords.

B-05928

All

All

Universal Broker Keystore feature that allows a default key to be stored for Universal Encrypted command files.

B-06720

All

AIX

Port Universal Agent to 64-bit for AIX.
 
Note: For Universal Connector for SAP users, this change also adds a dependency on the NetWeaver RFC libraries, which must exist on your system.

Universal Automation Center Agent

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-05924

OMSSRV,
UAGSRV

All

Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol
 
Previously delivered as B-05907 in 6.3.0.2.

B-06501

UAGSRV
UAGMCENG

All

Add support for new resolvable script Credential Functions: ${_credentialUser(‘<credential-name>’)} and ${_credentialPwd(‘<credential-name>’)}.
 
Note: This feature requires Universal Controller 6.4.0.0 and later.
 
Previously delivered as B-06427 in 6.3.0.3.

B-06721

All

Solaris SPARC

Port Universal Agent to 64-bit for Solaris SPARC.
 
Note: For Universal Connector for SAP users, this change also adds a dependency on the NetWeaver RFC libraries, which must exist on your system.

B-06956

UAGSRV
UAGUJI
UAGUJV

z/OS

Extend timeouts for acquiring exclusive access to the JSC dataset ENQUEUE.
 
Previously delivered as B-07352 in 6.3.0.6.

B-06974

UAGSRV

z/OS

Extend timeouts for JME creation when launching a z/OS task.
 
Previously delivered as B-07353 in 6.3.0.6.

D-05850

UAGSRV

UNIX

Allow SFTP server port to be overridden when password-based authentication is used with SFTP File Transfer tasks.
 
Previously delivered as D-06782 in 6.3.0.3.

D-06381

UAGCMD





UAGCMDZ

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

z/OS

Generate unique names for trace files.
 
Previously delivered as D-06382 in 6.3.0.1.

D-06387

UAGSRV

All

Clean up temporary script files created by SAP tasks.
 
Previously delivered as D-06888 in 6.3.0.3.

D-06405

UAGSRV

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package)

Allow concurrent File Monitor instances to search for files using regular expressions that contain a comma.
 
Previously delivered as D-06406 in 6.3.0.1.

D-06436

UAGSRV

z/OS

Prevent possible S0C4 during variable substitution.
 
Previously delivered as D-06437 in 6.3.0.1.

D-06439

UAGSRV

z/OS

Tasks may stay in Submitted state after failing with a JCL error.
 
Previously delivered as D-06440 in 6.3.0.1.

D-06442

UAGSRV

z/OS

Prevent jobnames that start with IEFC from falsely reporting a JCL error.
 
Previously delivered as D-06443 in 6.3.0.1.

D-06448

UAGSRV

Windows

DELETE File Monitors succeed when file's owner does not match the value of the task's File Owner field.
 
Previously delivered as D-06306 in 6.3.0.1.

D-06455

UAGSRV

z/OS

Fix behavior that allows the Job Submission Checkpoint (JSC) dataset to contain duplicate keys, resulting in z/OS tasks that stay in Submitted status.
 
Previously delivered as D-06456 in 6.3.0.1.

D-06460

UAGSRV

Windows

Add ERROR_NETNAME_DELETED as a retry condition for File Monitor fault tolerance.
 
Previously delivered as D-06487 in 6.3.0.1.

D-06467

UAGSRV

UNIX

Make sure all error information is reported for an EXISTS File Monitor task that fails because the path name specified in the task Details does not exist.
 
Previously delivered as D-06468 in 6.3.0.3.

D-06558

UAGSRV

z/OS

Fix error that prevents return of job output to original MSGCLASS when the UAG JES_SYSOUT_DISP configuration option value is RELEASE,*.
 
Previously delivered as D-06559 in 6.3.0.2.

D-06606

UAGSRV

z/OS

Ensure that JCL statements are padded with blanks instead of NULLs.
 
Previously delivered as D-06547 in 6.3.0.2.

D-06720

UAGUJI,
UAGUJV

z/OS

Prevent possible abend when encountering SWA control blocks that reside above the bar.
 
Previously delivered as D-06721 in 6.3.0.2.

D-06726

UAGSRV

Windows

Prevent a situation that may result in a "CSProcessCreate: The system cannot find the file specified" error when several Windows tasks that execute scripts with user credentials are launched at once.
 
Previously delivered as D-07296 in 6.3.0.6.

D-06728

UAGSRV

z/OS

Prevent possible S0C4 in UAGSRV function WjssLocalJmeDelete().
 
Previously delivered as D-06751 in 6.3.0.2.

D-06864

UAGSRV

UNIX,
Windows

File Monitor tasks that end with a Failed status do not always end with non-zero exit codes.
 
Previously delivered as D-06511 in 6.3.0.3.

D-06908

UAGSRV

z/OS

Make sure jobs that end with S822 are reported correctly to Universal Controller.
 
Previously delivered as D-06909 in 6.3.0.3.

D-06999

UAGUJI

z/OS

Do not retain catalog information for new GDGs and other sequential datasets that did not get created in a job's initial run.
 
Previously delivered as D-05719 in 6.3.0.3.

D-07193

UAGSRV

Windows

File Monitors may go to Start Failure on AD Controller reboot/switchover.
 
Previously delivered as D-07194 in 6.3.0.4.

D-07200

UAGSRV

UNIX

Tasks with UACL fail with "CSProcessCreate failed: KrnProcessCreate" if the Agent is running as root.
 
Previously delivered as D-07201 in 6.3.0.4.

D-07221

UAGUJI

z/OS

Make sure SKIPST parameters specified for z/OS tasks correctly skip steps that execute PROCs.
 
Previously delivered as D-07564 in 6.3.0.6.

D-07259

UAGUJI

z/OS

Fix a problem that prevents steps containing a DD statement which specifies DSN=NULLFILE to be selected for restart.
 
Previously delivered as D-07563 in 6.3.0.6.

D-07497

UAGUJV
UAGUSI

z/OS

Prevent a conflict with a customer SMF exit that references the same JMR control block locations as UAGSRV SMF exits.
 
Previously delivered as D-07562 in 6.3.0.6.

Universal Broker

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-05922

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

UBROKER

Turn off world-readable flag for application configuration and log files.
 
Previously delivered as B-05827 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05925

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

UBROKER,
USSMCENG

Add support for TLS 1.2 ciphers, AES256-GCM-SHA384 and AES128-GCM-SHA256.
 
Previously delivered as B-05829 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05927

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

UBROKER

Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol.
 
Previously delivered as B-05040 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05990

UBROKER,
USSMCENG

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add MIN_SSL_PROTOCOL configuration option to manage TLS application protocol support.
 
Previously delivered as B-05991 in 6.3.0.1.

B-06115

UBROKER

z/OS

Issue a clear error message at startup if the UNV load library is not APF authorized instead of failing with an S047 ABEND.

B-06176

UBROKER

z/OS

Enable TLS 1.2 protocol and cipher support for SystemSSL.

B-06854

UBROKER

All

Add msg_suppression_list option to filter unwanted messages (for example, UNV0193W, which warns of deprecated SSL ciphers).

D-06413

UBROKER

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows, z/OS

Prevent Broker crash when it receives a specially-crafted malformed header.
 
Previously delivered as D-06367 in 6.3.0.1.

D-06413

UBROKER
USSMCENG

All

Protect initial handshake message protocol from malicious payloads.
 
Previously delivered as D-06885 in 6.3.0.3.

D-06748

UBROKER

All

Improve authentication of message parameters sent during a session negotiation’s handshake.
 
Previously delivered as D-06774 in 6.3.0.2.

Universal Certificate

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-05927

UCERT

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol.
 
Previously delivered as B-05040 in 6.3.0.1.

Universal Command

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-05922

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

UCMD,
UCMSRV,
UCMMCENG

Turn off world-readable flag for application configuration and log files.
 
Previously delivered as B-05827 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05925

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

UCMD,
UCMSRV

Add support for TLS 1.2 ciphers, AES256-GCM-SHA384 and AES128-GCM-SHA256.
 
Previously delivered as B-05829 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05927

UCMD,
UCMSRV

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol.
 
Previously delivered as B-05040 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05990

UCMDSRV,
UCMSRV

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add MIN_SSL_PROTOCOL configuration option to manage TLS application protocol support.
 
Previously delivered as B-05991 in 6.3.0.1.

B-06176

UCMD

z/OS

Enable TLS 1.2 protocol and cipher support for SystemSSL.

B-06854

UCMD,
UCMSRV

All

Add msg_suppression_list option to filter unwanted messages (for example, UNV0193W, which warns of deprecated SSL ciphers).

Universal Connector for SAP

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-03348

USAP

All

Add ability to export SAP Factory and Holiday calendars.

B-05691

USAP
USPMCENG

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows, z/OS

Provide improved client fault tolerance for SAP process chains.
 
Previously delivered as B-06010 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05983

USAP
USPMCENG

All

Add new configuration option, ENABLE_JOB_STATUS_CHECK, to enable/disable calls to BAPI_XBP_JOB_STATUS_CHECK.
 
Previously delivered as B-06503 in 6.3.0.3.

B-06012

USAP
USPMCENG

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows, z/OS

Provide ability to release intercepted child jobs.
 
Previously delivered as B-06017 in 6.3.0.1.

D-04333

USAP

AIX,
Solaris SPARC,
z/OS

Prevent XBP 3.0 Create Variant operation failure when SAP note 1144882 has been applied to system.
 
Previously delivered as D-06679 in 6.3.0.2.

D-06835

USAP

AIX,
Solaris SPARC,
z/OS

Handle FAILED exception from RSPC_API_CHAIN_GET_PROCESSES function.
 
Previously delivered as D-06838 in 6.3.0.2.

D-06887

USAP

UNIX (except AIX
and Solaris SPARC),
Windows

Handle RFC timeouts during calls to RSPC_API_CHAIN_GET_STATUS.
 
Previously delivered as D-06837 in 6.3.0.3.

D-06892

USAP

All

Use Universal Connector GROUP configuration option instead of mshost value for RFC GROUP connection parameter.
 
Previously delivered as D-06893 in 6.3.0.3.

Universal Control

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-05922

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

UCTL
UCTSRV

Turn off world-readable flag for application configuration and log files.
 
Previously delivered as B-05827 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05925

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

UCTL,
UCTSRV,
UCTMCENG

Add support for TLS 1.2 ciphers, AES256-GCM-SHA384 and AES128-GCM-SHA256.
 
Previously delivered as B-05829 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05927

UCTL,
UCTSRV

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol.
 
Previously delivered as B-05040 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05990

UCTL,
UCTSRV,
UCTMCENG

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add MIN_SSL_PROTOCOL configuration option to manage TLS application protocol support.
 
Previously delivered as B-05991 in 6.3.0.1.

B-06176

UCTL

z/OS

Enable TLS 1.2 protocol and cipher support for SystemSSL.

B-06854

UCTL,
UCTTSRV

All

Add msg_suppression_list option to filter unwanted messages (for example, UNV0193W, which warns of deprecated SSL ciphers).

Universal Data Mover

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-02384

UDM
UDMSRV
UDMMCENG

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows, z/OS

Add ability to authenticate Broker's certificate.
 
Previously delivered as B-06011 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05922

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

UDM
UDMSRV

Turn off world-readable flag for application configuration and log files.
 
Previously delivered as B-05827 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05925

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

UDM,
UDMSRV,
UDMMCENG

Add support for TLS 1.2 ciphers, AES256-GCM-SHA384 and AES128-GCM-SHA256.
 
Previously delivered as B-05829 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05926

UDM
UDMSRV
UDMMCENG

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows, z/OS

Protect against interception of sensitive information during user authentication.
 
Previously delivered as B-05826 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05927

UDM,
UDMSRV

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol.
 
Previously delivered as B-05040 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05990

UDM,
UDMSRV,
UDMMCENG

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add MIN_SSL_PROTOCOL configuration option to manage TLS application protocol support.
 
Previously delivered as B-05991 in 6.3.0.1.

B-06176

UDM

z/OS

Enable TLS 1.2 protocol and cipher support for SystemSSL.

B-06252

UDM

All

Update UDM Manager DATA_COMPRESSION configuration option with new force parameter (that is, compress,force) to allow UDM Managers to override Server-configured compression.
 
Previously delivered as B-06253 in 6.3.0.2.

B-06258

UDM,
UDMSRV

z/OS

Add support for ASA control character conversion/formatting.
 
Previously delivered as B-03155 in 6.3.0.2.

B-06491

UDM
UDMSRV
UDMMCENG

All

Add milliseconds value to built-in variables for access, create, and modify file timestamps.
 
Previously delivered as B-04648 in 6.3.0.3.

B-06854

UDM,
UDMSRV

All

Add msg_suppression_list option to filter unwanted messages (for example, UNV0193W, which warns of deprecated SSL ciphers).

D-06380

UDM
UDMSRV

UNIX

Display correct version information for UDM Server.
 
Previously delivered as D-06379 in 6.3.0.3.

D-06591

UDM

All

Add a message to display the value of the DATA_COMPRESSION configuration option following UDM Manager/Server session negotiation.
 
Previously delivered as D-06592 in 6.3.0.2.

D-06729

UDM,
UDMSRV

All

Set error return code when the length of a file’s records exceeds a z/OS datasets’s allocated record length.
 
Previously delivered as D-05880 in 6.3.0.2.

D-06736

UDM
UDMSRV

All

Correct problem trimming spaces from very long records.
 
Previously delivered as D-06803 in 6.3.0.3.

D-06745

UDM,
UDMSRV

All

Fix conversion error that may occur when creating a session using UTF-8 or UTF-16 codepages.
 
Previously delivered as D-01721 in 6.3.0.2.

D-06780

UDM
UDMSRV

All

Make sure memory allocation errors that occur when a large ACK_WINDOW value is used when NFT is disabled are reported prior to UDM failure.
 
Previously delivered as D-06781 in 6.3.0.3.

D-06919

UDM
UDMSRV

z/OS

Do not fail conversion of an FBA dataset that starts with an ASA form feed character.
 
Previously delivered as D-06920 in 6.3.0.3.

D-07136

UDM
UDMSRV

z/OS

UDM fails to create UTF16-encoded dataset on z/OS.
 
Previously delivered as D-07145 in 6.3.0.4.

D-07244

UDM
UDMSRV

All

Ensure that UDM does not write duplicate data to output file following successful NFT recovery.
 
Previously delivered as D-07295 in 6.3.0.4.

D-07509

UDM,
UDMSRV

All

Fix a problem that could cause Universal Data Mover to prematurely stop reading a UTF16-encoded file.
 

Note

The problem was observed when trying to transfer a UTF-16BE file to a z/OS dataset encoded with the IBM500 codepage. The cause of the problem was related to the size of the input file, and not to the UTF16 translation itself.

 
Previously delivered as D-07559 in 6.3.0.6.

Universal Encrypt

Release 6.4.0.0 -July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-05923

UENCRYPT

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows, z/OS

Create new files using defaults of AES256 encryption and an expanded 32-bit key.
 
Previously delivered as B-05825 in 6.3.0.1.

B-06027

UENCRYPT

All

Add ""legacy"" option to -aes parameter to generate encrypted command files compatible with pre-6.3.0.1 versions of Universal Encrypt.
 
Note: Previously delivered as B-06028 in 6.3.0.1.

Universal Event Monitor

Release 6.4.0.0 -July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-05922

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

UEM
UEMSRV

Turn off world-readable flag for application configuration and log files.
 
Previously delivered as B-05827 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05925

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

UEM,
UEMSRV,
UEMMCENG

Add support for TLS 1.2 ciphers, AES256-GCM-SHA384 and AES128-GCM-SHA256.
 
Previously delivered as B-05829 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05927

UEM,
UEMSRV

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol.
 
Previously delivered as B-05040 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05990

UEM,
UEMSRV,
UEMMCENG

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add MIN_SSL_PROTOCOL configuration option to manage TLS application protocol support.
 
Previously delivered as B-05991 in 6.3.0.1.

B-06854

UEM,
UEMSRV

All

Add msg_suppression_list option to filter unwanted messages (for example, UNV0193W, which warns of deprecated SSL ciphers).

Universal FTP Client

Release 6.4.0.0 -July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-05351

UFTP

All

A new Universal FTP client component is available that executes for FTP file monitor and FTP file transfer tasks submitted from the Controller.
 
Note: This is a complete replacement for native FTP client execution (and the Cygwin client provided for Windows agents).
 
The client supports FTP,SFTP,FTPS, and TFTP protocols.
 
It is also installed as a stand-alone component, which may be executed from the command line or z/OS job.

Universal Message Service (OMS)

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-06165

OMS

UNIX

Increase the maximum number of allowable TCP/IP connections.
 
Previously delivered as B-04195 in 6.3.0.2.

B-06854

OMS

All

Add msg_suppression_list option to filter unwanted messages (for example, UNV0193W, which warns of deprecated SSL ciphers).

Universal Query

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

B-05922

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

UQUERY

Turn off world-readable flag for application configuration and log files.
 
Previously delivered as B-05827 in 6.3.0.1.

B-05927

UQUERY

HP-UX Itanium,
Linux x86,
Linux x64
(Debian package),
Solaris Intel,
Solaris SPARC,
zLinux

Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol.
 
Previously delivered as B-05040 in 6.3.0.1.

Install

Release 6.4.0.0 - July 19, 2017

Change ID

Component

Platform

Description

D-06865

Install

Windows

Mask passwords displayed by Stonebranch trace functions in install log.
 
Previously delivered as D-06846 in 6.3.0.3.

D-07565

Install

Windows

Fix a problem that could cause a silent install to fail when RUNBROKERASUSER=0 is specified. The install incorrectly tried to authenticate the default credentials for a Broker service account whose password had been changed. The authentication failure was ignored for interactive installs, but caused silent installs for fail.
 
Previously delivered as D-07566 in 6.3.0.6.

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