Overview
This page identifies the package contents for all Universal Agent 6.3.x for z/OS maintenance releases, including the initial release, and the maintenance level of every component in each package.
For each release, changes made to individual components for z/OS only, and for z/OS and one or more other platforms, are identified. Maintenance level changes to a component for non-z/OS platforms are not shown.
For a list of all changes in a release - all platforms, all components - see [All Platforms Package Maintenance Levels - Agent 6.3.x].
For a list of all changes in a release - all platforms, specific components - see [Component Maintenance Levels - Agent 6.3.x].
Universal Agent 6.3.x for z/OS Packages
The following table identifies the maintenance level of all components contained in each Universal Agent 6.3.x for z/OS package.
Release |
Release Date |
SMP/E |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
Controller |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
Universal |
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September 12, 2016 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.3 |
6.3.0.3 |
|
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.2 |
6.3.0.1 |
5.2.2.3 |
6.3.0.2 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.3 |
6.3.0.3 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
|
July 14, 2016 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.2 |
6.3.0.2 |
|
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.2 |
6.3.0.1 |
5.2.2.2 |
6.3.0.2 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.2 |
6.3.0.2 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
|
March 31, 2016 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
|
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
5.2.2.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
6.3.0.1 |
|
January 18, 2016 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
|
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
5.2.2.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
6.3.0.0 |
Note
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.
Agent6.3.0.3-September12,2016"> Agent 6.3.0.3 - September 12, 2016
Change ID |
Platform |
Component |
PTF |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
B-04648 |
All |
UDM |
PS16014, |
Add milliseconds value to built-in variables for access, create, and modify file timestamps. |
B-06427 |
All |
UAGSRV |
PS13011 |
Add support for new resolvable script credential functions ${_credentialUser('<cred>')} and ${_credentialPwd('<cred>')}. |
B-06503 |
All |
USAP |
PS18004 |
Add new configuration option, [ENABLE_JOB_STATUS_CHECK], to enable/disable calls to BAPI_XBP_JOB_STATUS_CHECK. |
D-05719 |
z/OS |
UAGUJI |
PS13010 |
Do not retain catalog information for new GDGs and other sequential datasets that did not get created in a job's initial run. |
D-06532 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
PS13011 |
Make sure z/OS tasks whose jobs end with "$HASP106 JOB DELETED BY JES2 OR CANCELLED BY OPERATOR BEFORE EXECUTION" do not stay in Submitted status. |
D-06779 |
All |
UDM |
PS16014 |
Make sure memory allocation errors that occur with large ACK_WINDOW values are reported prior to UDM failure. |
D-06781 |
All |
UDM |
PS16014 |
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. |
D-06803 |
All |
UDM |
PS16014 |
Correct problem trimming spaces from very long records. |
D-06883 |
z/OS |
UDM |
PS16014 |
Fix incorrectly reported memory error when transferring datasets with RECFM=U and LRECL=0. |
D-06885 |
All |
UBROKER |
PS14017 |
Protect initial handshake message protocol from malicious payloads. |
D-06888 |
All |
UAGSRV |
PS13011 |
Clean up temporary script files created by SAP tasks. |
D-06893 |
All |
USAP |
PS18004 |
Use USAP group configuration option instead of mshost value for RFC GROUP connection parameter. |
D-06909 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
PS13011 |
Make sure jobs that end with S822 are reported correctly to Universal Controller. |
D-06920 |
z/OS |
UDM |
PS16014 |
Do not fail conversion of an FBA datasets that starts with an ASA form feed character. |
D-06940 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
PS13011 |
Prevent reserve deadlock when running multiple 6.3.0.x agents. |
Agent6.3.0.2-July14,2016"> Agent 6.3.0.2 - July 14, 2016
Change ID |
Platform |
Component |
PTF |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
B-03155 |
z/OS |
UDM, |
PS16008, |
Add support for ASA control character conversion/formatting. |
B-05907 |
All |
UAGSRV, |
PS13003 |
Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol. |
B-06253 |
All |
UDM |
PS16008 |
Update “compress” option with new “force” parameter (i.e., “compress,force”) to allow UDM Managers to override Server-configured compression. |
D-01721 |
All |
UDM |
PS16008 |
Fix conversion error that may occur when creating a session using UTF-8 or UTF-16 codepages. |
D-05592 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
PS13003 |
When the initial run or restart of a job results in all executed steps being flushed (except for our step OPSSTP00 that executes UAGRERUN) the task will tail with the error “All steps flushed”, provided there are no other errors (for example, JCL errors) that caused the steps to flush. |
D-05880 |
All |
UDM |
PS16008 |
Set error return code when the length of a file’s records exceeds a zOS datasets’s allocated record length. |
D-06547 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
PS13003 |
Ensure JCL statements are padded with statements instead of NULLs. |
D-06559 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
PS13003 |
Fix error that prevents return of job output to original MSGCLASS when jes_sysout_disp is RELEASE,*. |
D-06592 |
All |
UDM |
PS16008 |
Add a message to display the value of the compress option following UDM Manager/Server session negotiation. |
D-06620 |
z/OS |
UBROKER |
PS14011 |
Issue error when ssl_implementation option is SYSTEM, and min_ssl_protocol is TLS1_2 and/or an SSL cipher that requires TLS 1.2 support is specified in a control or data session cipher list. |
D-06679 |
AIX, |
USAP |
PS18003 |
Prevent XBP 3.0 Create Variant operation failure when SAP note 1144882 has been applied to system. |
D-06721 |
z/OS |
UAGUJI |
PS13004 |
Prevent possible abend when encountering SWA control blocks that reside above the bar. |
D-06751 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
PS13003 |
Prevent possible S0C4 in UAGSRV function WjssLocalJmeDelete(). |
D-06774 |
All |
UBROKER |
PS14011 |
Improve authentication of message parameters sent during a session negotiation’s handshake. |
D-06836 |
AIX, |
USAP |
PS18003 |
Handle RFC timeouts during calls to RSPC_API_CHAIN_GET_STATUS. |
D-06838 |
AIX, |
USAP |
PS18003 |
Handle “FAILED” exception from RSPC_API_CHAIN_GET_PROCESSES function. |
Agent6.3.0.1-March31,2016"> Agent 6.3.0.1 - March 31, 2016
Change ID |
Platform |
Component |
PTF |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
B-05040 |
UBROKER |
AIX, Linux x64 |
PS14001 |
Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol. |
B-05825 |
UENCRYPT |
AIX, Linux x64 |
PS19002,PS24002 |
Create new files using defaults of AES256 encryption and an expanded 32-bit key. |
B-05826 |
UDM |
AIX, Linux x64 |
PS16001,PS22001 |
Protect against interception of sensitive information during user authentication. |
B-05829 |
UBROKER |
AIX, Linux x64 |
PS14001 |
Add support for TLS 1.2 ciphers, AES256-GCM-SHA384 and AES128-GCM-SHA256. |
B-05991 |
UBROKER |
AIX, Linux x64 |
PS14001 |
Add min_ssl_protocol configuration option to manage TLS application protocol support. |
B-06010 |
USAP |
AIX, Linux x64 |
PS18001 |
Provide improved client fault tolerance for SAP process chains. |
B-06011 |
UDM |
AIX, Linux x64 |
PS16001 |
Add ability to authenticate Broker's certificate. |
B-06017 |
USAP |
AIX, Linux x64 |
PS18001 |
Provide ability to release intercepted child jobs. |
D-06367 |
UBROKER |
AIX, Linux x64 |
PS14001 |
Prevent Broker crash when it receives a specially-crafted malformed header. |
D-06382 |
UAGCMD |
AIX, Linux x64 |
n/a |
Generate unique names for trace files. |
D-06437 |
UAGSRV |
z/OS |
PS13002 |
Prevent possible S0C4 during variable substitution. |
D-06440 |
UAGSRV |
z/OS |
PS13002 |
Tasks may stay in Submitted state after failing with a JCL error. |
D-06443 |
UAGSRV |
z/OS |
PS13002 |
Prevent jobnames that start with IEFC from falsely reporting a JCL error. |
D-06456 |
UAGSRV |
z/OS |
PS13002 |
Fix behavior that allows the Job Submission Checkpoint (JSC) dataset to contain duplicate keys, resulting in zOS tasks that stay in Submitted status. |
Agent6.3.0.0-January18,2016"> Agent 6.3.0.0 - January 18, 2016
Change ID |
Platform |
Component |
PTF |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
B-03124 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
N/A |
Add ability for batch jobs submitted via a [z/OS task] to execute on any image in a [Sysplex] environment. |
B-04736 |
All |
UAGSRV |
N/A |
Allow [File Monitor tasks] to recover from and resume execution following temporary environmental interruptions and other transient errors. Unknown macro: {html}
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: Enables fault tolerant file monitor behavior (Default is no). [FM_FAULT_TOLERANT_TIMEOUT] Unknown macro: {html}
: The time a file monitor task will wait before failing when fault-tolerant behavior is enabled (Default is 120s). Previously delivered as B-04908 in 6.2.0.1. |
B-05138 |
Windows, |
UECTLR |
N/A |
Remove license requirement. |
B-05428 |
z/OS |
UAGCMDZ |
N/A |
Update command line help for |
B-05467 |
All |
UDM, |
N/A |
Provide new [built-in variables] to hold tokens found during wildcard (*, ?) pattern matching within a [forfiles] loop. |
B-05635 |
All |
UDM, |
N/A |
Add support for UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE codepage values in the [open] command. |
B-05646 |
z/OS |
Install |
N/A |
Update install job UNVIN07 to allocate a JSC dataset and set the jsc_dataset option the UAGCFG00 configuration member during a [new install]. |
B-05662 |
z/OS |
UBROKER |
N/A |
Add [SYSPLEX_ROLE] configuration option to set an Agent’s participation in Sysplex to none (default), primary, or secondary. |
B-05801 |
z/OS |
Install |
N/A |
Add a new install job, UNVIN10, to allocate the JSC dataset during an [upgrade] from an earlier release. |
B-05805 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
N/A |
Add ability to specify a Job Submission Checkpoint (JSC) dataset and Coupling Facility structure via the [JSC_DATASET] and [CF_STRUCT_NAME] configuration options, respectively. |
D-03981 |
All |
UDM, |
N/A |
Retry and gracefully handle failed message queue memory allocations. |
D-05777 |
All |
UAGSRV |
N/A |
Make sure [$\{ops_trigger_file_name_nopath\}] contains the correct value if the file name contains spaces. |
D-05830 |
All |
UDM, |
N/A |
Fix “Invalid command” following the last iteration of a [forfiles] loop when a command is stored in a script variable. |
D-05855 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
N/A |
Fix a problem that may prevent Create and Delete [File Monitors] from completing. |
D-05878 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
N/A |
Make sure that [z/OS tasks] with step condition codes require confirmation when JCL changes are made prior to rerun. |
D-05903 |
z/OS |
UAGCMDZ |
N/A |
Update command line help for [ops-task-rerun] CLI function. |
D-05960 |
z/OS |
UAGRERUN |
N/A |
Remove PARM=xxx debug statement when [UAGRERUN] is executed outside of UAGSRV. |
D-05963 |
z/OS |
UAGCMDZ |
N/A |
Remove condition that can cause [ops-trigger-now] to become unresponsive. |
D-05987 |
All |
UAGSRV |
N/A |
Successfully return output when “last 1 line” is selected for retrieval. |
D-06005 |
z/OS |
UAGU83 |
N/A |
Make sure that [z/OS tasks] with step condition codes require confirmation when JCL changes are made prior to rerun. |
D-06126 |
All |
UDM, |
N/A |
Make value of [_existdir] built-in variable accessible when the [existdir] command is called from a subroutine or an external script. |
D-06163 |
z/OS |
UAGCMDZ, |
N/A |
Prevent possible segmentation fault when certain resources become unavailable during processing of an [ops-trigger-now] command. |
D-06237 |
All |
UDM, |
N/A |
Make sure wildcard expansion correctly populates built-in $(_file.wildcardn) variables when a complete path name is specified in a [forfiles] statement. |
D-06262 |
Windows, |
UECTLR |
N/A |
Universal Brokers cannot be put into [managed mode] if no license information is defined in the UEC configuration file (license requirements were dropped from UEC in 6.2.0.2). |
D-06278 |
z/OS |
UAGSRV |
N/A |
Fix substitution of MSGCLASS and CLASS variables of more than 1 character. |
D-06322 |
All |
UDM, |
N/A |
Prevent memory leak during [forfiles] processing. |
For a list of all changes in a release - all platforms, specific components - see [Component Maintenance Levels - Agent 6.3.x].