B-04648

All

UDM
UDMSRV
UDMMCENG

Add milliseconds value to built-in variables for access, create, and modify file timestamps.

B-06427

All

UAGSRV
UAGMCENG

Add support for new resolvable script credential functions ${_credentialUser(‘<cred>’)} and ${_credentialPwd(‘<cred>’)}.
 
Note: This feature requires Universal Controller 6.4.0.0 and later.

B-06503

All

USAP
USPMCENG

Add new configuration option, [ENABLE_JOB_STATUS_CHECK], to enable/disable calls to BAPI_XBP_JOB_STATUS_CHECK.

D-05719

z/OS

UAGUJI

Do not retain catalog information for new GDGs and other sequential datasets that did not get created in a job's initial run.

D-06369

UNIX
(for HP_UX)

Install

Fix upgrade behavior in HP-UX package when Universal Agent command line utilities are installed.

D-06379

UNIX

UDM
UDMSRV

Display correct version information for UDM Server.

D-06468

UNIX

UAGSRV

Make sure all error information is reported for an EXISTS file monitor that fails because the path name specified in the task definition does not exist.

D-06511

UNIX,
Windows

UAGSRV

File monitors that end with a Failed status do not always end with non-zero exit codes.

D-06532

z/OS

UAGSRV

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.
 
Note: z/OS 2.x is required to enable this behavior.

D-06779

All

UDM
UDMSRV

Make sure memory allocation errors that occur with large ACK_WINDOW values are reported prior to UDM failure.

D-06781

All

UDM
UDMSRV

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-06782

UNIX

UAGSRV

Allow SFTP server port to be overridden when password-based authentication is used with SFTP file transfer tasks.

D-06803

All

UDM
UDMSRV

Correct problem trimming spaces from very long records.

D-06837

UNIX (except AIX
and Solaris SPARC),
Windows

USAP

Handle RFC timeouts during calls to RSPC_API_CHAIN_GET_STATUS.

D-06846

Windows

Install

Mask passwords displayed by Stonebranch trace functions in install log.

D-06883

z/OS

UDM
UDMSRV

Fix incorrectly reported memory error when transferring datasets with RECFM=U and LRECL=0.

D-06885

All

UBROKER
USSMCENG

Protect initial handshake message protocol from malicious payloads.

D-06888

All

UAGSRV

Clean up temporary script files created by SAP tasks.

D-06893

All

USAP

Use USAP group configuration option instead of mshost value for RFC GROUP connection parameter.

D-06909

z/OS

UAGSRV

Make sure jobs that end with S822 are reported correctly to Universal Controller.

D-06920

z/OS

UDM
UDMSRV

Do not fail conversion of an FBA datasets that starts with an ASA form feed character.

D-06940

z/OS

UAGSRV

Prevent reserve deadlock when running multiple 6.3.0.x agents.

B-03155

z/OS

UDM,
UDMSRV

Add support for ASA control character conversion/formatting.

B-04195

UNIX

OMS

Increase the maximum number of allowable TCP/IP connections.

B-05040

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

UBROKER,
UCERT,
UCMD,
UCMSRV,
UCTL,
UCTSRV,
UDM,
UDMSRV,
UEM,
UEMSRV,
UQUERY

Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

B-05825

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

UENCRYPT

Create new files using defaults of AES256 encryption and an expanded 32-bit key.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

B-05826

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

UDM,
UDMSRV,
UDMMCENG

Protect against interception of sensitive information during user authentication.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

B-05827

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

UBROKER,
UCMD,
UCMSRV,
UCTL,
UCTSRV,
UDM,
UDMSRV,
UEM,
UEMSRV,
UQUERY

Turn off world readable flag for application configuration and log files.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

B-05829

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

UBROKER,
UCMD,
UCMSRV,
UCTL,
UCTSRV,
UDM,
UDMSRV,
UEM,
UEMSRV,
UCMMCENG,
UCTMCENG,
UDMMCENG,
UEMMCENG,
USSMCENG

Add support for TLS 1.2 ciphers, AES256-GCM-SHA384 and AES128-GCM-SHA256.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

B-05907

UNIX,
Windows
All

OMSSRV

UAGSRV

Add support for TLS 1.2 protocol.

B-05991

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

UBROKER,
UCMD,
UCMSRV,
UCTL,
UCTSRV,
UDM,
UDMSRV,
UEM,
UEMSRV,
UCMMCENG,
UCTMCENG,
UDMMCENG,
UEMMCENG,
USSMCENG

Add min_ssl_protocol configuration option to manage TLS application protocol support
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release forAIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

B-06010

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

USAP,
USPMCENG

Provide improved client fault tolerance for SAP process chains.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

B-06011

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

UDM,
UDMSRV,
UDMMCENG

Add ability to authenticate Broker's certificate.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

B-06017

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

USAP,
USPMCENG

Provide ability to release intercepted child jobs.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

B-06253

All

UDM

Update “compress” option with new “force” parameter (that is, “compress,force”) to allow UDM Managers to override Server-configured compression.

D-01721

All

UDM,
UDMSRV

Fix conversion error that may occur when creating a session using UTF-8 or UTF-16 codepages.

D-05592

z/OS

UAGSRV
UAGUSI

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.
 
Note: This functionality will also apply if the “Skip Steps” feature is used to skip all steps in a job. To skip execution of the entire job and allow any successors to run, the “Force Finish” or “Skip” commands may still be used for the task.

D-05880

All

UDM,
UDMSRV

Set error return code when the length of a file’s records exceeds a z/OS datasets’s allocated record length.

D-06350

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

UAGSRV

Fix inconsistency between number of file monitors shown in the Controller and that reported by ops_monitor.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

D-06367

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

UBROKER

Prevent Broker crash when it receives a specially-crafted malformed header.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

D-06382

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

UAGCMD

Generate unique names for trace files.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

D-06406

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

UAGSRV

Allow concurrent file monitor instances to search for files using regular expressions that contain a comma.
 
Note: This feature was initially delivered in the Universal Agent 6.3.0.1 maintenance release for AIX; Linux x64 (RPM package); and Windows and/or z/OS.

D-06547

z/OS

UAGSRV

Ensure JCL statements are padded with statements instead of NULLs.

D-06559

z/OS

UAGSRV

Fix error that prevents return of job output to original MSGCLASS when jes_sysout_disp is RELEASE,*.

D-06592

All

UDM

Add a message to display the value of the compress option following UDM Manager/Server session negotiation.

D-06620

z/OS

UBROKER,
UCMD,
UCTL,
UDM,
UDMCFG,
USSMCENG,
UCMMCENG,
UCTMCENG,
UDMMCENG,
UBRCFG00,
UCMCFG00,
UCMCFGU0,
UCTCFG00,
UCTCFGU0,
UDMCFG00,
UDMCFGU0,
UDSCFG00,

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.
 
Note: Support for TLS 1.2 when IBM System SSL is used will be provided in an upcoming release of Universal Agent. Until then, TLS 1.2 support is available with OpenSSL.

D-06679

AIX,
Solaris SPARC,
z/OS

USAP

Prevent XBP 3.0 Create Variant operation failure when SAP note 1144882 has been applied to system.

D-06721

z/OS

UAGUJI,
UAGUJV

Prevent possible abend when encountering SWA control blocks that reside above the bar.

D-06751

z/OS

UAGSRV

Prevent possible S0C4 in UAGSRV function WjssLocalJmeDelete().

D-06774

All

UBROKER

Improve authentication of message parameters sent during a session negotiation’s handshake.

D-06836

AIX,
Solaris SPARC,
zOS

USAP

Handle RFC timeouts during calls to RSPC_API_CHAIN_GET_STATUS.

D-06838

AIX,
Solaris SPARC,
zOS

USAP

Handle “FAILED” exception from RSPC_API_CHAIN_GET_PROCESSES function.

B-05040

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






AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

UBROKER
UCERT
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UEM
UQUERY

UEMSRV

Add support for [TLS 1.2 protocol].

B-05825

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

UENCRYPT

Create new files using defaults of [AES256 encryption] and an expanded 32-bit key.

B-05826

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

UDM
UDMSRV
UDMMCENG

Protect against interception of sensitive information during [user authentication].

B-05827

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UEM
UEMSRV
UQUERY

Turn off world-readable flag for application configuration and log files.

B-05829

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









AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UEM
UCMMCENG
UCTMCENG
UDMMCENG
UEMMCENG
USSMCENG

UEMSRV

Add support for [TLS 1.2 ciphers], AES256-GCM-SHA384 and AES128-GCM-SHA256.

B-05991

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









AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UEM
UCMMCENG
UCTMCENG
UDMMCENG
UEMMCENG
USSMCENG

UEMSRV

Add [MIN_SSL_PROTOCOL] configuration option to manage TLS application protocol support.

B-06010

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

USAP
USPMCENG

Provide improved client fault tolerance for [SAP process chains].

B-06011

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

UDM
UDMSRV
UDMMCENG

Add ability to [authenticate Broker's certificate].

B-06017

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

USAP
USPMCENG

Provide ability to release intercepted [child jobs].

D-06306

Windows

UAGSRV

DELETE [File Monitors] succeed when file's owner does not match the value of the task's File Owner field.

D-06350

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package)

UAGSRV

Fix inconsistency between number of [File Monitors] shown in the Controller and that reported by ops_monitor.

D-06367

UBROKER

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

Prevent [Broker] crash when it receives a specially-crafted malformed header.

D-06382

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package),
Windows

z/OS

UAGCMD




UAGCMDZ

Generate unique names for [trace files].

D-06406

AIX, Linux x64
(RPM package)

UAGSRV

Allow concurrent [File Monitor] instances to search for files using regular expressions that contain a comma.

D-06437

z/OS

UAGSRV

Prevent possible S0C4 during variable substitution.

D-06440

z/OS

UAGSRV

Tasks may stay in Submitted state after failing with a JCL error.

D-06443

z/OS

UAGSRV

Prevent jobnames that start with IEFC from falsely reporting a JCL error.

D-06456

z/OS

UAGSRV

Fix behavior that allows the Job Submission Checkpoint (JSC) dataset to contain duplicate keys, resulting in z/OS tasks that stay in Submitted status.

D-06487

Windows

UAGSRV

Add ERROR_NETNAME_DELETED as a retry condition for [File Monitor] fault tolerance.

B-03124

z/OS

UAGSRV

Add ability for batch jobs submitted via a [z/OS task] to execute on any image in a [Sysplex] environment.
 
New in this release.

B-04736

ALL

UAGSRV

Allow [File Monitor tasks] to recover from and resume execution following temporary environmental interruptions and other transient errors.
 
Two new configuration options are provided:

[FM_FAULT_TOLERANT]

[FM_FAULT_TOLERANT_TIMEOUT]

Previously delivered as B-04908 in 6.2.0.1.

B-05138

UNIX,
Windows
Windows,
z/OS

UEMSRV

UECTLR

Remove license requirement.
 
Previously delivered as B-05480 in 6.2.0.2.

B-05147

UNIX

Install

Provide a native 64-bit [Debian package].
 
New in this release.

B-05428

All

UAGCMDZ
UAGCMD

Update command line help for wait-type} and {{wait-day-constraint parameters for the [ops-task-set-timewait] CLI function.
 
Previously delivered as B-05429 in 6.2.0.2.

B-05467

All

UDM,
UDMSRV

Provide new [built-in variables] to hold tokens found during wildcard (*, ?) pattern matching within a [forfiles] loop.
 
Previously delivered as B-05476 in 6.2.0.2.

B-05488

Windows

Install

Add updated Stonebranch logos to [install dialogs].
 
Previously delivered as B-05479 in 6.2.0.2.

B-05635

All

UDM,
UDMSRV

Add support for UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE codepage values in the [open] command.
 
Provide a [bom]={default|yes|no} attribute to control how byte order marks (BOMs) are managed in files converted to UTF-16.
 
New in this release.

B-05646

z/OS

Install

Update install job UNVIN07 to allocate a JSC dataset and set the jsc_dataset option the UAGCFG00 configuration member during a [new install].
 
New with this release.

B-05662

z/OS

UBROKER

Add [SYSPLEX_ROLE] configuration option to set an Agent’s participation in Sysplex to none (default), primary, or secondary.
 
New in this release.

B-05801

z/OS

Install

Add a new install job, UNVIN10, to allocate the JSC dataset during an [upgrade] from an earlier release.
 
NOTE: Starting with this release, UAGSRV requires a JSC dataset even if executing outside of a [Sysplex] environment.
 
New with this release.

B-05805

z/OS

UAGSRV

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.
 
NOTE: Starting with this release, UAGSRV requires a JSC dataset even if executing outside of a [Sysplex] environment. A new install job, UNVIN10, is provided to allocate a JSC dataset if none exists (an [upgrade] from an earlier release). For [new installs], the dataset is created in UNVIN07.
 
New with this release.

D-03981

All

UDM,
UDMSRV

Retry and gracefully handle failed message queue memory allocations.
 
Previously delivered as D-04342 in 6.2.0.2.

D-05777

All

UAGSRV

Make sure [$\{ops_trigger_file_name_nopath\}] contains the correct value if the file name contains spaces.
 
Previously delivered as D-06243 in 6.2.0.3.

D-05830

All

UDM,
UDMSRV

Fix “Invalid command” following the last iteration of a [forfiles] loop when a command is stored in a script variable.
 
Previously delivered as D-05868 in 6.2.0.1.

D-05855

z/OS

UAGSRV

Fix a problem that may prevent Create and Delete [File Monitors] from completing.
 
Previously delivered as D-05867 in 6.2.0.1.

D-05863

UNIX

UAGSRV

Populate appropriate built-in variables when a MISSING [File Monitor] which uses regular expressions fails.
 
Previously delivered as D-05873 in 6.2.0.1.

D-05878

z/OS

UAGSRV

Make sure that [z/OS tasks] with step condition codes require confirmation when JCL changes are made prior to rerun.
 
Previously delivered as D-05889 in 6.2.0.1.

D-05898

UNIX,
Windows

UAGSRV

Fix a file handle leak in [FTP File Monitors].
 
Previously delivered as D-05897 in 6.2.0.1.

D-05901

Windows

Install

Fix rendering of [install dialogs] when executed on a display running at a very high resolution.
 
Previously delivered as D-05876 in 6.2.0.1.

D-05903

All

UAGCMDZ
UAGCMD

Update command line help for [ops-task-rerun] CLI function.
 
Previously delivered as D-06108 in 6.2.0.2.

D-05943

UNIX

UAGSRV

Prevent possible deadlock when several [File Monitor] task instances start and finish simultaneously.
 
Previously delivered as D-05944 in 6.2.0.1.

D-05960

z/OS

UAGRERUN

Remove PARM=xxx debug statement when [UAGRERUN] is executed outside of UAGSRV.
 
New in this release.

D-05963

All

UAGCMDZ
UAGCMD

Remove condition that can cause [ops-trigger-now] to become unresponsive.
 
Previously delivered as D-05954 in 6.2.0.1.

D-05987

All

UAGSRV

Successfully return output when “last 1 line” is selected for retrieval.
 
Previously delivered as D-06105 in 6.2.0.2.

D-05996

UNIX

UAGSRV

Prevent display of “Error obtaining results” error message when no matching files are found.
 
Previously delivered as D-06007 In 6.2.0.1.

D-06005

z/OS

UAGU83

Make sure that [z/OS tasks] with step condition codes require confirmation when JCL changes are made prior to rerun.
 
Previously delivered as D-05889 in 6.2.0.1.

D-06062

Windows

UAGSRV

Make sure CREATE [File Monitor tasks] successfully detect all matching files when several files are created at once.
 
Previously delivered as D-06061 in 6.2.0.1.

D-06075

UNIX

UAGSRV

Fix format of CPU identification string for [Linux S390] systems.
 
Previously delivered as D-06106 in 6.2.0.2.

D-06094

UNIX

UAGSRV

Fix problem [monitoring files] larger than 2GB on AIX.
 
Previously delivered as D-06096 in 6.2.0.2.

D-06113

Windows

Install

Allow [Universal Agent for SOA] to recognize Universal Broker 3.2.0 and later installations in order to satisfy installation prerequisite.
 
Previously delivered as D-06112 in 6.2.0.2.

D-06126

All

UDM,
UDMSRV

Make value of [_existdir] built-in variable accessible when the [existdir] command is called from a subroutine or an external script.
 
Previously delivered as D-06124 in 6.2.0.2.

D-06145

UNIX,
Windows

UAGSRV

Prevent all [Application Monitor] task instances from going into Query Overdue status if any one of the active monitors are stuck in a query.
 
Previously delivered as D-06146 in 6.2.0.2.

D-06163

All

UAGCMDZ
UAGCMD

Prevent possible segmentation fault when certain resources become unavailable during processing of an [ops-trigger-now] command.
 
Previously delivered as D-06164 in 6.2.0.3.

D-06188

UNIX,
Windows

USAP

Prevent new instance of process chain from starting when the [restart] command includes an implicit (-R, Run) or explicit (-S, Start) start command.
 
New in this release.

D-06201

UNIX,
Windows

OMS Server

Prevent buildup of unused files during clean-up if an older file contains an unconsumed message.
 
Previously delivered as D-06202 in 6.2.0.3.

D-06237

All

UDM,
UDMSRV,
UDMMCENG

Make sure wildcard expansion correctly populates built-in $(_file.wildcardn) variables when a complete path name is specified in a [forfiles] statement.
 
Previously delivered as D-06241 in 6.2.0.3.

D-06246

UNIX

UAGSRV

Fix possible memory leak for [File Monitor tasks].
 
Previously delivered as D-06247 in 6.2.0.3.

D-06255

UNIX,
Windows

UAGSRV

Make regular expression behavior for [File Monitor tasks] similar to that found in [Universal Data Mover].
 
Previously delivered as D-06151 in 6.2.0.2.

D-06262

Windows,
z/OS

UECTLR

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).
 
New in this release.

D-06278

z/OS

UAGSRV

Fix substitution of MSGCLASS and CLASS variables of more than 1 character.
 
New in this release.

D-06290

Windows

UAGSRV

Correct handling of [File Monitor tasks] that use the ‘?’ wildcard in file name patterns.
 
New in this release.

D-06322

All

UDM,
UDMSRV

Prevent memory leak during [forfiles] processing.
 
New in this release.

D-06328

UNIX,
Windows

UEMSRV

[Events] fail to become active following upgrade to 6.2.0.3 if no license info is available (license requirements were dropped from UEM in 6.2.0.2).
 
New in this release.