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Introduction

This page summarizes the changes introduced in each component maintenance release for Universal Agent 7.4.x.

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

Universal Agent Server


Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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-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
Windows		UAGSRVAdd 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 necessary 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-16813Unix
Windows		UAGSRVImprove 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-17457

Unix
Windows

UAGSRV
USAP

Provides 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-17657		Unix (except HP-UX and Solaris)
Windows		OMSSRV
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-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.
D-07391Unix
Windows		UAGSRV

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)
Windows		UAGSRV
UEXT		Fixes 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-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
UFTP		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-11334WindowsUAGSRV
UEXT		Improves 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
Windows		UAGSRVEnsures that any temporary files created by Universal Extension tasks are properly removed following completion of UAG Server warm start processing.
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-11424z/OSUAGU83Fixes a problem where an ABEND within the UAGU83 SMF exit module could cause RMF to terminate with an S0C1.
D-11470Unix (except HP-UX)UAGSRV
UEXT		Fix an issue that may cause a CANCEL command issued for a Universal Extension task to take longer than necessary to process.
D-11472Unix
Windows		UAGSRV

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.

Universal Broker

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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-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.

D-11189AllOMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UFTP		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-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-11439z/OSUBROKERFixes a problem that may cause the Universal Broker's COMPONENT_START to fail on z/OS when System SSL is used


Universal Command

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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.
D-11174AllUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP		Prevent an error when the value of the -pwd option contains a single space (e.g., -pwd " ").
D-11189AllOMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UFTP		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-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-11411z/OSUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP
USAP		Fixes 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. 



Universal Connector for PeopleSoft Process Scheduler


Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

D-11353AllUFTP
UPPS		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.


Universal Connector for SAP

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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-17457

Unix
Windows

UAGSRV
USAP

Provides 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
D-11411z/OSUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP
USAP		Fixes 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-11511Unix
Windows		USAPFix an error that could cause USAP to crash when displaying spool lists.


Universal Control

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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.
D-11174AllUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP		Prevent an error when the value of the -pwd option contains a single space (e.g., -pwd " ").
D-11189AllOMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UFTP		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-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-11411z/OSUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP
USAP		Fixes 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. 



Universal Data Mover


Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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.
D-11189AllOMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UFTP		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-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-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.


Universal Encrypt

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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. 

Universal Event Monitor

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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.
D-11174AllUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP		Prevent an error when the value of the -pwd option contains a single space (e.g., -pwd " ").
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-11411z/OSUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP
USAP		Fixes 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. 



Universal Extension

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

B-15847WindowsUIP-VSCODE

Add 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-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-16882WindowsUIP-VSCODEImprove the initialization of a new Universal Extension project by automatically creating that project's folder if it does not already exist.
B-17583
B-17656
B-17657		Unix (except HP-UX and Solaris)
Windows		OMSSRV
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-18306WindowsUIP-VSCODEAllow Universal Extensions that use the built-in OpenTelemetry framework to debug those extensions from the UIP VisualStudio Code Plugin.
D-11115Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows		UAGSRV
UEXT		Fixes 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-11334WindowsUAGSRV
UEXT		Improves the efficiency of the termination logic when a Universal Extension tasks on Windows finishes.
D-11403Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows		UEXTFixes 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-11453Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows		UEXTPrevent a Universal Extension task failure on systems that only have Python 2 installed.
D-11470Unix (except HP-UX)UAGSRV
UEXT		Fix an issue that may cause a CANCEL command issued for a Universal Extension task to take longer than necessary to process.


Universal FTP Client

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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-17602AllUFTPRemove support for the TFTP protocol.
D-11166Unix
Windows		UFTPFixes an issue that causes UFTP to fail when multiple files are transferred to a remote directory path that contains spaces.
D-11174AllUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP		Prevent an error when the value of the -pwd option contains a single space (e.g., -pwd " ").
D-11189AllOMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UFTP		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-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-11353AllUFTP
UPPS		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-11411z/OSUCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP
USAP		Fixes 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. 



Universal Message Service (OMS)

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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-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-17583
B-17656
B-17657		Unix (except HP-UX and Solaris)
Windows		OMSSRV
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.

D-11160Unix
Windows		OMSSRVFix a memory leak that can occur in OMS Servers that communicate with a UAG Server via a proxy server connection.
D-11189AllOMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UFTP		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.


Universal Query

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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.

Installation Changes

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023

Change IDPlatformsComponentDescription
B-16881UnixINSTALLCertify the Universal Agent for Linux RedHat and Ubuntu distributions that provide a version 5 kernel.
B-17655UnixINSTALLUpdate runtime requirements for the Universal Agent distribution for Linux Ubuntu.
D-11333WindowsINSTALL

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

To prevent the the problem during an upgrade to 7.4.0, perform the upgrade using the 7.4.0.1 (or later release). Upgrades to future versions are unaffected by this issue.

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-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.


Python Distribution for Universal Agent

Release 7.5.0.0 - October 13, 2023


Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

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.
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