Release Notes

Release Notes

Universal Controller release 6.7.0.0 contains the following high-level features; for a complete list of all the included features and fixes, please refer to the Universal Controller 6.7.x Maintenance list.

Activity Enhancements

Backlog	Title	Description
B-05326	Activity - Ability to issue commands (that support multiple selection) from a list based on current filter.	The activity display supports a maximum of 50 results per display page. This has previously impeded the ability to issue concurrent commands to more than 50 active tasks at once. The Activity list now supports the ability to issue commands against all task instances in the current filtered activity list. Once you have filtered the Activity list to contain the tasks that you want to issue a command against. Simply right click on the List Header and select the Run Command on Filtered option: You will be presented with a list of available commands to execute against all tasks in the filtered list: Once you select a command you will see a confirmation dialog box where you can confirm or cancel this action:
B-10601	Task Lists - Ability to issue commands (that support multiple selection) from a list based on current filter.	Similar to B-05326 the various Task lists now supports the "Run Command On Filtered" option to issue commands against all task instances in the current filtered task list.

Agent Cluster Broadcast Enhancements

Backlog

Title

Description

B-04367

Add Cluster Broadcast for UDM File Transfer Tasks Utility Agent

File Transfer Tasks using the UDM Transfer Protocol now support the Agent Cluster Broadcast functionality for the Tasks Utility Agent.

For Example a Linux/Unix Agent Cluster contains the following 3 Agents:

In order to configure a UDM file Transfer Task to transfer files from agent UCDDKR001 - UCDDKR001 to each of the agents in this Agent Cluster, you would configure the UDM file Transfer Task as follows:

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<ul>
<li> Utility Cluster Broadcast 
This will Launch an Instance of the UDM File Transfer Task on each of the 3 Agents in the Agent Cluster Definition.
<li>Source UDM Agent 
This specifies the single Agent where the file is being transferred from.
<li>Source File Name 
This specifies the file to be transferred to each of the 3 Agents in the Agent Cluster Definition.
<li>Destination UDM Agent Option = UDM Agent Variable 
This allows the specification of a variable in place of a hard coded destination agent name.
<li>Destination UDM Agent 
The built in variable $

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will resolve to the agent assigned to each task spawned by the Cluster Broadcast function, one task for each of the 3 Agents in the Agent Cluster Definition.
<li>Destination File Name 
Specifies the location to transfer the file(s) to on each of the destination agents.
</ul>

When you Launch the UDM File Transfer Task, the Controller will create a unique instance of the Task for each of the 3 Agents in the Agent Cluster Definition. And consequently the /tmp/ops_user.xml file on UCD-DKR001 will be transferred to /tmp/ops_user.xml on each of the 3 Agents in the Agent Cluster Definition.

Tip

If you also include the ${ops_agent_name} variable in the UDM File Transfer Task Name, each of the spawned task instances will contain the name of the agent that it is associated with.

For Example:

B-10316

Ignore Inactive or Suspended Agents for Cluster Broadcast

When you create or update an Agent Cluster definition you now have the option to prevent agents from being used by the Cluster Broadcast function if an agent, or its membership in the Cluster, is either Suspended or Inactive. Two new check-boxes on the Agent Cluster Definition form have been provided to facilitate this new functionality. By default these options are unchecked, to use the new functionality you must check the required option(s).

B-05576

Add capability for Cluster Broadcast Variable in tasks where Cluster Broadcast is used.

All tasks that can use the Cluster Broadcast functionality now support selection of the Agent Cluster for Cluster Broadcast via a variable.

File Transfer Task / FTP File Monitor Enhancements

Backlog	Title	Description
B-10763	System configuration of allowable protocols for File Transfer and FTP File Monitor Tasks	System administrators can now optionally restrict which protocols are available for File Transfer and FTP File Monitor tasks. Two new system properties "File Transfer Task Exclude Protocols" and "FTP File Monitor Task Exclude Protocols" allow the administrator to select which file transfer protocol(s) (FTP, SFTP, FTPS) should be unavailable for selection within the corresponding task type.

Platform Support Updates

Backlog	Title	Description
B-10223	Upgrade packaged Oracle JDBC Driver to ojdbc8	Universal Controller is now shipped with the Oracle JDBC Driver ojdbc8 version 18.3.
B-10314	Validated Support for Open JRE 8	Universal Controller version 6.6.0.0 and higher are validated to support Open JRE 8.
B-10318	Validated Support for MySQL 8.0	Universal Controller version 6.6.0.0 and higher are validated to support MySQL 8.0.
B-10320	Validated Support for Oracle 18c	Universal Controller version 6.6.0.0 and higher are validated to support Oracle 18c.
B-10321	Validated Support for SQL Server 2017	Universal Controller version 6.6.0.0 and higher are validated to support SQL Server 2017.

Reporting Enhancements

Backlog

Title

Description

B-10376

Report Chart Group by for Date/Time fields to specify Range of Grouping

Previously report charts that grouped data by any of the available date/time fields based the grouping on the way the date/time field is stored in the database (typically at the millisecond level).

This enhancement allows for the creation of more meaningful reports that can group chart data with the following levels of granularity: