Enhance options used to override a CA-7 Schedule ID with the following changes:

• Support lists and ranges of Schedule IDs with the #JI statement (e.g., #JI,ID=(1,3,5-8,12)).
• Accept #XI, #XO, and #XEND statements as synonyms for the #JI, #JO, and #JEND statements already supported by UAG Server

UAG: Create local data store to hold job execution and checkpoint information to support standalone execution

UAG for z/OS can now maintain a local job history dataset which can be used to manually rerun jobs executed by UAG.

Jobs rerun manually in this manner are not monitored or tracked by UAG or UC.

See UAGCFG00 configuration options history_dataset and history_retention and installation job UNVIN12 for details on how to create and configure this functionality.

See: "UAGRERUN Stand Alone Execution" in the Universal Agent User Guide for details on stand alone rerun execution.

Ubroker should mount UNVSPOOL with RWSHARE in Sysplex

The broker will now mount filesystem UNVSPOOL with the zFS RWSHARE option in a Sysplex to prevent sharing violations.

Support for JES2 /*ROUTE PRINT statements

When a job submitted by UAG contains a JES2 /*ROUTE PRINT statement, the output can be routed to another system before UAG has a chance to process it. UAG Will now recognize the existence of these statements and comment them out while saving the destination. The job's output will be temporarily routed to the output class specified on the jes_sysout_class configuration parameter in UAGCFG00. When output processing is complete, UAG then route the job's output to the original class and destination.

Add PGP signatures to Universal Agent distribution files.

For information on verifying these signatures, please refer to the following information.

z/OS - Add support for EXEC RD parameter

New behavior. This backlog adds support for the JCL RD keyword on the JOB and EXEC statements. When RD=NR or RD=NC is specified, the affected step will be marked as non-restartable by UAG.

This new behavior can be disabled with the NORDNR UAGRERUN parameter.

See new configuration option rerun_options in UAGCFG00 for disabling this behavior globally.

Support Deletion of unexpired datasets

When the UAGRERUN program deletes datasets prior to a run or rerun of a job, it will now override the expiration date, if any.

When the Universal Agent AGENT_IP configuration option specifies an IP address instead of a host name, eliminate the UNV0182E 'Cannot resolve' error, and accept the IP address as entered.

Always insert the UAGRERUN step ahead of any IF statements in the JCL. This will ensure that UAGRERUN is executed ahead of any initial EXEC or PROC statement that may be enclosed within an IF statement.

Prevent a JCL error by ensuring that line numbers are not pulled into a JCL statement when

• The JCL used for a z/OS task contains line numbers, and
• A z/OS task variable is replaced with a value that is shorter than the variable name

The fix also prevents truncation of JCL statements that contain in-line data with hexadecimal values.

UAG: Improve handling of ABEND Step Conditions

When a step ABENDs and a Step Condition is used to ignore the ABEND (OK/Contiue), a subsequent step which references the ABENDing step in a JCL COND= keyword can execute, even if it normally would not. With this fix, any step which references an ABENDing step will not execute.

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