Universal Agent 7.7.x Maintenance

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Last updated: Nov 12, 2024 by Alec Berger
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Introduction

Universal Agent 7.7.x consists of a family of components that address distributed systems management and automation. The components are packaged together as product installation packages. Product installation packages are provided for a variety of operating systems and hardware.

Stonebranch provides product maintenance in the form of updated product installation packages that contained the latest maintenance levels of product components. These pages list the product installation package and component maintenance history for Universal Agent 7.7.x.

Product Packaging

Agent components are bundled together into product installation packages, referred to simply as packages in this document. Each package is identified with a package version number and each component within a package is identified with a component version number.

Each package and component maintenance level is identified with a version number (see Versioning, below). The component maintenance level is incremented whenever a new component is made available that contains defect fixes or feature enhancements. A package maintenance level is incremented when a product component within the package changes or the package installation changes.

Package maintenance levels are not necessarily made available for all platforms. Package maintenance may be released for a subset of supported platforms. For example, Universal Agent 7.7.1 for z/OS and UNIX may be at maintenance level 7.7.1.1, but Universal Agent 7.7.1 for Windows may be at 7.7.1.0.

Stonebranch changes product version, release, or modification identifiers at its discretion when it deems an appropriate number of enhancements or capabilities have been introduced to warrant the change.

Versioning

Package version numbers are comprised of four numeric identifiers: version, release, modification level, and maintenance level.

For example, for Universal Agent 7.7.1.0:

  • 7 = Version 0
  • 7 = Release 7
  • 1 = Modification Level 1
  • 0 = Maintenance Level 0

Product component version numbers are similar to the package version numbers. Each product component within the package is identified with the same version, release, and modification level as the package. For Unix and Windows releases the maintenance level of all components will also match the package's maintenance level. However, for PTF-based maintenance provided for z/OS and IBM i, there could be some variation between the package's maintenance level and the components' maintenance level.

For example, within a Universal Agent 7.7.1.0 package, there could be a Universal Command 7.7.0.0 component:

  • 7 = Version 7
  • 7 = Release 7
  • 1 = Modification Level 1
  • 0 = Maintenance Level 0

Packaging Methods

Packaging methods vary among platforms based on the installation conventions and vendor recommendations for the platform. The purpose of this section is to describe the packaging and distribution methods used for the Workload Automation package on its supported platforms.
 

z/OS

The Universal Agent 7.7.1.0 package is an SMP/E install consisting of multiple FMIDs. The package is composed of a set of FMIDs for MVS components and a set of FMIDs for UNIX System Services (USS) components. The MVS components are required and the USS components are optional.
 
Maintenance is packaged as a cumulative PTF file containing all available product PTFs for all products within the Universal Agent package.

Windows

All packages are created with the InstallShield Windows packaging tool. The package is installed with Microsoft’s Windows Installer.
 
Product maintenance is packaged as an updated Windows Installer installation package. The installation process upgrades the current install to the latest product maintenance level.

UNIX

There are two installation methods supported on UNIX platforms, both of which are initiated from a Stonebranch script:

  • A system installation uses the UNIX package management system to install the product in vendor-recommended installation directories.
  • A user mode installation method is performed outside of the UNIX package management system. It allows installation of the product in user-selected directories, and supports multiple installs of differing versions or the same versions of the product.

Product maintenance is packaged as an updated installation package. The installation process upgrades the current installation to the latest product maintenance level.


UNIX vendor system installation formats are as follows:

  • AIX is packaged in an RPM format and installed with the rpm command.
  • HP-UX is packaged in an HP depot format and installed with the HP swinstall command.
  • Linux is packaged in an RPM format and installed with the Linux rpm command.
  • Sun Solaris is packaged in a Sun software package format and installed with the Sun pkgadd command.

IBM i

The package is an IBM i Licensed Program and installed with the IBM i RSTLICPGM command. By default, all product and dependent product identifiers are installed.
 
Maintenance is packaged as a cumulative PTF file containing all available product PTFs.

Package Maintenance Levels

For detailed information on the maintenance levels of platform-specific Universal Agent packages, see:

Component Maintenance Levels

For detailed information on the maintenance levels of individual Universal Agent components, see: