z/OS Package Maintenance Levels - Agent 7.7.x


Overview

This page identifies the package contents for all Universal Agent 7.7.x for z/OS maintenance releases, including the initial release, and the maintenance level of every component in each package.

For each release, changes made to individual components for z/OS only, and for z/OS and one or more other platforms, are identified. Maintenance level changes to a component for non-z/OS platforms are not shown.

For a list of all changes in a release - all platforms, all components - see All Platforms Package Maintenance Levels - Agent 7.7.x.

For a list of all changes in a release - all platforms, specific components - see Component Maintenance Levels - Agent 7.7.x.

Universal Agent 7.7.x for z/OS Packages

The following table identifies the maintenance level of all components contained in each Universal Agent 7.7.x for z/OS package.
 

Release

Release Date

SMP/E
Install

Universal
Broker

Universal
Automation
Center
Agent

Universal
Message
Service
(OMS)

Controller
Command
Line
Interface

Universal
Certificate

Universal
Command
Manager

Universal
Command
Server

Universal
Connector
for SAP

Universal
Connector
for PeopleSoft

Universal
Control

Universal
Database
Utilities

Universal
Data
Mover
Manager

Universal
Data
Mover
Server

Universal
Encrypt

Universal
Enterprise
Controller

Universal
Event
Monitor

Universal
FTP Client

Universal
Query

7.7.1.0

November 12, 2024

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0


7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

6.7.1.0


7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.1.0

7.7.0.0

October 1, 2024

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0


7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

6.7.0.0


7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

7.7.0.0

Note

Install changes refer to changes to the programs, scripts, or supporting files used to install the package. There are no changes to the actual product components.

Agent 7.7.1.0 - November 12, 2024


Change IDPlatformsComponentDescription

z/OSPKG

Note

The Universal Agent 7.7.1.0 for z/OS delivery is not a PTF maintenance delivery, but a complete new package with new FMIDs. To upgrade from a UA 7.7.0 install, simply follow the normal 7.7.x upgrade procedures that would be used when upgrading from any previous release.

B-21212

z/OS

UAGSRV

Provide sysplex support for the z/OS External Monitor task.

D-11405z/OS

USAP

Fixes the situation in which a job name longer than 14 characters may result in an error message stating that the variant "exceeds maximum allowed size of 14 bytes".

D-12841

z/OS

UDM
UDMSRV
Allow multiple sessions to be created from a single UDM script when SystemSSL is used.
D-12826AllUAGSRVFixes a situation in which UAG Server may not receive OMS messages, causing submitted tasks to stay in a Queued state, although the Universal Agent is still successfully sending heartbeat messages to the Controller.

Agent 7.7.0.0 - October 1, 2024

Change IDPlatformsComponentDescription
B-06499z/OS

UAGSRV
UAGU84
UAGUTIL

Provide the ability to monitor IBM z/OS jobs executed outside of the Universal Controller.

The Universal Controller 7.7.0.0 release provides a new z/OS Monitor task type and associated z/OS Monitor Trigger that can report the status of these jobs and direct additional work based on the monitor's completion.

B-18371All (except HP-UX)

OMSSRV
UAGSRV
UBROKER
UCERT
UCMD
UCMSRV
UCTL 
UCTSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UEM
UFTP

Upgrade the OpenSSL library that Universal Agent uses to OpenSSL 3.0.14.
B-19912z/OSUAGSRV
UAGWMDBX

Provide the ability to access to Write-to-Operator (WTO) messages issued to different address spaces.

D-11270z/OSUAGSRVProvide message UAG5656E Dataset <dsname> specified for <jcl_save_library> cannot be found to make UAG Server start failures that occur due to missing JCL_SAVE_LIBRARY datasets more clear.
D-11929z/OSUAGSRV

Provide a new UAG Server configuration option, RERUN_BEFORE_INCLUDE, which is defined in UAGCFG00. This option controls whether a JCL INCLUDE statement should trigger the insertion of the UAGRERUN step.

Valid values and their meaning are as follows:

  • no -- a JCL INCLUDE statement will not trigger insertion of a UAGRERUN step. This is the default, which matches the behavior in previous versions.
  • yes – a UAGRERUN step is inserted ahead of a JCL INCLUDE statement.
D-12020Unix
Windows
z/OS
UDM
UDMSRV
Expands support for files whose names contain multibyte (i.e., Unicode) characters.
D-12493z/OSUAGCMDFail correctly when the -q or -t option is specified for UAGCMD on a platform that does not yet support TLS 1.3.
D-12505z/OSUAGSRV

Adds the following messages to provide better information when the UNVJSC cluster dataset is not found or fails to open:

  • UAG5656 - Dataset jscds must be a VSAM cluster, where jscds is the name of the UNVJSC dataset
  • UAG5657 - Dataset jscds could not be opened, where jscds is the name of the UNVJSC dataset
D-12506z/OSUAGRERUN

Improve error messaging when UAGRERUN executes on a system that does not have UAG Server. For example, when z/OS Workload Manager routes a job to a non-Agent system within a Sysplex, include a clear description of the error and the system on which UAGRERUN ran.

D-12543z/OSUAGRERUNEnsures that unexpired archived datasets are deleted by UAGRERUN's cleanup logic.
D-12564z/OSUAGSRVFix the value reported for the MIN_SSL_PROTOCOL option in the UNVAUDIT report.
D-12576z/OSUAGSRVRelax validation for UAG Server's AGENT_IP configuration option on z/OS to accept VIPA addresses.
D-12638z/OSUAGSRVWhen all steps selected for rerun FLUSH, ensure the task instance for that rerun ends with a Failed status.
D-12652z/OSUAGSRVDo not require a value for the CA_CERTIFICATES configuration option when SystemSSL is used and the Agent requests OMS Server authentication.
D-12670Unix
Windows
z/OS
UDMFixes a possible password exposure in a trace file when UDM executes on systems whose locale is not UTF-8. 
E-02039AllAllMiscellaneous fixes to improve Universal Agent stability and reliability.