Universal Agent 6.5.0.0 Release Notes

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UQuery Updates

New UQuery option to return the UAG QName. This is being provided in support of a new Universal Controller feature to support scheduling of Windows and Linux/Unix tasks via external load balancing and clustering mechanisms such as Reverse Proxy Load balancers, Virtual IP Addresses, MS Clusters, IBM HACMP, etc.

Remove Requirement on z/OS for BPX.DAEMON and BPX.SUPERUSER

Universal Agent installations on z/OS will no longer require BPX.DAEMON or BPX.SUPERUSER authorizations. Previously, BPX.SUPERUSER and BPX.DAEMON were required to allow UBROKER components to switch user context; the Universal Agent 6.5.x implementation without BPX.SUPERUSER and BPX.DAEMON will still support user switching.

Platform Support Updates / Product End of Life Notification

  • Withdrawal of support for 32-bit versions of Windows and Linux. Customers should be advised that we will not be delivering 32-bit versions of the Universal Agent for the Windows or Linux platforms with this release. 32-bit versions of older releases will remain available until those releases reach their end-of-life dates. This information can be found on the Stonebranch Product Release End of Support Dates page of the product documentation.
  • Customers using the IBM System z platform should be aware that with the release of Universal Agent 6.5, we are supporting z/OS 2.2 and 2.3.
  • With the release of Universal Agent 6.5.0.0, we are providing advanced notification for the withdrawal of support for the Universal Agent 6.4.x product releases, effective September 30, 2019. Information regarding supported product releases and end-of-support dates can be found here.

Security Enhancements

  • OMS Client SSL Authentication. Connections between the OMS Server and the OMS Clients (Universal Agents and Universal Controller) now can be configured to require the OMS Clients to be validated via a Certificate (OMS Clients can already validate the OMS server via this method). This additional layer of security allows Universal Controller customers to ensure that no "rogue" Universal Agents can be configured to connect to a Universal Controller instance.
  • Enhanced security for how credentials are passed from Universal Controller to Universal Agent (UAG) via OMS.