All Platforms Package Maintenance Levels - Agent 7.2.x
Overview
This page identifies the changes made in all Universal Agent 7.2.x maintenance releases, including the initial release, for all supported platforms.
Each change identifies the platform(s) for which it was made.
For a list of changes made to optional Agent 7.2.x packages, such as Universal Command Agent for SOA 6.7.x, see the platform-specific Maintenance Levels pages.
For a list of all changes in a release - all platforms, specific components - see Component Maintenance Levels.
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.
Release 7.2.0.9 - March 12, 2024
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-11900 | Unix | UAGSRV | Ensure that failed attempts to launch child processes spawned by UAG Server (via the |
D-12304 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Improves threading support for some OpenSSL functions to prevent UAG Server unexpected terminating with an exit code 8 or an 0C4 ABEND. |
Release 7.2.0.8 - February 13, 2024
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-11676 | Unix | UAGSRV | Fixes an intermittent issue where UAGSRV may terminate abnormally when stopped with the Universal Control utility (UCTL). The failure is not common and was observed only when the UAG Server JTSK_NUM configuration option was set to its maximum value of 64. |
D-12222 | z/OS | UAGRERUN | Resolves unexpected behavior for a z/OS task, under the following conditions:
Prior to this fix, the EXEC COND= parameter is not honored when the ABEND occurs, and the step executes. This fix ensures the Step Condition and the EXEC COND= configuration is honored. |
D-12223 | Windows | UAGSRV | Adds the Windows network error ERROR_UNEXP_NET_ERR (59) as a retry-able error condition for a Windows File Monitor task, when file monitor fault tolerance is enabled. |
Release 7.2.0.7 - January 9, 2024
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-11555 | Unix Windows | USAP | Resolves a performance issue when downloading a large SAP spool file. |
Release 7.2.0.6 - December 12, 2023
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-11353 | All | UFTP UPPS | Update the libcURL library used by Universal Agent components to 7.88.1 for Unix/Windows and 7.81.0 for zOS. The libcURL library used for the Universal Agent for HP-UX distribution was not updated. |
D-11189 | All | OMSSRV | Update the OpenSSL library used by Universal Agent components to 1.1.1u. The OpenSSL library used for the Universal Agent for HP-UX distribution was not updated. |
D-11889 | All | OMSSRV UAGSRV UBROKER UCMSRV UCTSRV UDMSRV UEMSRV | Changes the message digest used to sign internally-created self-signed certificates from SHA1 to SHA256 to prevent UC-OMS connection failures on newer Linux distributions. |
Release 7.2.0.5 - October 31, 2023
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-11115 | Unix (except HP-UX) Windows | UAGSRV UEXT | Fixes a problem where the requires_python field of a Universal Extension fails to detect or select a suitable Python executable when comparison operators less than (<) or greater than (>) are used. |
D-11174 | All | UCMD | Prevent an error when the value of the - pwd option contains a single space (e.g., -pwd " " ). |
D-11342 | Unix Windows | UAGSRV | Ensures that any temporary files created by Universal Extension tasks are properly removed following completion of UAG Server warm start processing. |
D-11458 | All | UAGSRV | Fixes a problem where UAG Server memory's consumption may gradually increase following repeated, forced reconnections to OMS Server. |
Release 7.2.0.4 - July 31, 2023
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-11137 | Windows | UAGSRV | Restore the ability for Windows file monitor tasks to correctly interpret file paths that contain a double backslash (i.e., \\). |
D-11156 | Unix | UAGSRV | Ensure that all file descriptors are properly closed when a task fails because credentials were specified for a user account that does not exist. |
D-11166 | All | UFTP | Fixes an issue that causes UFTP to fail when multiple files are transferred to a remote directory path that contains spaces. |
D-11178 | Unix | UAGSRV | Fixes an issue that could result in excessive CPU consumption when UAG Server launches and/or executes several different task types concurrently. |
D-11238 | Unix | UFTP UPPS | Update the libssh2 library used by Universal Agent components from 1.9.0 to 1.10.0. |
D-11335 | Windows | UAGSRV | Fixes an issue that prevents successful completion of a Change file monitor instance when the file path contains double backslashes (i.e., \\) or a single forward slash (i.e., /). Prior to this fix, the task instance remains in a Running status. |
D-11424 | z/OS | UAGU83 | Fixes a problem where an ABEND within the UAGU83 SMF exit module could cause RMF to terminate with an S0C1. |
Release 7.2.0.3 - April 28, 2023
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-09964 | Unix | UAGSRV | Ensure that all file descriptors are closed when an attempt to execute an Agent File Monitor task using credentials for a non-existent user is specified. |
D-10316 | Unix (except Solaris Intel) Windows | USAP | Fix an issue that requires SAP credentials to be specified when using X.509 certificate authentication. It is now possible to execute USAP using only an X.509 certificate. |
D-10510 | z/OS | UDM UDMSRV | Eliminate all "benign" ICH408I message occurrences from the RACF log. These messages would sometimes appear during UDM's processing, when checking for access to resources it required. UDM would silently ignore the situation that caused these messages, using an alternate execution path. This change will ensure that UDM takes no action that could result in these messages. |
D-10727 | z/OS | UCMD | Fix an issue that prevented a z/OS UCMD Manager from performing a success network fault tolerant (NFT) recovery when SystemSSL was used. |
D-10897 | Unix Windows | UAGSRV | Fix a situation in which a create or change file monitor task using a stability check may fail to detect the creation of or change to intended files. |
D-10910 | All | UBROKER | Fix a memory leak that, if left unchecked, could require frequent Universal Broker restarts. |
D-10934 | All | UBROKER | Fix a memory leak that could occur within the Universal Broker Memory when responding to a UAG Server configuration refresh request |
D-11003 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Fix a situation in which a z/OS File Monitor task could be triggered more than once for the same dataset or file |
D-11059 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Fix a situation in which the step that executes the UAGRERUN utility is inserted into a z/OS task's JCL at an unexpected/unsupported location |
D-11084 | Unix (except HP-UX) | UAGSRV UEXT | Fix a performance issue that may occur when a Universal Extension task's output is returned via EXTENTION OUTPUT. |
D-11108 | Unix (except HP-UX) Windows | UAGSRV UEXT | Correct the spelling of a credential's passphrase when referenced by a Universal Extension task. The previous spelling pasphrase is now corrected to passphrase. For backward compatibility, pasphrase is still accepted, but new extensions should use the correct spelling as this backward compatibility could be lost in future releases. |
D-11118 | All | UAGSRV | Fix a situation in which tasks could end with a Start Failure or say in a Queued status if the Agent's hostname is longer than 62 characters. |
D-11198 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Fix a situation in which a password might be exposed in the Universal Agent log. |
D-11212 | Unix | Python | Update the version of Python distributed with Universal Agent from 3.7.6 to 3.7.16. |
Release 7.2.0.1 - August 5, 2022
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-10715 | Unix | UAGSRV | Fix a problem where File Monitor tasks do not honor a specified stable period if there are multiple file monitor instances running with the same credentials. Note This item may be identified in other UA releases as D-10568 or D-10705. |
D-10716 | All | UAGSRV | Prevent a deadlock that may occur when a CHANGE File Monitor instance detects new matching files. Note This item may be identified in other UA releases as D-10587 or D-10707. |
D-10717 | Windows | UAGSRV | Ensure that Windows Powershell and batch scripts which reside in the Controller's script library and whose contents include UTF8 sequences are handled correctly by UAG Server. Note This item may be identified in other UA releases as D-10563. |
D-10732 | All | UAGSRV | Prevent a CHANGE File Monitor that specifies a stable period from incorrectly generating multiple events. Note This item may be identified in other UA releases as D-10544 or D-10733. |
D-10796 | Unix (except Solaris Intel) | USAP | Prevent a failure for the Display Event History command when the timestamp exceeds 8 characters. This item may be identified in other UA releases as D-10742 or D-10795. |
D-10827 | Unix (except Solaris Intel) | USAP | Prevent a failure when a model job uses a jobname of exactly 32 characters in length. Note This item may be identified in other UA releases as D-10730 or D-10828. |
D-10849 | Unix | UBROKER | Remove world-writable permission from the Note This item may be identified in other UA releases as D-05312. |
D-10852 | Windows | UAGSRV | Prevent a situation in which the value of the UAG Server Note This item may be identified in other UA releases as D-10783. |
Release 7.2.0.0 - April 1, 2022
B-13286 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Extend the AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option to support the primary_secondary value, which will instruct a Universal Agent configured with a SYSPLEX_ROLE of primary to start as a secondary Agent if another primary Agent is already running. Note The AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option continues to support a default value of never, which will disable automatic failover and will require failovers to be managed manually via a Universal Broker MODIFY command. |
B-13287 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Extend the AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option to support the secondary_primary[n] value, where n is an optional numeric value that sets a priority to determine which secondary Agent (among several active secondary Agents) will take over as primary. Note The AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option continues to support a default value of never, which will disable automatic failover and will require failovers to be managed manually via a Universal Broker MODIFY command. |
B-13288 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Added the (mutually-exclusive) ZOS_JOB_SYSAFF and ZOS_JOB_SYSTEM configuration options that can manage a zOS task's execution via a SYSAFF or SYSTEM JOB card parameter, respectively. |
B-13292 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Extend the AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option to support the always_primary value, which will force an Agent whose SYSPLEX_ROLE is primary to always start as a Primary Agent. Any other Agent running as a Primary Agent will become a Secondary Agent when this Agent starts. Note The AUTOMATIC_FAILOVER option continues to support a default value of never, which will disable automatic failover and will require failovers to be managed manually via a Universal Broker MODIFY command. |
B-14036 | All | UFTP | Establish a connection to the (S)FTP Server before attempting the requested transfer operation. This will allow connection-specific failures to be isolated and reported. To support this change, the following message: UNV3707E cURL reports could not connect. was replaced with: UNV6955E Unable to establish an FTP server connection (curl_rc): curl_msg where curl_rc and curl_msg are the return code and error message, respectively, that identify the problem. In addition, UFTP now displays the entire connection conversation between it and the Server without requiring the -verbose option. |
B-14071 | Unix | UAGSRV | Add the KILL_PROCESS_TREE option to control how UAG Server responds to a Cancel task command from Universal Controller. When yes, the entire process tree is terminated via SIGTERM. Any process within the tree that is still running after 10 seconds is terminated with a SIGKILL. UAG Server will confirm that all processes in the process tree are terminated before it notifies the Controller of the termination. To preserve compatibility with existing behavior, the default value for this option is no, which can prevent the termination of a process in the tree that ignores the SIGTERM signal. This may cause the task's status in the Universal Controller to show Cancelled although the (now orphaned) process continues to run. Note This new option has no effect on tasks running with sudo authority. Such tasks will not receive a SIGTERM signal and are always terminated immediately with a SIGKILL. |
B-14270 | Unix | UEXT | Remove internal DEBUG-level messages that are generated by the Universal Extension base class when the extension task's log level is DEBUG. Only DEBUG messages issued by the extension developer should be shown. Note The HP-UX and z/OS Agents do not provide the Universal Extension. |
B-14271 | Unix | UEXT | Add the following commands/options to the UIP-CLI utility:
Note The HP-UX and z/OS agents do not provide the Universal Extension. |
B-14544 | Unix | UEXT | Make all all Task Instance variables set by the Controller for a Universal Extension task available to the Extension. An extension can access these variables via the Note The HP-UX and z/OS agents do not provide the Universal Extension. |
B-14630 | Unix | UAGSRV | Add the ability to retrieve values from the Universal Controller File Transfer Task form that support transfers using explicit FTPS (that is, FTP with SSL). Note Explicit FTPS (FTPES) support was added to the Agent in the 7.1.0.0 release with B-10691. The change delivered in Universal Agent 7.2.0.0 provides full support and integration with the File Transfer Task. |
B-14720 | Windows | UEXT | Add Visual Studio Code Plugin support for the UIP-CLI task commands provided by B-14271 (see above). Note The HP-UX and z/OS agents do not provide the Universal Extension. |
B-14724 | Unix | UEXT | To support integration with Universal Monitor tasks, receive information from the Controller that can by used to identify an Extension task launched via a Universal Monitor Trigger. Values received from the Controller are saved in the following properties:
The Universal Extension base class sets the following property when a Trigger ID is received:
Note The HP-UX and z/OS agents do not provide the Universal Extension. |
B-14725 | Unix | UAGSRV | Add full support for Universal Monitor tasks, including the ability to reconnect to Universal Extension tasks (executed on behalf of the Monitor task) that continue to run when an Agent is restarted. Note The HP-UX and z/OS agents do not provide the Universal Extension. |
D-10379 | Windows | UAGSRV | Fix an issue where a File Monitor task running on a Windows Agent fails to recognize Unicode characters. |
D-10417 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Fix an issue that prevents a z/OS Agent using IBM System SSL (that is, RACF-based keyrings) from connecting to an OMS Server. |
D-10430 | Unix | UAGSRV | When an SAP task instance is cancelled, ensure that the associated Universal Connector for SAP (USAP) process is cancelled as well. |
D-10523 | Unix | UDM | Prevent an authentication error for a File Transfer task when the following conditions exist:
For example: Starting with UA 7.0.0.0, this will cause the resolved $(ops_primary_cred_pwd) value in the |
D-10530 | Unix | UBROKER | When the Universal Broker daemon encounters an EPIPE when attempting to log a message to unv.log , close the existing log file and resume logging to a new file. |
D-10531 | z/OS | UDM | Fix an issue where an attempt to transfer PDS members from z/OS using UDM may result in an S0C4 ABEND. When this occurs, the following error is reported:
Note This problem was introduced by D-08997, delivered in UA 7.1.0.0. |
D-10534 | Unix | UAGSRV | UAG Server may crash when a Universal Extension task references a credential token greater than 3000 characters in length. Note The HP-UX and z/OS agents do not provide the Universal Extension. |
D-10556 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Fix an issue that prevented a file monitor task from locating datasets when a wildcard is used as the first character in the dataset pattern. This restores behavior that existed prior to Universal Agent 7.0.0.0. |
D-10559 | Unix | UAGSRV | Fix an issue introduced in UA 7.1.0.0, where a Universal Task fails to properly resolve resolvable credentials when the credential variable is enclosed in double quotes. |
D-10567 | Unix | OMSSRV | When OMS Server's AUTHENTICATE_PEER option is no, fix an issue that will cause OMS to accept an SSL connection when no client certificate is presented, even when an OMS_ACCESS UACL rule exists to reject such connections. |
D-10676 | All | UFTP | Ensures that UFTP will not crash when used to transfer a comma-separated list of files from z/OS using the MGET command. |
D-10687 | z/OS | UAGSRV | When running a File Transfer Task via a z/OS Agent, if the Local and/or Remote Filename values exceeded 72 characters, UAG Server failed to properly format the SYSIN DD statement in the JCL used to execute UFTP. The z/OS Agent now ensures that such values are properly terminated at column 72 and continued to the next line. |