Release Notes

Universal Agent release 7.3.0.0 contains the following high-level features. For a complete list of all the included features and fixes please refer to the Universal Agent 7.3.x Maintenance list.

Application Integration

Backlog	Title	Description
B-10881	Add retryable conditions to failed PeopleSoft web service calls	Add ability to retry failed PeopleSoft web service calls using values specified by the new APPL_RETRY_MSG_IDS, APPL_RETRY_INTERVAL, and APPL_RETRY_COUNT configuration options.

UAG

Backlog

Title

Description

B-14072

Add configuration for timeout between sigterm and sigkill (Cancel)

Adds the PROCESS_CANCEL_TIMEOUT option to specify the amount of time a Universal Agent will allow between issuing a SIGTERM and a SIGKILL in response to a Cancel command from Universal Controller.

Note

This is an enhancement to B-14071: Wait for process tree to complete after cancel before reporting to Universal Controller, which was delivered as B-14071 with Universal Agent 7.2.0.0. That delivery provided a hard-coded timeout when the KILL_PROCESS_TREE option was yes. This update makes that value configurable.

B-14619

Add proxy server support for UAGSRV - OMS connections

Add the ability to connect to OMS Server via a proxy server.

A new UAG Server configuration option, PROXY_URL, is provided to configure this connection.

The UAG Server command line client, UAGCMD, provides a new network.proxy_url parameter to configure this connection.

Universal Integration Platform

Backlog	Title	Description
B-14552 B-14553 B-14554	Add code completion support to the VisualStudio Code plugin for Universal Extension development.	Adds context-aware code completion support for the following items, when typed from VisualStudio Code while using the Universal Extension development plugin: method field names @dynamic_command @dynamic_choice_command
B-14722 B-14723	Implement subcommand to clean/purge the generated package	Add the uip clean command to the UIP-CLI utility to remove the `build`, `dist`, and `temp` directories that contain packages generated by the uip build and uip push commands. Add support for the uip clean command to the VisualStudio Code plugin for Universal Extension development.
B-15659	Universal Template - SAP Connection field type (UA-Extension Integration)	Make the properties set by the new SAP Connection field types (see Universal Controller item B-13199) accessible to Universal Extension tasks. This backlog also provides code completion support for these new properties via the VisualStudio Code plugin for Universal Extension development.
B-15848	Add ability to launch and debug Universal Extension tasks from VSCode IDE without a UC connection	Add the ability to launch and debug Universal Extension tasks from the VisualStudio Code IDE without a connection to Universal Controller.
B-16718	Unified extension zip filename	Ensure that the .zip file name generated for Universal Extension template is the same when created by UIP-CLI's uip build -a command and when exported from Universal Controller (see Controller item B-16719). In both instances, the file name will be `unv_tmplt_{Universal Template Name}-{Version from extension.yml}.zip`, where `Universal Template Name` is lower case and replaces any non-alphanumeric characters with underscores (_). `Version from extension.yml` follows Semantic Versioning guidelines specified here.

z/OS Enhancements

Backlog	Title	Description
B-02925	Use temporary JCL library for temporary JCL changes.	Add the ability to save the JCL of jobs submitted via a z/OS task. The JCL is saved to a user-allocated PDS/E (recommended) or PDS as specified by a new UAG Server configuration option, JCL_SAVE_LIBRARY.
B-10131	Add SYSAFF=sysname into JOBCARD when zOS task submitted via Controller	Adds a SYSTEM or SYSAFF parameter to the job card for z/OS tasks that contain a value for the SYSTEM or SYSAFF Parameter field provided by Universal Controller item B-10132.
B-10268	Make timeout on JES output read configurable	Add the ability to set a timeout for obtaining z/OS task output from JES. The timeout value is specified with a new UAG Server configuration option, JES_SYSOUT_TIMEOUT.
B-10380	Allow configurable space parameters for UAGSRV Temporary Output Datasets on zOS	Add the ability to specify space parameter for temporary output datasets created by a z/OS task instance. The parameters are set via a new UAG Server configuration option, JES_SYSOUT_SPACE.
B-15808	Restore "old" UAGRERUN support, including step restart and basic dataset cleanup	Improve support for stand-alone execution of the UAGRERUN utility. Recent changes to the UAGRERUN utility have focused on integration with rerun/restart features provided by the Universal Controller. This backlog delivers enhancements needed to execute UAGRERUN outside of the Controller.
B-15809	Enable GDG cleanup support for standalone execution	Enhance UAGRERUN's support for GDG cleanup when executed outside of the Controller.
B-15813	Generate report showing actual results/effect of GDG adjustments	Generate a report to show the actual results and effects of GDG adjustments made by UAGRERUN.

Development

Backlog

Title

Description

B-14806
B-14807

Upgrade OpenSSL distributions to latest 1.1.1x release

Upgrade the OpenSSL library used by Universal Agent and its components from OpenSSL 1.1.1b to OpenSSL 1.1.1n.

Note

The OpenSSL version using by the Universal Agent for HP-UX and z/OS was unchanged.

B-15876

Update libcURL to 7.83.1

Update the libcURL library used by the following Universal Agent components 7.54.0 to 7.83.1:

Universal FTP Client (UFTP)
Universal Connector for PeopleSoft Process Scheduler (UPPS)

Platform Certifications

Backlog	Title	Description
B-15596	Windows Server 2022 Certification	Certify Universal Agent for Windows Server 2022.
B-15670	z/OS 2.5 Certification	Certify Universal Agent for z/OS 2.5.

Universal Agent 7.3.0.0 Release Notes