All Platforms Package Maintenance Levels - Agent 7.6.x
Overview
This page identifies the changes made in all Universal Agent 7.6.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 7.6.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 7.6.0.6 - November 12, 2024
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-11405 | z/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-12826 | All | UAGSRV | Fixes 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. |
D-12913 | Unix | UEXT | Fixes a situation in which a Universal Extension Task fails to reconnect to a Universal Agent following an Agent restart. |
D-12938 | Unix Windows | UAGSRV | Fixes a problem where an Agent File Monitor task fails to detect files larger than 20 GB when a minimum file size is specified. |
D-12946 | Unix Windows | OMSSRV | Fixes a problem in which force finishing an Agent task may result in subsequent tasks to stay in Queued state. |
Release 7.6.0.5 - October 8, 2024
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-12265 | Windows | INSTALL | Suppress all message boxes and dialogs when the user mode install is run in SILENT mode. |
D-12303 | Windows | UAGSRV | Fixes a problem that causes Agent File Monitors running on Windows to fail when user credentials contain Unicode characters. |
D-12314 | Unix | UDM | Fixes a possible password exposure when a File Transfer Task using a UDM script echoes the$(ops_primary_cred_pwd) value when specified for anexec statement. Prior to the fix, the value was not scrubbed from the task output. This fix provides proper scrubbing for this value. |
D-12576 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Relax validation for UAG Server's AGENT_IP configuration option on z/OS to accept VIPA addresses. |
D-12652 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Do not require a value for the CA_CERTIFICATES configuration option when SystemSSL is used and the Agent requests OMS Server authentication. |
D-12976 | Unix Windows | USAP | Prevent a possible crash when executing the DISPLAY selscreen command with USAP. |
Release 7.6.0.4 - September 10, 2024
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-11460 | Unix | UAGSRV | Improve Agent warm start behavior in low memory environments to allow more task statuses to be recovered and accurately reported. |
D-12564 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Fix the value reported for the MIN_SSL_PROTOCOL option in the UNVAUDIT report. |
D-12633 | Unix Windows | UBROKER | Manage uems.db growth by removing information for an event occurrence upon completion. |
D-12659 | Unix Windows | UAGSRV | Prevent an unnecessary UTF-8 conversion for UDM task output. |
D-12864 | Unix (except HP-UX) Windows | PYTHON | Update external modules (and their dependencies) provided by the Universal Agent Python distribution to address any CVEs reported for those modules. |
Release 7.6.0.3 - July 9, 2024
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-12638 | z/OS | UAGSRV | When all steps selected for rerun FLUSH, ensure the task instance for that rerun ends with a Failed status. |
D-12721 | Unix (except HP-UX) | UEXT | Address reported CVEs by providing the following updates:
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Release 7.6.0.2 - June 11, 2024
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-11554 | Unix (except HP-UX) | PYTHON | Exclude the nis module from the Universal Agent's Python distribution on Linux. The nis module is a thin wrapper around the NIS library, which is only available on Unix systems (not Linux). Attempts to import the nis module from a script that executes with the Universal Agent Python distribution on Linux will issue the following error: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'nis'. The module will import successfully on AIX and Solaris with the following warning: <stdin>:1: DeprecationWarning: 'nis' is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.13 |
D-11867 | Unix (except HP-UX) Windows | UAGSRV | Ensure that all temporary Universal Extension files are removed following cancellation of a Universal Extension task. |
D-11929 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Provide a new UAG Server configuration option, rerun_before_include, which is defined in Valid values and their meaning are as follows:
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D-12020 | All | UDM UDMSRV | Expands support for files whose names contain multibyte (i.e., Unicode) characters. |
D-12505 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Adds the following messages to provide better information when the UNVJSC cluster dataset is not found or fails to open:
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D-12543 | z/OS | UAGRERUN | Ensures that unexpired archived datasets are deleted by UAGRERUN's cleanup logic. |
D-12548 | Unix (except HP-UX, Solaris) Windows | UAGSRV | Provides a change that causes UAG Server and OMS Server activity spans for PeopleSoft task instances to remain associated with the Universal Controller's parent trace grouping. |
D-12570 | Unix | UAGSRV USAP | Expands support for multi-byte (i.e., Unicode) values specified in SAP tasks. This change ensures that Unicode values in job definition scripts or SAP task definitions are correctly passed to and received from the SAP system. |
Release 7.6.0.1 - May 14, 2024
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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D-11270 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Provide 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-12506 | z/OS | UAGRERUN | 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-12559 | All (except HP-UX) | OMSSRV | Update the OpenSSL library that Universal Agent uses to OpenSSL 1.1.1w. |
E-02039 | All | All | Miscellaneous fixes to improve Universal Agent stability and reliability. |
Release 7.6.0.0 - April 3, 2024
Change ID | Platforms | Component | Description |
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B-09236 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Enhance options used to override a CA-7 Schedule ID with the following changes:
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B-15814 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Provides a local data store that holds job history that can be used manually rerun jobs originally executed by UAG Server. Note that any job rerun in this manner is not monitored or tracked by the z/OS Universal Agent or Universal Controller. This feature adds the UAG Server configuration options HISTORY_DATASET and HISTORY_RETENTION. A new installation job, UNVIN12, is provided to create and configure this new feature. See the UAGRERUN Stand Alone Execution section in the Universal Agent User Guide for complete details. |
B-15867 | Windows | INSTALL | Sign all Universal Agent binaries and packages with a digital signing certificate. To view Certificate information, view the installed file's properties from Windows Explorer and select the Digital Signatures tab. |
B-16966 | z/OS | UBROKER | Provides a change that causes the Universal Broker on z/OS to mount the UNVSPOOL file system with the zFS RWSHARE option to prevent sharing violations in a Sysplex configuration. |
B-16983 | Unix (except HP-UX) | UAGSRV | Add the ability to resolve the following Controller functions when embedded in text and array fields of a Universal Extension:
Note This is a companion item to the Universal Controller enhancement B-16984. |
B-17011 | Unix | UDM | Introduces the following UDM variables that provide access to the following Utility Agent credential and hostname information:
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B-17038 | Solaris Intel Solaris SPARC | INSTALL | Drop support for Solaris 10. Starting with Universal Agent 7.6.0.0, installs are only permitted on Solaris 11. The install will be allowed to continue on any Solaris 11 system, but only Solaris 11.4 is certified. Critical Information This is a breaking change for upgrades from Universal Agent versions prior to 7.6.0.0. If you are running an OMS Server on a Solaris Intel system and attempt to upgrade to 7.6.0.0 or later, the OMS message file can no longer be read. The reason is that Universal Agent versions prior to 7.6.0.0 were 32-bit on Solaris Intel. Starting with 7.6.0.0, Solaris Intel deliveries are 64-bit. If Universal Agent 7.6.0.0 or later attempts to read an OMS message file created by an earlier 32-bit Universal Agent, the OMS Server will crash. For the best upgrade experience and to minimize any unexpected downtime, please refer to this section. Upgrades on Solaris SPARC are not affected. |
B-17111 | IBM i | INSTALL | Certify the IBMi Universal Agent 5.1.1 for IBM i 7.5. |
B-17780 | z/OS | UAGSRV UAGRERUN | Add support for z/OS tasks whose JCL contains a Prior to this change, output could be routed to another system before UAG Server had a chance to process it. When UAG Server encounters this statement, it will use its JES_SYSOUT_CLASS configuration parameter to manage output processing and routing. |
B-17883 | All | INSTALL | Add PGP signatures to Universal Agent distribution files. For information on verifying these signatures, please refer to the following information. |
B-17891 | Unix (except HP-UX and Solaris) Windows | UAGSRV | Add end-to-end OpenTelemetry tracing support to UFTP when run from a File Transfer or Remote File Monitor task. Tracing support is also available for stand-alone UFTP execution. |
B-17927 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Provides support for the To disable this behavior, use the new UAGRERUN parameter NORDNR. To disable this behavior for all z/OS tasks, use the new RERUN_OPTIONS option in the UAG Server configuration member, UAGCFG00. |
B-17935 | Unix (except HP-UX) Windows | PYTHON | Update the Universal Agent's Python distribution to 3.11.6. The 3pp modules listed below were updated for this distribution. The module is provided for all platforms, except where noted:
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B-18417 | z/OS | UAGRERUN | Update UAGRERUN behavior so that it deletes datasets prior to a run or rerun of a job, including those datasets whose expiration date has not passed. Prior to this change, unexpired datasets were not deleted by UAGRERUN's dataset cleanup processing. |
B-18578 | All | OMS | Update the Agent to rely on a dynamically-generated key to decrypt sensitive information obtained from the Controller. Note This change deprecates the Universal Agent's AUTHVER configuration option. The option, if configured, will still be recognized by UAG Server, but will no longer be honored. |
B-18723 | z/OS | UAGUTIL | Provides an optional installation job, UNVIN14, that can be used to assist Agent configuration. This new job will automatically generate the UNVINV14 uses the |
B-18730 | Unix (except HP-UX) Windows | UAGSRV | Provides a change to the Universal Extension Event API to support arrays (Python |
D-10536 | z/OS | UAGSRV | When the Universal Agent AGENT_IP configuration option specifies an IP address instead of a host name, eliminate the UNV0182E 'Cannot resolve' error, and accept the IP address as entered. |
D-11139 | Unix (except HP-UX) Windows | UAGSRV | The extensions directory, located in the DATA_DIRECTORY path option for UAG Server, will now be created automatically when a non-default value is set for this option. Prior to this change, Universal Task instances would stay in an Undeliverable status until directory was created. |
D-11383 | All | UAGSRV | Fixes a UAG Server crash that may occur when multiple Remote File Monitor instances finish at the same moment as a new instance is starting. |
D-11431 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Always insert the UAGRERUN step ahead of any |
D-11526 | Windows | UIP-VSCODE | Fixes a problem where a debugging session will not start if the Debug button in the "Run and Debug" section of the activity bar is selected. Prior to this change, the only way to start a debugging session was with F5. |
D-11555 | Unix Windows | USAP | Resolves a performance issue when downloading a large SAP spool file. |
D-11862 | Windows | UIP-VSCODE | Fixes a problem where a user specifies a dynamic choice field in the In this situation, the debugger fails to launch, and the error message KeyError: 'raw_type' is displayed. |
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 |
D-11900 | Unix | UAGSRV | Ensure that failed attempts to launch child processes spawned by UAG Server (via the ./ubroker/sbin/cskern utility) are handled gracefully. |
D-11974 | Unix Windows | UAGSRV | Fixes an issue where Program and Variant Names do not appear in their respective drop down lists when adding an ABAP Program Job Step to an SAP Task. The failure applies to Load Balancing (Type-B) connections only and results in a "Missing required Value for RFC Connection" error. |
D-12221 | z/OS | UAGSRV | Prevent a JCL error by ensuring that line numbers are not pulled into a JCL statement when
The fix also prevents truncation of JCL statements that contain in-line data with hexadecimal values. |
D-12222 | z/OS | UAGRERUN UAGU84 UAGUSI | 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. |
D-12323 | Unix (except HP-UX) | PYTHON | Delivers a fix within the updated Python distribution that ensures the built-in _ssl and _hashlib modules are imported correctly. |
D-12338 | Unix (except HP-UX) | UEXT | Fixes Universal Extension support for Python's async functionality that was provided in Python 3.9. Full async functionality is supported in
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