z/OS Package Maintenance Levels - Agent 7.6.x

z/OS Package Maintenance Levels - Agent 7.6.x


Overview

This page identifies the package contents for all Universal Agent 7.6.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 7.6.x.

For a list of all changes in a release - all platforms, specific components - see Component Maintenance Levels - Agent 7.6.x.

Universal Agent 7.6.x for z/OS Packages

The following table identifies the maintenance level of all components contained in each Universal Agent 7.6.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

7.6.1.0

December 9, 2025

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0


7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

6.6.1.0


7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.1.0

7.6.0.17

November 11, 2025

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.14

7.6.0.17


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.12

6.6.0.7


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.16

7.6.0.16

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.11

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.15

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.16

October 14, 2025

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.14

7.6.0.16


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.12

6.6.0.7


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.16

7.6.0.16

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.11

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.15

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.15

August 12, 2025

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.14

7.6.0.15


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.12

6.6.0.7


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.11

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.15

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.14

July 8, 2025

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.14

7.6.0.14


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.12

6.6.0.7


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.11

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.12

May 13, 2025

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.11

7.6.0.12


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.12

6.6.0.7


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.11

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.12

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.11

April 8, 2025

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.11

7.6.0.11


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.7


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.11

7.6.0.11

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.11

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.10

March 11, 2025

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.10


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.7


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.10

7.6.0.10

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.9

February 11, 2025

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.8


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.7


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.8

7.6.0.8

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.8

January 14, 2025

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.8


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.6


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.8

7.6.0.8

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.7

December 10, 2024

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.7


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.6


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.6

7.6.0.6

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.6

November 12, 2024

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.6


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.6


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.6

7.6.0.6

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.5

October 8, 2024

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.5


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.0


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.2

7.6.0.2

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.4

September 10, 2024

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.4


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.0


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.2

7.6.0.2

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.3

July 9, 2024

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.3


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.0


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.2

7.6.0.2

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.2

June 11, 2024

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.2


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.0


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.2

7.6.0.2

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

May 14, 2024

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

6.6.0.0


7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.1

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

April 3, 2024

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0


7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

6.6.0.0


7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

7.6.0.0

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 7.6.1.0 - December 9, 2025

Change IdPlatformComponentDescription
D-14051AllUAGSRVFixes an issue where the UAG Server's configured SERVICE_TIMEOUT value is ignored when receiving messages from OMS. This fix will decrease the time it takes for UAG Server to detect a dropped connection with OMS, which will in turn decrease connection recovery times.

Agent 7.6.0.17 - November 11, 2025

Change IdPlatformComponentPTFDescription
D-13947z/OSUAGSRVPS37062Ensure that a z/OS task does not fail with a JCL error when the task's job issues an IEFC677I message. Prior to this change, it may be possible for the Agent to fail with a S0C4 ABEND or return accurate error information to the Universal Controller.
D-13958z/OSUAGSRVPS37062Prior to the Universal Agent's attempt to calculate a system workload value, ensure that the sample size value in an SMF record type 70-1 (SMF70SAM) is non-zero. This check will prevent a divide-by-zero exception (S0C9).

Agent 7.6.0.16 - October 14, 2025

Change IdPlatformComponentPTFDescription
D-11976

Unix
Windows
z/OS

UDM
UDMSRV
PS37055
PS37056
Update the International Components for Unicode (ICU) 3pp vendor library to remediate Critical- and High-severity CVEs.
D-13581AllUAGSRVPS37054Fixes an issue the prevented UAG Server from retrying all items in the configured OMS_SERVERS list following a lost connection.

Agent 7.6.0.15 - August 12, 2025

Change IdPlatformComponentPTFDescription
D-12560Unix
Windows
z/OS
UFTPPS37053Update the libSSH2 3pp vendor library used by UFTP to remediate Critical- and High-severity CVEs.
D-13077

Unix
Windows
z/OS

UFTPPS37053Fixes an issue for transfers to or from an IBM i FTP Server, where UFTP attempts to issue LIB file system commands for a location outside the Library file system.
D-13676z/OSUAGSRVPS37052Prevent an 0C4 abend that could occur in UAGSRV as it evaluates the memory allocated for some JCL SET parameters.

Agent 7.6.0.14 - July 8, 2025

Change IdPlatformComponentPTFDescription
D-09780Unix
Windows
z/OS
UBROKERPS37051Prevents a Universal Broker crash following successful Manager Fault Tolerant (MFT) recovery of a UCMD Manager task. In this situation, recovery processing was successful. The crash occurred as the Broker cleaned up tracking records stored in its BerkeleyDB database files.
D-13578z/OSUAGSRVPS37050

Ensure that the UAG Server's configured CODE_PAGE is honored during OMS message processing.

Specifically, this fix addresses a problem with z/OS Task parameter translation when the z/OS system environment is configured to use a codepage other than IBM1047 (UAG Server's default codepage). The problem applies to the following situation:

  • The z/OS Task defines one or more task parameters
  • UAG Server uses the parameter(s) to construct a SET statement for insertion into the task's JCL
  • A parameter's name or value contains a character whose IBM1047 encoding is different from the encoding used by the z/OS system's configured codepage (e.g., IBM1141)

Prior to this fix, the parameter's name and value would always be translated from UTF8 to IBM1047, even if the UAG Server's configured codepage were set to something other than IBM1047. 

With this fix, UAG Server will now honor its configured codepage and translate the parameter name and value accordingly. The default is still IBM1047.

Note that a similar defect, D-13592, is provided for this release that fixes translation of parameters used for JCL variable substitution. These are parameters whose names start with *@.


Possibility of Breaking Change

Exercise care before doing the SMP/E ACCEPT of this PTF. If any work-arounds exist that rely on a task parameter's name or value always being translated as IBM1047, they will no longer work if the CODE_PAGE option is set in UAGCFG00 to something other than IBM1047.

For example, the at symbol ('@') has a UTF8 encoding of 0x0040. Its IBM1047 encoding is 0x7C. Its IBM1141 encoding is 0xB5. Prior to this fix, it the z/OS system's configured codepage were IBM1141, the '@' symbol in a task parameter name or value had to be replaced with a section sign ('§'). This would force the UTF8-to-IBM1047 translation to produce an encoding of 0xB5. When viewing the SET statement that UAG Server adds to the task's JCL, the value would be shown as '@' as expected.

With this change, you can now set the CODE_PAGE option in UAGCFG00 to IBM1141 and use the '@' symbol in the task parameter. The work-around described above is no longer needed.

If you choose to leave such work-arounds in place, simply make sure the UAG Server's CODE_PAGE option in UAGCFG00 is undefined or set to IBM1047.

If all of your task parameter names and values are inserted into the JCL's SET statements correctly today (that is, without any work-arounds), then you do not need to do anything after applying this fix. Everything will continue to work as it does today.

D-13592z/OSUAGSRVPS37050

Ensure that the UAG Server's configured CODE_PAGE is honored during OMS message processing.

Specifically, this fix addresses a problem with z/OS Task parameter translation when the z/OS system environment is configured to use a codepage other than IBM1047 (UAG Server's default codepage). The problem applies to the following situation:

  • The z/OS Task defines one or more task parameters that start with *@
  • UAG Server uses these parameters to perform variable substitution in the z/OS task's JCL
  • The z/OS environment is configured to use a codepage that uses an EBCDIC encoding for the '@' symbol that is not the same as IBM1047 (0x7C). Of the codepages provided by the Universal Agent install, the following use a different encoding for the '@' symbol:
    • IBM1141, IBM1144, IBM273, IBM280 (0xB5)
    • IBM1142, IBM277 (0x80)
    • IBM1143, IBM278 (0xEC)
    • IMB1147 (0x44)

If your z/OS system's codepage is configured with one of the above codepages, this fix will provide the ability to retain the '@' symbol in the task parameter definition and your z/OS task's JCL.

Prior to this fix, the parameter would always be translated from UTF8 to IBM1047, even if the UAG Server's configured codepage were set to something other than IBM1047. 

With this fix, UAG Server will now honor its configured codepage and translate the '@' symbol correctly. The default is still IBM1047.

Note that a similar defect, D-13578, is provided for this release that fixes translation of parameters used for JCL SET statements.


Possibility of Breaking Change

Exercise care before doing the SMP/E ACCEPT of this PTF. If any work-arounds exist in your JCL to replace the '@' variable with a symbol that will match the IBM1047 encoding for '@' AND the CODE_PAGE option is set in your UAGCFG00 to something other than IBM1047, the work-around will no longer work.

For example, the at symbol ('@') has a UTF8 encoding of 0x0040. Its IBM1047 encoding is 0x7C. Its IBM1141 encoding is 0xB5. Prior to this fix, it the z/OS system's configured codepage were IBM1141, the '@' symbol could not be used in your JCL. The '@' had to be replaced with a section sign ('§') This would force the UTF8-to-IBM1047 translation to produce an encoding of 0xB5, which allowed UAG Server to find the variables in the JCL and replace them with the values of the task's parameters.

With this change, you can now set the CODE_PAGE option in UAGCFG00 to IBM1141 and use the '@' symbol in your JCL (assuming your z/OS system's codepage is IBM1141). The work-around described above is no longer needed. This is true for any of the codepages listed above, provided the configured CODE_PAGE in UAGCFG00 matches the codepage set for your z/OS environment.

If you choose to leave such work-arounds in place, simply make sure the UAG Server's CODE_PAGE option in UAGCFG00 is undefined or set to IBM1047.

If all of the variables in your z/OS task's JCL start with '@' and are translated correctly today (that is, without any work-arounds), then you do not need to do anything after applying this fix. Everything will continue to work as it does today.

Agent 7.6.0.13 - June 10, 2025

Note

No z/OS changes were delivered for the Universal Agent 7.6.0.13 maintenance release.

Agent 7.6.0.12 - May 13, 2025

Change IdPlatformComponentPTFDescription
D-12016

Unix
Windows
z/OS

UCMD
UCMSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UFTP
PS37045
PS37046
PS37047
PS37048
PS37049
Library dependencies updated due to vulnerabilities.
D-12785AllUAGSRV
UCMD
UCMSRV
UDM
UDMSRV
UFTP
PS37044
PS37045
PS37046
PS37047
PS37048
PS37049
Improve data security by making sure all references to sensitive data are cleared before the memory holding that data is freed.

Note that no memory was leaked nor was any sensitive data exposed prior to this change. This change applies to the way in which the Universal Agent applications are built. Some compilers may "skip" a call to clear memory in situations where that that memory is immediately freed in the next statement. This is an undesirable optimization, and this change prevents the call to clear the memory from being skipped.
D-13270AllUAGSRVPS37044Fixes a problem where a Universal Broker started with the command line option -dest stderr failed to honor the UAGLOGLVL environment variable.

Agent 7.6.0.11 - April 8, 2025

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-01220All

UBROKER

PS37040Ensure that the function responsible for removing records from the Universal Event Subsystem (UES) database processes always processes 1000 records with each iteration. Previously, the function always deleted the first 1000 records, causing the removal of subsequent records to be delayed.
D-13141z/OS

UDM
UDMSRV

PS37041
PS37042

Provides a new z/OS-specific UDM script attribute "lbi" to enable or disable the Large Block Interface (LBI) for transfers to prevent the corruption of datasets with RECFM=U.

Previously, LBI support was enabled for all transfers, but this caused records shorter than the dataset's block size to be padded with 0x0 characters, which corrupted the output dataset. This change disables LBI by default, and makes it possible to re-enable it with lbi=yes.

D-12259z/OSUECTLRPS37043Provide OpenSSL 1.1.1w, previously delivered for other components in the UA 7.6.0.1 maintenance release.

Agent 7.6.0.10 - March 11, 2025

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-11743z/OS

UAGSRV

PS37036

Update the UAGRERUN utility to improve detection of changes to base GDG names and to relative and absolute GDG dataset names. This change should fix an issue where UAG may not request confirmation of JCL changes as expected.

D-13043z/OSUAGSRVPS37035Ensure that a z/OS Agent Change File Monitor task correctly detects file (or dataset) creation on a Secondary agent when "Trigger on Create" is set in the file monitor task.
D-13209z/OS

UDM
UDMSRV

PS37037
PS37038

Fixes a problem that prevented UDM from correctly obtaining allocation attributes for an input GDG dataset specified using a relative name (i.e., with the generation number in parentheses). That information is now available as the default allocation attributes for the target dataset.

Agent 7.6.0.9 - February 11, 2025

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-12474AllUSAPPS37034Fixed an issue where EXTERNAL_STEP or EXTERNAL_COMMAND statements were not allowed to come directly after a temporary variant content statement in a USAP job definition file.

Agent 7.6.0.8 - January 14, 2025

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-06689z/OSUAGSRVPS37030Fixes a situation in which UAG Server could incorrectly interpret instream packed binary data passed via SYSIN to an executing program, causing a z/OS task to fail.
D-09345z/OS

UDM
UDMSRV

PS37031
PS37032

Improve detection and resolution of conflicts between source and target dataset'sdsorganddsntypeallocation attributes.

Specifically fixes a problem where specifying DSORG=PS with no other attributes is not sufficient to copy a PDS member to a sequential dataset.

Agent 7.6.0.7 - December 10, 2024

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-12351z/OSUCMSRVPS37028

Provide a fix to guarantee unique EMCS names within a sysplex.

Note

The fix to UCMSRV is provided via UCMSPCST, whose version is updated to 7.6.0.7 for this delivery.

D-12863z/OSUAGSRVPS37029

Ensure that JCL errors encountered when a z/OS task is rerun do not allow the task to finish with a status of SUCCESS.

Agent 7.6.0.6 - November 12, 2024

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-11405z/OS

USAP

PS37027

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
PS37025
PS37026
Allow multiple sessions to be created from a single UDM script when SystemSSL is used.
D-12826AllUAGSRVPS37023Fixes 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 7.6.0.5 - October 8, 2024

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-12576z/OSUAGSRVPS37023Relax validation for UAG Server's AGENT_IP configuration option on z/OS to accept VIPA addresses.
D-12652z/OSUAGSRVPS37023Do not require a value for the CA_CERTIFICATES configuration option when SystemSSL is used and the Agent requests OMS Server authentication.

Agent 7.6.0.4 - September 10, 2024

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-12564z/OSUAGSRVPS37022Fix the value reported for the MIN_SSL_PROTOCOL option in the UNVAUDIT report.

Agent 7.6.0.3 - July 9, 2024

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-12638z/OSUAGSRVPS37021

When all steps selected for rerun FLUSH, ensure the task instance for that rerun ends with a Failed status.

Agent 7.6.0.2 - June 11, 2024

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-11929z/OSUAGSRV
UAGCFG00
PS37015
PS37017

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-12020AllUDM
UDMSRV
PS37018
PS37019
Expands support for files whose names contain multibyte (i.e., Unicode) characters.
D-12505z/OS

UAGSRV
UAGMCENG

PS37015
PS37016

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-12543z/OSUAGRERUNPS37020Ensures that unexpired archived datasets are deleted by UAGRERUN's cleanup logic.

Agent 7.6.0.1 - May 14, 2024

Change IDPlatformsComponentPTFDescription
D-11270z/OSUAGSRV
UAGMCENG
PS37001
PS37014
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-12506z/OSUAGRERUNPS37002

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-12559All (except HP-UX)

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

N/A
PS37004
PS37001
PS37005
PS37013
PS37008
PS37009
PS37006
PS37007
PS37010
PS37011
PS37012
PS37003
Update the OpenSSL library that Universal Agent uses to OpenSSL 1.1.1w.
E-02039AllAll
Miscellaneous fixes to improve Universal Agent stability and reliability.

Agent 7.6.0.0 - April 3, 2024

Change ID

Platforms

Component

Description

B-09236z/OSUAGSRV

Enhance options used to override a CA-7 Schedule ID with the following changes:

  • Support lists and ranges of Schedule IDs with the #JI statement (e.g., #JI,ID=(1,3,5-8,12)).
  • Accept #XI, #XO, and #XEND statements as synonyms for the #JI, #JO, and #JEND statements already supported by UAG Server
B-15814z/OS

UAGSRV
UAGUTIL

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-16966z/OSUBROKER

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-17780z/OSUAGSRV
UAGRERUN

Add support for z/OS tasks whose JCL contains a JES2 /*ROUTE PRINT statement, to ensure proper output processing.

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-17883AllINSTALL

Add PGP signatures to Universal Agent distribution files.

For information on verifying these signatures, please refer to the following information.

B-17927z/OS

UAGSRV
UAGRERUN

Provides support for the JCL RD keyword on the JOB and EXEC statements. When RD=NR or RD=NC is specified, the Agent will mark the affected step is marked as non-restartable.

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-18417z/OSUAGRERUN

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-18578All

OMS
UAGSRV

Update the Agent to rely on a dynamically-generated key to decrypt sensitive information obtained from the Controller.

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-18723z/OSUAGUTIL

Provides an optional installation job, UNVIN14, that can be used to assist Agent configuration. This new job will automatically generate the EXIT ADD statements that should be added to a SYS1.PARMLIB PROGxx member to ensure SMF exits used by the Agent are configured correctly.

UNVINV14 uses the SYS1.PARMLIB SMFPRMxx as input and generates a list of missing exit point definitions and/or SMF record types.

D-10536z/OSUAGSRV

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-11383AllUAGSRV

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-11431z/OSUAGSRV

Always insert the UAGRERUN step ahead of any IF statements in the JCL. This will ensure that UAGRERUN is executed ahead of any initial EXEC or PROC statement that may be enclosed within an IF statement.

D-11889AllOMSSRV
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-12221z/OSUAGSRV

Prevent a JCL error by ensuring that line numbers are not pulled into a JCL statement when

  • The JCL used for a z/OS task contains line numbers, and
  • A z/OS task variable is replaced with a value that is shorter than the variable name

The fix also prevents truncation of JCL statements that contain in-line data with hexadecimal values.

D-12222z/OSUAGRERUN
UAGU84
UAGUSI

Resolves unexpected behavior for a z/OS task, under the following conditions:

  • The z/OS task contains a Step Condition that is defined treat an ABEND as an expected result, by specifying an action of Continue/Success
  • A subsequent step in the z/OS task's JCL contains an EXEC COND= parameter that references the ABENDed step, that would normally prevent execution of the step

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.