UCMD
UCTL
UEM
UFTP
UPPS
USAP

• the task's JCL is pulled from the specified JCL Override Library, and
• a JCLLIB statement is manually inserted within JCL statements that UAG Server generates and inserts into the JCL

Add Agent support for the new Trigger on Create option for Change file monitors. This allows a zOS agent to look for dataset creations or changes from the same file monitor task instance.

Unix
Windows

Unix
Windows

Fixes a situation in which a UDM file transfer will fail if an attempt is made to allocate a zOS dataset with an EXPDT equal to one of the following special values:

• 00000 - allocate the dataset with no expiration date

• 98000 - used by some tape management systems control when datasets are uncataloged and tape volumes become available for re-use

• 99000 - used by some tape management systems control when datasets are uncataloged and tape volumes become available for re-use

• 99365 - allocate the dataset so that it never expires

• 99366 - allocate the dataset so that it never expires

When none of the above 5-digit values are used, UDM will still expect a 7-digit expiration date as it did prior to this change.

UAGU83

Fixes a problem where an ABEND within the UAGU83 SMF exit module could cause RMF to terminate with an S0C1.

Fixes a problem with file monitor tasks that specify a file path with a double backslash as a separator (e.g. C:\\work\\pattern*.txt ). The file monitor task issues the error "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect." and then fails with a Start Failure.

PKG

Fixes a problem introduced in the 7.4.0.0 release that may cause upgrades from earlier versions to fail, if the Python distribution for Universal Agent is installed.

To prevent the problem during an upgrade to 7.4.0.x, perform the upgrade using the 7.4.0.1 (or later release). Upgrades to future versions are unaffected by this issue.

OMSSRV
UAGCMD




UAGSRV




UBROKER
UCERT
UCMD




UCTL




UDM




UEM




UFTP
UPPS

Add support for the following Ephemeral Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDHE) ciphers:

• ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

• ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

• ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256

• ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256

Provide the ability to automatically retrieve output for Remote File Monitor tasks.

The ability to retrieve output for Remote File Monitor tasks was available prior to UA 7.4.0.0, but this change allows output to retrieved automatically and made available for viewing as soon as the task ends.

Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows

Increase the number of characters supported in the Remote Server field of a File Transfer Task from 63 to 100 characters.

B-14809
B-15877

OMSSRV
UAGCMD




UAGSRV




UBROKER
UCERT
UCMD




UCTL




UDM




UEM




UFTP
UPPS
PKG

Update OpenSSL implementation to support TLS 1.3 sessions.

This feature provides the following configuration options:

• max_ssl_protocol - controls TLS session negotiation by limiting the protocol that will be used
• ctl_/data_ssl_cipher_suites (availability of these options varies by component) - allows the following TLS 1.3 cipher suites to be specified separately from – and mutually exclusive with – earlier TLS 1.x ciphers
  • TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
  • TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
  • TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

The ability to enable TLS 1.3 across all Universal Agent components is available at install time via the --use_tls1_3 command line option (the Windows system mode install provides the equivalent USE_TLS1_3 command line property). When yes, this option sets the following configuration options:

• max_ssl_protocol to "tls1_3" in omss.conf, uags.conf, uftp.conf, ubroker.conf, ucmd.conf, ucmds.conf, uctl.conf, udm.conf, udms.conf, uem.conf, and upps.conf.

• encrypt to "yes" in ucmd.conf, ucmds.conf, and udm.conf

The interactive Windows installs also provides a new dialog with an option that, when checked, enables this configuration. This dialog is available for new installs and for upgrades from releases prior to 7.4.0.0.

OMSSRV
UAGSRV

Increase the maximum message size that can be transferred between UAG Server and OMS Server from 6 MB to 1 GB. 

The maximum message size allowed can be configured via the new OMS Server configuration option, MAX_MSG_SIZE. Similarly, a new MSG_CHUNK_OPTION option is provided to specify the maximum size for any single message transmitted. Any payload that exceeds this size will be split into multiple messages until the entire payload is transferred.

Add the ability to initialize a Universal Extension template from one of the following sources:

• A Zip File

• HTTP(S) Link to a Zip File

• Git Repository

Add a --register_ubrokerd option to the Linux system mode and user mode install scripts that will register the Universal Broker daemon with systemd.

Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows

Add the ability to report the progress of a Universal Extension task's execution via a new ui.update_progress(percent_done) API call.

Using the new RERUN_PROC_NAME option, allows customized JCL that executes the UAGRERUN utility to be inserted into a job executed from a z/OS task.

This customized JCL would replace the default OPSSTP00 step that UAG Server inserts by default.

Updates the handling for the EXTENSION_PYTHON_LIST, which allows users to configure an ordered list of Python interpreters to use for Universal Extension task execution.

Previously, the Python provided by the Universal Agent were installed, it would always be evaluated first. However, there were times where another Python that also satisfied the extension's requirement was preferred. As long as the Agent's Python was installed, the other Python would not be chosen.

With this change, if the Agent's Python is included in the EXTENSION_PYTHON_LIST value, the default ordering of the list is disabled and the Agent's Python is evaluation in the order in which it appears in the list.

Add support to the Universal Extension development plugin for VisualStudio Code to initializing templates from external sources.

This is a companion delivery to B-15917 for UIP-CLI. 

Add the ability to set the UAG Server MESSAGE_LEVEL and LOGLVL values at:

• Installation, using the --ac_message_level and --ac_loglvl command line options for Unix Installs and Windows user mode installs (the Windows system mode install uses AC_MESSAGE_LEVEL and AC_LOGLVL installation properties)
  • In addition to command line properties, the Windows interactive installs provide a new dialog to set these options
• Universal Broker startup. using the new uag_message_level and uag_loglvl command line options or the UAGLEVEL and UAGLOGLVL environment variables

Unix (except HP-UX)
Windows

Add the ability to access the Key Location of a Universal Extension credential field using a consistent snake_case convention instead of camelCase.

For example, given a credential field called cred_test, the Key Location may be accessed using:

• fields['cred_test']['key_location']
• fields['cred_test.key_location']

The camelCase usage (i.e., keyLocation) is still recognized for backward compatibility, but that support could be dropped at any time so new extensions should use key_location.

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. 

UCMD
UDM

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.

Unix
Windows