IBM i Package Maintenance Levels - Agent 8.0.x
There are two deliveries of the IBM i Agent available and supported:
- Workload Automation 5.1.1 for IBM i
- Users desiring the Universal Command and Universal Data Mover should continue to use this version.
- Universal Agent 7.8.x and later for IBM i
- Users desiring integration with Universal Controller, native task execution, and Universal Extension support should use this version.
- UCMD and UDM support will be added to this package in a future release.
Both versions may be installed alongside each other for complete Universal Agent coverage.
This page contains information for both releases.
Overview
This page identifies the package contents for the Workload Automation 5.1.1 for IBM i and the Universal Agent 8.0.x for IBM i releases, and the maintenance level of every component in their respective packages.
Universal Agent 8.0.x for IBM i Packages
Release | Release Date | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UA 8.0.0.0 | 8.0.0.0 | 8.0.0.0 | 8.0.0.0 | 8.0.0.0 | 8.0.0.0 | 8.0.0.0 | 8.0.0.0 |
Agent 8.0.0.0 - March 31, 2026
Platform | Component | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
B-18370 | IBM i | UAGSRV | Add support for executing scripted IBM i Virtual Terminal sessions from a Universal Agent batch environment. This is required to support the scenario of automating work that must be run from an interactive session, which may involve interaction with menu panels for a command or application. Support for this feature will include the following enhancements:
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B-23006 | IBM i | UAGSRV | Store the joblog for all IBM i tasks that execute from the Controller in the UAG Server cache. This makes it possible to retrieve the joblog from the Controller upon request. |
B-23143 | All | All | Upgrade the OpenSSL 3pp vendor library used by Universal Agent to OpenSSL 3.5.5 to ensure continued maintainability of OpenSSL updates and fixes. Virtually all Universal Agent components use OpenSSL for cryptographic functions. Not all components have user-facing visibility, but for practical purposes, a change to OpenSSL is a change to all Universal Agent components. |
B-23529 | All | UAGSRV | Ensure that UAG Server refreshes the IP address of any hosts specified in its OMS_SERVERS list, to support DNS updates without having to cycle the Agent. |
B-23685 | All | UBROKER | Enhance security for the Universal Broker's external service interface by adding peer authentication support. When the new AUTHENTICATE_PEER configuration option is set to yes, the Universal Broker will require that any client that tries to connect to its external service interface provide a valid client certificate. This will ensure that only trusted clients can connect to the Universal Broker. |
D-13552 | All | UAGSRV | Ensures that an Agent's configured BUSINESS_SERVICES are part of any HELLO message the Agent sends to the Controller. This change was specifically intended to fix an issue where a transient Linux Agent would lose business service information after temporarily going offline. A persistent Agent on any platform would also benefit from this change if, for example, it were inadvertently deleted from the Controller. |
D-13864 | IBM i | UAGSRV | Ensures that an IBM i task will always execute with the credentials specified in the task's definition. If no credentials are specified, the behavior is unchanged and the task will continue to run as the Universal Broker user. |
D-14036 | All (depending on component availability) | UAGSRV | Ensure that an attempt to establish an improper SSL/TLS session over the affected Server application's component interface is handled gracefully. |
D-14051 | All | UAGSRV | Fixes 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. |
D-14348 | All | All | Update the zlib 3pp vendor library to remediate Critical- and High-severity CVEs. The zlib library is used by all Universal Agent components, excluding the z/OS SMF exit modules. |
Workload Automation 5.1.1 for IBM i Packages
Release | Release Date | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal | Universal |
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5.1.1.0 | April 3, 2024 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | |||||
5.1.1.0 | February 3, 2021 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | 5.1.1.0 | |||||
5.1.0.0 | January 30, 2020 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | |||||
5.1.0.0 | February 28, 2018 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | |||||
5.1.0.0 | January 27, 2012 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 | 5.1.0.0 |
5.1.1.0 - April 3, 2024 (No updates, only platform certification)
Change ID | Platform | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
B-17111 | IBM i | INSTALL | Certify the IBMi Universal Agent 5.1.1.0 for IBM i 7.5. |
5.1.1.0 - February 3, 2021
Change ID | Platform | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
B-12401 | IBM i | UBROKER | Add support for TLS 1.2. This change was made primarily to support new TLS session defaults supplied by the Universal Agent 6.9.0.0 release. Additional items added to support this upgrade include support for the following configuration options:
These options behave just as their equivalents in our Universal Agent 6.x releases. Additionally, support for the following ciphers is added:
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D-07281 | IBM i | UDMMGR UDMSRV | Prevent a situation in which a transfer may fail if an assigned process ID is larger than 7 digits. |
5.1.0.0 - January 30, 2020
Change ID | Platform | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
B-11354 | IBM i | PKG | Certify Workload Automation 5.1.0 release on IBM i 7.2 and IBM i 7.4. info A 7.2-compatible installation package was provided for this effort, but no Universal Agent components were changed. |
5.1.0.0 - February 28, 2018
Change ID | Platform | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
B-08466 | IBM i | Certify Workload Automation 5.1.0 release on IBM i 7.3. |
(No component changes for this release.)