What's new in Unified Management Server

The Unified Management Server has been updated to include new features, enhancements, and fixes.

New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.14 (UO06219)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.13 (UO05306)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.12 (UO04926)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.11 (UO03795)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.10 (UO02772)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.9 (UI99021)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.8 (UI97871)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.7 (UI96717 or UI97098)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.6 (UI96248 or UI97098)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.5 (UI94998 or UI95147)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.4 (UI93732)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.3 (UI93091)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.2 (UI92457)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.1 (UI91302)
New and changed functions of Unified Management Server 1.2 UMS1.2.0.0

Note: No PTF released for IMS Administration Foundation. Therefore, all the IMS Administration Foundation functionalities are available in UMS1.2.0.14 PTF.

Table 1. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.14 (UO06219) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
Supplying cross-memory plug-ins as a separate data set	UMS now supplies the cross-memory plug-ins as a separate data set for optional use to increase control over APF authorized data sets. This new data set is located in `{components.izp.runtimeHlq}.SIZPAUTH`.	PH68121
ZWEYAML enhancement	Reduced the reserved ports for the following members in `ZWEYAML`: `components.izp.server.port.agent` `components.izp.server.port.gremlin`	PH68121

Note: No PTF released for IMS Administration Foundation. Therefore, all the IMS Administration Foundation functionalities are available in UMS1.2.0.13 PTF.

Table 2. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.13 (UO05306) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
Performance improvements	Unified Management Server (UMS) can now support the following: Allows filtering the UMS users from the user list. Provides a mechanism to prevent auto-discovery of specific Db2 instances in Db2® Administration Foundation. Extends the field for temporary data set HLQ on the Subsystem registration user interface (UI) page. Provides jobs to allocate new SMP/E data sets for future UMS releases. Converts the restfiles call failure from error to warning during subsystem registration. Use `R_admin` to refresh the user cache when External security managers (ESM) is IBM® z/OS Resource Access Control Facility (RACF). You can enable the feature by setting the `components.izp.security.userCacheRefresh.useRAdmin` parameter to `true`. For more information, refer to Refreshing user cache.	PH68186
Support for `IZPENV` PARMLIB member	`IZPGENER` now generates `PARMLIB`(`IZPENV`) that contains Zowe configuration information used to find and parse YAML input. For more information, refer to Step 2: Installing Unified Management Server.	PH66229
IMS Administration Foundation
Support for IMS catalog alias	IMS Administration Foundation supports IMS Tools features for an IMS data sharing group that uses a non-default IMS catalog alias. IMS Administration Foundation verifies that a correct catalog alias is specified in the selected RECON ID for the data sharing group when registered. This feature requires prerequisite maintenance for some IMS Tools. For more information, see IMS Administration Foundation and IMS Tools.	PH68186

Note: No PTFs have been released for Db2 Administration Foundation, IMS Administration Foundation, and Db2 DevOps Experience. Therefore, all the functionalities are available in UMS1.2.0.12 PTF.

Table 3. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.12 (UO04926) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
Support for IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS, version 21	UMS supports IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS, version 21, to use the Java 21 runtime environments on z/OS. For information on the software requirements, refer to Additional requirements for IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS, version 21.	PH67940
Support for special characters	The Subsystem ssid field on the Register subsystems page now supports the following special characters: #, $, and @. For more information, refer to Registering Db2 subsystems.	PH67402

Note: No PTF released for IMS Administration Foundation. Therefore, all the IMS Administration Foundation functionalities are available in UMS1.2.0.11 PTF.

Table 4. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.11 (UO03795) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
Enhancements to Db2 Discovery and Registration	The data sharing group can now use any group attach names that are assigned to it. This organizes data sharing groups by DSG name instead of attach name. For more information on the new Default attach name field, refer to Registering Db2 subsystems.	PH65908
Enhancement to the high availability feature	The high availability feature is now available with a certificate-based DBA user ID. For more information, refer to Preparing for high availability.	PH65801
Compatibility improvement for Db2 experiences	UMS can now handle the format of Db2 subsystem port information in a backward-compatible manner.	PH66932
Validation of Db2 Tools YAML files	Db2 Tools Discovery is now enhanced to identify errors in Db2 tool YAML files.	PH65469
Logging enhancement	Improved logging capability as the following Java VM argument now controls all the logs produced by UMS: `-Dcom.rocketsoft.logCount` For more information, refer to Controlling the log file destination.	PH65555
IMS Administration Foundation
Information on DBD and PSB instances on DBD and PSB dashboards	A list of DBD and PSB instances is displayed with timestamps and active or pending status information in the Properties tab of DBD and PSB dashboards. The DBD timestamp information is displayed in a PSB DB PCB map when the PCB is for a logical DBD. The DBD map for a logical DBD referenced by a DB PCB is displayed by selecting an appropriate DBD instance from the IMS catalog. The DBD instance is selected based on the timestamp property that is stored by the IMS catalog for the DB PCB.	PH66932
IMS catalog information on the IMSplex dashboard	The IMSplex dashboard now has a new data sharing group tab that displays information on the IMS catalog associated with it.	PH66932

Note: No PTF released for IMS Administration Foundation. Therefore, all the IMS Administration Foundation functionalities are available in UMS1.2.0.10 PTF.

Table 5. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.10 (UO02772) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
Enhancement to UMS startup script	Unified Management Server (UMS) startup script now works with user-specified PARMLIB locations in `components.izp.dataset.parmlib`.	PH64451
Validation improvement	During UMS startup, the configuration is validated partly by opening connections to various services. UMS now waits (with possible time out) for those services for more accurate validation.	PH64969
Enhancement to `IZPEXPIN`	`IZPEXPIN` now retains updates to the PARMLIB members, such as `IZPDB2PM`, `IZPDAFPM`, `IZPD2DPM`, `IZPIMSPM`, or `IZPIMFPM`. For more information, refer to Step 2: Installing Unified Management Server.	PH64452
Enhancement to Zowe configuration management	Zowe configuration management is now enhanced to mitigate the problems that resulted in protection exception CEE3204S. For more information, refer to Software requirements for Unified Management Server.	PH65205
Enhancement to `IZPSYNCY`	`IZPSYNCY` now handles multiline string values and appropriately transfers those values to the new `ZWEYAML` structure. Although the updates to Experience `PARMLIB` members are formatted slightly differently, it can also handle multiline string values. For more information, refer to Step 2: Installing Unified Management Server.	PH62434
Running Db2 commands	UMS is enhanced to run Db2 commands against a specific member of Db2 data-sharing groups.	PH63871
Configure mutual authentication	You can use mutual authentication to verify the identity of a client by specifying the following parameters: components.izp.security.certificate.keystore.genericClientKeyStore.location components.izp.security.certificate.keystore.genericClientKeyStore.type components.izp.security.certificate.keystore.genericClientKeyStore.alias	PH64081
Subsystem registration using logged-in user	Added the Register using my user id option in the Register subsystem page to run subsystem registration by the logged-in user instead of the default DBA user. For more information, refer to Registering Db2 subsystems.	PH64962
IMS Administration Foundation
Removing the dependency on DRD, RDDS, or IMS resource repository (IMSRSC repository) in IMS object discovery	UMS 1.2.0.10 removes the requirement that an IMS data sharing group that can be registered in UMS must be configured with IMS dynamic resource definition (DRD) enabled. With maintenance, any IMS data sharing group, including the one that is composed of IMS subsystems configured with MODBLKS=OLC can be registered in UMS, and neither RDDS nor IMSRSC repository is required in the object discovery process for any registered IMS data sharing group. For more information, refer to Software requirements for IMS Administration Foundation.	PH64659
Support for transitioning between catalog query results and object dashboards	If your SQL statement submitted on the Catalog query dashboard includes a column named DBD or PSB, a link to the corresponding DBD or PSB dashboard page is added to the column value on each row of the result set. For more information, refer to Data sharing group dashboard and catalog search.	PH65205
Support for navigating from IMS SQL processor to catalog query dashboard	A new label, Go to catalog query, is added to the IMS SQL processor page for the user to quickly reach the IMS Catalog query dashboard for the selected data sharing group. For more information, refer to Working with SQL queries for IMS.
Support for generating IMS DDL on DBD and PSB map views	The DDL option is added to the DBD and PSB source views on the DBD map tab of the DBD dashboard and PSB map tab of the PSB dashboard, respectively. The DDL and XML options for the DBD and PSB source views require an SQL processor port to be registered for the parent data sharing group when registered in the UMS server. For more information, refer to Data sharing group dashboard and catalog search and Registering IMS subsystems as a data sharing group.

Table 6. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.9 (UI99021) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
Introducing UMS configuration validation	You can perform run-time validation of core functionality and generate a diagnostic report. The following parameters in the `ZWEYAML` PARMLIB member monitor the validation process: `components.izp.server.validation.validateAtStart` `components.izp.server.validation.shutDownOnFailure` For more information on the validation, refer to Validating UMS configuration.	PH63849
Improvement to the job completion status check	Improvements to checking job completion status when the job is routed to another JESPLEX within the same SYSPLEX.
Zowe V3 compatibility	UMS 1.2.0.9 supports Zowe 2.3.0 or later version 2 releases, or Zowe 3.0.0. For more information on the validation, refer to Software requirements for Unified Management Server.
Enhancement to ZSS plug-ins	ZSS plug-ins now supports 64-bit.
Improvements to the subsystem discovery	The following new features are available for the subsystem discovery: Customizing the discovery interval. Discovering subsystems based on installed UMS experience products. For more information, see the following parameters in `ZWEYAML`: `components.izp.server.subsystemDiscovery.interval` `components.izp.server.subsystemDiscovery.db2.force` `components.izp.server.subsystemDiscovery.ims.force`
IMS Administration Foundation
Adding Catalog query dashboard for IMS data sharing groups	A new Catalog query tab is added to the IMS data sharing group dashboard to manage IMS SQL statement samples for public use and store individual users’ private favorite catalog query SQL statements for repetitive use. For more information, see Data sharing group dashboard and catalog search.	PH63849
Adding DL/I call translation to IMS SQL statements	A new Translate to DL/I calls button is added to the IMS SQL Processor and Catalog query dashboard so that the user can verify how an input IMS SQL statement is translated to DL/I calls by IMS.
Supporting manual configurations for IMS Connect ports in IMS data sharing group registration	The following manual configurations support the 'Connections' registration step of an IMS data sharing group registration: Configuring ports for IMS SQL processor and command processor. This feature is for users accessing IMS Connect server ports using VIPA or DVIPA ports. Overriding the authentication option for an IMS Connect server that is selected for IMS SQL processor. This capability is mainly for users who are using IBM IMS Connect Extensions for z/OS. For details of the IMS data sharing group steps, see Registering IMS subsystems as a data sharing group.

Note: No PTFs have been released for Db2 Administration Foundation, IMS Administration Foundation, and Db2 DevOps Experience. Therefore, all the functionalities are available in UMS1.2.0.8 PTF.

Table 7. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.8 (UI97871) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
Support for IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS, version 17	UMS supports IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS, version 17, to use the Java 17 runtime environments on z/OS. For information on the software requirements, refer to Additional requirements for IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition for z/OS, version 17.	PH61576
Additional support on DBA user authentication by using a certificate	UMS supports DBA user authentication by using a certificate for Db2 Administration Foundation and Db2 DevOps Experience. For more information, refer to Configuring the DBA user by using a certificate.	PH58451
Db2 Administration Foundation
Integration with Db2 Automation Expert	Db2 Administration Foundation is now integrated with Db2 Automation Expert, which enables you to: Filter and view the status of the utilities submitted for a specific subsystem over a selected time frame. Refer to Viewing Db2 utility status. Submit utilities for one or more objects by using the Run Db2 utility feature. Refer to Running Db2 utility for objects.	PH61576
SQL tuning setup	You can now create the SQL tuning repository database from the Db2 Administration Foundation user interface. For more information, see Creating a repository database. You can now create the EXPLAIN tables that store the SQL tuning metadata from the Db2 Administration Foundation user interface. For more information, see Creating EXPLAIN tables.
IBM Db2 Query Workload Tuner for z/OS	You can use the Workload Analytics Accelerator Advisor to determine which statements are eligible for acceleration and which are not. For statements that are not eligible, recommendations are provided to potentially enable these statements for acceleration. For more information, see Determining acceleration eligibility for SQL statements in a workload.
IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS enhancements	A new graph is introduced to show the tables accessed by query in the past one week. The overview tab now has the following fields to provide additional information on the accelerator: Replication latency and Number of processors in the Key information tile. Accelerator container version, Serial number, Db2 level, and Admin service version in the System Information tile. The Create references, Remove references, Grant access, and Revoke access options are now moved into the Federation drop-down on the Tables tab.
IMS Administration Foundation
Support for IMS 15.5	IMS 15.5 is supported by this maintenance.	PH61576
Improvements to the IMS DBD dashboard	The following are the new features in the IMS DBD and PSB dashboards: The physical DBD relationship information tile and tab are added. The DBD or PSB map tab can display the XML representation of a DBD or PSB.	PH61576
Db2 DevOps Experience
Enhancement to instance change settings	An author or a creator of an instance can now modify the instance name and add more owners to an instance using the Change Setting option. For more information, refer to Changing instance settings.	PH61576

Note: No PTFs have been released for Db2 Administration Foundation and IMS Administration Foundation. Therefore, all the Db2 Administration Foundation and IMS Administration Foundation functionalities are available in UMS1.2.0.7 PTF.

Table 8. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.7 (UI96717 or UI97098) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR (PTF)
Performance improvement	Improved the performance of the application and usability.	PH60802 (UI96717) or PH59629 (UI97098) Note: PH59629 supersedes PH60802.

Table 9. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.6 (UI96248 or UI97098) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR (PTF)
Support for Profile Qualifier	Unified Management Server (UMS) now supports the ability to select a `profileQualifier` that is used to support more than one user set for the `useSAFOnly` security mode. This `profileQualifier` will be used to perform all the SAF checks. For more information, refer to Supporting Profile Qualifier.	PH58894 (UI96248) or PH59629 (UI97098) Note: PH59629 supersedes PH58894.
Supports JCECCARACFKS	UMS now supports JCECCARACFKS type, which allows you to store the private keys in ICSF instead of RACF. For more information, refer to Setting up secure communication for UMS Applying local Java security properties	PH60228 (UI96248) or PH59629 (UI97098)
Introducing the SAF Id field	The SAF Id field is now available in the user interface, and the value specified in this field will be used to determine team membership in the SAF profile. For more information, refer to Editing teams and Creating teams.	PH60228 (UI96248) or PH59629 (UI97098)
Db2 Administration Foundation		PH60228 (UI96248) or PH59629 (UI97098)
Introducing the Db2 Utility history tab	You can now view the history of the utility execution for a specific subsystem over a selected time frame. This helps in analyzing and comparing the utility information from one execution to another and taking immediate corrective actions when there is an execution failure. For more information, see Exploring Db2 objects Viewing Db2 utility history
IBM Db2 Query Workload Tuner for z/OS	Capturing SQL from a user-defined repository enables you to identify and display SQL statements that exist in data sources that you define. Introducing new tabs in the Db2 Administration Foundation user interface makes it easy to display only single-query jobs or only queries that comprise a workload.
Load object data to accelerator server	Implemented infrastructure changes to discover IBM Db2 Analytics Accelerator Loader Server for z/OS from IBM Db2 Administration Foundation for z/OS. Db2 Administration Foundation user interface changes can load object data to multiple accelerator servers with Db2 Analytics Accelerator Loader Server. This data is loaded from a virtual table or virtual view. The 'data server' is the Accelerator Loader Server that hosts the virtual table or view. The 'target server' is the Accelerator Loader that has access to the target Db2 subsystem and the accelerator. For more information, see Configuring UMS for Db2 Analytics Accelerator Loader Server Registering Db2 Analytics Accelerator Loader Server Loading data to Db2 Analytics Accelerator Loader Server
IMS Administration Foundation
Supports DBA user authentication by using a certificate	UMS supports the option to specify its DBA user using a trusted certificate that is associated with a DBA user ID. This feature is supported when RACF is used as the security manager and only when IMS Administration Foundation is activated. The support includes DBA user authentication on the IMS Tools TCP Server. For the feature to work with IMS Tools TCP Server, the PTF `UI96259` provided by `APAR PH57652` of the IMS Tools Base is required. For more information, see Setting up AT-TLS SAFCheck client authentication for DAI TCP server.

Note: No PTF released for IMS Administration Foundation. Therefore, all the IMS Administration Foundation functionalities are available in UMS1.2.0.5 PTF.

Table 10. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.5 (UI94998 or UI95147) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR (PTF)
ZWEYAML enhancements	Added the following members in ZWEYAML: `components.izp.dataset.jcllib` `components.izp.dataset.parmlib` `components.izp.server.tlsVersionList`	PH57118 (UI94998) or PH58177 (UI95147) Note: PH58177 supersedes PH57118.
Job enhancements	The `IZPSYNCY` sample job is added to assist with synchronizing example IZP YAML and existing ZWEYAML PARMLIB member. For more information, see Installing a program temporary fix (PTF).
TLS enhancements	The Unified Management Server 1.2 now supports TLS 1.3.
IMS Administration Foundation
ODBM Dashboard	A new dashboard for each Open Database Manager (ODBM) server and its resources has been added. The IMS Connect dashboard has been enhanced to link it with the new ODBM dashboard.
Support delimiter selection in the export function	You can select a delimiter from a list when exporting an IMS command processor output or a set of statistics data for a DBD. The dialog to be displayed for the delimiter selection is the same as that for the SQL processor.

Note: No PTF released for IMS Administration Foundation. Therefore, all the IMS Administration Foundation functionalities are available in UMS1.2.0.4 PTF.

Table 11. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.4 (UI93732) new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
Customize UMS started task name	You can now customize the UMS started task name. For more information, see `components.izp.zowe.job.suffix` member in `ZWEYAML`.	PH56865
Subsystem registration	Subsystem registration is improved when the subsystem's `SYSNAME` and `JES2` names are different.
Export SQL query results	You can now export the results of SQL queries to a CSV file.
ZWEYAML enhancements	Added the `components.izp.zowe.job.suffix` member in ZWEYAML. For more information see, `components.izp.zowe.job.suffix`.
Logging enhancement	Improved logging for z/OSMF related errors.
	Improved logging for the following JCLs: IZPCPYML IZPYAML IZPGENER IZPCPYM2 IZPSTEPL IZPALOPL
	Error checking is improved for migration scripts.
IMS Administration Foundation
Supports the IMS registration of IBM IMS Administration Tool for z/OS	If IBM IMS Administration Tool for z/OS (Program Number: 5655-CAT) is installed and configured with Distributed Access Infrastructure (DAI) and IMS Tools Knowledge Base (IMS Tools KB) of IBM IMS Tools Base for z/OS (Program Number: 5655-V93). IMS registrations for IMS Administration Tool and its associated RECON IDs can be simplified by using IMS Administration Tool data sharing group registration process provided by IMS Administration Foundation. For details on the configuration requirements, see Installing IMS Administration Foundation. For details on configuration requirements for IMS Administration Tool, see IMS Administration Foundation and IMS Tools.

Table 12. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.3 new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
Retry ZSS at configurable interval	UMS attempts to retry Zowe System Services (ZSS) at a configurable interval when it fails to run the first time it is called at start up. This only applies to the initial discovery at start up.	PH55598
Reduce memory usage	Support to prevent application operations from consuming high memory during UMS tasks.	PH55598
IMS Administration Foundation
Supporting authentication type of `MFA_JWT`	IMS Administration Foundation supports the authentication type (`components.izp.server.authType`) of `MFA_JWT`. For configuration requirements, see Installing IMS Administration Foundation, IMS Administration Foundation and IMS Tools, and Configuring multifactor authentication for UMS. Note: If you are using the IMS command processor feature of IMS Administration Foundation with the `authType` of `MFA_JWT`, then certain IMS maintenance is required. For details, see Software requirements for IMS Administration Foundation.	PH55944

Note: No PTF released for IMS Administration Foundation. Therefore, all the IMS Administration Foundation functionalities are available in UMS1.2.0.2 PTF.

Table 13. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.2 new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
SAF-based management of users and teams	An alternative security mode that stores the team, user, and role information in IBM® System Authentication Facility (SAF) eliminates the need to maintain the user or team list data set. For details, see Setting up users and teams.	PH54452
Support for high availability	Unified Management Server offers high availability for Db2 Administration Foundation features through Zowe with an active/passive mode. For details, see Preparing for high availability.
ZWEYAML enhancements	Added the following members in ZWEYAML: `components.izp.security.useSAFOnly` `components.izp.dataset.loadLibrary.izp` `components.izp.toolsDiscovery.enabled` `components.izp.toolsDiscovery.discoverySearchPaths`
IMS Administration Foundation
Removing the DBDLIB and PSBLIB requirements for visualizing DBDs and PSBs when IMS catalog is used	For users of IMS Administration Foundation, the DBDLIB and PSBLIB requirement for DBD and PSB Map feature that enables visualization of IMS database segment structures and segment relationships is removed for IMS data sharing groups that use IMS catalog. Notes: To use this feature, the PTF `UI90630` must be applied to IMS Administration Foundation. For details of this PTF, see What's new in IMS Administration Foundation. This support needs IBM IMS Library Integrity Utilities for z/OS v2.2 (Program Number 5655-U08) and PTF `UI92487` provided by APAR `PH54565` in addition to the installation and maintenance of IMS Administration Foundation. For additional configuration requirements, see Installing IMS Administration Foundation and IMS Administration Foundation and IMS Tools.

Table 14. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.1 new and changed functions
Feature	Description	APAR
ZWEYAML enhancements	Added the `components.izp.server.host` member in ZWEYAML. For more information see, `components.izp.server.host.`	PH52916
Logging enhancement	Improved error and informational messaging.
IMS Administration Foundation
Support for DBRC-defined groups	Added support for DBRC-defined groups in the "explore objects" for IMS and the "data sharing group" page for IMS administration dashboard. Group views for all types of DBRC-defined groups are added. CAGRP exceptions can be displayed in the new CAGRP view. For details of the prerequisite IBM IMS Tools products to report change accumulation exceptions, see IMS Administration Foundation and IMS Tools.

Table 15. Unified Management Server 1.2.0.0 new and changed functions
Feature	Description
Zowe enhancements	The minimum required Zowe version for Unified Management Server 1.2 is version `2.3.0`. The UMS installation process is updated to integrate with the new procedures introduced by Zowe `2.3.0`.
Db2 Administration Foundation	Db2 Administration Foundation 1.2.0.0 is released with UMS 1.2.0.0. For more information, see What's new in Db2 Administration Foundation.
Db2 DevOps Experience	Db2 DevOps Experience 1.3.0.0 is released with UMS 1.2.0.0. For more information, see What's new in Db2 DevOps Experience.