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This readme file provides important information about Fix Pack 1 for Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5.0
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This edition applies to Fix Pack 1 for version 9, release 5, modification level 0 of IBM Dynamic Workload Console.
IBM Dynamic Workload Console Readme File Fix Pack 1 for Version 9.5.0
- Date
- 8 July 2019
- Fix Pack Name
- 9.5.0-IBM-DWC-FP0001
- Product
- IBM Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5.0
- General Description
- IBM Dynamic Workload Console 9.5.0 Fix Pack 1
This readme file provides important information about Fix Pack 1 for IBM Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5.0.
This readme file is the most current information for the fix pack and takes precedence over all other documentation for Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5.0.
The most up-to-date version of this readme can be accessed at the following URL: Fix Pack readmes
IBM Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5.0 Fix Pack 1 supports all product versions indicated in the IBM Workload Scheduler version 9.5 Release Notes which can be accessed at the following link: Dynamic Workload Console Version 9.5 Release Notes.
For the most up-to-date information about supported operating systems, software and hardware requirements, see the Detailed system requirements document at the following URL: Dynamic Workload Console Detailed System Requirements.
Review the following sections thoroughly before installing or using this fix pack.
About this Fix Pack
This section contains information specific for this Fix Pack including what has been modified or introduced, what has been fixed, product versions or components to which the Fix Pack applies, and compatibility issues, if any.
This section includes the following subsections:
Features introduced with Fix Pack 1
- File transfer job plug-in enhancements
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Version 9.5 Fix Pack 1 delivers the following enhancements to the File transfer job plug-in:
- RFE 124923: Appending text to an existing file
- The file transfer job plug-in now includes an option to append the data contained in the transferred file to the existing file on the destination system. This avoids overwriting the existing file and preserves any changes that were made to the file prior to the transfer. The option applies to file transfers of type download and for files encoded as text.
- RFE 127294: Specifying FTP SIte subcommands
- An option has been added for file transfers originating from a distributed environment to a z/OS target workstation, using the FTP protocol, to specify SIte subcommands. For example, you can specify a subcommand to define primary and secondary space allocations.
- RFE 123295: Deleting a source file after an upload transfer
- An option has been added to specify if you want to delete the source files after a file transfer of type "upload".
- Delegating administrator privileges on folders to other users
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The IBM Workload Scheduler administrator can grant permissions to a user on a folder so that the user can freely create new access control lists or modify existing access control lists on the folder or any sub-folders to which the user has been delegated administrator permissions. The user can in turn give access to the folder or sub-folder to other users by specifying an existing role to which the user wants to grant the access, as well as the folder. In this way, the IBM Workload Scheduler administrator can delegate the security to various organizations in the business to other users who can act independently as administrators for that organization.
A new access type "acl" has been added for folder objects. With this type of access, users can create access control lists for the folder assigned to them by assigning predefined roles to users and groups on the entire folder hierarchy or on specific sub-folders.
For more information about delegating permissions on folders, see Managing folders.
- OpenID Connect Provider as an identity provider
- Enable web single sign-on and use the OpenID Connect Provider as an identity provider.
Client applications, for example, the Dynamic Workload Console, can verify the identity of a user by relying on authentication from an OpenID Connect Provider. You can configure the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base server to function as an OpenID Connect Client to take advantage of web single sign-on and to use the OpenID Connect Provider as an identity provider.
To simplify the configuration of the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base server, a sample configuration file in XML format is provided.
For more information about configuring WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base server to function as an OpenID Connect Client, see Configuring an OpenID Connect Client.
- Workload dashboard improvements
- With the latest release, new enhancements have been added to the workload dashboard.
- Simplification of the use of the Table widget combined with Engine list datasource: By selecting the Engine list and the Table widget, the related fields are automatically displayed in the list without the need to add them manually.
- Light redesign of KPI and Bar chart widgets, with different colors and a smoother style.
- Additional widgets: Bubble chart and Free text. The Bubble chart represents data with a series of bubbles in descending order and size. The bubbles might change in dimension and position according to the variation of data. The Free text gives the possibility to have useful notes at your fingertips.
- Broker CLI commands
- The resource and jobstore commands have been reactivated with this fix pack.
The Broker CLI and the Broker UI require both the Dynamic Workload Console and the master domain manager at the version 9.5, Fix Pack 1 level or later. - Enhancements in the Reports feature
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- Folders in reports are now fully supported.
- Reports are now supported on MSSQL and Oracle databases
- Two new columns are now available in reports which use a z/OS engine:
- SUBSYSTEM NAME
- WORKSTATON TYPE
- Updated version of WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base
- Fix pack 1 has been tested using WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base version 19.0.0.4 and 19.0.0.5
- Added support for Windows 2019 Server
- Fix pack 1 delivers support for Windows 2019. IBM Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5 Fix Pack 1 was tested using Windows 2019 Server with Oracle 18c as the RDBMS.
- Satisfying Requests for Enhancements (RFEs)
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Requests for Enhancements (RFEs) give customers the opportunity to collaborate directly with the product development team and other users. The team prioritizes and develops new product features based on proposals made by customers.
IBM Workload Scheduler V9.5 Fix Pack 1 delivers the following RFEs:- RFE 124923
- Appending text to an existing file. For details, see File transfer job plug-in enhancements
- RFE 127294
- Specifying FTP SIte subcommands. See File transfer job plug-in enhancements for more details.
- RFE 123295
- Delete file on server after download. See File transfer job plug-in enhancements for more details.
To view a complete list of RFEs, new, planned, and delivered, see: RFE online community.
- Dynamic Workload Console
Dynamic Workload Console can be installed on WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty. - For details, see Installing Dynamic Workload Console on WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty.
- Filtering jobs that are late
- From the General filter for z/OS jobs window, you can browse the jobs in the current plan that are late according to the following criteria:
- Their latest start time
- The day and time you specified in the Not Started Alert or Not Started Action field.
- Either their latest start time, or by the day and time that you specified in the Not Started Alert or Not Started Action field.
- Setting alerts or actions if a job in plan does not start or complete
- You can edit the properties of a job in plan, by modifying or setting that an action is taken if the job does not start or complete within the specified date and time.
- Dependency Resolution
- From the Self-Service Catalog you can define the dependencies resolution for the service, as follows:
- None
- No dependency resolution is necessary. This is the default value.
- All
- Both predecessor and successor dependencies must be resolved.
- Predecessor
- Predecessor dependencies must be resolved.
- Successor
- Successor dependencies must be resolved.
For more information about new features introduced with this fix pack, see Summary of enhancements.
Helpful videos demonstrating new features for IBM® Workload Scheduler is available on Workload Automation YouTube channel.
APARs and defects fixed in IBM Dynamic Workload Console Fix Pack 1 for version 9.5.0
This Fix Pack includes a number of fixes for internal defects found by the verification team.
This section lists APARs solved by Fix Pack 1.
- List of APARs fixed:
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- IJ16431
- With Dynamic Workload Console 9.4 FP05, in the submit predefined josbtream panel, the selected variable from the vartab table is overridden by the default main_table variable.
- IJ16233
- Extra backward slash "\" symbols are added each time the customer edits the event rule.
- IJ16230
- FTP jobs containing wildcards in the destination name fail with error message AWKFTE037E.
- IJ12138
- The yearly layout in run cycles is displayed in collapsed mode with Internet Explorer, v. 11.
- IJ12956
- The search function does not return any job definitions when searching for rerun job definitions in Internet Explorer, v. 11, if a Japanese engine name is used.
- IJ11905
- With Dynamic Workload Console 9.4.x, if the timezone of the Dynamic Workload Console and the engine are different, job time in job history report is incorrect.
- IJ13912
- Cannot import Self-Service catalogs when there is no associate.
- IJ11908
- IBM Workload Scheduler dependencies are removed when updating a run cycle in a job stream before the final run time occurs.
- IJ11482
- Cannot load predecessor jobs from a backup master domain manager in Dynamic Workload Console 9.4.04. The following error message is returned: AWSUI0796E: the specified action cannot be performed.
Known limitations and workarounds
The following are software limitations and workarounds that affect Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5.0 Fix Pack 1. For a list of known problems and limitations documented for the V9.5 General Availability release, refer to the Dynamic Workload Console Release Notes.
9.5 Fix Pack 1:
To avoid Dynamic Workload Console connection issues, and an IBM Z Workload Scheduler Server ABEND when connecting a Dynamic Workload Console v9.5 Fix Pack 1 or later, to a v9.2 or v9.3 Controller, install APAR PH13139.
The actual report is not displayed in the archived plan list if a high number of archived plans is present (WA-80653)
You cannot specify folders with folder names longer than 254 in the security file (WA-80894)
- A communication failure could occur when removing an ACL defined on a deleted folder (WA-80991)
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Removing an ACL defined on a deleted folder from the Dynamic Workload Console, you could receive an error message similar to the following:
"AWSUI0833E The operation could not be completed. There has been a communication failure. The internal message is: AWSJDB201E The object "acl=/FOLDER1_1/+F" cannot be locked, updated, or deleted because it is locked by user "null"."
Workaround: to remove the ACL and avoid communication issues, perform the following steps:- Recreate the deleted folder.
- Delete the ACL defined on the folder you just recreated.
- Delete the folder.
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- The Subsystem Name and Workstation Type filters are missing.
- The filter is not applied to the report contents.
- The maximum job name length is 8 characters and wildcards in the job name are not supported.
- The filter is not applied to the report contents.
Fix Pack structure
This section describes the structure of the images contained in this Fix Pack.
Fix Pack files available using Fix Central
+---9.5.0-IBM-DWC-README-FP0001.zip
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+---9.5.0-IBM-DWC-AIX-FP0001.zip
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+---9.5.0-IBM-DWC-LINUX390-FP0001.zip
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+---9.5.0-IBM-DWC-LINUX_X86_64-FP0001.zip
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+---9.5.0-IBM-DWC-WINDOWS_X86_64-FP0001.zip
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+---9.5.0-IBM-IWS-console-container-FP0001
Installing the Fix Pack
This section describes how to apply Fix Pack 1 to Dynamic Workload Console.
- The Dynamic Workload Console is active.
- No user is connected to the Dynamic Workload Console to prevent the data related to their working session from being lost.
Installation notes
Read this section thoroughly before installing this Fix Pack.
- Before installing the Fix Pack, ensure you have installed the required prerequisite software. To obtain the latest information about software requirements for IBM Workload Scheduler, run the Software Requirements report and browse to the relevant section.
- On UNIX systems only: Before installing either the Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5 or this Fix Pack, make sure that umask is set to 022. To verify that umask is set to the correct value, from a command prompt, run the umask command. If the value is different from 022, modify it by running the command:
umask 022 - If you plan to connect the Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5 Fix Pack 1 to a z/OS engine, ensure the following APAR for the z/OS platform is installed if ypu plan to use the two new columns in the DB2 reports (SUBSYSTEM NAME and WORKSTATON TYPE):
- PH12689
- Support for multiple controller for DB2 reporting and new keywords added to JOBREC statement.
Interoperability notes
Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5.0 Fix Pack 1 supports all product versions indicated in the Dynamic Workload Console version 9.5 Release Notes which can be accessed at the following link: Dynamic Workload Console Release Notes.
Installation methods
- You can install directly the Dynamic Workload Console General Availability version 9.5 together with the latest fix pack level, as described in Installing from the CLI.
- You can update the Dynamic Workload Console from General Availability version 9.5 to the latest fix pack level, as described in Updating the Dynamic Workload Console to the latest Fix Pack level.
- You can upgrade the Dynamic Workload Console from version 9.3 or later to General Availability version 9.5 and then update to the latest fix pack level, as described in:
If necessary, you can also return to a previous product version level, as described in Returning the Dynamic Workload Console to a previous product version level .
Disk space requirements
Before starting the Fix Pack installation, ensure that you have the following space available in the file system. The values indicated in the table show the disk space required by the Dynamic Workload Console alone. For the disk space required by other components, see the relevant documentation.
To obtain the latest information about permanent disk space requirements when installing IBM Workload Scheduler on supported operating systems, run the Hardware requirements report and click on the relevant operating system link
| Operating System | Installation directory | Temporary directory |
|---|---|---|
| AIX® | 2 GB | 800 MB |
| Linux s390x | 2 GB | 800 MB |
| Linux x86-64 | 2 GB | 800 MB |
| Windows 64 | 2,5 GB | 1 GB |
If the installation fails because of lack of free disk space, you must stop the installation, free space on your disk, and start the installation again.
Documentation updates for IBM Dynamic Workload Console Fix Pack 1, version 9.5.0
Any additions or changes to the documentation as a result of Fix Pack 1 have been integrated into the online product documentation available in IBM Workload Automation product information.
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