Features introduced with version 10.2.5

IBM Workload Scheduler version 10.2.5 contains the following enhancements:

• Advancing security with FIPS 140-3 compliance
• Streamlined engine reporting configuration in administration panel
• Navigating OQL Queries in the Orchestration Monitor
• User Object Credential Management - Ensuring operational continuity and security
• Monitor certificate expiration - Total certificate control
• Changed features, improvements, and RFEs in version 10.2.5

Helpful videos demonstrating new features are available on Workload Automation YouTube channel.

Important information for version 10.2.6

APARs fixed in version 10.2.5

This section lists APARs resolved in version 10.2.5.

Resolved Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs)

Interoperability tables

Known limitations and workarounds

./AgentCertificateDownloader.sh --jwt false --work_dir <work_dir> --tdwbhostname <tdwbhostname> 
--tdwbport <tdwbport> --gwid <gateway_id> --gateway <local|remote|none> 
--apikey <API key for authentication with the master domain manager>

Upgrading dynamic agents version 10.1 Fix Pack x to version 10.2.5 fails

 

You may encounter problems when upgrading your dynamic agents from v 10.1 Fix Pack x to version 10.2.5 if the dynamic agents meet both of the following conditions:

• The dynamic agents are a 10.x version and are connected to a 10.2.5 master domain manager
• The dynamic agents are using either:
  • default certificates, or
  • certificates downloaded using the AgentCertificateDownloader script or the wauser and wapassword parameters at installation time

If both the above conditions are met, the upgrade process fails when upgrading the agents to version 10.2.5. A message similar to the following is displayed:

AWSFAB518E The certificates provided as input for the fresh installation, or already used by the
product during the upgrade process, are not compatible with FIPS mode. If you want to proceed 
with the installation without enabling FIPS, set the enablefips parameter to false and restart
the installation.

This message indicates a general certificate compatibility issue. While it references FIPS mode, the error may not necessarily be caused by FIPS-specific settings.

Prevention strategy

To avoid encountering this problem, run the AgentCertificateDownloader script on the agents before upgrading,

Problems with SAP jobs on extended agents

 

An error might occur when running SAP jobs on extended agents if the job is defined with a streamlogon user different from the wa user.

 

When checking the job log, you can find the following error:

 

*** ERROR 012 *** EEWO0012E The extended agent could not be initialized.

Workaround

You can perform ONE of the following actions:

• Either use the wa user as streamlogon user
• Or set the 644 permission for both key.p12 and key.sth files.

 

 

Package structure

For a detailed list of available packages, see the 10.2.5 Quick Start Guide document available from IBM Fix Central.

Installing and upgrading to version 10.2.5

This section describes how to install or upgrade to version 10.2.5.

Installation notes

• Before installing the release, ensure you have installed the required prerequisite software. To obtain the latest information about software requirements, run the Detailed Software Requirements report and browse to the relevant section.

• The formal test phase was performed using WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base 25.0.0.6. The minimum required version of WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base is 25.0.0.6.

• Before performing an upgrade, check whether the ssl_config.xml file is present in the overrides folder. If the file is present, check the verifyHostname option in the twaSSLSettings section. The verifyHostname must be set to false, as shown in the following example:

  <ssl id="twaSSLSettings" keyStoreRef="twaKeyStore" trustStoreRef="twaTrustStore" 
  sslProtocol="TLSv1.2" clientAuthenticationSupported="true" verifyHostname="false"/>

• Depending on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty version you are using, you might encounter the problems described in the following technotes:

Versions equal to or higher than 24.0.0.8

See Possible IWS compatibility issues with Liberty 24.0.0.8 or higher

Versions ranging from 24.0.0.3 to 24.0.0.8

See Dynamic Workload Console is not able to open "Monitor Event Rules" nor "Manage workload security" with OpenID authentication

Performing the centralized agent update on a stand-alone fault-tolerant agent

Documentation updates

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