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BackgroundCurrently, I have added and enabled a VSAM External Security Manager (ESM) to my Rocket Enterprise Server. I added the VSAM ESM to the security managers list at the ES Administration and Directory Server security domain levels. I can sign on using the users I manage at the ES Administration level through the VSAM ESM’s verification and authentication. The IssueAlthough I have added the same VSAM ESM I’m using at the ES Administration and Directory Server security domains to the region’s security facility configuration, I cannot start the region using any of the default users provided in the default VSAM ESM. In the region, I navigated to [General → Verify]. On the Verify page, I clicked the [Run] button and got some more insight. It seems it is successfully loading the ESM configuration “VSAM ESM”, but it has failed to initialize the SAF manager due to reason 16. The error message states, “Safmgr initialization failed, reason = 16”. I can’t start the region using the VSAM ESM

Running Visual Studio 2022 Community Edition and Visual Cobol Personal Edition. Fired up Visual Studio and tried to open one of my solutions. Received  the attached errors. All the programs in Solution Explorer were marked ‘Incompatible’.  I’m unsure as to whether this means my license has expired or whether it is a different problem.Please see attached.TIA

Hello Customers As part of Rocket Software's ongoing modernization strategy, we would like to share our long-term direction for the Zeke product family and encourage customers currently using OpsCentral to begin planning their transition to Zeke Web.Why Move to Zeke Web?The majority of customers have already transitioned to Zeke Web and are benefiting from a more modern, browser-based experience. By moving to Zeke Web, customers can:Align with Rocket's strategic direction for workload automation Benefit from ongoing product innovation and enhancements Access a modern web-based user experience Position their organization to take advantage of future capabilities as they are delivered Reduce dependence on legacy administration toolsWhile Zeke Web is the recommended path forward, we want to be transparent that there are a small number of functional differences between OpsCentral and Zeke Web that some customers may wish to evaluate as part of their migration planning.I would like to know i

Universe 11.3.1,  AIX 7200-05-11-2546We noticed when comparing very large numbers they don’t correctly evaluate to not equal. Specifically, if two variables are over 17 characters in length and they don’t match correctly. See the below sample program and its output. The (X NE Y) does not evaluate to true until the length of the strings are 17 characters even though the variables are never equal. Does anyone know what is causing this to happen?  X = '0587634906513946593645'Y = '0587634906513946593646' FOR Z = 1 TO 8  CRT X, Y, (X NE Y),LEN(X)  STRLN = LEN(X)  X = RIGHT(X,STRLN-1)  Y = RIGHT(Y,STRLN-1)NEXT ZOutput:0587634906513946593645        0587634906513946593646        0         22        587634906513946593645         587634906513946593646         0         21        87634906513946593645          87634906513946593646          0         20        7634906513946593645 7634906513946593646 0         19                            634906513946593645  634906513946593646  0         18        

Windows Server 2008 R2 StandardService Pack 1LicensesNo limit, local hostedCobol Server (Production)the license server runs, and the runtime refers to that server for the license. Can i revoke the license on the llicense server, then revoke the production server license, and reinstall with the same number on the runtime server, except not referring to the license server, but local? Local is how our staging runtime server is set up. Just want to put that out there, in case there are other issues.

Hi all, For an analysis I’m exploring the ESCWA portal. I got it set up using the Visual Cobol installation.It comes with a trial key. All looks great. I can program COBOl and run the applications. Greate.But then, when I try to create a region in the dashboard, I’m prompted that “I have no valid license”.When I check the license manager that came with the installation, it shows I have 500 more days left.So the “portal” doesn’t consider this license.I then thought “perhaps I need to get a trial license for the server seperate”, but it’s impossible to find. Support also isn’t being helpful.I could find this link to “request a trial version” but it’s not working properly, hence I don’t know they receive 30 requests by now or it never went through: http://cabs.microfocus.com/products/enterprise-suite/enterprise-server/trial in the portals and confsing different dashboards, i could find something like “download trials”  but it never shows the enterpreise server. Is there any way to set up

A recent client asked how we produce different type documents within in the Universe/Unidata database. There is no Rocket Software product that does that I am aware of. Using a Eclipse open-source product called BIRT with a Universe/Unidata ODA interface you can produce all of those types and more. So, am I right about no Rocket Software product that creates reports in different formats?

I can’t remember the initiation command to use instead of “uv” to enable multiple concurrent sessions.  Can someone help me?Thanks, Dale

Downloads Product availability Matrix (PAM) Downloads of this patch are available from the Rocket Customer Support Portal.New Feature(s)Small improvements have been made to the IDE's refresh mechanism improving overall responsiveness.

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I read through the documentation and compared it to what I am seeing on the system. There is a DEVICES record called OKIDATA.  This has control character definitions and such. In the USER-COLD-START, there is a STARTPTR 0, 0, 0, S13 & STARTPTR 1, 1, 0, S10 and other for the rest. There is also an ASSIGNFQ 1,OKIDATA (C If I do LISTPTR I have several printers, 0, 1, 2, 6 and 7 and all say serial and DEV or PROCESS # is 13, 10, 11, 14 and 9.On the server itself, the OKIDATA printer name is OKI-C711-DCA9AC. How is the OKI-C711-DCA9AC assign to the OKIDATA?  I am thinking it is something to do with a configuration somewhere for the Dev or Process, but not sure what.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.------------------------------Troy DittbernerPresidentNorthstar Data Services IncBrooklyn Park VA US------------------------------

Before you get carried away I don’t mean you can do any coding in uniface.  In fact, you can ask about the $hits and it may suggest you have a dodgy stomach. 🤣 What I did which is something I have found needed in many companies but with no easy solution.  How do I get an ERM for my project.  The problem is it either takes too long and is unusable, or it simply can not be done as we hold relationships in uniface and not in the database. So, I tasked it to AI.I gave AI the DICT data for fields, tables (± 1000 of tables), subtypes, relations, keys… so 5 files of data. I thien started chatting with AI. The result is a stand alone .html file.  You can zoom, wildcard the tables, see the relationships, correct any overlaps.  For more features I would suggest chatting a bit more. The source code is easily readable but seems to consist of lots of drawing lines.  You probably would not want to modify the code manually. So, the easy bit is to give it the data, then you need to chat until it give

Hi,When the source file (CBL) and any ancillary copybooks have been saved with an encoding of UTF-8 BOM then I am getting some strange behaviour with characters such as high-values when moving a PIC X group into a string and then moving it back out into a PIC X group.My question is whether there a compiler option or some other mechanism whereby the source files are automatically converted to ASCII or UTF-8 at the time of building the dll?Thanks

Our IT services have employed a company to test vulnerabilities. They are reporting an out of date Oracle Java version on our machine, which is patched to patch 10.4.3.042What do people know about updating the Java version independently? Is it ‘safe’ to do so? Or will bits of the uniface environment stop working?  Where is the installation folder to overwrite, or is that automatic?  (afterthought) WHat happens when we patch uniface, does it reset, or is it smart enough to not update a later version? Regards, Iain

Problem: If the RM/COBOL runtime, or, compiler abnormally terminate, then, the use counting mechanism can become corrupt.  This scenario will cause any future instances of the runtime/compiler to fail with a "unauthorized use message (loc 810). Resolution: The full text of the Loc 810 error is : System function error (Loc 810) - Semaphore OK but shared memory marked bad.The "rmucutil" utility will show that there is a shared memory issue. Either reboot or reset the locked "shared memory" to resolve the problem.Below is the syntax for the "rmucutil" utility, located in your RM/COBOL installation directory:rmucutil xx-xxxx-xxxxx-xxxx runtime|compiler detailsThe "rmucutil" utility will show that there is a shared memory issue. If the output shows there is a shared memory or semaphore issue, you can clear shared memory and semaphores manually if the ipcs (for Inter Process Communication Status) commands are available on your operati

Hi all,If you originally signed up for the AI Unit Test Beta that started last month, but have yet to get started - we are running a short ‘Getting Started’ Webinar, next Thursday 16th July at 15:00 BST. Here we will provide you with all the information you need to explore the exciting prospect of using AI to create unit tests for your COBOL programs.To sign up, please follow this link - https://rocketsoftware.registration.goldcast.io/webinar/b11b290c-b0ff-4145-a55a-61e4b96cb153

I am getting BPX1SLP program not found while running a batch job. I believe BPX1SLP is IBM utility. Needs some help in fixing this issue. 

Hi everyone! Is there a version of OpenQM for personal use or study purposes? If so, where can I download it?

It's been a busy month in cybersecurity. High-profile incidents hit Fortinet, Klue, Oracle PeopleSoft, and others. While the specifics differ, there's a clear throughline – and it goes beyond "identity is important." The attack surface has shifted. Credentials are only one part of the picture now.When attackers don't break in – they log inIf June's security news felt unusually identity-heavy, that's because it was.Start with Fortinet. Researchers uncovered a publicly exposed directory containing over 86,600 sets of cleartext credentials and Kerberos hashes harvested from Fortigate firewalls. Once inside those perimeter devices, attackers used packet sniffing to harvest credentials across Active Directory environments – compromising internal accounts without direct internal access. CISA issued a hardening advisory on June 18.Then look at Klue. Threat group Icarus got in through a legacy credential tied to an abandoned integration project, harvested OAuth tokens Klue held on behalf of it

We have a number of tables in Microsoft SQL that are defined as uniqueidentifier. When accessing this column type the OpenESQL interface, using ODBC, returned this column type as a char(36).Modifying our native code to .NET and using ADO it appears that this column type is returned as a 16 character binary column type.My question is whether you are aware of this and whether there are other column data types that behave differently when using ADO as opposed to ODBC? Peter