Announcements

We’ve changed how our OpenQM customers obtain an authorization key (license key) for their Rocket OpenQM solution. If you’re an OpenQM customer used to visiting portal.openqm.com to request a license key or if you contact Rocket directly for a key, please note that moving forward, you’ll now use Rocket Business Connect (RBC) to self-serve.

The Rocket Software MultiValue team is inviting all Rocket® UniVerse customers to participate in our UniVerse 11.4.1 beta program.  This is your chance to test, influence and provide feedback on UniVerse 11.4.1.

If you decide to participate, here are some new functionality highlights you'll find in UniVerse 11.4.1 and Rocket® MultiValue Performance Experience (MVX Performance) 1.7 for customers on active maintenance.

• We’ve enhanced HA/DR and fixed some bugs, making it easier to manage your replication environment while improving performance
• Improve performance by implementing the Replication Intelligent Queue Manager, which allows a subscribing system to recognize when there are multiple updates in the queue to the same file
• Easily test a new version of UniVerse on a subscribing system while still running an older version of UniVerse in production because UniVerse 11.4.1 allows a subscriber to receive logs from older protocol levels
• Recover from stalled subscriber groups using the new uv_repadmin option
• Works with a new version of the Rocket MVX Performance that monitors replication and licensing events including
• Replication Suspended Event, File Merge Stalled Event, Stuck LSN Event, plus eight other replication-related events
• Device Licensing Reached Limit event, Device Licensing Exceeded, and Database License Used event.
• Discover bottlenecks and areas where you can improve performance in your applications using UV BASIC Profiling’s application performance analysis and insights
• Take advantage of the dictionary compiler upgrade that includes new BASIC functions such as NOW(), TODATETIME(), TODATE(), TOTIME(), and CHANGE()
• An upgraded version of Python to v3.11
• Support for OpenSSL v3.0
• +++ many enhancements and bug fixes

Here’s what you need to know about the 11.4.1 Beta:

Start timeframe: May 31st, 2023

Registration Deadline: May 24^th, 2023

Duration: 4 weeks

Participant Limit: 30 customers maximum (please note you can register multiple engineers from the same customer)

Supported platforms: AIX, Linux, and Windows only 

Meetings: one meeting per week which will consist of enhancement highpoints/demos and open discussions (most time zones will be covered)

Rocket Forum: All participants will be required to have a Rocket Forum account to collaborate with other beta participants and Rocket engineers.  Additionally, all beta announcements, beta software download links and meeting recording links will be provided via the forum

To join the UniVerse 11.4.1 beta:

1)     Go to the Beta Registration Page and fill out the form and agree to the terms

2)     Create an account on the Rocket Forum

The UniVerse 11.4.1 beta program will give you the opportunity to engage and collaborate with:

·       Rocket tech support

·       Product Management

·       MV Application Server development teams

We are excited to develop solutions to help you achieve your goals and  look forward to your participation.

Sincerely,

The Rocket MV Product Management Team

Take a look at the latest DBTA MV 5-Minute Briefing article published by Database Trends and Applications. 

This month’s article,  Rocket Software Releases v1.6 of its MultiValue Performance Experience, by Mary Schulz, Rocket Software Product Manager, announcing the latest release and  features.

Uniface is pleased to announce the release of Uniface Anywhere Version 6.2.3.32606.

Uniface Anywhere 6 provides new features and enhancements that improve both system administration and end-user experience.

Today we are announcing important updates on the roadmaps of wIntegrate and AccuTerm. You can read all the details on the MV Blog and accompanying FAQ.

Please join us for dinner and drinks on Tuesday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in the Private Wine Room at the Corinne Denver.  This is an exclusive invitation for Rocket customers and partners only. It will be small and casual, so you can sit back and relax after a busy day of conference activities.  Click here to learn more and RSVP. If you are not attending POWERUp this year but a colleague is, please feel free to forward this invitation to them. 

Please join us for dinner and drinks on Tuesday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in the Private Wine Room at the Corinne Denver.  This is an exclusive invitation for Rocket customers and partners only. It will be small and casual, so you can sit back and relax after a busy day of conference activities.  Click here to learn more and RSVP. If you are not attending POWERUp this year but a colleague is, please feel free to forward this invitation to them. 

Please join us for dinner and drinks on Tuesday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in the Private Wine Room at the Corinne Denver.  This is an exclusive invitation for Rocket customers and partners only. It will be small and casual, so you can sit back and relax after a busy day of conference activities.  Click here to learn more and RSVP. If you are not attending POWERUp this year but a colleague is, please feel free to forward this invitation to them. 

Please join us for dinner and drinks on Tuesday, April 25, at 7 p.m. in the Private Wine Room at the Corinne Denver.  This is an exclusive invitation for Rocket customers and partners only. It will be small and casual, so you can sit back and relax after a busy day of conference activities.  Click here to learn more and RSVP. If you are not attending POWERUp this year but a colleague is, please feel free to forward this invitation to them. 

Dear Rocket EDX Customer,

Rocket Software has released a new version of Rocket^® EDX 6.3.3.0, our cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) EDI and Integration solution platform. The highlights of Rocket EDX 6.3.3.0 include new features and enhancements for the web portal:

• New Features:
• Reprocess and resend functionality: Reprocess and resend functionality is now available on the EDX web application. These options are available for both inbound and outbound documents
• Outbound forms: Create and send new outbound EDI documents directly from the EDX web UI to your trading partners using the Outbound forms feature.
• Key Enhancements:
• Refresh button on dashboards page.
• Improved date and time presentation options.
• You can now open large documents in a new browser tab.
• Ability to export user information.
• We are now using the new Rocket logo!

Remember, using the EDX Web Portal you will be able to monitor, review and report on your activities – without needing to contact the Rocket Support Team.

The EDX 6.3.3.0 product documentation has been posted on the Rocket Product Documentation Portal.

Thank you for entrusting your business to Rocket Software.

Dear Rocket TRUfusion Enterprise Customer,

A new release of Rocket^® TRUfusion™ Enterprise is available.

The Rocket TRUfusion Enterprise 7.10.1.0 is a maintenance release with several new enhancements and issue fixes.

• Enhancements:
• Security: Several security enhancements have been implemented to address vulnerabilities that were identified by security scans in third party components used by TRUfusion Enterprise.
• Windchill Plugin: The TRUfusion Enterprise-Windchill Plugin now allows use of use simplified representations for Creo to simplify or limit the geometry elements provided to the partner.
• 3^rd Party Software Version Support: Support of later versions of software the TRUfusion Enterprise integrates with.
• Issue Fixes include:
• STL files recognized correctly.
• TFE Java Client search results on filtered multiple description fields are now correct.
• In the TFE Web Client Partner groups can now be assigned to new partners.

The Rocket TRUfusion Enterprise 7.10.1.0 release notes are posted on the Rocket Product Documentation Portal.

If you have a current Rocket TRUfusion Enterprise maintenance agreement, you can download this new release from the Rocket Community Portal.

If you’re using Rocket TRUfusion Enterprise, but don’t have an active maintenance agreement, we can help you get current. Email your account executive or contact Rocket Support and a Rocket representative will reach out to discuss your options.

Thank you for entrusting your business to Rocket Software.

We’re pleased to announce the availability of the Rocket® MV BASIC for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) v1.10.1 maintenance release.

Rocket MV BASIC for VS Code (MVVS) offers features to help your developers modernize, simplify, and work more productively in one of the most popular development environments, Microsoft Visual Studio Code.

Starting with Rocket MVVS v1.7.0, a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) release, we shared a debugging preview with you and since then we've made several quarterly maintenance releases available on the VS Code Marketplace. These maintenance releases include new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Here's a cumulative summary of what's in the last few releases:

Enhancements:

• full path support in UniData $INCLUDE statement
• disconnect debug session when U2 server is disconnected
• add functions / labels / subroutines to breadcrumbs
• Support additional parameters for compilation
• Support additional parameters for debugging

New Features:

• U2 server connection status monitoring and notification when a connection is lost

Bugs:

• 50+ bug fixes

For more information on future MVVS releases and to collaborate with fellow MVVS users, please visit the Rocket MVVS: MV BASIC for Visual Studio Code forum.

 

Where can I get Rocket MV BASIC for VS Code?

Please visit the VS Code Marketplace to download the free Rocket MV BASIC for VS Code extension today.

At Rocket Software we are committed to and value product security.  Rocket Software continually reviews security compliance policies and trends to strengthen our products. We’ve  recently implemented the Rocket Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) as an added measure of vigilance.  This program allows us to collaborate with valued researchers to respond to vulnerabilities found in Rocket Software products and resolve them on behalf of our customers.

Recently, Rapid7 Research discovered several vulnerabilities in Rocket UniData 8.2.4 and reported them through the VDP.  Rapid7 found vulnerabilities with the UniData UniRPC server (and related services) running on the Linux platform.  Due to the nature of the MultiValue applications, Rapid7 believes that widespread exploitation of the vulnerabilities is unlikely; these services tend to be found on the backend and are rarely internet-facing.  That being said, the software stack is commonly used by large organizations to store and manage data, so it's possible that these vulnerabilities will be exploited by attackers who have already gained unauthorized access to an organization's network in another way. 

Remediation

The Rocket Software MultiValue team reviewed Rapid7’s findings and worked closely with them to identify and resolve the UniRPC security vulnerabilities in UniData 8.2.4.  After completing internal testing across the U2 data servers, the MultiValue team also identified and resolved the vulnerabilities in UniVerse 11.3.5 & 12.2.1. 

 The Rapid7 Vulnerability Disclosure will be posted to the Rapid7 Research blog on March 30, 2023.  Please review this blog post and the hotfix release notes for more vulnerability and remediation details.

If you are running Rocket UniData or Rocket UniVerse, regardless of the version, we strongly advise you to upgrade to the latest hotfixes, available on Rocket Business Connect (rbc.rocketsoftware.com):

·        UniData 8.2.4.3003

·        UniVerse 11.3.5.1001

UniVerse 12.2.1.2002 (available by April 14, 2023)

The Rocket Software team is pleased to announce that new versions of Rocket Process Insights, Rocket Process Automation (IBM i edition) and Rocket Modern Experience are now available.

Today’s businesses rely on their IBM i systems for running hundreds of critical applications that are vital to their operations. For those businesses, a data-informed IBM i modernization plan will immediately and positively impact business productivity and ROI.

Rocket Process Insights provides an elevated level of awareness and data into their processes, helping businesses develop a modernization plan and evolve their IBM i platforms without interrupting those important processes.

Once you have end-to-end visibility of your business processes with Rocket Process Insights, leverage Rocket Modern Experience and Rocket Process Automation to build modern, intuitive user interfaces and automate business processes with customer-host applications that improve productivity and enhance the experience of employees, customers, and partners.

Rocket Process Insights v10.2.1,  Rocket Process Automation (IBM i edition) v10.2.1 and Rocket Modern Experience v10.2.1 provide enhanced security, seamless transition of desktop applications to Web applications and offer simplified & secure access management using the MX and Automation Hub.

Highlights include:

General Enhancements

Security updates

• To enhance the security of Automation workbench, the java version included is upgraded to version 1.8.0.345. This enables a more secure protocol TLS v1.3 and makes the latest vulnerability patches for Java available
• To mitigate the risk of known vulnerabilities in the previous version of OpenSSL it is now upgraded to version 3.0.7
• The Apache Tomcat version used in the hub is upgraded to version 9.0.68 for securing against a known vulnerability

Installation

• To streamline the installation process and configure secure connections between all product components this version adds the ability to use command line parameters when running a silent installation
• To stay updated with the latest developments and utilize newer Java functionalities, the hub now requires Java 11 or higher
• The JVM selection during installation is updated and now provides an option to select a specific Java version or to use the system default

AIX version 7 support

• As, IBM has ended support for AIX version 6. The MX GUI Engine, MX Web Engine & the Process Automation host connector will now support AIX version 7 as the minimum version.

Rocket MX & Automation Hub

Hub access assignment through environments

To adhere to high security standards and create a fine grained Separation of Duties, a new simplified access management system of Rights and Permissions for environments is introduced which replaces the old system of Role based access. This new system will remove the dependency of developers on administrators for every single deployment.

Primary access to the hub is now controlled by environments

• User access is granted per environment by the system administrator. Users assigned to an environment can use and manage the engines registered to that specific environment

The system administrator adds groups of users, individual users, or both, to a specific environment on the new Access tab

By default, environments are restricted to users assigned to that environment. This restriction also applies to existing environments when upgrading from an earlier version of the hub

• A system administrator can also assign the System Administrator role to a user

Hub user access is now restricted to the following users:

• The user assigned to the sysadmin account
• Users assigned as a system administrator
• Users with access to at least one environment
• Any user with an Analyst (Process Insights) license

For workbench users, publishing to the hub from within the workbench requires access to an environment.

Assigning hub user access is now done on the new Access tab for each environment. Assign a group of users, individual users, or both for access to the environment.

 

Rocket Process Insights

Improved hub layout

• The Recorders page now displays information in groups on the Details tab

IBM i Client Access support for recordings

• The new version now supports users that use IBM i Client Access. Recording a track is now possible on any emulator without additional configuration

Extended screen information in Process view

• Error visibility has been added in the Details section to show information about possible screen errors while reviewing screens in a process on the heatmap

Service creation enhancements

The Service creation process is now improved and faster using

• Simplified configurations for handling a subfile
• Easier field selection for overlapping fields on screen

Rocket Process Automation (IBM i edition)

Security enhancements

• More secure protocols TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3 are now added to the list of selectable protocols for HTTPS, SOAP, and SSL communication managers
• The Apache Commons Daemon version used in the Process Automation engine upgraded from 1.3.2 to 1.3.3 to improve logging
• To simplify the deployment of secure API library projects, Secure Framework option has been added to HTTPS and SOAP communication manager configuration

 

Rocket Modern Experience (Desktop Edition)

Workbench

In this release, we have an improved MX Desktop (GUI) to MX Web project conversion wizard for a seamless MX Desktop panel controls conversion to MX Web widgets:

• Project conversion wizard is now easy to use two-step process
• To generate an enhanced UI output, Style sheets have been improved for converted web pages
• Created Theme projects have refined generated appearances
• Better font conversion from LegaSuite GUI projects using Seagull fonts

Rocket Modern Experience (Web Edition)

Hub connection settings

To ease the process of creating and publishing a project, the product now has the ability to auto populate hub connection values from the Preferences page in the workbench for:

• Project creation wizard
• The new project's Publish Settings tab

When the Preferences page does not have hub connection values, the hub connection values from the wizard are now automatically saved to the Preferences page.

Responsive and Improved UI generation

• To generate a responsive and seamless UI, the read-only text fields, radio buttons, and check boxes now resize automatically based on the size of the text and the layout they are in, unless configured separately
• With the new updates in the theme builder, the web designer can now change the look and feel of the of the Menubar widget and the menu buttons
• To reduce web development efforts, users can now select the Custom appearance name directly from the Properties view

 

Thank you for trusting your business to Rocket Software. Together, we power legendary outcomes for your company and your customers.

 

Detailed release notes can be found here: Rocket Process Insights,  Rocket Process Automation (IBM i Edition), Rocket Modern Experience (Desktop Edition) and Rocket Modern Experience (Web Edition)

The Rocket Software team is pleased to announce that new versions of Rocket Process Insights, Rocket Process Automation (IBM i edition) and Rocket Modern Experience are now available.

Today’s businesses rely on their IBM i systems for running hundreds of critical applications that are vital to their operations. For those businesses, a data-informed IBM i modernization plan will immediately and positively impact business productivity and ROI.

Rocket Process Insights provides an elevated level of awareness and data into their processes, helping businesses develop a modernization plan and evolve their IBM i platforms without interrupting those important processes.

Once you have end-to-end visibility of your business processes with Rocket Process Insights, leverage Rocket Modern Experience and Rocket Process Automation to build modern, intuitive user interfaces and automate business processes with customer-host applications that improve productivity and enhance the experience of employees, customers, and partners.

Rocket Process Insights v10.2.1,  Rocket Process Automation (IBM i edition) v10.2.1 and Rocket Modern Experience v10.2.1 provide enhanced security, seamless transition of desktop applications to Web applications and offer simplified & secure access management using the MX and Automation Hub.

Highlights include:

General Enhancements

Security updates

• To enhance the security of Automation workbench, the java version included is upgraded to version 1.8.0.345. This enables a more secure protocol TLS v1.3 and makes the latest vulnerability patches for Java available
• To mitigate the risk of known vulnerabilities in the previous version of OpenSSL it is now upgraded to version 3.0.7
• The Apache Tomcat version used in the hub is upgraded to version 9.0.68 for securing against a known vulnerability

Installation

• To streamline the installation process and configure secure connections between all product components this version adds the ability to use command line parameters when running a silent installation
• To stay updated with the latest developments and utilize newer Java functionalities, the hub now requires Java 11 or higher
• The JVM selection during installation is updated and now provides an option to select a specific Java version or to use the system default

AIX version 7 support

• As, IBM has ended support for AIX version 6. The MX GUI Engine, MX Web Engine & the Process Automation host connector will now support AIX version 7 as the minimum version.

Rocket MX & Automation Hub

Hub access assignment through environments

To adhere to high security standards and create a fine grained Separation of Duties, a new simplified access management system of Rights and Permissions for environments is introduced which replaces the old system of Role based access. This new system will remove the dependency of developers on administrators for every single deployment.

Primary access to the hub is now controlled by environments

• User access is granted per environment by the system administrator. Users assigned to an environment can use and manage the engines registered to that specific environment

The system administrator adds groups of users, individual users, or both, to a specific environment on the new Access tab

By default, environments are restricted to users assigned to that environment. This restriction also applies to existing environments when upgrading from an earlier version of the hub

• A system administrator can also assign the System Administrator role to a user

Hub user access is now restricted to the following users:

• The user assigned to the sysadmin account
• Users assigned as a system administrator
• Users with access to at least one environment
• Any user with an Analyst (Process Insights) license

For workbench users, publishing to the hub from within the workbench requires access to an environment.

Assigning hub user access is now done on the new Access tab for each environment. Assign a group of users, individual users, or both for access to the environment.

 

Rocket Process Insights

Improved hub layout

• The Recorders page now displays information in groups on the Details tab

IBM i Client Access support for recordings

• The new version now supports users that use IBM i Client Access. Recording a track is now possible on any emulator without additional configuration

Extended screen information in Process view

• Error visibility has been added in the Details section to show information about possible screen errors while reviewing screens in a process on the heatmap

Service creation enhancements

The Service creation process is now improved and faster using

• Simplified configurations for handling a subfile
• Easier field selection for overlapping fields on screen

Rocket Process Automation (IBM i edition)

Security enhancements

• More secure protocols TLSv1.2 and TLSv1.3 are now added to the list of selectable protocols for HTTPS, SOAP, and SSL communication managers
• The Apache Commons Daemon version used in the Process Automation engine upgraded from 1.3.2 to 1.3.3 to improve logging
• To simplify the deployment of secure API library projects, Secure Framework option has been added to HTTPS and SOAP communication manager configuration

 

Rocket Modern Experience (Desktop Edition)

Workbench

In this release, we have an improved MX Desktop (GUI) to MX Web project conversion wizard for a seamless MX Desktop panel controls conversion to MX Web widgets:

• Project conversion wizard is now easy to use two-step process
• To generate an enhanced UI output, Style sheets have been improved for converted web pages
• Created Theme projects have refined generated appearances
• Better font conversion from LegaSuite GUI projects using Seagull fonts

Rocket Modern Experience (Web Edition)

Hub connection settings

To ease the process of creating and publishing a project, the product now has the ability to auto populate hub connection values from the Preferences page in the workbench for:

• Project creation wizard
• The new project's Publish Settings tab

When the Preferences page does not have hub connection values, the hub connection values from the wizard are now automatically saved to the Preferences page.

Responsive and Improved UI generation

• To generate a responsive and seamless UI, the read-only text fields, radio buttons, and check boxes now resize automatically based on the size of the text and the layout they are in, unless configured separately
• With the new updates in the theme builder, the web designer can now change the look and feel of the of the Menubar widget and the menu buttons
• To reduce web development efforts, users can now select the Custom appearance name directly from the Properties view

 

Thank you for trusting your business to Rocket Software. Together, we power legendary outcomes for your company and your customers.

 

Detailed release notes can be found here: Rocket Process Insights,  Rocket Process Automation (IBM i Edition), Rocket Modern Experience (Desktop Edition) and Rocket Modern Experience (Web Edition)

Please see the new blog in the list below or click on this link:

Uniface 10.4 documentation library updates

Two new critical CVEs affecting z/OS Git were published last week that may impact customers of Rocket Open AppDev for Z:

• CVE-2022-41903
• CVE-2022-23521

These vulnerabilities affect version 2.26.2-pl532_86 and older versions of z/OS Git.

A new build of Rocket’s z/OS Git port (git-2.26.2-pl532_87) has been prepared, tested and is ready now for download from Rocket’s secure conda channel server. 

A new release of Rocket^® TRUfusion™ Enterprise is available.

The Rocket TRUfusion Enterprise 7.10.0.0 release offers major enhancements and several issue fixes. The major enhancements include:

 

• TRUfusion Enterprise Web Client user interface:
  • The user interface has been modernized, simplified and made more intuitive. Rocket is confident that this will help with its adoption for use by new users and improve the user experience for existing users. More improvements are planned in future releases.
• TRUfusion Enterprise Portal authentication:
  • New multi-factor authentication (MFA) support to provide an additional layer of security for users, in addition to the first-level authentication using username and password. This is an optional configuration to provide two additional options for authentication using either:
    • a one-time password (OTP) sent to the user's email address.
    • a code generated by an authenticator app installed on the user's smartphone.
  • Additional add-on module for Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) based authentication. This provides the ability for users to securely access multiple applications with a single set of credentials entered once in customer environments which have implemented SAML.
• TRUfusion Enterprise architecture modernization
  • All communication with the TRUfusion Enterprise EDI Server module now take place through gRPC instead of CORBA. CORBA will continue to be replaced in in future releases.

The Rocket TRUfusion Enterprise 7.10.0.0 release notes are posted on the Rocket Product Documentation Portal and attached to this email.

Ready to upgrade? If you have a current Rocket TRUfusion Enterprise maintenance agreement, you can download this new release from the Rocket Community Portal.

If you’re using Rocket TRUfusion Enterprise, but don’t have an active maintenance agreement, we can help you get current. Email your account executive or contact Rocket Support and a Rocket representative will reach out to discuss your options.

Thank you for entrusting your business to Rocket Software.
The Rocket Software Team

Hello users of our z/OS open-source ports,

I am pleased to announce the release of Rocket Open AppDev for Z v2.0.3.  This release includes version currency updates of ant, Python and Vim, as well as a long list of security fixes and other fixes for most of our ports.  For customers on support contract, these latest builds are already available via conda and will be available at the end of this week for those using SMP/E. For users not on support, these builds will be made available on our public conda channel server on July 17, 2023.

The new Rocket Open AppDev for Z release includes updated Miniconda for Z installer (miniconda-zos-2.0.3-01-17.run). The new version of Miniconda for Z is based on Python 3.10.7, has Bash 5.1 in the base environment and also contains the latest version of conda package and its dependencies. The updated packages come with a bunch of vulnerability fixes, therefore the upgrade is highly recommended.

Version currency updates:

• Vim 9.0.1050=6   This is a major version update (previous version supported on z/OS was v8.0).  Full details on what is new in this version can be found here.
• ant 1.10.12=0

CVE and other fixes:

• cURL 7.77.0=18  CVE-2022-32221, CVE-2022-42916, CVE-2022-43551, CVE-43552 
• gzip 1.9=7  CVE-2022-1271
• mktemp 1.7=2  Bug: “output to STDOUT in batch is in ASCII format, not EBCDIC”
• perl 5.32.1=11  CVE-2021-36770
• perl-dbi 1.643=pl532_5  CVE-2014-10402
• php 8.1.1=11  CVE-2022-37454
• python 3.10.7=17  new version release of IBM Python bundled with cffi-1.14.6, cryptography-3.3.2, numpy-1.21.2, pip-22.2.2, pycparser-2.20, setuptools-63.2.0, six-1.16.0
• sudo 1.8.21p2=10  CVE-2022-43995
• sudo_nokrb 1.8.21p2=6  CVE-2022-43995

Fixes in dependencies:

• libtag 1.7=10    Bugs:
     “tag_version() function has the correct name everywhere”
     “set_attr_stdio is visible in ebcdic mode”
• ncurses 6.1=16   CVE-2022-29458

Note, all bundled packages except Python 3.10.7 are compatible with the previous version of Miniconda for Z. Python 3.10.7 requires the latest version of Miniconda for Z.

I'm pleased to announce that a new version of Rocket^® DevOps is now available.

Rocket DevOps core for Enterprise (RDOe), is the new name for Rocket Aldon Lifecycle Manager for Enterprise. 

As well as renaming Lifecycle Manager, we have made the following enhancements:

 

Rocket DevOps core for Enterprise

• Visual Studio 2022 support
• Promotion activities tracked by task
• Alert feature for same part in multiple tasks
• Part association limit for tasks (optional performance enhancement)
• Shipped example of CI/CD workflow
• New sample event trigger to prevent promote to <env> if target contains part with Request Promote
• Command line support: import package purge
• Enhanced message logging
• Enhanced git support (aldongit file rename, sync to RDOe)
• Upgrade shipped JDK 8 to JDK 11
• Improved DevOps portal report integration
• iASP support
• IBM i V7.5 support

 

Security Server

• Long password support for 'administrator' user
• Apache tomcat upgrade to 9.0.63
• Upgrade Log4j library to 2.17.2

 

Bug Fixes

• Resolve Visual Studio 2019 file transfer issues
• Resolve reporting for 0 byte file deployments
• Resolve Java heap size limitations
• Include missing task name in promote request reporting
• Deployment authority updates (ad hoc deploy and default profile maintenance).
• RDOe gui cannot resolve part lists to remove part association for Task with ~ 90k parts

 

Upgrade path

• LM(e) - from version 6.7 to RDOe 10.2
• Security Server from 2.4 to 10.2
• Ald/CS from 1.16 to 10.2

Upgrades from an earlier 5.x or 6.x release include complex database changes. I advise you you take advantage of complimentary pre-upgrade verification run on a Rocket test server prior to upgrading from earlier LM(e) versions. You can request this service through our support team by calling your local country number or by email (support@rocketsoftware.com).

 

Compatibility

• RDOe on IBM i is compatible with
• RDOi 10.2
• RDOp 10.2.0
• RDOt 10.2.0
• CM 11.6.14**
• Jira Add-on 3.0
• Jenkins Plug-in 2.1.1

 

** See CM 11.6.14 PTFs for integration PTF for RDOi 10.2 and RDOe 10.2

For full details, please refer to the Compatibility documents, available in the Rocket Documentation Library (docs.rocketsoftware.com).

 

Comprehensive details of the changes in this release can be found on the Rocket documentation website using the following link:

Rocket DevOps core for Enterprise 10.2 Release Notes

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding Rocket DevOps.

 

Kind regards,

 

Chris

Chris White
Principal Product Manager
cwhite@rocketsoftware.com

Starting with patch level 10.4.02.012, there is a change in the Uniface policy regarding TLS levels that are used.

Read all about it in this blog post:

Rocket Uniface upgrades secure TLS connections to a minimum of TLS v1.2 (rocketsoftware.com)

Uniface Anywhere 6.2.2.32331 is available for download from Downloads (rocketsoftware.com)

New functionality and fixes are done in this new release.
Please see the downloadable release notes.

Note: 
Uniface Anywhere 6.2 cannot be used with a version 6.0 or version 6.1 license. If you are upgrading to Uniface Anywhere 6.2 from an earlier version, you will need a new, version 6.2 license file.

I’m pleased to announce the release of Rocket^® DevOps 10.2. Rocket DevOps (formerly Rocket Aldon^®) is a platform designed specifically to enable end-to-end CI/CD for IBM^® i+ environments. This latest release includes a suite of enhancements designed to streamline your user experience.

The products in the Rocket DevOps family have been rebranded for this version. Lifecycle Manager (IBM i Edition), LMi, is renamed to Rocket DevOps core for IBM i, also known as RDOi. Lifecycle Manager (Enterprise Edition), LMe, is renamed to Rocket DevOps core for Enterprise, also known as RDOe.

Rocket DevOps test, our latest core component of Rocket DevOps that delivers integrated testing capabilities right into the platform, now includes full licensing support through the Rocket DevOps portal. Users can import, validate, and provision Rocket DevOps test licenses, as well as view license statuses directly on the portal. A new, fully integrated IBM i install also allows Rocket DevOps test to be run natively on IBM i.

 

DevOps test 10.2 Release Notes

Additionally, version 10.2 includes the following highlights for its core components:

Rocket DevOps core for IBM i (formerly Rocket Aldon Lifecycle Manager IBM i Edition)

• Secure TCP deployment (TLS/SSL)
• Change File While Active (CFWA) enhancements
• Temporal and partitioned table support
• Control CFWA process by target
• Resume journaling option

DevOps core for IBM i 10.2 Release Notes

Rocket DevOps core for Enterprise (formerly Rocket Aldon Lifecycle Manager Enterprise Edition) for Linux servers **

• Db2^® 11.5.4 support
• Promotion activities tracked by task
• Alert feature for the same object in multiple tasks
• Place a limit on part association for task
• Shipped example of CI/CD workflow
• Compatibility with Visual Studio 2022

DevOps core for Enterprise 10.2 Release Notes

** - IBM i install version will be available January 12^th 2023.

Rocket DevOps portal

• Role based security for RDOp and RDOt users
• Housekeeping functions for RDOi servers
• Change File While Active (CFWA) deployment
• TLS Location status visibility
• Additional dashboards

DevOps portal 10.2 Release Notes

 

For more information, please contact:

Chris White
Principal Product Manager
cwhite@rocketsoftware.com