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New Features

The following are new features added in version 7.2.0 of TIBCO®

Managed File Transfer Platform Server for UNIX.

Add Encode Parameter

This release adds Encode parameter in the COMMON section of config.txt to define the code page

used to convert file names.

Add Ciphers Parameter

This release adds Ciphers parameter in the SERVER and CLIENT sections of config.txt to specify

ciphers used for server and client TLS negotiation.

Add SSL Support to Command Center Functions

This release adds SSL support to the Command Center functions. When the connection security type for the destination platform server is defined as implicit SSL, Command Center can run these

functions to the platform server: managing platform server nodes, managing platform server profiles, performing platform server audit inquiry, and executing platform server transfers.

All these SSL functions are performed using AES256 encryption.

Add MaintainBDW and MaintainRDW Parameters for z/OS Transfers

This release adds maintainbdw and maintainrdw transfer parameters to define whether to maintain

the Block Descriptor Word (BDW) and Record Descriptor Word (RDW) when sending or receiving variable block binary files to or from a z/OS system.

Add New File Tokens

This release supports the following new file tokens:

Token Description

$(DateUS) Resolved in the format MMDDYYYY.

$(FL##) File qualifier computed from left-justified position. There can

be a maximum of 16 qualifiers.

$(FR##) File qualifier computed from right-justified position. There can

be a maximum of 16 qualifiers.

Upgrade Openssl Version

This release upgrades OpenSSL version to OpenSSL 1.0.1h (fips 2.0.9) for all platforms except HP-UX RISC.

Support ScanSubDir Parameter for Transfers Initiated from Command Center

This release supports sending subdirectories when a platform server transfer request is initiated from Command Center. This capability will be available in a forthcoming release of TIBCO MFT Command Center.

Support Moving Directories with the fusutil Utility

This release supports moving directories with the fusutil utility. You can use mvdir | movedir

option to perform this function.

Support IPv6

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Add Command Center Support to Node Requests Initiated by Command Center

This release adds the Command Center Support option to node requests initiated by Command Center. This capability requires TIBCO MFT Command Center with version 7.3 or higher.

Add PAM Authentication Support for the Root Installation

This release supports any authentication supported by PAM, including LDAP for the root installation on all platforms. For the non-root installation, it supports responder profile authentication only. The new parameter PamAuth is added to the server definitions in the config.txt.

Support Multi-Byte Characters in File Name, Log.txt and Command Center Requests

This release supports multi-byte characters in file names, Log.txt, transfer and collector requests

initiated by TIBCO MFT Command Center with version 7.3 or higher.

Allow More Values for RP_ED Parameter

This release supports RP_ED=1999/000, and if you enters RP_ED=99/000, it is converted to 1999000.

Add SSLEnabledProtocols Parameter

This release adds SSLEnabledProtocols parameter in both the SERVER and CLIENT sections in config.txt to define whether SSLV3 is supported.

Add LogDirectoryTransfers Parameter

This release adds LogDirectoryTransfers parameter in the COMMON section in config.txt to

define whether a cfdir request is logged or not. The valid values are Y, N, or Errors.

Add Three Digest Algorithm Length for Generating Certificate

This release adds the ability to generate certificate request for SHA256, SHA384, SHA512 in

sslutility.exe utility.

Add New Configuration File cfcos.cfg

This release adds the cfcos.cfg file in the MFTPS_install to define different levels of SBufferSize

and RBufferSize. You can specify the ClassOfService parameter in both the SERVER and CLIENT

sections in the config.txt to improve transfer performance.

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Changes in Functionality

The following are changes in functionality in version 7.2.0 of TIBCO Managed File Transfer Platform Server for UNIX.

Increase the Local and Responder User Profile User ID Maximum

This release increases the maximum length of both local and responder profile user IDs from 20 characters to 64 characters.

Send Only One Summary Email for Successful Directory Transfers

When you perform a directory transfer and all the files within the directory are transferred

successfully, if EmailSuccess is specified, only a summary email is sent. However, if any of those file

transfers fails, an individual email is sent for that failed transfer and a summary email is sent when the directory transfer is completed.

Display an Error When a Node Does Not Exist in cfrprofile Prompt

When cfrprofile prompt:yes is executed, if you type in a node name that does not exist, an error

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Deprecated and Removed Features

The following tables list any features that have been deprecated or removed as of version 7.2.0 of TIBCO Managed File Transfer Platform Server for UNIX.

For deprecated features, if relevant, useful alternatives to the deprecated features are listed. Any use of a deprecated feature should be discontinued as it might be removed in a future release. You should avoid becoming dependent on deprecated features and become familiar with the suggested alternative features. Removed Features Affected Component Description Deprecate d Release Removed Release

OCSP OCSP support for SSL transfers is removed. 7.2.0 7.2.0 License Key The cfapplykey utility in the MFTPS_install

directory, and the license key information in the

MFTPS_install/config/config.txt is removed.

7.2.0 7.2.0

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Migration and Compatibility

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Closed Issues

The table lists closed issues in version 7.2.0 of TIBCO Managed File Transfer Platform Server for UNIX.

Key Summary

PSU-396 When sending a zero byte file from Windows to AIX, if the encryption used on the AIX system was Rijndael, the transfer failed.

PSU-383 When initiating a transfer from Internet Server to a platform server on UNIX, if the transfer failed or was cancelled before the first checkpoint was taken, the PQF record on the platform server was not deleted.

PSU-348 When you initiated a directory transfer from Command Center to send files between two platform servers on UNIX, after the transfer was completed, the

pid.error files did not get deleted in the mftps_install/temp folder on the

platform server for UNIX.

PSU-377 Resolves a problem with Double Byte characters in the FileName when BW submits the transfer through MFT Command Center to MFT Platform Server on UNIX.

PSU-214 Add support for double byte characters in the Initiator File Name and Responder File Name for Platform Transfers initiated by Command Center.

PSU-338 Resolves a problem when CyberResp is not started from the CFROOT directory,

internal commands like FUSUTIL and CFDIR fail.

PSU-333 Updates the socket buffer sizes to the TCP default. PSU-319 Upgrades openssl to openssl-0.9.8zf.

PSU-236 Resolves a problem where all errors were retried, not just temporary errors. Under some circumstances, a temporary error may be reported as a permanent error. PSU-207 Resolves a problem where DataClass was always reported as N/A in Unix

Log.txt.

PSU-175 Changes made to create a new directory with the same permissions as the parent directory. Previously new directories were created with 700 permissions. If a directory is created under the root "/", it will be created with 755.

PSU-217 MFT Platform Client requires the TLS protocol when initiating an SSL connection to TIBCO MFT Platform Server.

PSU-216 Resolves a problem where the last character of the Remote File Name can be truncated.

PSU-213 _{Allows the following values for the}_{RetenPeriod_ExpDate}₍_{rp_ed}_{) parameter:}

● Allow 1999/000

● Change 99/000 to 1999000

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Key Summary

PSU-208 Resolves a problem recovering from "Process Limit Reached - Try Again Later" error after resource shortage.

PSU-197 Resolves a problem when transferring files with Unicode file names.

PSU-188 _{Resolves a problem supporting Unicode characters in FileName,}_Log.txt_and Collector Requests

A new Encode parameter was added to the config.txt COMMON section, for

example: # [ COMMON ]

Encode: IBM-eucKR { N, encoding_name }

If Encode is N or not defined, no additional encoding conversion will be done; all

file names assumed to be in UTF-8.

If Encode is defined, local and remote file names will be converted:

=> when Initiating a transfer, the file names are converted from native file system "Encode" to UTF-8

=> when Responding to a transfer request, the file names are converted from UTF-8 to native system "Encode"

This encoding conversion is performed on cfsend, cfrecv, CyberResp. It is a "Global" parameter common to both Initiator and Responder.

PSU-172 _{Adds the following command line transfer parameters:}

maintainbdw mbdw { y, n } maintainrdw mrdw { y, n }

The default value is n.

PSU-183 Resolves a problem with non-root installs when CyberResp attempts to restart a transfer. Now if the user that submits the transfer is the same as the CyberResp user, the transfer will be restarted. If the user that submits the transfer is different than the CyberResp user, an error message will be written indicating the transfer cannot be restarted.

PSU-180 Resolves a problem where the RetenPeriod_ExpDate (rp_ed) parameter did not

allow a date yyyy/ddd where ddd equals 000.

PSU-179 Resolves a problem where PPA commands were truncated when using double quotes within the command.

PSU-178 Resolved an intermittent core dump when the TIBCO MFT Command Center performed a Node function to this platform server.

PSU-176 Added trace messages to display DNS lookup information when the trace level is set to Medium or High.

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Key Summary

PSU-170 Resolves a core dump when cflist.cfg contains a file name longer than 22

characters.

PSU-153 Added the move option to the fusutil utility to resolve a problem where fusutil rename would fail when a file is renamed to a directory on a different

partition.

Example command: S,R,COMMAND,fusutil m <old_filename>

<new_filename>

PSU-139 Resolves a problem where a cfdir or fusutil command fails when an

installation path is too long.

PSU-149 Resolves a problem with directory transfers from JMS where the Wait for Transfer to Complete finishes prematurely, after the first transfer completes.

PSU-148 Resolves the following error when sending a file with a size of exactly 4075 bytes or a multiple of 4075 bytes and AES encryption is enabled:

Reason: Write file failed. The supplied user buffer is not valid for the requested operation.

PSU-147 Resolves a problem where a high volume of concurrent transfers may result in duplicate transaction IDs.

PSU-146 Resolves a problem where the line feed delimiter value "LF" was not preserved in the audit record.

PSU-145 Resolves a problem where the ScanSubDir parameter did not work when

executing a platform transfer from Command Center. The field is also now included in the audit record and collected audit records on Command Center correctly report the ScanSubDir value. Note, this fix is dependent on a Command

Center update to be released after this hotfix.

PSU-144 Resolves a problem where the byte count was reported as zero when a network error occurred.

PSU-143 Resolves a problem where the RetenPeriod_ExpDate (rp_ed) parameter is

corrupted when sending to z/OS.

PSU-141 Resolves a problem where the Platform Server starts but terminates when ECONNABORTED exception is received.

PSU-128 Resolves an error when sending a zero byte file to z/OS as initiator or responder. PSU-127 Updated the OpenSSL modules to version OpenSSL 0.9.8y-fips. Note, not included

for the HP-UX RISC platform.

PSU-125 Improves transfer speed by increasing the size of the socket send and receive buffers.

PSU-100 Increased the maximum User ID length from 20 to 64 bytes in the cfprofile,

audit record and IS collector requests.

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Key Summary

PSU-094 Resolves a problem where the Remove Trailing Spaces parameter did not work when executing a platform transfer from Command Center. The field is also now included in the audit record and collected audit records on Command Center correctly report the Remove Trailing Spaces value.

CA01875-AIX CS01876-Solaris SPARC CN01877-Solaris x86 CH01878-HP RISC CI01879-HP Itanium CL01880-Linux CM01881-z/ Linux

Resolves a problem authenticating to a system configured to use shadow passwords.

Resolves a problem where no Audit record was written when a Platform to Platform transfer was submitted from TIBCO MFT Command Center and an error occurred as a result of invalid parameter settings.

Audit records for transfers containing a remote DomainName\UserId have been updated to report the domain name.

Resolves a problem where Directory Transfer Summary audit record set the end time to the same value as the start time.

Resolves a problem when using TIBCO MFT Command Center to pull audit records for a specific transfer user, all records were for all users were being returned.

Resolves a problem when a user is not in the cfbrowse or cfadmin groups, and

the user specifies the LocalUser parameter, cfinq incorrectly returned all

transfers for the logged on user. cfinq now returns no transfers.

Updated Audit log entry to report BF_56 instead of BF_256 when encryption type Blowfish is used.

Resolves a problem on cfsend when specifying the uperm parameter with a value

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Known Issues

The table lists known issues in version 7.2.0 of TIBCO Managed File Transfer Platform Server for UNIX.

Key Summary

PSU-398 Summary: During send transfers to a distribution list, if you specify some of the

these parameters on the command line: encryption, SSL, port and compression,

they cannot override the values defined for the nodes which are included in the distribution list.

Workaround: Configure the necessary encryption, SSL, port and compression in

the node definition when sending to a distribution list. PSU-397 Summary: PAM authentication does not work on HP-UX.

Workaround: None.

PSU-389 Summary: After finishing a send command transfer from the platform server on

UNIX to a platform server on Windows, if you retrieve the audit log from the platform server on UNIX and resubmit the transfer on the Audit Details page of Command Center, the transfer direction changes to receive.

PSU-248 Summary: When you run the fusping command against TIBCO MFT Platform

Server for Windows with earlier versions, if the license key of the Windows server has expired, a wrong message indicating a network error is displayed.

TIBCO Managed File Transfer Platform Server for UNIX Release Notes

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Contents

TIBCO Documentation and Support Services

New Features

Changes in Functionality

Deprecated and Removed Features

Migration and Compatibility

Closed Issues

Known Issues