Axway Transfer CFT Release Notes

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1 Axway Transfer CFT Release Notes New features and enhancements Platform features Limitations Prerequisites Upgrade procedure Discontinued support Documentation Support services New features and enhancements Major evolutions REST APIs: Transfer CFT now provides a set of runtime REST APIs for performing a transfer or checking the product catalog, available exclusively on Windows and Unix environments. Added support for HP NonStop: This version replaces Transfer CFT on Guardian systems and provides additional Transfer CFT functionalities. See the platform features table for details. Folder monitoring improvements: Added a CFTFOLDER object that expands the folder monitoring configuration. Enhanced folder monitoring with file-system event mode. File selection in folder monitoring supports REGEX filtering. Passport AM cache loading: Added a new CFTSXPAM process checks for changes in the passport configuration and saves these in the CFTAM cache. Display only Sentinel error notifications: Transfer CFT sends notifications to the Sentinel server in the case of errors only. GFS2 multi-node shared file system support: Added support for GFS2 shared file system for multinode architecture. Network Resource Depletion Prevention: Added an option to optimize network resources. 1

2 Minor evolutions and enhancements Support relative bounds for date and time when using LISTLOG. The file label allows an NFAME (PI37) that exceeds 80 characters when exchanging with other PeSIT products. Extended transcoding (FCHARSET/NCHARSET) support for stream text (FTYPE=J). Support on IBM i platform for stream text (FTYPE=J). Added HOST information to the message CFTH56I. Added use of hexadecimal representation in FPAD and NPAD. Support regular expressions for multi-pattern groups of files. Added processing throttling to limit the number of scripts launched in parallel. Support product updates using Central Governance when the system user control is enabled. Added post-transfer file renaming option. Added support for cft.server.exec_as_user for z/os platforms. Platform features This table lists supported product features according to platform. Functionality Operating System Windows Unix z/os IBM i OpenVMS HP NonStop REST API X X Central Governance X X X X X SP and patch deployment via Central Governance X X Multi-node architecture X X X * X Secure Relay X X X X 2

3 Functionality Operating System Windows Unix z/os IBM i OpenVMS HP NonStop FIPS X X IPv6 X X X X X ptcp X X UDT X ** SOCKS X X X X X TrustedFile (PGP S-MIME CMS) *** X X Enabled for the following platforms: * Only one host ** Only applies to Linux-x86-32, Linux-x86-64, Linux-ia64 (64 bit) *** Only applies to Windows-x86-32 Supported file systems for multi-node architecture The following non-exhaustive table lists shared file systems that have been tested with Transfer CFT. Operating system Tested and supported Not supported AIX GPFS (recommended), NFSv4 NFSv3, CXFS, VeritasSF HP-UX NFSv4 NFSv3, CXFS, VeritasSF Linux-x86 GPFS (recommended), NFSv4, GFS2 NFSv3, CXFS, ACFS, OCFSv1, OCFSv2, QFS, VeritasSF OpenVMS RMS 3

4 Operating system Tested and supported Not supported Solaris NFSv4 NFSv3, CXFS, QFS, VeritasSF Windows-x86 CIFS CXFS, NFS z/os Sharing DASD across Sysplex Limitations TLS renegotiation is not supported. Transfer CFT no longer supports the XHTTPS protocol for synchronous communication. Cannot upgrade Transfer CFT SP1 on hpux-ia64 from Central Governance. The upgrade pack must be applied directly on the target hpux-ia64 server. You cannot migrate the Transfer CFT Guardian catalog and communication files to Transfer CFT HP NonStop Prerequisites Windows When using a Windows x86 (32-bit) or (64-bit) system, you must install the Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013 (and not a later version) to provide necessary library files (DLL) for the compiler: For a win-x86-32 target use: vcredist_x86.exe For a win-x86-64 target use: vcredist_x64.exe Note If the redistribution package is already installed on your Windows system, there is no need to reinstall. Java support You require Java version 7 or higher as a client to use the Copilot UI. 4

5 Upgrade procedure As of version Transfer CFT benefits from a CUP (Composite Update Package), which includes both the installer and product upgrades, easing the process of upgrading your environment. Additionally, as of you can also use Central Governance to upgrade your Transfer CFTs. Discontinued support Changing technologies as well as evolution in our customers systems, drives the need for Axway to modify or discontinue support for some features. The following list summarizes discontinued functions that have been announced for Transfer CFT. Discontinued platforms The following platforms were previously supported in Transfer CFT 3.1.3; however, support is discontinued in Transfer CFT 3.2.4: HP UX 11iV1 (11.11) parisc 32, parisc 64 HP UX 11iV2 (11.23) parisc 32, parisc 64, ia64 64 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 x86 64 (64-operating system) Windows Server 2003 x86 32, x86 64, ia64 64 Windows XP x86 32, x86 64 Windows Vista x86 32, x86 64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86 32, x86 64, ia64 64 IBM i (OS/400) 6.1 Z/OS (MVS) 1.12 For a comprehensive list of supported platforms for Transfer CFT, please refer to the Axway Supported Platforms guide available on Axway Sphere at Discontinued in Transfer CFT Functionality VFM 5

6 Interoperability Composer for Transfer CFT Transfer CFT Navigator Networks and protocols Networks: LU62, SNA, DSA, X.25, and DNA Protocol: ETEBAC Discontinued in Transfer CFT z/os [MVS] Functionality API CICS Transfer CFT z/os no longer uses the SAS/C compiler. This results in the removal of interfaces specifically used by the SAS/C objects, such as the USERAPI module. Therefore, Transfer CFT API access is now done via a call to the DLL. Consequently, this constraint requires a slight modification to the source code; for example, you must use a Language Environment (LE) conforming Assembler. To assist users in understanding and implementing, EXIT and API samples in Assembler, C, and COBOL are delivered with Transfer CFT version 2.7.x and higher. Discontinued in Transfer CFT Transfer CFT no longer supports the SSL non-authentication mode. Documentation This section describes documentation enhancements and related documentation. Documentation enhancements The following document updates take into account new product features and enhancements: 6

7 New section describing multi-node upgrade procedures. New Capacity Planning Guide for the version. New section for REST APIs. Related documentation For more information about Transfer CFT and how it is used in Axway, refer to: Axway Supported Platforms Transfer CFT User Guide Transfer CFT Local Administration Guide Transfer CFT Capacity Planning Guide Transfer CFT Security Guide Transfer CFT UNIX Installation Guide Transfer CFT Windows Installation Guide Transfer CFT z/os Installation and Operation Guide Transfer CFT IBM i Installation and Operation Guide Transfer CFT OpenVMS Installation and Operation Guide Transfer CFT HP NonStop Installation and Operation Guide Support services The Axway Global Support team provides worldwide 24 x 7 support for customers with active support agreements. support@axway.com or visit Axway Sphere at Copyright 2017 Axway. All rights reserved 7