Job logs are now more secure and compliant with the PCI standard.

You can optionally avoid the temporary download of the job logs on the master domain manager if the job logs contain confidential information.

For more information, see Log files and archived files section in the Administration Guide.

You can now install or upgrade your master domain manager and dynamic domain manager in SSL mode. This ensures encryption in motion for all data moving within your environment.

For more information, see Configuring the master domain manager and broker in SSL mode in the Readme File for V9.5 Fix Pack 5

For more information about the localopts file, see Setting local options in the Administration Guide.

You can access the product APIs for monitoring and retrieving insightful metrics data. The metrics are exposed and can be visualized with tools for displaying application metrics such as, the open source tool Grafana. If you use Grafana, you can take advantage of the preconfigured dashboard that is available on Automation Hub. Automation Hub gives you access to the downloadable JSON file on the Grafana web site. Use the Grafana Dashboard: Distributed Environments for you on-premises deployments including Docker. A separate preconfigured dashboard named, Grafana Dashboard: Kubernetes Environments, is available for cluster monitoring, including monitoring pods.

For more information about configuring authentication and the list of exposed metrics, see the section about monitoring with Prometheus in User's Guide and Reference.

You can now install your on-premises Workload Automation environment also on Azure SQL. Azure SQL consists of a family of managed, secure, and intelligent products that use the SQL Server database engine in the Azure cloud.
You only need to install your database, then proceed with the command-line installation for master domain manager and Dynamic Workload Console, as always, specifying MSSQL as the database type.
For the complete command-line installation procedure, see the section about Typical installation scenario in Planning and Installation.

 HCL Workload Automation is available as managed service on Now.

HCL Workload Automation on Now cloud-native-as-a-service provides the freedom to deploy anywhere and the flexibility to scale on a dedicated environment.

HCL Workload Automation on Now offers a fully managed cloud experience. Outsource the administration and management of the server to HCL Software so you can concentrate on automating and enhancing your business processes. This feature is available only for HCL Workload Automation.

For more information see Using the HCL Workload Automation managed service on Now.

OneDB is a decentralized backend, handling user authentication, data storage, and validation. Hosting an instance is very simple, so you can decide where you want to store your data, gaining complete control and ownership over your data.

The procedure for creating the OneDB database for the master domain manager is the same as the procedure for Informix. For more information, see the section about Typical installation in Planning and installation.

Credential vaults offer a secure mechanism to store user names and passwords. You can use them to submit Workload Automation jobs without specifying any passwords, which are retrieved from the credential vault.
You can now integrate Workload Automation with credential vaults by simply deploying a library file and customizing a properties file.
To enable the integration, you only need to download the package from Automation Hub and deploy it to all your dynamic agents, together with a customized version of the JobManager.ini file. Sample jobs are provided in the documentation on Automation Hub for deploying all required files to all your dynamic agents.

Workload Automation satisfies Requests for Enhancements (RFEs).
Requests for Enhancements (RFEs) give customers the opportunity to collaborate directly with the product development team and other users. The team prioritizes and develops new product features based on proposals made by customers.
Workload Automation V9.5 Fix Pack 4 delivers the following RFEs:

• Improve status management for jobs running on IBM i in case submitted jobs are lost
      The status management for jobs running on IBM i has been improved to support monitoring of jobs lost after submission.
  
• Support for userid in IBM i jobs
     AllowRoot (AllowQsecofr) feature for IBM i agents has been implemented. For more information, see the section about Configuring properties of the native job launcher [NativeJobLauncher] in Administration Guide.
  
• Unexpected error message after wappman -export is now fixed
      The wappman export command works as expected and the WAT files are correctly exported.
  
• Ensuring identity and access management with credential vaults
      Credential vaults offer a secure mechanism to store user names and passwords. You can use them to submit Workload Automation jobs without specifying any passwords, which are retrieved from the credential vault.
      You can now integrate Workload Automation with credential vaults by simply deploying a library file and customizing a properties file.
  
• Certificate validation on agents
      Dynamic and z-centric agents can now ensure the certificate they receive is valid and has been issued by a recognized CA. For more information, see the section about Customizing the SSL connection between the agents and the Z controller when using your certificates in Scheduling End-to-end with z-centric Capabilities.
  
• Notifications are now available in the Dynamic Workload Console about the status of your connections to the license server
      Connection to the license server is crucial to your workload. You can now check the status of the connection in real time. For more information, see How do I verify my connection to the license server? in Planning and Installation. This feature is available only for HCL Workload Automation.
  
• White labelling
      Workload Automation provides the capability to customize user interface labels. You can now personalize the UI labels for the following UIs: Self-Service Catalog and Self-Service Dashboards mobile applications.
  

You can now download and deploy certificates from the master domain manager when installing dynamic and fault-tolerant agents.
When installing the agent with a fresh installation, you only need to provide the credentials to connect to the master domain manager using the wauser and wapassword parameters. The certificates are automatically downloaded and deployed to the agent without further intervention.
If you have previously installed the agent, you can run the AgentCertificateDownloader script on the agent. The script connects to the master domain manager, downloads the certificates, and deploys them to the agent. The certificates must be available on the master domain manager in a specific path. For more information, see the section about certificates download to dynamic agents in Planning and Installation.

Proper communication with the license server is crucial to maintaining your environment up and running.
From the Dynamic Workload Console, you can now easily access the notifications regarding the license server.
For more information, see the FAQ How do I verify my connection to the license server? in Planning and Installation.
This feature applies only to HCL Workload Automation.