IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Numbers 3 And 4

January 27, 2025 Doug Bidwell

We are finally getting back into synch between The Four Hundred and the IBM i PTF Guide, and with this week’s issue numbers 3 and 4, you will be all caught up.

In Number 3, dated January 18, we note that IBM has put out the latest service pack 950.D0 for system firmware levels VL950, VM950, and VH950, which you can read all about here. The updates are available for the following Power9 machines:

• Power System S914 (9009-41G)
• Power System E950 (9040-MR9)
• Power System E980 (9080-M9S)
• Power System H922 (9223-22H)
• Power System H922 (9223-22S)
• Power System H924 (9223-42H)
• Power System H924 (9223-42S)
• Power System L922 (9008-22L)
• Power System S914 (9009-41A)
• Power System S922 (9009-22A)
• Power System S922 (9009-22G)
• Power System S924 (9009-42A)
• Power System S924 (9009-42G)

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published on January 20:

PTF Groups 7.5:

• Performance Tools

PTF Groups 7.4:

• Performance Tools

PTF Groups 7.3:

• Performance Tools

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Links’ tab in The Guide this week:

• PTF: IBM i Group PTFs with level, 7025229

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘QMGtools’ tab in The Guide this week:

• None

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘ACS_NAV’ tab in The Guide this week:

• Win11: Windows 11 24H2 update causes issues connecting to IBM i, 7180720

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Prtr Links’ tab in The Guide this week:

• None

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

• None

New (or Updated) “Stuff” added to REF tab in The Guide this week:

• None

The Guide at a glance:

There were new defectives the week of 01/18/25. Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect		Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date		PTF				PTF
	--------	--------	---------	-----------------------	
7.5	01/10/25	SJ02698	DT420281	SJ03424 (When available)(read the recommendations) Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
7.4	01/10/25	SJ02699	DT420281	SJ03424 (When available)(read the recommendations) Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
7.3	11/25/24	SI85462	DT417583	SJ03169 (When available)(read the recommendations)

That brings us to Volume 27, Number 4, which we put together on January 25. Number 4 had a security vulnerability, which you can find out about in Security Bulletin: IBM Rational Developer for i is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack (CVE-2024-47072) and which is detailed at this link. RDi versions 9.6 and 9.8 are affected.

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level that we put together on January 25:

PTF Groups 7.5:

• HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
• Defective PTFs
• QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.4:

• HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
• Defective PTFs
• QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.3:

• QMGTOOLS

There were new defectives the week of 01/25/25. Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release. Click on the Defective PTF link for your release in the Guide:

	Defect		Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date		PTF				PTF
	--------	--------	---------	-----------------------	
7.5	01/24/25	MJ02844	DT422153	MJ02844 (When available)(read the recommendations)
			MJ03072			Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
			MJ02566
7.4	01/24/25	MJ03193	DT422153	MJ03701 (When available)(read the recommendations)
			MJ03071			Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
			MJ02878
			MJ02842
			MJ02689
			MJ02565
7.3	11/25/24	SI85462	DT417583	SJ03169 (When available)(read the recommendations)

Be sure to access the link in The Guide for further details.

Below is the usual archive of the IBM i PTF Guide to help you work through the PTFs in chronological order:

January 25, 2025: Volume 27, Number 04

January 18, 2025: Volume 27, Number 03

January 11, 2025: Volume 27, Number 02

January 04, 2025: Volume 27, Number 01

December 21, 2024: Volume 26, Number 50

December 14, 2024: Volume 26, Number 49

December 7, 2024: Volume 26, Number 48

November 30, 2024: Volume 26, Number 47

November 23, 2024: Volume 26, Number 46

November 16, 2024: Volume 26, Number 45

November 9, 2024: Volume 26, Number 44

November 2, 2024: Volume 26, Number 43

October 26, 2024: Volume 26, Number 42

October 19, 2024: Volume 26, Number 41

October 12, 2024: Volume 26, Number 40

October 9, 2024: Volume 26, Number 39

September 28, 2024: Volume 26, Number 38

September 21, 2024: Volume 26, Number 37

September 14, 2024: Volume 26, Number 36

September 7, 2024: Volume 26, Number 35

August 31, 2024: Volume 26, Number 34

August 24, 2024: Volume 26, Number 33

August 17, 2024: Volume 26, Number 32

August 11, 2024: Volume 26, Number 31

August 3, 2024: Volume 26, Number 30

July 27, 2024: Volume 26, Number 29

July 20, 2024: Volume 26, Number 28

July 13, 2024: Volume 26, Number 27

July 6, 2024: Volume 26, Number 26

June 22, 2024: Volume 26, Number 24

June 15, 2024: Volume 26, Number 23

June 8, 2024: Volume 26, Number 22

June 1, 2024: Volume 26, Number 21

May 25, 2024: Volume 26, Number 20

May 18, 2024: Volume 26, Number 19

May 11, 2024: Volume 26, Number 18

May 4, 2024: Volume 26, Number 17

April 20, 2024: Volume 26, Number 16

April 13, 2024: Volume 26, Number 15

April 6, 2024: Volume 26, Number 14

March 30, 2024: Volume 26, Number 13

March 24, 2024: Volume 26, Number 12

March 16, 2024: Volume 26, Number 11

March 9, 2024: Volume 26, Number 10

March 2, 2024: Volume 26, Number 9

February 24, 2024: Volume 26, Number 8

February 17, 2024: Volume 26, Number 7

February 10, 2024: Volume 26, Number 6

February 3, 2024: Volume 26, Number 5

January 27, 2024: Volume 26, Number 4

January 20, 2024: Volume 26, Number 3

January 13, 2024: Volume 26, Number 2

January 6, 2024: Volume 26, Number 1

December 30, 2023: Volume 25, Number 53

December 30, 2023: Volume 25, Number 53

December 23, 2023: Volume 25, Number 52

December 16, 2023: Volume 25, Number 51

December 9, 2023: Volume 25, Number 50

December 2, 2023: Volume 25, Number 49

November 25, 2023: Volume 25, Number 48

November 18, 2023: Volume 25, Number 47

November 11, 2023: Volume 25, Number 46

November 4, 2023: Volume 25, Number 45

October 28, 2023: Volume 25, Number 44

October 21, 2023: Volume 25, Number 43

October 14, 2023: Volume 25, Number 42

October 7, 2023: Volume 25, Number 41

September 30, 2023: Volume 25, Number 40

September 23, 2023: Volume 25, Number 39

September 16, 2023: Volume 25, Number 38

September 9, 2023: Volume 25, Number 37

September 2, 2023: Volume 25, Number 36

August 26, 2023: Volume 25, Number 35

August 19, 2023: Volume 25, Number 34

August 12, 2023: Volume 25, Number 33

August 5, 2023: Volume 25, Number 32

July 29, 2023: Volume 25, Number 31

July 22, 2023: Volume 25, Number 30

July 15, 2023: Volume 25, Number 29

July 8, 2023: Volume 25, Number 28

July 1, 2023: Volume 25, Number 27

June 24, 2023: Volume 25, Number 26

June 17, 2023: Volume 25, Number 25

June 10, 2023: Volume 25, Number 24

June 3, 2023: Volume 25, Number 23

May 27, 2023: Volume 25, Number 22

May 20, 2023: Volume 25, Number 21

May 13, 2023: Volume 25, Number 20

May 6, 2023: Volume 25, Number 19

April 29, 2023: Volume 25, Number 18

April 22, 2023: Volume 25, Number 17

April 15, 2023: Volume 25, Number 16

April 8, 2023: Volume 25, Number 15

April 1, 2023: Volume 25, Number 14

March 25, 2023: Volume 25, Number 13

March 18, 2023: Volume 25, Number 12

March 11, 2023: Volume 25, Number 11

March 4, 2023: Volume 25, Number 10

February 25, 2023: Volume 25, Number 9

February 18, 2023: Volume 25, Number 8

February 13, 2023: Volume 25, Number 7

February 4, 2023: Volume 25, Number 6

January 28, 2023: Volume 25, Number 5

January 21, 2023: Volume 25, Number 4

January 14, 2023: Volume 25, Number 3

January 7, 2023: Volume 25, Number 2

January 1, 2023: Volume 25, Number 1