IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 10

March 10, 2025 Doug Bidwell

There are new PTF group updates for the current releases of IBM i – that would be 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 – but not much in the way of the occasional weirdness we see in the software stack or the never-ending stream of security vulnerabilities. Take it while you can get it. . . .

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

PTF Groups 7.5:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security
IBM MQ for IBM i – v9.2.0/v9.3.0
PowerHA Tools for IBM i – Full System FlashCopy (FSFC)
PowerHA Tools for IBM i – Full System Replication (FSR)
QMGTOOLS
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.4:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security
MQ for IBM i – v9.0.0/v9.1.0/v9.2.0/v9.3.0
PowerHA Tools for IBM i – Full System FlashCopy (FSFC)
PowerHA Tools for IBM i – Full System Replication (FSR)
QMGTOOLS
Rational Developer for i

PTF Groups 7.3:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security
MQ for IBM i – v7.1.0/v8.0.0/V9.0.0/V9.1/V9.265
PowerHA Tools for IBM i – Full System FlashCopy (FSFC)
PowerHA Tools for IBM i – Full System Replication (FSR)
QMGTOOLS
Rational Developer for i

Tip O’ The Week: Nothing much to say here, so we will be quiet.

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

SSL: Viewing System SSL with SSLCONFIG Macro, 668083

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:

None

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

None

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

IBM Power10 Scale Out Servers Technical Overview S1012, S1014, S1022s, S1022 and S1024, at https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/redp5675.html
IBM Power Security Catalog at https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg248568.html

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 03/08/25. Defective PTF rundown – the latest 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	02/14/25	SJ03360	DT422644	SJ03833 (When available)(read the recommendations)
			SJ03138			Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
			SJ02952
			SJ02797
			SJ02479
			SJ02450
			SJ01867
			SJ01802					 
7.4	01/27/25	SJ03166	DT422373	SJ03785 (When available)(read the recommendations)
							Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
7.3	01/27/25	SJ03169	DT422375	SJ03786 (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:

March 8, 2025: Volume 27, Number 10

March 1, 2025: Volume 27, Number 09

February 22, 2025: Volume 27, Number 08

February 15, 2025: Volume 27, Number 07

February 8, 2025: Volume 27, Number 06

February 1, 2025: Volume 27, Number 05

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