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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 18

May 5, 2021 Doug Bidwell

As The Four Hundred reported earlier this week, there is a major bug in Access Client Solutions 1.1.8.7, and IBM is pulling it and replacing it this week with ACS 1.1.8.8. In the meantime, stick with ACS 1.1.8.6 until this shakes out.

Also, there is updated microcode for Firmware 950 – and it is HIPER! Check it out at this link.

There is another issue we need to tell you about: Installation of Java 8.0 SR6 FP20 on IBM i May Result in an “abort” Event Causing JVMs to Suddenly Terminate. Find out more at this link, …
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Major Bug In IBM i Access Client Solutions

May 3, 2021 Timothy Prickett Morgan

Stop. Don’t click that mouse or hit Enter just yet. There is a major bug in Access Client Solutions 1.1.8.7. Here is the story that we got from one of the many Dougs we know in the IBM i Rebel Alliance, in this case J Douglas Robertson, who is a certified maintainer of IBM Power Systems and who ran into the issue when doing the upgrade.

JD shares the workaround he figured out after the ACS console flew up its own port hole after the upgrade. These words are straight from his own mouth, in italics so you know JD …
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