• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 2

  January 13, 2021 Doug Bidwell

  It was a pretty quiet week on the PTF front, which is pretty much expected from the IBM i community about this time of the year. Still, there were some tweaks here and there that you need to have on your radar.

  Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:

  PTF Groups 7.4:

  • High Availability for IBM i
  • IBM HTTP Server for i

  PTF Groups 7.3:

  • High Availability for IBM i
  • IBM HTTP Server for i

  PTF Groups 7.2:

  • High Availability for IBM i
  • IBM HTTP Server for i

  PTF Groups 7.1:

  • Not much happening here.

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 35

  September 2, 2020 Doug Bidwell

  There’s not a lot going on in this week’s edition of the PTF guide. No new links, no new defectives, I don’t even have a tip for you. But why ask for trouble? Sometimes it’s a better idea to just enjoy the quiet while we can since we never know what could be around the corner. Now would be a great time to do a little housekeeping around your shop, make sure everything is up to date, and do a little research into upgrading your system if that’s something you’ve been considering. As usual, you can find the regular updates …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 29

  July 22, 2020 Doug Bidwell

  OK, last week I said that the action never stops here at the IBM i PTF Guide. But it does slow down and it does get very much focused from time to time. And it is no surprise when things slow down during July and August. Even with the coronavirus pandemic adversely affecting all of our lives and loves, people are taking a little downtime from living at work – no, we are not working from home. It is the other way around, clearly. And most of us are living in a restaurant and many of us are living …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 24

  June 15, 2020 Doug Bidwell

  Another week, and another security bulletin for vulnerabilities in open source software. This time, it is CVE-2020-1927 and CVE-2020-1934 in Apache HTTP Server that affect IBM i. You can read more about it at this link. The PTFs that fix it are:

  • Release 7.4: SI73415
  • Release 7.3: SI72840
  • Release 7.2: SI72748

  Here is the rundown by operating system release level:

  PTF Groups 7.4:

  • HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
  • IBM MQ for IBM i – V7.1.0/V8.0.0/V9.0.0

  PTF Groups 7.3:

  • HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
  • IBM MQ for IBM i – V7.1.0/V8.0.0/V9.0.0

  PTF Groups 7.2

  • Nothing to see here.

  PTF Groups 7.1

  • Nothing to see

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 22

  June 1, 2020 Doug Bidwell

  First of all, thanks to the readership of the IBM i PTF Guide for catching errors and other issues in last week’s edition. We have fixed a reference to V7R3 defectives. And the number for the V7R3 cume is happening in the future, we cleaned that up, too.

  There is a New Group – TCP/IP for 7.4 – see the link in the Guide for details. Note: This group has not been added to SF99741 (All Groups) yet and it must be ordered separately.

  There is also updated microcode for Machine-Type Models: 9008-22L; 9009-22A; 9009-41A; 9009-42A; 9223-22H; 9223-42H (System Firmware …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 17

  April 27, 2020 Doug Bidwell

  Welcome to the next issue of the IBM i PTF Guide. There are updates for Rational Developer for i Version 9.6.0.8, and for all IBM i 7.X releases. We added an OS Resave column to Technology Refresh tab, since it turns out there was a resave on IBM i 7.3 last year that impacted PTFs. We need to keep track of that.

  And, once again, just a reminder: The Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4 are not going to be available until the middle of May, so the IBM i PTF Guide will not reflect …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 16

  April 20, 2020 Doug Bidwell

  Hello good people of IBM i Land. Just a reminder: The Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4 are not going to be available until the middle of May, so the IBM i PTF Guide will not reflect the changes that are coming until then – even though they have been announced. However, the TR link in the Guide will provide insight into the info on the web about the upcoming TRs. So check it out.

  Also: Resaves are announced but not available yet. See TR link in Guide. And IBM i Access Client Solutions V1.1.8.4, …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 14

  April 8, 2020 Doug Bidwell

  We hope you are well out there in IBM iLand during the Great Infection. These are tough times, but we can get through it together. The PTF updates are a little skimpy this week, and that is just as well with people having plenty of other things on their mind.

  And here is the rundown by IBM i release:

  PTF Groups 7.4

  • QMGTOOLS

  PTF Groups 7.3

  • QMGTOOLS

  PTF Groups 7.2

  • QMGTOOLS

  PTF Groups 7.1

  • Nothing here to see here

  New (or Updated) Links this week:

  • ACS: Missing IBM i ACS 5250 Menu Bar
  • TLS: How to Enable TLS for the

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 13

  March 30, 2020 Doug Bidwell

  We hope everybody is keeping safe during the coronavirus outbreak. The PTFs are a-rolling again, and that means the IBM i PTF Guide is updated to keep you up to speed.

  The first new thing is that there is a Direct URL for Access to Digital Certificate Manager. For example: http://9.5.123.234:2001/QIBM/ICSS/Cert/Admin/qycucm1.ndm/main0.

  There are updates to the primary IBM i releases that still get patched, as follows:

  PTF Groups 7.4:

  • Java
  • Backup Recovery Solutions
  • WebSphere App Server V8.5
  • Content Manager OnDemand for i
  • SAP Support Required PTF List

  PTF Groups 7.3:

  • Java
  • Backup Recovery Solutions
  • WebSphere App Server V8.5
  • Content

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 10

  March 11, 2020 Doug Bidwell

  Hello fellow IBM i-ers, and a good PTF patching day to you. The new thing that hit this week is an updated microcode for Machine-Type Models: 5148-21L; 5148-22L; 8247-21L; 8247-22L; 8247-42L; 8284-21A; 8284-22A; 8286-41A; 8286-42A; 8408-44E; and 8408-E8E. This includes System Firmware Level: SV860_215, which fixes a known HIPER issue. See this link for details.

  And here is the rundown by IBM i release:

  PTF Groups 7.4

  • Temporary Storage PTFs

  PTF Groups 7.3

  • Temporary Storage PTFs

  PTF Groups 7.2

  • Nothing here, nothing at all

  PTF Groups 7.1

  • Nothing here to see here, either

  New (or Updated) Links this week: …

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