IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 9
March 2, 2020 Doug Bidwell
There is rarely a week that there isn’t something going on with PTF patches for the IBM i operating system, its integrated database, and the whole stack of software wrapping around that operating system. This would be one of those normal weeks, where there is nothing too crazy going on but there is stuff to pay attention to.
We also had a leap year Saturday for the IBM i PTF Guide, which doesn’t happen very often. The Gregorian calendar has a 400-year – well, 146,097-day – cycle, and of these days, there are 97 days that correspond to February 29, the extra day needed to make up for the fact that one solar orbit takes up 365 and a quarter days to complete. The Saturday only lands on 14 of those 97 days over that 400-year term, and it will take 28 years for it to some around on the guitar on a Saturday again. Given that we get a release every three years or so, we should be at IBM i 8.4 (or V8R4 which it will no doubt still be called in some OS features and documentation) by about then.
With that, here’s the rundown by release:
PTF Groups 7.4
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- SAP support required PTF list
- QMGTools
PTF Groups 7.3
- SAP support required PTF list
- QMGTools
PTF Groups 7.2
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- QMGTools
PTF Groups 7.1
- Still nothing here to see, still asking people to move along . . .
New (or Updated) Links this week: None. Steady as she goes.
Tips: Go to COMMON, er, POWERUp and once again, drink lots of water . . . all your life.
The Guide at a glance: There are new defectives this week (02/29/20).
Defective PTF rundown (The last defective for each release): Defect Defective APAR Fixing Date PTF PTF -------- -------- ------- ------- 7.4 12/09/19 SI70924 SE72609 SI71719 (available!)
Note that PTF SI71719 is a distribution requisite of the latest Technology Refresh (TR) PTF. If you have applied the latest TR PTF to your system, you should apply the fixing PTF SI71719 for i 7.4.
7.3 12/09/19 SI70923 SE72609 SI71718 (available!)
Note that PTF SI71718 is a distribution requisite of the latest Technology Refresh (TR) PTF. If you have applied the latest TR PTF to your system, you should apply the fixing PTF SI71718 for i 7.3.
7.2 07/29/19 SI69654 SE71792 SI70596 (5733SC1, OpenSSH, available!) 7.1 07/29/19 SI69653 SE71807 SI70603 (5733SC1, OpenSSH, available!)
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:
February 29, 2020: Volume 22, Number 9
February 22, 2020: Volume 22, Number 8
February 15, 2020: Volume 22, Number 7
February 8, 2020: Volume 22, Number 6
February 2, 2020: Volume 22, Number 5
January 25, 2020: Volume 22, Number 4
January 18, 2020: Volume 22, Number 3
January 11, 2020: Volume 22, Number 2
January 4, 2020: Volume 22, Number 1
December 28, 2019: Volume 21, Number 52
December 21, 2019: Volume 21, Number 51
December 14, 2019: Volume 21, Number 50
December 7, 2019: Volume 21, Number 49
November 30, 2019: Volume 21, Number 48
November 23, 2019: Volume 21, Number 47
November 16, 2019: Volume 21, Number 46
November 10, 2019: Volume 21, Number 45
November 2, 2019: Volume 21, Number 44
October 26, 2019: Volume 21, Number 43
October 19, 2019: Volume 21, Number 42
October 12, 2019: Volume 21, Number 41
October 5, 2019: Volume 21, Number 40
September 28, 2019: Volume 21, Number 39
September 21, 2019: Volume 21, Number 38
September 14, 2019: Volume 21, Number 37
September 7, 2019: Volume 21, Number 36
August 31, 2019: Volume 21, Number 35
August 24, 2019: Volume 21, Number 34
August 19, 2019: Volume 21, Number 33
August 10, 2019: Volume 21, Number 32
August 3, 2019: Volume 21, Number 31
July 27, 2019: Volume 21, Number 30
July 20, 2019: Volume 21, Number 29
July 13, 2019: Volume 21, Number 28
June 29, 2019: Volume 21, Number 26
June 22, 2019: Volume 21, Number 25
June 15, 2019: Volume 21, Number 24
June 8, 2019: Volume 21, Number 23
June 1, 2019: Volume 21, Number 22
May 25, 2019: Volume 21, Number 21
May 18, 2019: Volume 21, Number 20
May 11, 2019: Volume 21, Number 19
May 4, 2019: Volume 21, Number 18
April 27, 2019: Volume 21, Number 17
April 20, 2019: Volume 21, Number 16
April 13, 2019: Volume 21, Number 15
April 6, 2019: Volume 21, Number 14
March 30, 2019: Volume 21, Number 13
March 23, 2019: Volume 21, Number 12
March 16, 2019: Volume 21, Number 11
March 9, 2019: Volume 21, Number 10
March 2, 2019: Volume 21, Number 9
February 23, 2019: Volume 21, Number 8
February 19, 2019: Volume 21, Number 7
February 11, 2019: Volume 21, Number 6
February 2, 2019: Volume 21, Number 5
January 26, 2019: Volume 21, Number 4
January 19, 2019: Volume 21, Number 3
January 12, 2019: Volume 21, Number 2
January 5, 2019: Volume 21, Number 1
December 22, 2018: Volume 20, Number 51
December 15, 2018: Volume 20, Number 50
December 8, 2018: Volume 20, Number 49
December 1, 2018: Volume 20, Number 48
November 24, 2018: Volume 20, Number 47
November 17, 2018: Volume 20, Number 46
November 10, 2018: Volume 20, Number 45
November 3, 2018: Volume 20, Number 44
October 27, 2018: Volume 20, Number 43
October 20, 2018: Volume 20, Number 42
October 13, 2018: Volume 20, Number 41
October 6, 2018: Volume 20, Number 40
September 29, 2018: Volume 20, Number 39
September 22, 2018: Volume 20, Number 38
September 15, 2018: Volume 20, Number 37
September 8, 2018: Volume 20, Number 36
September 1, 2018: Volume 20, Number 35
August 25, 2018: Volume 20, Number 34
August 18, 2018: Volume 20, Number 33
August 11, 2018: Volume 20, Number 32
August 4, 2018: Volume 20, Number 31
July 28, 2018: Volume 20, Number 30
July 21, 2018: Volume 20, Number 29
July 14, 2018: Volume 20, Number 28
July 7, 2018: Volume 20, Number 27
June 30, 2018: Volume 20, Number 26
June 23, 2018: Volume 20, Number 25
June 16, 2018: Volume 20, Number 24
June 9, 2018: Volume 20, Number 23
June 2, 2018: Volume 20, Number 22
May 19, 2018: Volume 20, Number 20
May 12, 2018: Volume 20, Number 19
May 5, 2018: Volume 20, Number 18
April 28, 2018: Volume 20, Number 17
April 21, 2018: Volume 20, Number 16
April 14, 2018: Volume 20, Number 15
April 7, 2018: Volume 20, Number 14
March 31, 2018: Volume 20, Number 13
March 24, 2018: Volume 20, Number 12
March 18, 2018: Volume 20, Number 11
March 10, 2018: Volume 20, Number 10
March 3, 2018: Volume 20, Number 09
February 24, 2018: Volume 20, Number 08
February 18, 2018: Volume 20, Number 07
