IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Numbers 51 And 52

January 4, 2021 Doug Bidwell

Welcome to the new year, everyone, but we have some old business to attend to before we get on with 2021. With The Four Hundred being on hiatus since the middle of December, now is the time of the year when we get caught up on the past IBM i PTF Guide updates.

Let’s start with Volume 22, Number 51. Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:

PTF Groups 7.4:

HIPER’s (High Impact/Pervasive)

PTF Groups 7.3:

HIPER’s (High Impact/Pervasive)
MQ for IBM i – v7.1.0/v8.0.0/V9.0.0/V9.1/V9.2

PTF Groups 7.2:

HIPER’s (High Impact/Pervasive)
MQ for IBM i – v7.1.0/v8.0.0/V9.0.0/V9.1/V9.2

PTF Groups 7.1:

Nothing here.

New (or Updated) Links for Volume 22, Number 51:

ObjectConnect: ObjectConnect over TCP/IP
ASNA: A DataGate for IBM i quick reference
SSL/TLS: Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security 7.3
SAP: SAP on IBM Db2 for i

The Guide at a glance: There are no new defectives this week (12/19/20). Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect		Defective	APAR	Fixing
	Date		PTF			PTF
	--------	--------	-------	-------
7.4	12/10/20	MF67678		MA48544	MF67982	(Read the Defective info from link in guide!!)
7.3	12/02/20	MF68140		MA48795	MF68176	(not Completely available yet)
			MF67591
7.2	12/02/20	MF68138		MA48795	MF68179	(available)
			MF67590
7.1	07/29/19	SI69653		SE71807	SI70603 (5733SC1, OpenSSH, available!)

Now, on to Volume 22, Number 52, to close out 2020. Some thoughts. Specifically, on COVID-19 instructions pertaining to the IBM i PTF Guide: There are none! And what’s more, you are not dependent on any kind of check from the government – local, state, or federal – to read it or make use of it. And, you can affiliate with any major or minor political party, and choose to be either non-partisan or bi-partisan or anything else. Even your mood doesn’t matter. Also, because it is the last Guide of the year, we will freely let it go with the rest of 2020! To all of you, a heartfelt and meaningful New Year!

Now, finally, here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:

PTF Groups 7.4:

Backup Recovery Solutions

PTF Groups 7.3:

Backup Recovery Solutions

PTF Groups 7.2:

Backup Recovery Solutions

PTF Groups 7.1:

Nothing here, once again

The Guide at a glance: There are no new defectives this week (12/26/20) and you expect that given the Christmas holiday. Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect		Defective	APAR	Fixing
	Date		PTF			PTF
	--------	--------	-------	-------
7.4	12/10/20	MF67678		MA48544	MF67982	(Read the Defective info from link in Guide!!)
7.3	12/02/20	MF68140		MA48795	MF68176	(not Completely available yet)
			MF67591
7.2	12/02/20	MF68138		MA48795	MF68179	(available)
			MF67590
7.1	07/29/19	SI69653		SE71807	SI70603 (5733SC1, OpenSSH, available!)

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

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

December 26, 2020: Volume 22, Number 52

December 19, 2020: Volume 22, Number 51

December 12, 2020: Volume 22, Number 50

December 5, 2020: Volume 22, Number 49

November 28, 2020: Volume 22, Number 48

November 20, 2020: Volume 22, Number 47

November 14, 2020: Volume 22, Number 46

November 7, 2020: Volume 22, Number 45

October 31, 2020: Volume 22, Number 44

October 24, 2020: Volume 22, Number 43