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  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 46

    November 17, 2021 Doug Bidwell

    If you are on older releases of IBM i 7, you are getting a breather this week when it comes to PTF patches for your systems. There just ain’t a lot going on, and in the operating system and security world, you take that as a win. Those of you on the IBM i 7.4 release, you have a few things to think about but it is fairly straightforward and related to the Db2 for i database and for those of you who have it, the Db2 Mirror for i database clustering software.

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

    PTF Groups 7.4:

    • DB2 for IBM i
    • IBM Db2 Mirror for i

    PTF Groups 7.3:

    • The empty set

    PTF Groups 7.2:

    • A ghost rising a polar bear in a snowstorm

    PTF Groups 7.1:

    • A very big ghost riding a pair of polar bears as the polar vortex encloses the Arctic Circle

    New (or Updated) Links for this week: There are plenty of links in that spreadsheet, am I right?

    Tips/Definitions: Enjoy the autumn or the fall, depending on what dialect of English or American you speak, because who knows what the winter will bring.

    The Guide at a glance: There are no new defectives this week (11/13/21). Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

    	Defect		Defective	APAR	Fixing
    	Date		PTF			PTF
    	--------	--------	-------	-------
    7.4	10/12/21	SI77146		SE76207	SI77218	(Read the defect cover letter!)
    7.3	08/11/21	SI73463		SE75867	SI76760	(Read the defect cover letter!)
    7.2	08/11/21	SI73462		SE75867	SI76759	(Read the defect cover letter!)
    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:

    November 13, 2021: Volume 23, Number 46

    November 6, 2021: Volume 23, Number 45

    October 30, 2021: Volume 23, Number 44

    October 23, 2021: Volume 23, Number 43

    October 16, 2021: Volume 23, Number 42

    October 9, 2021: Volume 23, Number 41

    October 2, 2021: Volume 23, Number 40

    September 25, 2021: Volume 23, Number 39

    September 18, 2021: Volume 23, Number 38

    September 11, 2021: Volume 23, Number 37

    September 4, 2021: Volume 23, Number 36

    August 28, 2021: Volume 23, Number 35

    August 21, 2021: Volume 23, Number 34

    August 14, 2021: Volume 23, Number 33

    August 7, 2021: Volume 23, Number 32

    July 31, 2021: Volume 23, Number 31

    July 24, 2021: Volume 23, Number 30

    July 17, 2021: Volume 23, Number 29

    July 10, 2021: Volume 23, Number 28

    July 3, 2021: Volume 23, Number 27

    June 26, 2021: Volume 23, Number 26

    June 19, 2021: Volume 23, Number 25

    June 12, 2021: Volume 23, Number 24

    June 5, 2021: Volume 23, Number 23

    June 5, 2021: Volume 23, Number 22

    May 22, 2021: Volume 23, Number 21

    May 15, 2021: Volume 23, Number 20

    May 8, 2021: Volume 23, Number 19

    May 1, 2021: Volume 23, Number 18

    April 24, 2021: Volume 23, Number 17

    April 17, 2021: Volume 23, Number 16

    April 10, 2021: Volume 23, Number 15

    April 3, 2021: Volume 23, Number 14

    March 27, 2021: Volume 23, Number 13

    March 20, 2021: Volume 23, Number 12

    March 13, 2021: Volume 23, Number 11

    March 6, 2021: Volume 23, Number 10

    February 27, 2021: Volume 23, Number 9

    February 20, 2021: Volume 23, Number 8

    February 13, 2021: Volume 23, Number 7

    February 6, 2021: Volume 23, Number 6

    January 31, 2021: Volume 23, Number 5

    January 23, 2021: Volume 23, Number 4

    January 16, 2021: Volume 23, Number 3

    January 9, 2021: Volume 23, Number 2

    January 2, 2021: Volume 23, Number 1

    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

    October 17, 2020: Volume 22, Number 42

    October 10, 2020: Volume 22, Number 41

    October 3, 2020: Volume 22, Number 40

    September 26, 2020: Volume 22, Number 39

    September 19, 2020: Volume 22, Number 38

    September 12, 2020: Volume 22, Number 37

    September 5, 2020: Volume 22, Number 36

    August 29, 2020: Volume 22, Number 35

    August 22, 2020: Volume 22, Number 34

    August 15, 2020: Volume 22, Number 33

    August 9, 2020: Volume 22, Number 32

    August 1, 2020: Volume 22, Number 31

    July 25, 2020: Volume 22, Number 30

    July 18, 2020: Volume 22, Number 29

    July 11, 2020: Volume 22, Number 28

    July 4, 2020: Volume 22, Number 27

    June 27, 2020: Volume 22, Number 26

    June 20, 2020: Volume 22, Number 25

    June 13, 2020: Volume 22, Number 24

    June 6, 2020: Volume 22, Number 23

    May 30, 2020: Volume 22, Number 22

    May 23, 2020: Volume 22, Number 21

    May 16, 2020: Volume 22, Number 20

    May 9, 2020: Volume 22, Number 19

    May 2, 2020: Volume 22, Number 18

    April 25, 2020: Volume 22, Number 17

    April 18, 2020: Volume 22, Number 16

    April 11, 2020: Volume 22, Number 15

    April 4, 2020: Volume 22, Number 14

    March 30, 2020: Volume 22, Number 13

    March 23, 2020: Volume 22, Number 12

    March 14, 2020: Volume 22, Number 11

    March 7, 2020: Volume 22, Number 10

    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

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