IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 33
August 15, 2022 Doug Bidwell
First up, IBM has tweaked its temporary additional use policy for Power Systems software for migrations to Power E1080, Power E1050, and Power S1024 servers. You can read about it here.
Here is the significance of this. When you do an upgrade, you get 70 days from install to use the systems software for free. That can be extended once for 40 days, and then that can be extended again, once, for 3 days. After that, you have to beg for more if you need more time to do the upgrade. IBM doesn’t care about partitions, it’s the host system that we are talking about. My question is, why does it have to be this wat? Above and beyond the normal 70/40/3, another 90 days would be useful.
Then there are the “donor keys” you have to dela with. When you transfer your users and licensed programs from one machine to another, you have 30 days in which to bring the new machine on line in place of the old. By the end of that 30 days, you need to install IBM provided “donor keys’ on the old system, before they issue you the corresponding keys for the new system. So this adds another level of complexity. But why?
Now for Security Bulletin for zlib PCI Compliance for IBM i 7.2 and IBM i 7.5 in CVE-2018-25032, which you can find out about here. This has to do with zlib before 1.2.12 allows memory corruption when deflating (i.e., when compressing) if the input has many distant matches. IBM i 7.2 fix is SI80203 and IBM i 7.5 fix is SI80205.
Also check out Security Bulletin: IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime for IBM i are vulnerable to unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service or low integrity impact due to multiple vulnerabilities, which you can read about at this link. Fixes outlined below:
IBM i Release 5770-JV1 Group PTF Number and Level 7.5 SF99955 Level 2 7.4 SF99665 Level 15 7.3 SF99725 Level 26 7.2 SF99716 Level 36
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:
PTF Groups 7.5:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Security
- IBM DB2 Mirror for i
- DB2 for IBM i
PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Security
- IBM DB2 Mirror for i
- DB2 for IBM i
PTF Groups 7.3:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Security
PTF Groups 7.2:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Security
New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Links’ tab in the guide this week:
- Nadda
New (or Updated) links added to the ‘QMGtools’ tab in the guide this week:
- Nothing
New (or Updated) links added to the ‘ACS_NAV’ tab in the guide this week:
- Nary a mouse peeping
Tips/Definitions: It is hot around the Northern Hemisphere. Stay hydrated, don’t overdo it.
The Guide at a glance: There are no new defectives this week (08/13/22). Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:
Defect Defective APAR Fixing Date PTF PTF -------- -------- ------- ------- 7.5 06/03/22 SI78809 SE78003 SI80094 (When available) 7.4 06/22/22 MF69859 MA49739 MF70026 (When available) MF69848 MF69823 MF69756 MF69743 MF69740 MF69736 MF69501 MF69477 MF69435 MF69411 MF69196 MF69193 MF68999 MF68985 7.3 06/22/22 MF69735 MA49739 MF70028 (When available) MF68984 7.2 12/08/21 SI77634 SE73420 SI78039 (Read the link in the guide!)
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:
August 13, 2022: Volume 24, Number 33
August 6, 2022: Volume 24, Number 32
July 30, 2022: Volume 24, Number 31
July 23, 2022: Volume 24, Number 30
July 16, 2022: Volume 24, Number 29
July 9, 2022: Volume 24, Number 28
June 25, 2022: Volume 24, Number 26
June 18, 2022: Volume 24, Number 25
June 11, 2022: Volume 24, Number 24
June 4, 2022: Volume 24, Number 23
May 28, 2022: Volume 24, Number 22
May 25, 2022: Volume 24, Number 21
May 14, 2022: Volume 24, Number 20
May 7, 2022: Volume 24, Number 19
April 30, 2022: Volume 24, Number 18
April 23, 2022: Volume 24, Number 17
April 16, 2022: Volume 24, Number 16
April 2, 2022: Volume 24, Number 14
March 26, 2022: Volume 24, Number 13
March 19, 2022: Volume 24, Number 12
March 12, 2022: Volume 24, Number 11
March 5, 2022: Volume 24, Number 10
February 26, 2022: Volume 24, Number 9
February 19, 2022: Volume 24, Number 8
February 12, 2022: Volume 24, Number 7
February 5, 2022: Volume 24, Number 6
January 29, 2022: Volume 24, Number 5
January 22, 2022: Volume 24, Number 4
January 15, 2022: Volume 24, Number 3
January 8, 2022: Volume 24, Number 2
January 1, 2022: Volume 24, Number 1
December 6, 2021: Volume 23, Number 48
November 20, 2021: Volume 23, Number 47
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
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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
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July 31, 2021: Volume 23, Number 31
July 24, 2021: Volume 23, Number 30
July 17, 2021: Volume 23, Number 29
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March 27, 2021: Volume 23, Number 13
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February 27, 2021: Volume 23, Number 9
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January 31, 2021: Volume 23, Number 5
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December 26, 2020: Volume 22, Number 52
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August 29, 2020: Volume 22, Number 35
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