IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 36

September 12, 2022 Doug Bidwell

Let’s get right into it. There are PDF transform issues with IBM i 7.5. This issue was encountered by our friends in San Diego: Thank you, Nancy, for sharing! They were receiving “Transformation task cancelled due to a print fidelity error” when converting from SCS to PDF. IBM issued the following PTFs to fix the issue:

PTF ID                                  
SI79773	 5770SS1  
SI79689  5770TS1
SI79684  5770TS1

Now, let’s turn to Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affects IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty due to July 2022 CPU plus deferred CVE-2021-2163. You can see more at this link. There are no PTFs for IBM i as yet, see the section in guide for your release and WAS level.

And finally, there are IBM i Recommended Fixes for SMTP:

IBM i 7.3
08/30/2022	SI81051	SMTP server not using Local Host Table intermittently
08/30/2022	SI80993	*SDD SMTP Alias domain to be lower-case
IBM i 7.4
8/30/2022	SI80944	SMTP server not using Local Host Table intermittently
8/29/2022	SI80784	*SDD SMTP Alias domain to be lower-case
8/29/2022	SI80605	Add Originating From in CHGUSRSMTP
IBM i 7.5
8/29/2022	SI81003	*SDD SMTP Alias domain to be lower-case
8/29/2022	SI80335	Fix for Originating From in CHGUSRSMTP 
7/12/2022	SI79446	Email addresses are corrupt when relaying email with the SMTP Server
7/12/2022	SI80016	 Changers in SMTP cold start

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:

PTF Groups 7.5:

Nothing

PTF Groups 7.4:

Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, 22.0.0.9

PTF Groups 7.3:

Fix list for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty, 22.0.0.9

PTF Groups 7.2:

Nothing here, either

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Links’ tab in the guide this week:

SQL: Catalogs and Services New at latest Tech Refresh, none
System/Tape: IBM i Removable Media: Tape and Tape Library Devices, 1108539

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘QMGtools’ tab in the guide this week:

Nothing here.

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘ACS_NAV’ tab in the guide this week:

Nothing new this week here, either.

Tips/Definitions: Make the best use of the remaining days of summer!

The Guide at a glance: There are new defectives this week (09/03/22). Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect		Defective	APAR	Fixing
	Date		PTF			PTF
	--------	--------	-------	-------
7.5	08/19/22	SI80863		SE78340	SI80882 (When available)
			SI79764		
7.4	08/19/22	SI80767		SE78340	SI80881 (When available)
			SI80738
			SI80452
			SI80418
			SI80416
			SI80346
			SI79812
			SI79760
7.3	08/19/22	SI80454		SE78308	SI80825 (When available)
			SI79787
			SI79395	
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:

September 3, 2022: Volume 24, Number 36

August 27, 2022: Volume 24, Number 35

August 20, 2022: Volume 24, Number 34

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