IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 24

June 12, 2023 Doug Bidwell

It is one of those quiet weeks in PTF Land, which probably means next week or the week after won’t be if history is any guide. This week, we have Security Bulletin: Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK affect IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty due to April 2023 CPU. More information is available here. Below are the affected products and versions.

Affected Product(s)				Version(s)
IBM WebSphere Application Server		9.0
IBM WebSphere Application Server		8.5
IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty	Continuous delivery

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

PTF Groups 7.5:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.4:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.3:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
MustGather: How To Obtain and Install QMGTOOLS

Tip O’ The Week: The “Help” About, Check for Updates only checks the first three digits. If you are on ACS 1.1.9.1, checking for updates will not tell you about 1.1.9.2 . . . .

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

ESA_ECS: CHGSRVAGTA fails with messages CPF1015 or CPFEF82, 635471

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

IBM i QMGTOOLS: How to Upload Data with a Transfer ID, media
IBM i QMGTOOLS: Using Custom Log Files with FTP2IBMCMD, media

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

Data Transfer: PC File Types and Considerations, 682915
Using the Screen History Function of IBM i Access Client Solutions, media
How to Install the ACS Windows Application Package, media
Advanced Job Scheduler (AJS) plugin to IBM Navigator for i, 6845165

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

Nothing here.

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

And nothing here as well.

The Guide at a glance: There are new defectives this week (06/10/23). Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect		Defective	APAR	Fixing
	Date		PTF			PTF
	--------	--------	-------	-------
7.5	05/26/23	SI79363		SE79905	SI83581 (When available)
7.4	05/26/23	SI79339		SE79905	SI83580 (When available)
7.3	05/26/23	SI79287		SE79905	SI83578 (When 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:

June 10, 2023: Volume 25, Number 24

June 3, 2023: Volume 25, Number 23

May 27, 2023: Volume 25, Number 22

May 20, 2023: Volume 25, Number 21

May 13, 2023: Volume 25, Number 20

May 6, 2023: Volume 25, Number 19

April 29, 2023: Volume 25, Number 18

April 22, 2023: Volume 25, Number 17

April 15, 2023: Volume 25, Number 16

April 8, 2023: Volume 25, Number 15