IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Numbers 1 And 2

January 20, 2025 Doug Bidwell

With these two first editions of the IBM i PTF Guide, we start the patching of the venerable descendant of the OS/400 operating systems for 2025. And so, it still being January, we can wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year and, for those of you who are struggling because of natural disasters, medical issues, or economic woes, we feel your pain. It is hard for a lot of us right now.

With that, let us dive into the first and second of the Guides for 2025.

With Numero Uno, there was not a whole lot going on, which is what you would expect for the first week of any year. There was Security Bulletin: IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM i is vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities in the PowerHA Web Interface [CVE-2024-55897, CVE-2024-55896], which you can read about here. The issues can be fixed by applying a PTF to IBM i as follows:

IBM i Release, 5770-HAS 	PTF Numbers
         7.5	                SJ03222		
         7.4	                SJ03274

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published on January 13 and which is based on data we gathered on January 4:

PTF Groups 7.5:

Backup Recovery Solutions

PTF Groups 7.4:

Backup Recovery Solutions

PTF Groups 7.3:

Backup Recovery Solutions

Tip O’ The Week: Last fall, we were asking you to reach out and help the people hurt by Hurricanes Helene and Milton if you could, and we warned that we would all get a turn having our lives turned upside down. And here we are in the second week of January, and there are wildfires around Los Angeles, with tens of thousands of structures burned, an unknown number of dead, and so many people who need help.

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

PTF: IBM i Group PTFs with level, 7025229

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

None

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

Win11: Windows 11 24H2 update causes issues connecting to IBM i, 7180720

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

None

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

None

New (or Updated) “Stuff” added to REF tab in The Guide this week:

None

The Guide at a glance:

There were new defectives the week of 01/04/25. Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect	   Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date	   PTF				PTF
	--------   --------	---------	-----------------------	
7.5	11/25/24   SI85459	DT417583	SJ03075 (When available)(read the recommendations) Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
7.4	11/25/24   SI85460	DT417583	SJ03166 (When available)(read the recommendations) Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
7.3	11/25/24   SI85462	DT417583	SJ03169 (When available)(read the recommendations) 

***None of the above are available as of this writing***

That brings us to Volume 27, Number 2, which we put together on January 11. Number 2 did not have any security vulnerabilities, which is a good thing.

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level that we put together on January 11:

PTF Groups 7.5:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)

PTF Groups 7.4:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)

PTF Groups 7.3:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security

There were new defectives the week of 01/11/25. Here is the defective PTF rundown, which is the last defective for each release:

	Defect	   Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date	   PTF				PTF
	--------   --------	---------	-----------------------	
7.5	01/10/25   SJ02698	DT420281	SJ03424 (When available)(read the recommendations) Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
7.4	01/10/25   SJ02699	DT420281	SJ03424 (When available)(read the recommendations) Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
7.3	11/25/24   SI85462	DT417583	SJ03169 (When available)(read the recommendations)

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:

January 11, 2025: Volume 27, Number 02

January 04, 2025: Volume 27, Number 01

December 21, 2024: Volume 26, Number 50

December 14, 2024: Volume 26, Number 49

December 7, 2024: Volume 26, Number 48

November 30, 2024: Volume 26, Number 47

November 23, 2024: Volume 26, Number 46

November 16, 2024: Volume 26, Number 45

November 9, 2024: Volume 26, Number 44

November 2, 2024: Volume 26, Number 43