IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 15

April 14, 2025 Doug Bidwell

There are so many announcements, and one of the big ones is ACS 1.1.9.8! We downloaded the new ACS and we have used this for a day, and so far there are no known issues at this time. We suggest treading lightly with this tool until after general availability on April 18. But it is looking good so far, though!

There is also a new security vulnerability, which is Security Bulletin: IBM i is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds write in NTP services due to multiple vulnerabilities. More information available at this link. The issue can be addressed by applying a PTF to IBM i that upgrades the NTP version, as follows:

IBM i, 5770-SS1		PTF Numbers
7.5		SI85765 
7.4		SI85768	
7.3		SJ04955

There are also regression issues caused by the WebSphere Application Server 9.0.5.23 Fix Pack Upgrade, which you can get more information about here. The issues are as follows:

APAR PH65946: Exception is thrown when using ojdbc8.jar
APAR PH65966: This issue does not cause any functional problems or configuration corruption.

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

PTF Groups 7.5:

None

PTF Groups 7.4:

None

PTF Groups 7.3:

None

Tip O’ The Week: Don’t look back too much, keep moving and keep looking ahead.

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

UAK: Management of Power8 and Later Update Access Keys, 679049
Open Source: RPM pile for IBM i releases in standard support, N/A
Visio: IBM Power Systems Stencils for Visio, N/A
WSCST: Instructions for Modifying a Workstation Customizing Object (WSCST), 683095
Visual Studio: Visual Studio Code, N/A
SAV/RST: How to Collect Save/Restore Flight Recorders, 643111

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

MustGather: Temporary Storage growth in *PROCESS bucket 2, 687835

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

LazyLoad: IBM Navigator for i – Lazy Load Tables, 7149321
Cert: Importing Certificates for use with the IBM i Access Client Solutions Windows Application Package (ACS WinAP), 6350999

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 04/12/25. Defective PTF rundown – the latest defective for each release. Click on the Defective PTF link for your release in the Guide:

Defective PTF rundown (The latest defective for each release). 
Click on the Defective PTF link for your release in the guide:

	Defect	   Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date	   PTF				PTF
	--------   --------	---------	-----------------------	
7.6											

7.5	02/14/25   SJ03360	DT422644	SJ03833 (When available)(read the recommendations)
		   SJ03138	                         Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
		   SJ02952
		   SJ02797
		   SJ02479
		   SJ02450
		   SJ01867
		   SJ01802					 
7.4	01/27/25   SJ03166	DT422373	SJ03785 (When available)(read the recommendations)
		                                         Read the cover letter-prerequisites!
7.3	01/27/25   SJ03169	DT422375	SJ03786 (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:

April 12, 2025: Volume 27, Number 15

April 5, 2025: Volume 27, Number 14

March 29, 2025: Volume 27, Number 13

March 22, 2025: Volume 27, Number 12

March 15, 2025: Volume 27, Number 11

March 8, 2025: Volume 27, Number 10

March 1, 2025: Volume 27, Number 09

February 22, 2025: Volume 27, Number 08

February 15, 2025: Volume 27, Number 07

February 8, 2025: Volume 27, Number 06