IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 28, Number 6

February 9, 2026 Doug Bidwell

Here is something handy if you are contemplating moving to IBM i 7.6: A comparison of IBM i 7.5 to IBM i 7.6, from IBM Support and available at this link. If you are moving from releases earlier than IBM i 7.5 to IBM i 7.6, then you should definitely take a gander at this as well. We have added a link in the Guide tab “Links” for this should you need to get to it later and to keep it top of mind.

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

PTF Groups 7.6:

QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.5:

HIPER – High Impact Pervasive
QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.4:

QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.3:

QMGTOOLS

PTF Groups 7.2:

None

Tip O’ The Week: The last two digits of the Win App ACS download is the Version of the ODBC driver. See the link in the ACS_NAV Tab!

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

SMB: IBM i NetServer SMB protocol version control guide, 948915
SPOOL/QSPL: QSPL Storage Cleanup Tips, 715761
SPOOL/QSPL: Saving and Restoring Spooled Files, 644719
SPOOL/QSPL: QSPL Physical File Damage, 644699
IBM 7.6 vs 7.5: IBM i V7R5 versus V7R6 Comparison, 7258343
ESS: ESS scheduled maintenance and outage information, N/A

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:

TLS: IBM Navigator for i – TLS Encryption, 6483573

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

None

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

Security and Cyber Resilience With Power11, SG248595

New (or Updated) stuff added to REF tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links in the TAPE tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links in the WAS tab in The Guide this week:

WAS: WebSphere Application Server Liberty 26.0.0.1, 7257218

The Guide at a glance: There were new defectives the week of 02/07/26. 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	12/09/25	MJ07438	DT457460	MJ08280	(When available)(read the recommendations)
									Read the cover letter-prerequisites!			
7.5	01/15/26	SJ08112	DT460154	xxxxxxx 	(When available)(read the recommendations)
				  					Read the cover letter-prerequisites!                   	
7.4	09/11/25	MJ06247	DT450137	MJ07181	Same as above, Please read the Cover letter - 
									(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.

With that, we are caught up. Finally.

Below is the usual archive of the IBM i PTF Guide to help you work through the PTFs in chronological order:

February 7, 2026: Volume 28, Number 06

January 31, 2026: Volume 28, Number 05

January 24, 2026: Volume 28, Number 04

January 17, 2026: Volume 28, Number 03

January 10, 2026: Volume 28, Number 02

January 3, 2026: Volume 28, Number 01

December 27, 2025: Volume 27, Number 52

December 20, 2025: Volume 27, Number 51

December 13, 2025: Volume 27, Number 50