Doug Bidwell
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 24
June 14, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Don’t get hyper this week, but the big thing happening in IBM i Land is a set of high impact and pervasive, or HIPER, PTF patches to all four current variants of the IBM i operating system. There are also tweaks to storage PTFs and for the MQSeries message queueing middleware that runs on various platforms from Big Blue, including IBM i.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Temporary Storage PTFs
- MQ for IBM i – v9.0.0/v9.1.0/V9.2.0
PTF Groups 7.3:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Temporary Storage PTFs
- MQ for
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 22
June 9, 2021 Doug Bidwell
We are playing a little catch up after the Memorial Day holiday here in IBM i PTF Land. It was fairly quiet over the holiday weekend, with a set of PTF updates for the Hardware Management Console. To be specific, take a look at PTFs MH01889 and MH01890, which are an interim fix, or ifix as IBM calls them, for HMC V9 R2 M951 running on virtualized X86 or Power servers, respectively. See this link for more information.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- DB2 Web Query for i V2.2.1
- Content
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 21
May 26, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Hello everyone. First, a reminder. Our apologies, ACS 1.1.8.7 is the most current version of ACS, and is not being pulled in favor of 1.1.8.8. Assumptions were made at the case level that were later resolved and not communicated to us. Again, our apologies. The current version if you apply the fix will read “TESTFIX_1.1.8.7” in the Help/About. If you download the ZIP file, the Help/About will read “1.1.8.7 Build 1170” if it includes the fix.
Here is a link to the document that tells you how to do this and here is the link to the patch itself. …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 20
May 17, 2021 Doug Bidwell
As The Four Hundred reported last week, there is a major bug in Access Client Solutions 1.1.8.7. Our apologies, ACS 1.1.8.7 is the most current version and is not being pulled in favor of 1.1.8.8, as we originally said last week and then corrected. Assumptions were made at the case level that were later resolved and not communicated to us. Again, our apologies, but IBM bears some responsibility for the lack of communication, too.
The current version if you apply the fix will read “TESTFIX_1.1.8.7” in the Help About document. If you download the Zip file, the Help About …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 19
May 10, 2021 Doug Bidwell
As The Four Hundred reported last week, there is a major bug in Access Client Solutions 1.1.8.7. We originally said that IBM was pulling it and replacing it soon with ACS 1.1.8.8. We were expecting it last week, but it did not happen. Since this story ran, IBM has said that customers moving to ACS 1.1.8.7 should do so and then call into IBM and get a patch called TESTFIX_1.1.8.7 and apply it. Here is a link to the document that tells you how to do this and here is the link to the patch itself. This is …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 18
May 5, 2021 Doug Bidwell
As The Four Hundred reported earlier this week, there is a major bug in Access Client Solutions 1.1.8.7, and IBM is pulling it and replacing it this week with ACS 1.1.8.8. In the meantime, stick with ACS 1.1.8.6 until this shakes out.
Also, there is updated microcode for Firmware 950 – and it is HIPER! Check it out at this link.
There is another issue we need to tell you about: Installation of Java 8.0 SR6 FP20 on IBM i May Result in an “abort” Event Causing JVMs to Suddenly Terminate. Find out more at this link, …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 17
April 28, 2021 Doug Bidwell
You may recall last week, when we were in PTF Guide Download Heaven. As wonderful as it was to have so much to report to all of you, we do owe an apology for the typo on the Cume release levels. With so much happening in one week, it was a case of a little too much excitement and not enough attention to detail. Please accept our sincere regret for the error. Let’s solider ahead with this week with some security bulletins, as well as the regular rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level.
Security Bulletin: OpenSSL for …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 16
April 19, 2021 Doug Bidwell
This is what we refer to as Download Heaven here at the IBM i PTF Guide. There is a lot of stuff going on this week. So brace yourself. First, there are new cumulative PTF package updates, or Cumes, as well as the new Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4. There is also a new release of Access Client Solutions.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- Technology Refresh 4
- Latest Cumulative PTF Package C1091740
- SAP support required PTF list
- IBM HTTP Server for i
- IBM i
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 15
April 14, 2021 Doug Bidwell
It’s Ketchup Day here at the IBM i PTF Guide, now that we are back in the groove and getting them back on the normal Wednesday track.
There was a little bit going in this week, ahead of the launch of the Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4, which were unveiled this week and which The Four Hundred will be analyzing in detail over the coming weeks. Many parts of the software updates will be available starting April 16, but the Database Group for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4 and the Db2 Mirror …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 14
April 12, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Apologies to all in the IBM i community for being late for putting together the IBM i PTF Guide last week. Sometimes real life interferes with business life, as you all know well. So this is a catch up issue of the Guide, with everything back on track with an update to get current coming out in this Wednesday’s issue of The Four Hundred.
Editor’s Note: It goes without saying that we all owe a big hearty thanks to Doug Bidwell for his tireless efforts over many decades in keeping track of the patches for the firmware, operating …
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