Doug Bidwell
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 2
January 13, 2021 Doug Bidwell
It was a pretty quiet week on the PTF front, which is pretty much expected from the IBM i community about this time of the year. Still, there were some tweaks here and there that you need to have on your radar.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- High Availability for IBM i
- IBM HTTP Server for i
PTF Groups 7.3:
- High Availability for IBM i
- IBM HTTP Server for i
PTF Groups 7.2:
- High Availability for IBM i
- IBM HTTP Server for i
PTF Groups 7.1:
- Not much happening here.
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 1
January 11, 2021 Doug Bidwell
This is the first IBM i PTF Guide of 2021, so we wish everyone a Happy New Year and we are declaring here and now that 2021 will be a better year than 2020, and as it is written, so let it be done.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- TCP/IP
PTF Groups 7.3:
- TCP/IP
PTF Groups 7.2:
- TCP/IP
PTF Groups 7.1:
- Nothing, as is usually the case unless something really funky is going on. And considering that Big Blue is now supporting IBM i 7.1 on logical partitions on Power9
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Numbers 51 And 52
January 4, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Welcome to the new year, everyone, but we have some old business to attend to before we get on with 2021. With The Four Hundred being on hiatus since the middle of December, now is the time of the year when we get caught up on the past IBM i PTF Guide updates.
Let’s start with Volume 22, Number 51. Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPER’s (High Impact/Pervasive)
PTF Groups 7.3:
- HIPER’s (High Impact/Pervasive)
- MQ for IBM i – v7.1.0/v8.0.0/V9.0.0/V9.1/V9.2
PTF Groups 7.2:
- HIPER’s (High Impact/Pervasive)
- MQ for IBM i
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 50
December 16, 2020 Doug Bidwell
Here we go again. Last week, we had new defective PTFs for IBM i 7.2, IBM i 7.3, and IBM i 7.4, and this week there is yet another new defective PTF for IBM i 7.4. Also, there is an update for IBM i Access Client Solutions V1.1.8.6.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- MQ for IBM i – v9.0.0/v9.1.0/V9.2.0
- Temporary Storage PTFs
PTF Groups 7.3:
- MQ for IBM i – v7.1.0/v8.0.0/V9.0.0/V9.1/V9.2
- Temporary Storage PTFs
PTF Groups 7.2:
- IBM MQ for IBM i – V7.1.0/V8.0.0/V9.0.0/V9.1.0
- Temporary Storage PTFs
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 49
December 9, 2020 Doug Bidwell
Heads up, people. There are new defectives this week for IBM i 7.2, IBM i 7.3, and IBM i 7.4. Also, there is an update to Rational Developer for i, Version 9.6.0.9.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Security
- MGTools
PTF Groups 7.3:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Security
- MGTools
PTF Groups 7.2:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Security
- MGTools
PTF Groups 7.1:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
New (or Updated) Links for this week: Nothing. Sorry! I concentrated on Thanksgiving this week.
Tips/Definitions: Please, be safe! Mask, distance, and wash your hands –can’t …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 48
December 2, 2020 Doug Bidwell
No matter where you are in the world, we hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We all could use it, that is for sure, regardless of our continent or country. The sentiment of giving thanks, especially during hard times, is universal and brings us closer together.
And now, what’s new in the IBM i PTF Guide. It seems that the best course of action when receiving a new system from Big Blue at either IBM i 7.4 or IBM i 7.3 is to get current on Cume, HIPERs, and other groups, then update the firmware separately after …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 47
November 23, 2020 Doug Bidwell
As we report elsewhere in this issue of The Four Hundred, there is a new security bulletin that has been issued relating to a speculative execution vulnerability that affects Power9 systems running the Virtual I/O Server in general and AIX 7.1 and AIX 7.2 in particular. As such, it indirectly affects all four IBM i releases, from 7.1 through 7.4. See Security Bulletin: Vulnerability CVE-2020-4788 at this link.
The patches to deal with this vulnerability are as follows:
- IBM i 7.4: MF68089 and MF68090
- IBM i 7.3: MF68094 and MF68095
- IBM i 7.2: MF68096 and MF68097
- IBM i
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 46
November 18, 2020 Doug Bidwell
First, thank you to Kent Stoner for catching the error in the IBM i 7.3 Defective PTF. It should have been SI73926 – it has been corrected below. There are new Cumes for IBM i 7.2, IBM i 7.3, and IBM i 7.4, and we made it through Friday the 13th and the new Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4 were indeed available. Also, a reminder that there is a new version of Access Client Solutions that is due in the first week of December, and finally, there are no new defective PTFs this week. …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 45
November 11, 2020 Doug Bidwell
There is not a lot of action on the PTF front this week, but we once again want to remind you that the new Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4 are going to be available on Friday the 13th, and so will the Tech Refresh resaves related to them. Also, there is a new version of Access Client Solutions that is due in the first week of December.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs
- Temporary Storage
PTF Groups 7.3:
- HIPERs
PTF Groups 7.2:
- HIPERs
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 44
November 4, 2020 Doug Bidwell
You may or may not be aware of this news so it is worth sharing: there is a new version of Access Client Services that is due in the first week of December this year. And, a final reminder that the new Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4 are going to be available on November 13, and so will the Tech Refresh Resaves related to them.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- QMGTOOLS
PTF Groups 7.3:
- QMGTOOLS
PTF Groups 7.2:
- QMGTOOLS
PTF Groups 7.1:
- Nothing here.
New …
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