Doug Bidwell
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 20
May 20, 2020 Doug Bidwell
It has been a weird week in PTF Land. The respin of the operating systems is temporarily unavailable from IBM’s Entitled Systems Support and as far as we can tell the Technology Refreshes – that’s IBM i 7.3 TR8 and IBM i 7.4 TR2 – are not yet available. We are trying to get to the bottom of the issue. There’s something weird going on.
In the meantime, there are recommended High Availability fixes for IBM i 7.2., IBM i 7.3, and IBM i 7.4. There is also a Security Bulletin: Vulnerability CVE-2020-4345 in SQL that affects IBM i, 7.4, …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 19
May 13, 2020 Doug Bidwell
The big news this week in IBM i PTFs is that there is a new security bulletin that is out relating to Python that affects IBM i 7.2, IBM i 7.3, and IBM i 7.4. You can read about Security Bulletin: Vulnerability CVE-2020-8492 in Python at this link.
There are no new or updated links in the IBM i PTF Guide sheet this week, so steady as she goes on that front.
And now your weekly tip: Talk to people, take the extra time, we all need to talk to each other at this time.
The Guide at a …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 18
May 6, 2020 Doug Bidwell
Hello good people of IBM i Land. This week, there are updates for Rational Developer for i Version 9.6.0.8, for all releases of IBM i. This has been an on again/off again dance with IBM, and we are not sure why Big Blue posted it a few weeks ago, then unposted it, and then reposted it. However, the updates for RDi are for real – and available this week!
Aside from that, it has been a pretty quiet week for PTFs in Lake Bugsbegone up in lovely Minnesota, the Land of Lakes, with no new groups for the two current …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 17
April 27, 2020 Doug Bidwell
Welcome to the next issue of the IBM i PTF Guide. There are updates for Rational Developer for i Version 9.6.0.8, and for all IBM i 7.X releases. We added an OS Resave column to Technology Refresh tab, since it turns out there was a resave on IBM i 7.3 last year that impacted PTFs. We need to keep track of that.
And, once again, just a reminder: The Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4 are not going to be available until the middle of May, so the IBM i PTF Guide will not reflect …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 16
April 20, 2020 Doug Bidwell
Hello good people of IBM i Land. Just a reminder: The Technology Refreshes for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4 are not going to be available until the middle of May, so the IBM i PTF Guide will not reflect the changes that are coming until then – even though they have been announced. However, the TR link in the Guide will provide insight into the info on the web about the upcoming TRs. So check it out.
Also: Resaves are announced but not available yet. See TR link in Guide. And IBM i Access Client Solutions V1.1.8.4, …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 15
April 15, 2020 Doug Bidwell
Big Blue has been busy fixing some issues with the firmware (sometimes called microcode) and licensed internal code (LIC) for Power Systems platforms and the IBM i operating system.
The new firmware is available on the following Power Systems machine types and models: 9008-22L; 9009-22A; 9009-41A; 9009-42A; 9223-22H; 9223-42H. You can find out more about the microcode update at this link.
In addition, IBM has issued the LIC change as well: MA47553 – LIC QPFRADJ Hangs During Main Storage Pool Adjustment. You can learn more at this link, and here is the rundown of the patches by IBM …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 14
April 8, 2020 Doug Bidwell
We hope you are well out there in IBM iLand during the Great Infection. These are tough times, but we can get through it together. The PTF updates are a little skimpy this week, and that is just as well with people having plenty of other things on their mind.
And here is the rundown by IBM i release:
PTF Groups 7.4
- QMGTOOLS
PTF Groups 7.3
- QMGTOOLS
PTF Groups 7.2
- QMGTOOLS
PTF Groups 7.1
- Nothing here to see here
New (or Updated) Links this week:
- ACS: Missing IBM i ACS 5250 Menu Bar
- TLS: How to Enable TLS for the
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 13
March 30, 2020 Doug Bidwell
We hope everybody is keeping safe during the coronavirus outbreak. The PTFs are a-rolling again, and that means the IBM i PTF Guide is updated to keep you up to speed.
The first new thing is that there is a Direct URL for Access to Digital Certificate Manager. For example: http://9.5.123.234:2001/QIBM/ICSS/Cert/Admin/qycucm1.ndm/main0.
There are updates to the primary IBM i releases that still get patched, as follows:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- Java
- Backup Recovery Solutions
- WebSphere App Server V8.5
- Content Manager OnDemand for i
- SAP Support Required PTF List
PTF Groups 7.3:
- Java
- Backup Recovery Solutions
- WebSphere App Server V8.5
- Content
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 12
March 23, 2020 Doug Bidwell
It is a quiet in IBM i PTF Land this week, and that is to be expected with the coronavirus outbreak finally – and very regretfully but not unexpectedly – making its way around the global. But we will continue to put out the IBM i PTF Guide like clockwork because keeping mission critical systems up to date and humming along is more important than ever, even if the volume of business for most companies is, at this point with few exceptions, hard to guess.
We are here to help, and if you run into trouble on your systems because …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 22, Number 11
March 16, 2020 Doug Bidwell
It is hard to say what effect the coronavirus outbreak will have on the release of PTFs for the several IBM i releases in the field, and the regular pattern of updates that customers are used to. But so far, things are operating as normal, and there have been some updates. This being software and not requiring travel by any parties – and indeed, systems could be remotely patched by administrators working from home if need be.
And here is the rundown by IBM i release:
PTF Groups 7.4
- SAP support required PTF list
- MQ for IBM i – v9.0.0/v9.1.0