Doug Bidwell
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 46
November 17, 2021 Doug Bidwell
If you are on older releases of IBM i 7, you are getting a breather this week when it comes to PTF patches for your systems. There just ain’t a lot going on, and in the operating system and security world, you take that as a win. Those of you on the IBM i 7.4 release, you have a few things to think about but it is fairly straightforward and related to the Db2 for i database and for those of you who have it, the Db2 Mirror for i database clustering software.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 45
November 10, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Don’t get hyper, but there are new High Impact/Pervasive PTFs that you need to take a look at for the supported releases of the IBM i platform. Those are HIPERs in the IBM lingo. There are also some patches for Temporary Storage PTFs that you also need to be aware of.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs
- Temporary Storage PTFs
PTF Groups 7.3:
- HIPERs
- Temporary Storage PTFs
PTF Groups 7.2:
- HIPERs
PTF Groups 7.1:
- Nothing going on here, as is typical but not always true.
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 44
November 3, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Here is to hoping that all of you enjoyed the Halloween weekend, which is the unofficial beginning of the holiday season here in the United States at least. Mercifully, this has been a quiet week on the PTF front. Don’t get used to it. The situation never stays this way for very long. Variety, like the colors of the leaves and the seasons of the year, is the stuff of life.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- MQ for IBM i – v7.1.0/v8.0.0/V9.0.0/V9.1/V9.2
- QMGTOOLS
PTF Groups 7.3:
- MQ for IBM i
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 43
October 27, 2021 Doug Bidwell
It’s time for another security alert. Check out Security Bulletin: IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime for IBM i are affected by CVE-2021-2369 and CVE-2021-2432, which you can see at this link. Here are the patches by release:
- Release 7.4 – SF99665 level 12
- Release 7.3 – SF99725 level 23
- Release 7.2 – SF99716 level 33
- Release 7.1 – SF99572 level 47
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Backup Recovery Solutions
PTF Groups 7.3:
- Backup Recovery Solutions
PTF Groups 7.2:
- Backup Recovery Solutions
PTF Groups 7.1: …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 42
October 20, 2021 Doug Bidwell
It’s a mixed bag for Program Temporary Fixes, or PTFs, for the supported releases of the IBM i operating system, with some tweaks here and there and some High Impact/Pervasive, or HIPER, patches coming out for IBM i 7.4 and IBM i 7.3.
A relatively quiet week is a good thing about this time of the year, with the fall season underway and everyone gathering up strength to do push through the final two months of the year once Halloween gets here. (That is a line of demarcation, isn’t it?) We are not expecting a lot in the way of …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 41
October 13, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Big Blue has been on a High Impact/Pervasive PTF kick lately with the IBM i platform, hasn’t it? Between that and the ongoing security patches, you are all probably hopping out there. Unless you are one of the shops that doesn’t keep you IBM i system up to date, in which case we are, first, wondering why are you reading this sentence and, second, very glad that you are so we can remind you of what you already know. Mainly:
That.
You.
Should.
Keep.
IBM i,
Patches.
Up.
To.
Date.
Full stop.
Having said that, here is the rundown of …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 40
October 6, 2021 Doug Bidwell
The security vulnerabilities have calmed down for a week, and maybe the world was just being kind so we could all attend POWERUp 2021, which runs from Monday to Thursday this week and is only available online. Visit the COMMON user group website to find out the particulars.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- IBM HTTP Server for i
- MQ for IBM i – v9.0.0/v9.1.0/V9.2.0
- Db2 Web Query for i V2.3.0
PTF Groups 7.3:
- IBM HTTP Server for i
- MQ for IBM i – v9.0.0/v9.1.0/V9.2.0
- Db2 Web Query for i V2.3.0
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 39
September 29, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Yet another week, and yet another batch of security vulnerabilities that IBM i shops need to deal with. None of the patches in the table below are in the latest Security Group for the various operating system releases. So this table summarizes it all:
7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 OpenSSL for IBM i CVE-2021-3711 SI77181 SI77182 SI77182 SI77182 CVE-2021-3712 Apache HTTP Server CVE-2021-31618 SI77099 SI76820 SI76700 CVE-2020-13950 SI76831 SI76706 CVE-2019-17567 CVE-2021-30641 CVE-2021-33193 IAS & IWS for IBM i CVE-2021-35517 SI77226 SI77225 SI77224 CVE-2021-36090
One more reminder to everyone to participate in POWERUp 2021, and an update. POWERUp 2021 runs from October …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 38
September 22, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Another week, another security vulnerability in open source code. Check out Security Bulletin: ISC DHCP for IBM i is affected by CVE-2021-25217, which you can view at this link. Here are the patches by release that deal with the issue:
- IBM i 7.4: SI76506
- IBM i 7.3: SI76507
- IBM i 7.2: SI76509
- IBM i 7.1: SI76508
Another reminder to everyone to participate in POWERUp 2021, which runs virtually from October 4 through 7. Visit the COMMON user group web site to find out the particulars. And we will see you there – virtually, that is!
Let’s get started this …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 37
September 15, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Just a reminder to everyone to participate in POWERUp 2021, which runs from October 4 through 7. You can visit in person at Virginia Beach, or you can participate virtually. Visit the COMMON user group web site to find out the particulars. And we will see you there – virtually, at least!
Let’s get started this week with the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- Latest Cumulative PTF Package 21238
- Technology Refresh 5
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Db2 for IBM i
- IBM Db2 Mirror for i
- Rational Developer for i
PTF Groups 7.3:
- Latest Cumulative