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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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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 13
March 31, 2021 Doug Bidwell
There is a lot of stuff going on this week. First, there are patches for Db2 Web Query, but only for IBM i 7.3 and IBM i 7.4, and we have to wonder if this will eventually be backported to IBM i 7.2 and maybe even IBM i 7.1 given that release has been given extended extended support and is not available on Power9 in limited form in logical partitions.
There are also three security issues affecting the IBM i platform, as follows:
- Security Bulletin: IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime for IBM i is affected by CVE-2020-14803 and
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 12
March 24, 2021 Doug Bidwell
While WebSphere Application Server V9.0 has been available for IBM i and other operating systems for many years, it is now getting the same treatment by the PTF People at Big Blue and now this latest version is being offered as a big bang upgrade to V9.0 through a PTF mechanism, just like all of the open source tools are. (Don’t get the wrong idea though. IBM has not open sourced WebSphere Application Server.) As you can see below, all four current releases are being offered a PTF update for WAS. IBM i 7.4 has some patches for Db2 for …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 11
March 17, 2021 Doug Bidwell
Hello everyone out there in the IBM i community. There are two important things you need to know about right off the bat. First, there is updated microcode for machine types 9008-22L, 9009-22A, 9009-41A, 9009-42A, 9223-22H, and 9223-42H. You can read all about it at this link. Second, take a look at Security Bulletin: OpenSSL for IBM i is affected by CVE-2021-23840 and CVE-2021-23841. Read more about that at this link here, and the PTFs for this are:
- For IBM i 7.1: SI75593
- For IBM i 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4: SI75594
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 10
March 10, 2021 Doug Bidwell
This is one of those weeks with the IBM i PTF Guide where there just is not a lot going on with Big Blue and its midrange operating system and systems software stack. This is a very good thing because some weeks, we could use a little less drama, right?
Also: Is it just me, or is writing out 2021 just a little weird?
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:
PTF Groups 7.4:
- Temporary Storage PTFs
PTF Groups 7.3:
- Nadda
PTF Groups 7.1:
- Zilch
PTF Groups 7.1:
- Nothing
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