Doug Bidwell
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 9
March 3, 2025 Doug Bidwell
If you are using Rational Developer for i to create applications and your company uses the Singularity endpoint manager from SentinelOne, then you might be having an issue.
According to this notice from IBM, after updating Windows 11 to 24H2, Rational Developer for i 9.8.0.3 may be ended abruptly by SentinelOne. IBM adds: “There may be a Java dialogue left showing “Java was started but returned exit code=-1073741571” and the Windows event viewer will show that the problem happened in ntdll.dll.” The temporary workaround is to revert to Windows 11 23H2 or whitelist RDI in SentinelOne until IBM figures …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 8
February 24, 2025 Doug Bidwell
Two big security vulnerabilities greet you as you start your week. First, we have Security Bulletin: This Power System update is being released to address CVE-2023-52881, which you can find out more about here. We don’t see issues with baseboard management controllers very often, so pay attention to this one.
The affected releases are:
Affected Product(s) Version(s)
OPENBMC FW1060.00 – FW1060.20
OPENBMC OP940.00 – OP940.70
HMC OP940.00 – OP940.72
OPENBMC OP910.00 – OP910.90
Second, we have Security Bulletin: IBM i is vulnerable to a user gaining elevated privileges due to an unqualified library call [CVE-2024-55898]. You can find out …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 7
February 17, 2025 Doug Bidwell
How secure you feeling today? Well, IBM i is generally pretty rock solid, but you have to stay on top of the security vulnerabilities. And there are two of them that are new this week.
First, we have Security Bulletin: IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime for IBM i are vulnerable to a partial denial of service and a JNI function returning incorrect value length due to multiple vulnerabilities. You can find out more about this issue at this link, and here are the patches for it:
IBM i Release PTF Group
7.5 SF99955 Level 13
7.4 SF99665 …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 6
February 10, 2025 Doug Bidwell
It is a quiet week as far as security vulnerabilities go, so if you are in North America, or you like American football, we hope you enjoyed Super Bowl LIX and know that there is nothing too serious you need to handle right now with your IBM i system. There are some new HIPERs and patches to Java and the Apace Web server.
Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:
PTF Groups 7.5:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Java
- IBM HTTP Server for i
PTF Groups 7.4:
- HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
- Java
- IBM HTTP
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 5
February 3, 2025 Doug Bidwell
Welcome to February! Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter after being awakened from his slumber and seeing his shadow in the western Pennylvania town that is the adjective of the groundhog’s formal name. But, then again, don’t be too upset about the lingering winter. This furry prognosticator is only right 39 percent of the time, which is a little bit worse than flipping a coin.
Frankly, the best supercomputers in the world can’t predict the weather, either, because the conditions are changing faster than the models. . . so there is that.
We can predict with near …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Numbers 3 And 4
January 27, 2025 Doug Bidwell
We are finally getting back into synch between The Four Hundred and the IBM i PTF Guide, and with this week’s issue numbers 3 and 4, you will be all caught up.
In Number 3, dated January 18, we note that IBM has put out the latest service pack 950.D0 for system firmware levels VL950, VM950, and VH950, which you can read all about here. The updates are available for the following Power9 machines:
- Power System S914 (9009-41G)
- Power System E950 (9040-MR9)
- Power System E980 (9080-M9S)
- Power System H922 (9223-22H)
- Power System H922 (9223-22S)
- Power System H924 (9223-42H)
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Numbers 1 And 2
January 20, 2025 Doug Bidwell
With these two first editions of the IBM i PTF Guide, we start the patching of the venerable descendant of the OS/400 operating systems for 2025. And so, it still being January, we can wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year and, for those of you who are struggling because of natural disasters, medical issues, or economic woes, we feel your pain. It is hard for a lot of us right now.
With that, let us dive into the first and second of the Guides for 2025.
With Numero Uno, there was not a whole lot going …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Numbers 48 Through 50
January 13, 2025 Doug Bidwell
With The Four Hundred on hiatus for the holidays in late December and early January, we are playing catch up with editions of the IBM i PTF Guide. This week, we will close out 2024 with the final three editions put together in December.
Let’s start with Volume 26, Number 48, which came out December 7. It starts with Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in IBM Java SDK affect IBM WebSphere Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty due to October 2024 CPU, which you can learn more about here. The affected products include WebSphere Application Server 8.5 and …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 47
December 9, 2024 Doug Bidwell
Just a reminder: For the first time in a long, long while there are pre-requisites for a Technology Refresh. Sorting out the contingencies will keep us busy for a while. Here’s the word from IBM: OSP-Technology Refresh : Prereq licensed internal code PTFs, which you can find out more about at this link. These are the pre-reqs for the Technology Refreshes:
- IBM i 7.5: SJ02898
- IBM i 7.4: SJ02897
Now there is another issue you need to be aware of. Specifically: Potential to render new Feature Code EN24 / EN26 CCIN EC2A adapters inoperable, which you can find out …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 26, Number 46
December 4, 2024 Doug Bidwell
First time in a long, long while there are pre-requisites for a Technology Refresh. Sorting out the contingencies will keep us busy for the rest of the year!
Here’s the word from IBM: OSP-Technology Refresh : Prereq licensed internal code PTFs, which you can find out more about at this link. These are the pre-reqs for the Technology Refreshes:
- IBM i 7.5: SJ02898
- IBM i 7.4: SJ02897
There are also a number of other issues – three to be specific – that have been reported to Big Blue and that have been issued tweaks to correct them. They are …
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