• 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

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 36

  September 8, 2021 Doug Bidwell

  With the Labor Day holiday behind us, summer is officially over and it is now time for the world to get back to work and the kids and grandkids to get back to school. It is still quiet out there in PTF Land, but with Power10 machines due today, we suspect we will see some updates that enable the new big iron Power E1080 system. We will let you know as soon as we know.

  In the meantime, here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:

  PTF Groups 7.4:

  • Temporary Storage PTFs

  PTF Groups 7.3:

  • Temporary

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 35

  September 1, 2021 Doug Bidwell

  The summer is coming to a meteorological and practical end as we approach Labor Day, and then we make the long run to the end of the year. With new Power10-based machines around the corner, we expect to see updates to the IBM i platform in the coming weeks. But for now, it is pretty quiet with some minor tweaks here and there.

  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:

  • HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
  • Backup Recovery Solutions

  PTF Groups 7.2:

  • HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
  • Backup

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 34

  August 23, 2021 Doug Bidwell

  It is the middle of August and we expect for the software patches to slow down a bit, not so much because software is kind to our aspirations to have some vacation before the new season of school, harvest, and system upgrades begins anew but because frankly unless the system is on fire, no one cares about updating its operating system or related systems software in these weeks before Labor Day.

  But, there are a few things you need to be aware of. There are some new HIPERs and some new defectives this week. Let’s go to the video tape. …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 33

  August 16, 2021 Doug Bidwell

  It is the middle of August and we expect for the software patches to slow down a bit, not so much because software is kind to our aspirations to have some vacation before the new season of school, harvest, and system upgrades begins anew, but because frankly unless the system is on fire, no one cares about updating its operating system or related systems software in these weeks before Labor Day.

  But, there are a few things you need to be aware of. There are some new HIPERs and some new defectives this week. Let’s go to the video tape. …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 32

  August 11, 2021 Doug Bidwell

  Another day, another security vulnerability in an enterprise software stack. This one is not in an open source software package, or Windows Server, but in the Hardware Management Console, or HMC, for high-end Power Systems servers. Specifically, you need to be aware of Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in bind used by Power Hardware Management Console (HMC).(CVE-2021-25215), which you can read at this link.

  Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:

  PTF Groups 7.4:

  • IBM HTTP Server for i

  PTF Groups 7.3:

  • IBM HTTP Server for i

  PTF Groups 7.2:

  • IBM HTTP Server for i

  PTF …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 31

  August 2, 2021 Doug Bidwell

  In this edition of the IBM i PTF Guide, we want to remind you once again that when you go to Fix Central at IBM to download PTFs to patch your IBM i operating systems and related systems software, you must use an encrypted variant of FTP to do so – that’s FTPS or SFTP, depending – as of July 10. If you follow all of the links starting with the Fix Central homepage, you will eventually get to this link right here, which tells you how to configure SFTP on your machine. We interpret this to mean that …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 29

  July 19, 2021 Doug Bidwell

  Welcome to the latest edition of the IBM i PTF Guide. In this week’s edition, you will find updated microcode for Firmware 860. The latest service pack 860.A0 is now available for System firmware level SC860 and SV860. You can find more at this link.

  Also, IBM is announcing PTFs MH01895 and MH01896, which are an ifix for HMC V9 R1 M942. You can find out more in this link.

  Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:

  PTF Groups 7.4:

  • HIPERs
  • Db2 for IBM i
  • IBM Db2 Mirror for i

  PTF Groups …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 28

  July 14, 2021 Doug Bidwell

  We are finally done playing catch up after the Independence Day holiday in the United States with this week’s issue of the IBM i PTF Guide, which is now current. First, there is updated microcode for Firmware 940, which you can read about at this link. There are also new defective PTFs on DTAQ Host servers for IBM i 7.4.

  Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level:

  PTF Groups 7.4:

  • Download WAS 9.0 from Passport Advantage Online
  • Download WAS 9.0.5 from Passport Advantage Online
  • High Availability for ibm i
  • QMGTOOLS

  PTF Groups 7.3: …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 23, Number 26

  June 30, 2021 Doug Bidwell

  Attention all IBM i shops. You may not be aware of it, but FTP is changing to FTPS/SFTP (secure) before the end of June or in early July 2021. (It’s not clear.) All orders submitted just prior to the change will be removed.

  Also, many thanks to Ron Schmitz for the IMGCLG link that I added to the IBM i PTF Guide sheet this week, which you will see below in its usual place.

  And finally, for those of you who are in the United States, happy July 4^th holiday, and for those of you who are not, why …

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