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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 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
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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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