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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 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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