• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Numbers 45 And 46

  November 28, 2017 Doug Bidwell

  There has not been much happening in the past several weeks in IBM i PTF Land, but here is a roundup of the little bit that that did happen.

  In the IBM i PTF Guide Number 45, we have new groups for the HTTP Server and Open Source. If you haven’t checked out the open source licensed programs yet, you can find it at this link.

  In Number 46 of the IBM i PTF Guide, there were Recommended Fixes for V7R3, V7R2, and V7R1. There were also patches for the Cryptographic Services/DCM and Cryptographic Co-processor for Power Systems, …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 44

  November 15, 2017 Doug Bidwell

  The action this week in the IBM i PTF Guide is all in HIPERs for all three releases and in the Security groups for IBM i 7.2 and 7.3. Also, there is a recommended fix for IBM i 7.2, one of the baddies. The QMGtools were also updated for all releases.

  Also, we have an important reminder: Java 6 will be going out of support on December 31, 2017. So be sure to update your Java applications to Java 8 or Java 7 to ensure a safe and secure application environment.

  The PTF updates this week are as follows:

  IBM …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 44

  November 8, 2017 Doug Bidwell

  The action this week in the IBM i PTF Guide is all in HIPERs for all three releases and in the Security groups for IBM i 7.2 and 7.3. Also, there is a recommended fix for IBM i 7.2, one of the baddies. The QMGtools were also updated for all releases.

  Also, we have an important reminder: Java 6 will be going out of support on December 31, 2017. So be sure to update your Java applications to Java 8 or Java 7 to ensure a safe and secure application environment.

  The PTF updates this week are as follows:

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 43

  November 1, 2017 Doug Bidwell

  Hold onto your Halloween candy, there are new cumes on IBM i 7.2 and 7.3! You are going to need some sugar. And there is a formal announcement of the new Tech Refreshes, which we announced last week. The corresponding group (SF99717 for V7R2 and SF99727 for V7R3) can now be ordered. Yeah, those numbers are correct, one off for ease of remembering.

  This week we also have:

  • New Backup and Recovery and Performance Tools groups for all three supported releases
  • New DB2 groups for 7.2 and 7.3
  • New WAS V8.0 groups for 7.2 and 7.1.

  Also, keep an eye …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 42

  October 25, 2017 Doug Bidwell

  As you can see from this week’s IBM i PTF Guide, the latest Technology Refreshes are available. That’s TR3 (MF99203) for V7R3 and TR7 (MF99107) for V7R2. (There is not a TR for V7R1). We strongly recommend that you read the cover letters for the above PTFs because there are significant behavior issues that have changed and they tell you all about them.

  Included for your perusal this week, we have a new High Availability group for all three releases:

  • V7R3 – SF99876
  • V7R2 – SF99776
  • V7R1 – SF99706

  We also have an update to the HTTP server group …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 41

  October 18, 2017 Doug Bidwell

  We have taken advantage of the lull in PTFs to restructure the IBM i PTF Guide. Check out the “Prior” worksheet, it is designed to let you know what the latest Cume (cumulative PTF patch stack) was on several prior releases. In many cases, these are available for order from IBM.

  We have also added a “Links” worksheet. It is a collection for the links we have found useful over the years. If you have any suggestions about what should be added for the benefit of all, send them in and we’ll add them on.

  There is one broken …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 39

  October 3, 2017 Doug Bidwell

  The big story this week is that there are issues with Java. It seems there are more than 25 CVEIDs out for Java. That is the sad news. The good news is that they are all covered by PTF’s available in the latest Java Groups:

  • Release 7.3 – SF99725 level 6
  • Release 7.2 – SF99716 level 14
  • Release 7.1 – SF99572 level 29
  • Release 6.1 – SF99562 level 40

  For complete details on the CVEIDs, check this link: Additional information about Java on IBM i can be found at this link here. Just a side note, IBM is …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 38

  September 27, 2017 Doug Bidwell

  Hello fellow IBM i-ers. (Yes, that looks ugly.) This week in the IBM i PTF Guide, you will discover that the Java Group for V6R1 has been updated. Even though V6R1 for IBM i is no longer supported, the licensed programs for that release may be on a different support level.

  By the way, Java Group has been updated in all releases, not just for V6R1, as have the HIPERs and the Backup Recovery Groups. Lots of PTF action this week. Best news is no new Defective PTFs since September 8!

  A big “Thank You” to Charles Charalambou for …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 37

  September 20, 2017 Doug Bidwell

  Just a reminder from your friendly neighborhood IBM i PTF Guide. Java 6 will be going out of support on December 31, 2017. So be sure to update your Java applications to Java 8 or Java 7 to ensure a safe and secure application environment.

  The licensed programs for both Java 7 and Java 8 are available on Entitled Systems Support (ESS), in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. They don’t take up much room, it is suggested you put them all on your system. Changing the default version of the JDK (Java Development Kit) is done by changing the …

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• IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 19, Number 35

  September 6, 2017 Doug Bidwell

  Welcome to the IBM i PTF Guide, which was designed to help you figure out what patches to apply to your releases so you can keep current and therefore keep optimal in terms of performance, stability, and security. This should be  your own personal IBM i Patch Wednesday, and frankly, with the Labor Day holiday in the United States, there was not a lot going on this week.

  The Recommended PTFs for all functional areas were updated, and summary lists for all three current IBM i releases were updated in *SF97VRM). ERP giant and in-memory processing upstart SAP also …

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