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IBM i 7.3 Recommended Fixes - Electronic Services

Preventive Service Planning


Abstract

These recommendations are based on your system already having installed the most current Cumulative PTF Package and HIPER PTF Group.

Content

The i Global Support Center recommends installing the PTF's listed below for corrective service and preventive maintenance. If a problem persists after the recommended fixes have been installed, the support engineers can more efficiently diagnose the issue. For further information or to order these PTFs, follow this link:  http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

Note: If after apply the PTFs still having issues sending HARDWARE inventory, review document Electronic Service Agent (ESA) - HARDWARE inventory failed for extra PTFs and actions.


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Note: Click the PTF number to review the PTF cover letter. The PTF cover letter contains a description of what the PTF resolves, information about one or more PTFs it supersedes, if any, and any special instructions that need to be performed to apply the PTF.
Date Added to List
(MM/DD/YYYY)
Fix / Release
(Link to PTF Cover Letter)
Licensed
Program
Product
Cumulative
Package
Description
02/29/2024 SI85793 5770SS1 NONE CHGSRVCFG FAILS WITH CPD0104 FOR PARAMETER PROXY
07/27/2023 SI84009 5770SS1 NONE QTOCRUNPRX JOB FAILS TO START WITH JDK11 64 BIT JVM
07/06/2022 SI79808 5770SS1 C2335730 JVA-JVM Fix heap allocation issue. MCH0601 ESA related.
03/31/2022 SI79372 5770SS1 C2335730 ECC JAVA.LANG.NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION USING IBM JAVA 8.0.7.0 OR LATER AND TQSERRANO-3.27.18B.JAR OR EARLIER
03/25/2022 SI78708 5770SS1 C2132730 Retrieve activation status in VFYSRVAGT for SQL Service
02/25/2022 SI78451 5770SS1 C2132730 Assigned Port automatically in VFYSVRAGT SQL Service C part - Superseded by SI78708
02/01/2022 SI78450 5770SS1 C2132730 Assigned port automatically in VFYSRVAGT SQL Service Java part
01/07/2022 SI78335  5770SS1 C2132730 ALLOW JDK 11 FOR SNDPTFORD
01/06/2022 SI74295 5770SS1 C1245730 PM for Power removal - Superseded by SI78450
09/15/2021 SI76119 5770SS1 C1245730 QSRVMON, QSCLICEV AND QSCWCHMS WON'T START AFTER NON SECURE PORTS RESTRICTED
05/17/2021 SI74867 5770SS1 C1245730 Will add one more value for ENVIRONMENT field to differentiate it
05/17/2021 SI75169 5770SS1 C1245730 VFYSRVAGT API for SQL Service ss03 part - Superseded by SI78450
11/07/2020 SI74254 5770SS1 C1098730 Changes to support both RETAIN and CSP for Call Home.
08/21/2020 SI73925 5770SS1 C0310730 VFYSRVAGT *TSTPRB / SNDSRVRQS *TEST LEADS TO CPF8C24.
Improve Call Home for HW support migration to new platform - Superseded by SI79372
08/08/2020 SI71360 5770SS1 C0310730 Add support for new JDK - Superseded by SI79808
07/30/2020 SI73102 5770SS1 C0310730 Hardware inventory collection failed due to ILE exception - Superseded by SI74867
07/13/2020 SI73563 5770SS1 C0310730 WRKPRB entry is generated with symptom string 5770 SP/QP0ZSKRN MOD/QP0ZSEM MSGMCH3601 RC1250
07/07/2020 SI73705 5770SS1 C0310730 MSGCPD0A35RC11 CRTSRVCFG FAILING WITH CPDA035 RC11
06/18/2020 SI72869 (Note1) 5770SS1 C0310730 Suppression of ESA job schedulers if configured in SAJAVA.PROPERTIES  - Superseded by SI75169
06/28/2020 SI72843 (Note1) 5770SS1 C0310730 Implementing the suppression of ESA job schedulers when running CHGSRVAGT - Superseded by SI74254
05/29/2020 SI73330 5770SS1 C0310730 MSGCPD0A35 RC255 when issue CHGSRVCFG ROLE(*PRIMARY) CNNTYPE(*DIRECT) CNNPNT(*NO) - Superseded by SI73705
05/04/2020 SI72892 5770SS1 C0310730 VFYSRVCFG *SRVAGT LOOPS WITH CPF24C5 AND MCH3601
04/15/2020 SI71527 5770SS1 C0128730 Firmware attributes missing in 7.3 and post 7.3 software inventory file. Will add the firmware attributes. When collect software inventory, firmware attributes will be collected - Superseded by SI73102
01/15/2020 SI71971 5770SS1 C0128730 CMN.DOWNLOADFAILED: THE STATE OF THE PACKAGE IS NOT CORRECT
AFTER THE DOWNLOAD - Superseded by SI73925
12/20/2019 SI69884 5770SS1 C0128730 Disable Microcode problem Automatically Call Home - Superseded by SI72843
11/07/2019 SI70656 5770SS1 C0128730 WRKPRB entries cannot be sent - Superseded by SI73563
08/26/2019 SI70787 5770SS1 C9311730 SNDPTFORD DLVFMT(*IMAGE) failing with CPF1634 time has passed. - Superseded by SI71971
08/13/2019 SI69060 5770SS1 C9311730 ECS VFYSRVCFG *FIXREP WOULD TEST PORT 80 INSTEAD OF 443.    - Superseded by SI85793
06/26/2019 SI70307 5770SS1 C9311730 Removed Keyword RSRC AND MODEM from CRTSRVCFG
06/05/2019 SI70181 5770SS1 C9311730
SNDPTFORD DLVRYFMT(*IMAGE) ORDERED AS PHYSICAL MEDIA INSTEAD. Adding wait time to image orders before going through physical media. - Superseded by SI71971
04/24/2019 SI69576 5770SS1 C9311730 After reset REFRESHUAK via the command CHGSRVAGTA, REFRESHUAK
values will be restored to the initial values when rerun CHGSRVAGTA without any parameters changing. - Superseded by SI69884
03/21/2019 SI69344 5770SS1 C9311730 MSGCPF8C24 WRKPRB ENTRY CANNOT BE SUBMITTED. Failing program ID Version and Release levels do not match the current OS Version. The PTF only fixes any future problems. It will NOT correct any existing problems with the wrong release. - Superseded by SI76119
02/11/2019 SI68755 5770SS1 C9116730 FAILED TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS TO THE BACK ENDS. TrustList.jks will be updated. - Superseded by SI72892
01/29/2019 SI68969 5770SS1 C9116730 OSP TO FIX THE EXCEPTION IN CONTACTINFORETRIEVER - Superseded by SI70181
11/28/2018 SI68576 5770SS1 C9116730 MCH0601 SHOWS DUE TO NO ENOUGH BUFFER FOR QRZSCHE RESOURCES. ESA audit log might show "java.lang.UnknownError: Exception
occurred in ILE native method" - Superseded by SI71527
11/23/2018 SI68039 5770SS1 C9116730 Hardware inventory fails with error "physResourceInfoArrayBuffer is NULL". ESA audit log might show "java.lang.NullPointerException: Exception occurred in ILE native method"
- Superseded by SI68576
08/24/2018 SI66579 5770SS1 C9116730 Check JDK8 as the proper pre-activation instead of JDK6. This PTF force ESA to use JDK8 32 bit, disregarding JAVA_HOME set.
08/11/2018 SI68172 5770SS1 C9116730 SNDPTFORD WILL ONLY USE PORT 443.
- Superseded by SI68969
06/29/2018 SI67416 5770SS1 C8242730 "NON-IBM JAR file DETECTED" ERROR CAUSE SOME ESA FUNCTION FAILED. PTF WILL PREVENT ESA BE AFFECTED BY MESSAGE, NOT REMOVE THEM - Superseded by SI72869
06/29/2018 SI67549 5770SS1 C8242730 JVA-RUN Extend JAVA_HOME support for SPI IBM_CreateJavaVMInstalled - Superseded by SI71360
03/17/2018 SI67122 5770SS1 C8242730 LOOP ALOT OF QESECARE JOBS. QSRVMON will be changed so it works with any version of Java installed on the system.
02/22/2018 SI66506 5770SS1 C8242730 Disable automatic problem reporting of legacy Software FFDC
(First Failure Data Capture) QS9SFWMON job removed. - Superseded by SI69576
11/17/2017 SI62446 5770SS1 C8242730 New feature called Connectivity Verification. It verifies the Service Agent connection.
05/18/2018 SI67059 5770SS1 C8242730 INCOMPATIBLE WITH JAVAX.CIM.CIMDATETIMEABSOLUTE
- Superseded by SI67416
05/18/2018 SI60420 5770SS1 C8242730 Enable TLSv1.2 for NIST SP 800-131a strict mode. - Superseded by SI67416
04/25/2018 SI66299 5770SS1 C8242730 IBM_CREATEJAVAVM AND OTHER SPI SUPPORT WATERFALL MECHANISM AND JAVA_HOME ENVIRONMENT - Superseded by SI67549
11/17/2017 SI62445 5770SS1 C8242730 New feature called Connectivity Verification. It verifies the Service Agent connection. - Superseded by SI67416
11/17/2017 SI62179 5770SS1 C7061730 Error QRY1041 in Electronic Service Agent opt.14
07/13/2017 SI61126 5770SS1 C8242730 ESA reading input stream - Superseded by SI62445
07/13/2017 SI61128 5770SS1 C8242730 ELECTRONIC SERVICE AGENT NOT ACTIVATED. -MSGCPDEF41 CHECK PRE-REQUIRED 5770JV1 OPTION14 AS ACTIVATION - Superseded by SI66506
07/13/2017 SI64488 5770SS1 C7283730 VFYSRVCFG WOULD DISREGARD EDGE SERVERS' IP ADDRESSES - Superseded by SI69060
07/13/2017 SI64158 5770SS1 C7283730 SNDPTFORD SHOWS CPD018C AND CPF0001 - Superseded by SI64488
07/13/2017 SI63119 5770SS1 C7283730 MESSAGE CPZ8C15 IS NOT POSTED FOR PTF GROUP IMAGE ORDERS. - Superseded by SI68969

Note 1:

To activate the function introduced with the PTFs (prevent ESA job schedule to be create) review document Manually creating ESA job schedulers

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 February 2024

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