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IBM i 7.2 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.

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Recommendations
These recommendations are based on your system already having installed the most current Cumulative PTF Package, HIPER PTF Group, and Database PTF Group. For further information or to order these PTFs, follow this link: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/

The i Global Support Center recommends installing the PTFs 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.

Order the following recommended fixes for V7R2M0:

Warning: Java 8 32-bit and 64 bit (JV1 option 16 and JV1 option 17) are required to be on system before apply the PTFs. Additional information could be found at Migrate Electronic Service Agent (ESA) from using Java 6 to Java 8 document.

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 the 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
07/06/2022 SI79806 5770SS1 NONE JVA-JVM Fix heap allocation issue. MCH0601 ESA related.
03/31/2022 SI79293 5770SS1 NONE ECC JAVA.LANG.NULLPOINTEREXCEPTION USING IBM JAVA 8.0.7.0 OR LATER AND TQSERRANO-3.27.18B.JAR OR EARLIER
10/13/2021 SI76398 5770SS1 NONE SNDPTFORD WILL ONLY USE PORT 443. ONLY VALID IF USING EDGE CONFIGURATION. - Superseded by SI79293
11/07/2020 SI74253 5770SS1 C1084720 Changes to support both RETAIN and CSP for Call Home.
08/21/2020 SI74090 5770SS1 C0296720 VFYSRVAGT *TSTPRB / SNDSRVRQS *TEST LEADS TO CPF8C24.
Improve Call Home for HW support migration to new platform.  - Superseded by SI79293
07/06/2020 SI73704 5770SS1 C0296720 MSGCPD0A35RC11 CRTSRVCFG FAILING WITH CPDA035 RC11
06/18/2020 SI73096 (Note1) 5770SS1 C0296720 Implementing the suppression of ESA job schedulers when running CHGSRVAGT - Superseded by SI74253
06/18/2020 SI73095 (Note1) 5770SS1 C0296720 Suppression of ESA job schedulers if configured in SAJAVA.PROPERTIES
05/29/2020 SI73333 5770SS1 C0296720 MSGCPD0A35 RC255 when issue CHGSRVCFG ROLE(*PRIMARY) CNNTYPE(*DIRECT) CNNPNT(*NO)
 - Superseded by SI73704
05/04/2020 SI73200 5770SS1 C0296720 VFYSRVCFG *SRVAGT LOOPS WITH CPF24C5 AND MCH3601
12/20/2019 SI71309 5770SS1 C0114720 Disable Microcode problem Automatically Call Home - Superseded by SI73096
10/10/2019 SI70500 5770SS1 C0114720 OSP-OTHER-THREADS-UNPRED CHANGE ECS/ESA TO USE EDGE SERVER
09/27/2019 SI69059 5770SS1 C0114720 OSP-COMM-ECS VFYSRVCFG WOULD DISREGARD EDGE SERVERS' IP
ADDRESSES. Will include EDGE label if that was configured.
08/07/2019 SI70688 5770SS1 C9297720 OSP-OTHER SNDPTFORD DLVFMT(*IMAGE) FAILING WITH CPF1634 TIME HAS PASSED. - Superseded by SI74090
06/06/2019 SI70112 5770SS1 C9297720 REMOVED KEYWORD RSRC AND MODEM FROM CRTSRVCFG
06/05/2019 SI70182 5770SS1 C9297720 OSP-OTHER SNDPTFORD DLVRYFMT(*IMAGE) ORDERED AS PHYSICAL MEDIA INSTEAD. Adding wait time to image orders before going through physical media.
- Superseded by SI70688
03/21/2019 SI69347 5770SS1 C9297720 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.
02/11/2019 SI68756 5770SS1 C9123720 OSP-COMM-OTHER-FAILED TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS TO THE BACK ENDS. TrustList.jks will be updated. - Superseded by SI73200
01/29/2019 SI68515 5770SS1 C9123720 OSP TO FIX THE EXCEPTION IN CONTACTINFORETRIEVER.
- Superseded by SI70688
06/29/2018 SI66110 5770SS1 C8249720 JDK8 Usage - Superseded by SI73095
06/20/2018 SI67498 5770SS1 C8249720 JVA-RUN Extend JAVA_HOME support for SPI IBM_CreateJavaVMInstalled
03/17/2018 SI67121 5770SS1 C8249720 OSP-OTHER-LOOP ALOT OF QESECARE JOBS. QSRVMON will be changed so that it will work with any version of
Java installed on the system.
02/28/2018 SI66129 5770SS1 C8249720 Check JDK8 as the proper pre activation instead of JDK6. - Superseded by SI71309
02/22/2018 SI66325 5770SS1 C8249720 Disable automatic problem reporting of legacy Software FFDC
(First Failure Data Capture) QS9SFWMON job removed. - Superseded by SI66129
12/13/17 SI66459 5770SS1 C8032720 OSP-OTHER UPDATE ECCJVM.PROPERTIES - Superseded by SI76398
03/29/2017 SI64358 5770SS1 C7290720 OSP-OTHER-UNPRED SNDPTFORD ON 7.2 GETTING TQ_ERROR_NO_FAMILY. THIS IS AN ISO IMAGE ORDER REQUEST. - Superseded by SI66459
03/14/17 SI64157 5770SS1 C7290720 MSGCPD018C SNDPTFORD SHOWS CPD018C AND CPF0001. - Superseded by SI69059
06/15/16 SI61011 5770SS1 C6306720 MSGCPF8C24 SNDPTFORD FAILS AFTER APPLYING CUMULATIVE C6127720
02/12/16 SI58784 5770SS1 C6127720 New feature called IP protection. It checks User Access Key on system and downloads key if about to expire. - Superseded by SI70500
11/10/2016 SI63120 5770SS1 C7068720 OSP-MSGCPZ8C15-PAR-940XBASE MESSAGE CPZ8C15 IS NOT POSTED FOR PTF GROUP IMAGE ORDERS.
- Superseded by SI68515
01/14/15 SI55392 5770SS1 C5135720 Update the SNDSRVRQS and SNDPTFORD commands and the Electronic
Service Agent (ESA) function to address the POODLE
Vulnerability. - Superseded by SI66459

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:
21 July 2022

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