What's new

The following revisions or additions have been made to the Memorandum to Users documentation since the first IBM® i 7.2 publication:

• April 2023 update
  • Heritage IBM Navigator for i permanently removed from the system was added.
• October 2022 update
  • CHGDEVTAP UNLOAD change now allowed while device is varied on was added.
• April 2021 update
  • OBJECT_STATISTICS() table function changes for *USRPRF objects was added.
  • Updated EBCDIC Unicode maps for CCSIDs 1377 and 1388 was added.
  • IBM Navigator for i requires 64-bit Java SE 8 was added.
• April 2019 update
  • Upgrade planning was updated.
  • Native database access behavior changes was updated.
  • Using reserved words as correlation names was added.
  • SAVLIBBRM command changes was added.
  • IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i (5770-TC1) was updated.
• August 2018 update
  • SQL JSON functions duplicate key handling change was added.
• June 2018 update
  • Commands that have been changed by applying PTFs, might fail to compile with a CPD0043 when TGTRLS is not the current release was updated.
  • ILE RPG changes was updated.
• April 2018 update
  • SQE changed to hold jobs when query related temporary storage exceeds MAXTMPSTG was added.
  • ILE RPG changes was updated.
• February 2018 update
  • Minimum partition memory required for POWER9 was added.
  • Read before upgrading BRMS was updated.
• October 2017 update
  • UPDATE using OVERRIDING USER VALUE was updated.
  • ILE RPG changes was updated.
  • Read before upgrading BRMS was added.
• June 2017 update
  • Links to PSP documentation were updated throughout the publication.
• May 2017 update
  • JV1 options support on IBM i 7.2 was updated.
• March 2017 update
  • CREATE FUNCTION (SQL scalar) or CREATE FUNCTION (SQL table) with a data access classification of CONTAINS SQL may fail with SQLSTATE '2F004' and SQLCODE -579 was added.
  • FULL OUTER JOIN change was added.
• November 2016 update
  • IBM Navigator for i primary access methodology was added.
  • Secure sockets layer (SSL) default cipher specification list changes was updated.
  • JV1 options support on IBM i 7.2 was updated.
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server Versions 8.0 (5733-W80) and 8.5 (5733-W85) was updated.
• October 2016 update
  • Planning for removal of support of adapters and configurations for releases following V7R3 of IBM i was added.
  • DISPLAY_JOURNAL() table function changes was added.
  • SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_CURRENCY/SYSTOOLS.GROUP_PTF_DETAIL changes was added.
  • TIMESTAMP_FORMAT scalar function can return SQLSTATE '22007' and SQLCODE -20448 was added.
  • Workload Capping and SMP degree *OPTIMIZE change was added.
  • IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i (5770-HAS) was updated.
• April 2016 update
  • End of support for Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) APIs was added.
  • Change to the event file EVFEVENT was added.
  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Install Actions was added.
• October 2015 update
  • CRTUSRPRF, CHGUSRPRF, and RTVUSRPRF command changes was updated.
  • IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i (5770-HAS) was updated.
• July 2015 update
  • Secure sockets layer (SSL) default cipher specification list changes was updated.
  • SSLv3 protocol has been disabled for System SSL was updated.
  • Integrated Server Support (Option 29) was updated.
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server Versions 8.0 (5733-W80) and 8.5 (5733-W85) was updated.
  • IBM TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for i (5770-TC1) was added.
• April 2015 update
  • RPG application and OPNQRYF key mismatches RPG application and OPNQRYF key mismatches might produce different results was added.
  • Changes to the QSYS2.OBJECT_STATISTICS table function Changes to the QSYS2.OBJECT_STATISTICS table function was added.
  • IBM WebSphere Application Server Versions 8.0 (5733-W80) and 8.5 (5733-W85) was updated.
• November 2014 update
  • IBM i installation load source requirements IBM i Installation load source requirements has been updated.
• October 2014 update
  • Simple Network Management Protocol Changes Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) changes was added.
  • System i Navigator performance plug-in is no longer supported System i Navigator performance tools plug-in no longer supported was added.
  • System i Navigator advanced job scheduler plug-in is no longer supported System i Navigator Advanced Job Scheduler plug-in is no longer supported was added.

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