Month: May 2023

​May 22, at 4:30 p.m. CTCome join the “Happy Hour!”. Join us to get your bur Read More 

​IBM i Group PTFs, IBM i 7.4 – SF99661, IBM i 7.3 – SF99581, & IBM i 7.2 – SF99481, for IBM WebSphere Application Server v8.5 will no longer be released effective immediately. The IBM i WebSphere Application Server v8.5 Group PTFs will still be available for download, but will no longer be released with newer WebSphere Application Server v8.5 fix pack levels. The WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.23 fix pack level is the final level included. Here are the final IBM i Group PTF levels containing the 8.5.5.23 fix pack level.
IBM i 7.4 – SF99661 level 10
IBM i 7.3 – SF99581 level 16
IBM i 7.2 – SF99481 level 23
When updating your IBM WebSphere Application Server v8.5 Fix Pack level to 8.5.5.24 and later, fix pack repositories will have to be manually downloaded and restored to the IFS. More information on this process can be found here, https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/667103. Read More 

​How do I download and restore an IBM WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack repository to the IBM i IFS to update my IBM i WebSphere Application Server v8.5, v9.0, or Liberty product? Read More 

​Perhaps one of the easiest ways to speed up an RPG program is to reduce the number of I/O operations it needs to perform. In this article let’s explore one simple method for moving toward dataset processing.
Here I have a simple RPG program. Okay, admittedly, we don’t often get to write “simple” RPG programs, but for this example, I have stripped the RPG program down to just the read loop so I can demonstrate the conversion.

In the above program, we need to read all records from the AcctMstr file where the branch is equal to the branch that …
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​There are new cumulative updates this week, and a couple of security vulnerabilities that you need to be aware of, which we cover along with the normal PTF updates and defective PTF rundown that we do every week. Let’s start, as we often do, with the vulnerabilities.
First, we have Security Bulletin: IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i. which is vulnerable to a server-side request forgery, a denial of service, an attacker obtaining sensitive information, and gaining elevated privileges due to multiple vulnerabilities. You can find out more about at this link. The issues can be fixed …
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