No matter what system you are talking about, no matter what kind of applications you are running, there are always ways to squeeze more performance out of the system. The IBM i platform running atop Power10 and earlier processors is no exception, and to that end, for several years now Big Blue has provided some guidance on pushing performance with each new CPU family and as new features are added to the OS/400 and IBM i software stack.
The latest such update, according to Steve Will, chief architect of the IBM i platform, has just been published, and you can …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 18 Doug Bidwell
A new week, a new security vulnerability in the IBM i platform. This time around, we have Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in libtasn1 (CVE-2021-46848) affects Power HMC, which you can read more about at this link. The Affected products and versions are: HMC V10.1.1010.0, HMC V10.2.1030.0, and HMC V9.2.950.0. The remediation/fixes for the vulnerability are:
Product VRMF APAR Remediation/Fix
Power HMC V9.2.950.0 SP3 ppc MB04397 MH01954
Power HMC V9.2.950.0 SP3 x86 MB04396 MH01953
Power HMC V10.1.1020.0 SP1 ppc MB04388 MF70701
Power HMC V10.1.1020.0 SP1 x86 MB04387 MF70700
Power HMC V10.2.1030.0 ppc MB04401 MF70890
Power HMC V10.2.1030.0 SP1 x86 MB04400 MF70889
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