IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 28, Number 21 - IT Jungle

June 15, 2026

The flow of security vulnerabilities and PTF patches has been kind of spotty for the past several weeks. Which is good, because we were in transit across the United States. We have successfully relocated from California to Pennsylvania, and are settling in. We are almost unpacked, and my Network Operations Center, or NOC, is coming together. Thanks for your patience!

Here is the rundown of PTF Groups by IBM i release level since we last published:

PTF Groups 7.6:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security
WebSphere Application Server V8.5
QMGTOOLS
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.5:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security
WebSphere Application Server V8.5
QMGTOOLS
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.4:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security
WebSphere Application Server V8.5
QMGTOOLS
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.3:

HIPERs (High Impact/Pervasive)
Security
WebSphere Application Server V8.5
QMGTOOLS
Visual Studio Code for IBM i

PTF Groups 7.2:

None

Tip O’ The Week: The System Planning Tool, version 6.26.104.0, is now available for download at https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/632531.

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Links’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘QMGtools’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘ACS_NAV’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links added to the ‘Prtr Links’ tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links Redbooks added this week:

None

New (or Updated) stuff added to REF tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links in the TAPE tab in The Guide this week:

None

New (or Updated) links in the WAS tab in The Guide this week:

None

The Guide at a glance: There were new defectives the week of 06/13/26. Defective PTF rundown – the latest defective for each release. Click on the Defective PTF link for your release in the Guide:

	Defect		Defective	APAR		Fixing
	Date		PTF				PTF
	--------	--------	---------	-----------------------	
7.6	10/04/26	SJ08676	        DT467722	SJ09203	(When available)(read the recommendations)
							Read the cover letter-prerequisites!		

7.5	10/04/26	SJ08676	        DT467722	SJ09202 (When available)(read the recommendations)
				 			Read the cover letter-prerequisites!                   
						 
7.4	10/04/26	SJ08675	        DT467722	SJ09201	Same as above, Please read the Cover letter - 
							(When available)(read the recommendations)
							Read the cover letter-prerequisites!

7.3	10/04/26	SJ08674	        DT467722	SJ09200 (When available)(read the recommendations)

Be sure to access the link in The Guide for further details.

Below is the usual archive of the IBM i PTF Guide to help you work through the PTFs in chronological order:

June 13, 2026: Volume 28, Number 21

June 6, 2026: Volume 28, Number 20

May 30, 2026: Volume 28, Number 19

May 23, 2026: Volume 28, Number 18

April 25, 2026: Volume 28, Number 17

April 18, 2026: Volume 28, Number 16

April 11, 2026: Volume 28, Number 15

April 4, 2026: Volume 28, Number 14

March 28, 2026: Volume 28, Number 13

March 23, 2026: Volume 28, Number 12