Around the mid of March, IBM has released Database Group PTFs SF99950 level 6 for IBM i 7.5 and SF99704 level 27 for IBM i 7.3. In addition, several individual PTFs have been released to fix issues that were found when running SAP software on IBM i. The SAP Support Required PTF Lists, formerly known as Information APARs, have been updated to include these new levels and PTFs.
The PTF lists can be found at the following links:
IBM i 7.5: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/sap-support-required-ptf-list-ibm-i-75
IBM i 7.4: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/sap-support-required-ptf-list-ibm-i-74
IBM i 7.3: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/sap-support-required-ptf-list-ibm-i-73
We recommend that you apply the current PTF levels for preventive maintenance whenever you are performing your next scheduled maintenance. If you want to download the PTF lists to your SAP systems with the help of a program, take a look at our sample program and blog entry from July 18th, 2022.
The latest PTF groups contain changes that were made earlier to harden security on your system. As a result, it can happen that your SAP systems can no longer access the SQL views QSYS2.PTF_INFO and QSYS2.GROUP_PTF_INFO. Background information about this can be found in SAP Note 3438831. To avoid functional problems, we recommend that you grant *USE authority for the commands DSPPTF and WRKPTFGRP to user profile R3GROUP. To do that, sign on as QSECOFR or user with similar authorities and enter the following commands:
GRTOBJAUT OBJ(QSYS/DSPPTF) OBJTYPE(*CMD) USER(R3GROUP) AUT(*USE)
GRTOBJAUT OBJ(QSYS/WRKPTFGRP) OBJTYPE(*CMD) USER(R3GROUP) AUT(*USE)
