Possible bad ptf?
Late last week I started a PTF download from IBM. This resulted in these files
The CUME_1.bin byte count is: 3815768064
The CUME_2.bin byte count is: 3721482240
The CUME_3.bin byte count is: 3904059392
The CUME_4.bin byte count is: 3807432704
The CUME_5.bin byte count is: 447019008.
When using FTP download from IBM i command line it would die on CUME_3.bin. Well into it. Repeatable. Multiple lpars. I downloaded them again and the byte counts were a little different but the same situation. Same file dies. I gave up and downloaded them to a PC and then uploaded that to IBM i. This worked.
Got a reply from our network guy:
<snip>
Turns out that the Cisco Firepower Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) was killing your FTP downloads, because the file contained a script that IPS did not like.
This was discovered during our weekly Webex meeting dropped traffic review. Don't know why the same transfer worked from the laptop, but something must have been different - perhaps binary vs non-binary transfer mode - I don't know for sure.
There is no good workaround other than what you have already done. Whitelisting would be putting the systems at risk.
</snip>
So, might there be a bad PTF in there which may corrupt the system?
I have it set to apply on 15 lpars at their next IPL.
I had ordered these PTF's:
MF65856,MF66031,MF66337,MF66879,MF67062,MF67143,MF67216,MF67304,SF99652,SF99653,SF99659,SF99661,SF99662,SF99663,SF99664,SF99665,SF99666,SF99667,SF99668,SF99675,SF99704,SF99736,SF99737,SF99738,SF99739,SF99740,SF99741,SI69396,SI69632,SI69635,SI69892,SI69943,SI70236,SI70319,SI70368,SI70542,SI70552,SI70572,SI70591,SI70626,SI70716,SI70749,SI71060,SI71396,SI71601,SI71638,SI71876,SI71972,SI71975,SI72020,SI72305,SI73026,SI73201,SI73239,SI72590, SI71719, MF67191, MF65997, MF66894, MF67002, MF67004
Rob Berendt
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