Re: Question on IBM no longer providing PTF Group updates for WAS

[Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>]

I swear someone from IBM is monitoring this list and generating notices.  I
just got this email from IBM this afternoon pointing me to a link at
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/667103?myns=swgother&mynp=OCSWG60&mync=E&cm_sp=swgother-_-OCSWG60-_-E

On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 7:22 AM Andrew Lopez (SXS US) <
Andrew.Lopez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We have received an email stating that the final PTF Groups will be:
>
>   *   7.4 - SF99661 level 10
>   *   7.3 - SF99581 level 16
>   *   7.2 - SF99481 level 23
>
> "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..."
>
> Any future updates will need to be done by monitoring for fix packs,
> downloading manually from IBM, installing manually afterwards from the IFS.
>
> This just isn't in the cards.  I'm trying to plan around a manual process
> here.  Can we assume that _security_ issues will still be patched in PTF
> Groups?  We don't host any web instances on the system except for the
> standard admin pages.  Can we disable WAS altogether, or is that needed?
>
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