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II14603 - V7R1 - INFOR'S ERP LX AND BPCS ON I5 REQUIRED PTF LIST

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Abstract

V7R1 - INFOR'S ERP LX AND BPCS ON I5 REQUIRED PTF LIST

Error Description

**Last updated 04/30/2015**                                    
This informational APAR contains information regarding PTFs    
required when running Infor's BPCS and ERPLX products on the    
on the System i at IBM i 7.1.                                  
                                                               
PTFs are not listed out individually below once they are        
part of the latest group PTF or cumulative release. Therefore,  
it is STRONGLY recommended that you put in place a process      
to regularly obtain and apply the latest update of the          
Group PTF for SQL and Database to your system.                  
                                                               
Any PTFs required by BPCS programs which are NOT included in    
the database group PTF or latest Cumulative, are listed        
separately below.                                              
                                                               
The most current R710 CUM and HIPER PTFs are recommended.      
                                                               
The latest HIPER Group PTF can be found at this link:          
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.nsf/PTFbyNumber/SF99709  
                                                               
                                                               
Do a WRKPTFGRP SF99709 and this will show you the level        
of the installed HIPER Group PTF on your system.                
                                                               
The latest DB2 UDB Group PTF can be found at this link:        
                                                               
http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.nsf/PTFbyNumber/SF99701  
                                                               
                                                               
Do a WRKPTFGRP SF99701 and this will show you the level        
of the installed DB2 UDB Group PTF on your system.              
                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
********************************************************        
  Various BPCS and ERP LX programs do not convert              
********************************************************        
--------------------------------------------------------        
Affected BPCS versions:  ERP LX V8.3.0, V8.3.1, V8.3.2          
                         V8.2.00, V8.1.00,V8.0.00,              
                         V6.1.00, V6.0.04, V6.0.02              
                         BPCS CD                                
--------------------------------------------------------        
Starting in R610 many secured source programs fail to convert  
to the new operating system because they are not observable.    
Obtain BMR 73619 and BMR 73684 to install updated copies        
of these objects. A new license key is required when            
installing BMR 73684.                                          
                                                               
********************************************************        
  Unable to log into BPCS Client/Server                        
********************************************************        
--------------------------------------------------------        
Affected BPCS versions:  V8.2.00, V8.1.00,V8.0.00,              
                         V6.1.00, V6.0.04, V6.0.02              
--------------------------------------------------------        
Starting in R610 many NEWI, DOCA or ALAUNCH library objects    
will fail to convert to the new operating system because they  
are not observable.                                            
                                                               
Please obtain the proper objects for your BPCS release from    
BMR 73959 from Infor365 Support.                                
                                                               
********************************************************        
  SQL Warnings Cause Errors in Many BPCS Programs              
********************************************************        
--------------------------------------------------------        
Affected BPCS versions:  V6.0.02, V6.0.04                      
--------------------------------------------------------        
Two BPCS releases require the following QAQQINI file setting    
to be activated for support with R710:                          
                                                               
QAQQINI SQL_SUPPRESS_WARNINGS  *YES                            
                                                               
For BPCS to be supported, users must setup a QAQQINI file      
for use by all BPCS jobs on the system.  By default, all        
jobs on the system will load the QAQQINI file from library      
QUSRSYS.  Individual jobs can change the library used to load  
this file by using the CHGQRYA (Change Query Attributes)        
command and the QRYOPTLIB parameter.                            
                                                               
The following command shows how to setup this option            
using the QAQQINI file in library QUSRSYS:                      
1) Create a QAQQINI file in library QUSRSYS. This step can be  
   skipped if the file already exists (or the command will fail
   and the error can be ignored):                              
   > CRTDUPOBJ OBJ(QAQQINI) FROMLIB(QSYS)                      
      OBJTYPE(*FILE) TOLIB(QUSRSYS) DATA(*YES)                  
2) Add the option for suppressing SQL warnings to the QAQQINI  
   QAQQINI file in library QUSRSYS. The following SQL statements
   should be run in an interactive SQL session which can be    
   started via the STRSQL command.  The first statement may fail
   with a message about "row not found" which is normal:        
   > DELETE FROM QUSRSYS/QAQQINI                                
     WHERE QQPARM='SQL_SUPPRESS_WARNINGS'                      
   > INSERT INTO QUSRSYS/QAQQINI                                
     VALUES('SQL_SUPPRESS_WARNINGS', '*YES', default)          
--------------------------------------------------------        
Affected BPCS versions:  V6.1.00, V8.0.00                      
--------------------------------------------------------        
Please login to http://www.infor365.com.                        
See the DocLink/Other Infor Documentation or the DocLink/Search
Other Infor Documentation sections for a list of BPCS BMRs      
and cumulative releases for releases 6.1.00 and 8.0.00          
that will correct the SQL problem so that the IBM code          
for suppressing SQL warnings is not required to be activated.  
If you choose not to apply these fixes you will need to        
activate the SQL_SUPPRESS_WARNINGS option.                      
                                                               
NOTE that BPCS V8.1 and higher releases do NOT require          
the SQL_SUPPRESS_WARNINGS to be activated and it is            
NOT recommended as a general practice to activate this          
option.                                                        
                                                               
********************************************************        
  RPG Compiler Error Compiling Large BPCS Programs              
********************************************************        
--------------------------------------------------------        
Affected BPCS versions:  V6.1.00, V6.0.04, V6.0.02              
--------------------------------------------------------        
ODTs are exceeded when certain V6.x BPCS programs are compiled  
into OPM RPG at V4R5 and higher releases of OS/400.            
This issue is corrected by use of ILE RPG in BPCS V8 and higher
releases. The suggested workaround on prior product releases    
is to recompile the program manually into ILE RPG.              
Infor365 has a utility available on the FTP site called        
CVTCMPILE which will help to automate this task. From the      
Infor365.com main page select BPCS FTP from the menu on the    
left side of the page to access the FTP site.                  
                                                               
********************************************************        
  MCH6801 in ADK                                                
********************************************************        
An MCH6801 is received when running the AS/SET ADK development  
tool at Security Level 40 or 50. This is due to some            
of the AS/SET programs being compiled prior to V2R3. The        
BMR 62901 re-delivers these programs. The workaround is        
to reduce system security to level 30. This affects all        
versions of AS/SET up to those included with BPCS V8.2.00.      

Problem Summary

Problem Conclusion

Temporary Fix

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Summary Information

Status............................................ CLOSED CAN
HIPER........................................... No
Component..................................
Failing Module..........................
Reported Release................... R710
Duplicate Of..............................




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Modified date:
01 May 2015