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April, 2021:  New Oracle signer certificate
New Oracle signer certificate is used to sign cryptographic provider.
        Owner: CN=JCE Code Signing CA,OU=Java Software Code Signing, O=Oracle Corporation
        Issuer: CN=JCE Code Signing CA,OU=Java Software Code Signing, O=Oracle Corporation
        Serial number: 3C:9E:B1:89:F7:33:D3
        Valid from: Jul 6 23:48:44 2016 GMT until Dec 31 00:00:00 2030
Once you upgraded to following levels, the old certificate is not recognized anymore. You may encounter with similar exception listed in above page.
        Java 8    SR6 FP25
        Java 7    SR10 FP75
        Java 7.1 SR4 FP75 
Third-party JCE provider users should be careful before upgrading.
Once the issue occurred, contact your provider vendor to update the provider.
April, 2021:  Java 11 GA
IBM Technology for Java 11 is released on IBM i 7.3 and higher. It is released as off-release delivery for product 5770JV1 option 19 (Java 11 64 bit).
Instructions on how to use Java 11 on i:
1. Download Java 11 from the Entitled Software Support(ESS)
2. PTF Group SF99725 level 21 or higher is required for i 7.3;  PTF Group SF99665 level 10 or higher is required for i 7.4.
3. Set JAVA_HOME to /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk11/64bit before invoking the Java.
March, 2023: Java 17 GA
IBM Technology for Java 17 is released on IBM i 7.4 and higher as option 20(Java 17 64bit) of  product 5770JV1.
Instructions on how to use Java 17 on i:
1. i 7.4: Download Java 17 from the Entitled Software Support(ESS)
2. Install option 20 of 5770JV1 from the download image(i7.4) or OS install image(i7.5).
3. PTF Group SF99665 level 18 or higher is required for i 7.4; PTF Group SF99955 level 5 or higher is required for i 7.5.
4. Set JAVA_HOME to /QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/JavaVM/jdk17/64bit  before invoking the Java.
October, 2023: Update on Java 11 support   
IBM i 7.5 will be the last release that will deliver IBM Technology for Java 11 64bit IBM Semeru Runtime Certified Edition(5770-JV1) option 19
Use supported Java releases Java 80 or Java 17.

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