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  • 1.  IBM i ACS - Windows Application Package - SSL Connection - Problem saving certificates in key DB

    Posted Fri August 15, 2025 05:03 AM

    Hello

    We have been using ODBC with SSL for a while now without issues.
    Lately we have troubles in saving server certificate in the key database for people with new PCs.
    After some research I found out that the problem was a missing version of Microsoft Visual C++. Only version 2015-2022 is installed on the new PC.
    We "solved" it now by installing all existing versions of Microsoft Visual C++ (the easy way rather than trying to find the needed one when this is something you have to order to a service desk ;-)).

    But I am wondering that I can't find any place where IBM tells that this is a requirement.
    The only requirement I find from IBM is "Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 or later".

    Does anybody know something about this ?

    Here is more background for the issue :
    When using CWBCOSSL, I don't get any error but I don't get the prompt where I should type the password for the key DB.
    When using ACS client and choose Tools ->Key Management->Select certificate->Push to Windows, then the client is freezing and have to be killed from Task manager.
    If I start a command prompt and run the following
    set PATH=C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\gsk8\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\gsk8\lib;%PATH%
    gsk8capicmd.exe
    I get an error telling me that MSVCP120.dll is missing.
    Running ODBC without SSL works fine.



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    Denis Roche
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  • 2.  RE: IBM i ACS - Windows Application Package - SSL Connection - Problem saving certificates in key DB

    Posted Fri August 15, 2025 06:34 AM

    Now I found out that it is related to
    https://community.ibm.com/community/user/discussion/installation-of-acs-windows-app-pkg-english-64bit-in-windows11-hung-in-initial-screen-to-prepare
    When installing the ODBC driver, it starts trying to Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 and 2015 for 32 and 64 bit.
    On our PCs, these installations hang. I never found out why. So we cancel and then restart the installation program 4 times and then it uses to work fine.
    Previously we had several version of Microsoft Visual C++ already installed on new PC. It seems that they only install 2015 now.
    So we now miss the 2013 version and therefore this issue.



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    Denis Roche
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