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Which VIO Servers Are You Using for vSCSI Storage?
ByHow do you know which VIO servers your AIX LPARs are using for storage? There are different options for presenting storage for your AIX VIO clients (the LPARs). This article…
Getting Started with the IBM HMC
The command line interface allows you to automate tasks, which can make monitoring or even creating new LPARs easier. Although the Hardware Management Console GUI is a common way to…
How to use SQL to find files needing Reorganisation
ByWhile there are quite a few methods for finding candidates for Reorganise Physical Files (RGZPFM), lots of them are old and some of them take a long time and resources…
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Say hello to Power10 and go buy a POWER9
IBM has just announced the all new Power10 based E1080 model and it looks great! I recently wrote an article highlighting 10 things you should know about Power10, if you…
ByBackup Performance
A while ago, I was asked to look at the performance during a Save 21 ‘Save the entire system’. Basically it took a little bit longer, as time went by,…
Northdoor plc partners with Skytap to help organisations get business critical applications into the cloud
Partnership offers unrivalled expertise in running on-premises IBM Power workloads in their native format on Microsoft Azure Northdoor plc and Skytap are delighted to announce a new strategic relationship which…
ByData-Queues with ODBC
In my last couple of PowerWire articles, I have written about using data-queues and about ODBC connectivity. If you need to refresh yourself of either of the articles, the data-…
ByA screen a story – may the path be with you
In the life of system administrator SQL now a necessity. It can no longer be seen as something for developers only. The new Navigator for i is the living proof…
ByHow to get the New Navigator for i
There has been a lot of positive feedback about the New Navigator for i (NewNav) interface and this is for good reason as this new IBM i Administration Interface really…
Data-Queues and DB2 Services
In this article I will be taking a look at how DB2 SQL Services can help with using data-queues. Data-queues are a great way for open source to communicate with…
The new new in the New Navigator for i
The New Navigator for i has the potential to change the way people work with IBM i. If you are a developer or a system administrator, it does not matter…
Overview of New Navigator for i
The NEW Navigator for i is a great improvement on the present Navigator. It is modern (just look at the screen shots), responsive (3 seconds vs 10 seconds), and fairly…
Power10 First Look
The waiting is over and Power10 is here. So, it is time to take our first look at the new chip architecture, in general, and the new E1080 server, in…
Installing ACS on Ubuntu
Recently I found myself installing Ubuntu 20.04 on a desktop in the office. Long story short I wanted to (dis)prove whether a problem with the PC was due to windows…
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Open-Source Package Management Signon
For those of you who follow either my articles on PowerWire or my videos at learning.formaserve.co.uk you will know my inclination over the past few years is in Open-sourceon the…