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Setup a User for Open-Source
ByIn my article this month I will be taking you through the stages to allow a user to access, and use, open source on the IBM i. This has to…
Node.js v20 on IBM i
It is time to get back to Node.js on the IBM i! Node.js v20 is the latest version of this great programming language. Please note that Node.js v14 moved out…
A screen a story – Pre-power down system exit point?
ByThe Exit point functionality available within IBM i, is what I would call a hidden gem. If we just look at the Pre-power down Exit Point my guess is you…
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Using IBM i Services To Manage User Profiles
Managing user profiles on IBM i can be an onerous task. For those with larger systems user profiles can run into the thousands. As the person responsible for managing this…
ByWhy did that NetServer User get disabled?
What do you get the SysAdmin who already “has everything” for Christmas? Well, I asked Santa Scott (or maybe I should call him “Forstie the Snowman”) for yet another IBM…
BySAVE21 to the IFS – Worst Idea Ever
Maybe not quite the worst, but I imagine there’s a good selection of better ones, something to keep in the back pocket though. I originally wondered about this when I…
ByRSync – Better than Copy (CP)
In this article, I’ll be taking a look at an open-source utility that doesn’t get as much credit as I feel it should. If you have followed my open-source articles…
ARCAD releases Azure DevOps integration for all-in-one CI/CD automation on IBM i
New ARCAD for DevOps release enables rapid automation of IBM i application build and deploy within any existing Azure DevOps toolstack Peterborough, NH and Annecy, France – 7/12/2020 – ARCAD…
ByLogical File – more than the sum of its parts
An interesting problem I came across recently, completely self-inflicted as these things often are so hopefully a cautionary tale to avoid others repeating it! I was investigating disk space usage…
Finding Save Files and Freeing Up Disk Space on IBM i
“Finding Save Files” might sound like a Disney “Straight to TV” sequel to “Finding Nemo” but no, it’s much more pleasurable than that ???? Few of us enjoy tidying up…
Hello Maria!
Hello Maria! – I can’t say that without sounding like Leslie Philips – showing my age again! One of the cutting-edge recent additions from IBM for their Open Source offerings…
The modern way to check your IBM i PTF levels
In the good old days before Covid (remember them) finding out where you were with your PTF levels was a laborious task. You had to manually compare the PTF groups…
Ansible AIX Introduction
In previous articles I dabbled with IBM’s Ansible modules for IBM i. Whilst I will definitely be using those in the future I thought I’d take a look at the…
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Bye Bye NodeVer!
For those of us using Node.js on our IBM i, you are probably aware of an Open Source utility, provided by IBM, called NodeVer (Is that Node Ver? or is…
Last signon date – set it yourself
Something that came up recently and jogged my memory for a tweak I made a few years ago. I was asked to confirm if a user had logged into a…