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Your Guide to Using cURL
ByAt the two recent i-UG (the largest IBM i User Group in the UK), I gave a presentation about three great open-source utilities on the IBM i. Those being: Having…
IBM i 7.6 Release
From Steve Will on the 8th April 2025 Happy new release day IBM i community! Welcome to 2025 and my first blog of the year. We are starting the new…
Say Hello to IBM i 7.6
Big, Bold & Better Than Ever! Attention, IBMi fans! The wait is over, and the latest and greatest version—IBMi 7.6—is finally here. Who would have guessed that name! Let us…
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Passwords: Looking Ahead
Be it auditors, the recent NIS2 Directive , or just common sense, stepping away from IBM i user profiles with never expiring passwords has always been the better choice. Since…
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Open Ports on IBM i
In this article I will talk about another great open-source utility for our IBM i. A couple of years ago I wrote an article on a great open-source utility called…
Where Are You Listening?
Security is hard to ignore these days and for good reason. So, adding TLS to all IBM i applications is a logical step to take. For sure there are the…
Python DB2 for i Access
Introduction In my previous article, I wrote about how to access a SQLite database and output the SQL resultset in a neat table. If you need a recap, my previous…
30 Years of Db2 on IBM i
August 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of Db2 on IBM i and its predecessor platforms – iSeries & AS/400. Those of you who follow the platform closely might think that…
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From SQL to Python: IBM i Database Queries
Introduction In this article I will show how we can use python on the IBM i to retrieve records from a SQLite database and output the results in a nicely…
Why Not Add An Extra Layer of Security?
It’s most likely that you have added an extra lock on your front door, preventing it for being opened from the outside. In most cases we do not think about…
Article 600!
This is a historic post, article number 600 rolls of the print press! Here we celebrate this exciting feat. The number 600 pops up in various contexts, here are some…
Which VIO Servers Are You Using for vSCSI Storage?
How 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…
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How to use SQL to find files needing Reorganisation
While 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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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…