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Open Ports on IBM i
ByIn 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?
BySecurity 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…
Webinar: Planning a Successful IBM i 7.6 Upgrade
16 October | 4 P.M. BST
Join IBM i expert Pete Massiello as he walks you through the essential steps to prepare for your next upgrade.
From prerequisites to post-installation requirements, this session will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to complete your upgrade correctly.
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Power10 for the masses is finally here!
In June, IBM announced the replacement for the popular 1, 2 and 4 socket Power servers which make up the mainstay of the Power installed base. If you missed…
ByA screen a story – Db2 Symmetric Multiprocessing
Part of the announcement of IBM i 7.5 was a change in what is entitled as part of the base operating system with IBM i. If you want a complete…
An Advanced Job Scheduler
In this article, I’ll be going back to good old green screen, well for some parts of this article! Nested in the IBM i 7.5 OS announcements made by IBM…
It’s official – IBM have now launched their Power10 Scale out range!
Whilst IBM’s Enterprise range did come out back in September 2021, that provided for the high-end Power clients only. With this release of low and mid-range servers, the capability of…
Bring Power to the cloud with Northdoor and Skytap
For organisations that run their x86 workloads on Azure, Skytap offers the ability to bring IBM Power workloads into the same cloud, co-located for low latency and high performance. With…
An Ansible Environment Setup
Firstly, thank-you to all those who attended my Ansible workshop and presentation of Visual Studio Code at the i-UG conference at Northampton in June. It was great to be back…
A screen a story – Enabling SSL/TLS for IBM Navigator for i
In today’s world there is a lot of emphasis on IT security. Not strange when the word “Hack” is a word you often hear or read when following the daily…
An Ansible IBM i Disk Checker
This article slightly deviates from my usual open source articles on IBM i. I say slightly, as this article will be about Ansible and yes Ansible is open-source. Thank-you Red…
Remain Software Milestone 3
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands — Today Remain Software is pleased to announce the third Milestone of TD/OMS V14 and MiWorkplace V1.29.0, in line with the company’s commitment to innovation and support. This…
WRKRDBDIRE part 2 – MYSELF and DDMDRDA
Some of you may remember an article I wrote in December 2019 about using WRKRDBDIRE and DDM to get data from a V5R4 system. Recently I came across a couple…
ByA screen a story – IBM i 7.5 – Set Subsystem Routing
May the third IBM i 7.5 was announced, if you follow the IBM i news, this announcement was hard to miss. Normally it does take a while before every IBM…
LFTP on IBM i
If you know all about the TCP/IP utility FTP, you will feel right at home with this nifty utility. If you are fed up with all the virus’s in the…