I mentioned in the last article an issue with one of my partitions that I’m not allowing onto the network proper. One of the challenges this gives me is making sure I keep my software up to date, when I’m used to running a command to dial out. Specifically I’m talking about the Must Gather…

Ever wondered about the firmware level of any adapter present in a POWER server? My guess is that you probably never have or never needed to. Allow me to tell you a story which took place at the beginning of April. It all started with messages in QSYSOPR at the weekend. Messages with ID CPPEA33…

One that I’m not sure I want to admit how long it took me to find the answer, so I figure instead I’ll tell you all a story and hopefully it’s one more link out there with the solution. A bit of background, for one of our customers we have a utility to handle passthrough…

During this period of enforced lockdown Rowton Staff have been encouraged to spend more time on Training and Education. A recent webinar I watched was one from a series by Robin Tatum from HelpSystems entitled 2020 State of IBM i Security Study. https://www.helpsystems.com/cta/download-state-ibm-i-security-study-guideOne of the points discussed which stood out for me was about Exit Points.…

For five long years I’ve been telling anyone at IBM who would listen that we need a SWMA Amnesty, well that time has come but it’s not going to be here for long so if you want to save thousands of £/€/$ you need to act now! And talking of now, now more than ever…

 This article continues with my Node.js Express website on IBM i theme. Here we will ensure our ‘add a new employee’ functionality is in the same format as the update and delete functions by displaying a pop-up modal window to allow the user to input new employee details. We have finally got there! The stages…

We are living through some incredible times right now, I type this article whilst in Covid-19 Lockdown, I only bring this up so as to allow myself to wish you and your loved ones well and to hope that your lives are not too badly affected.  Those of you who know me well, know that…

It may sound like we’re getting into some sort of recursion error, but I like to think of it as the poor mans VTL, Virtual Tape Library, and something you can try at home (I assume most of us are working at home right now.) A little bit of background, most of my customers are…

Continuing with my Node.js Express website on IBM i theme, in this article I’ll show you how easy it is to update employee records from our database. Building on the previous article, on how to delete records, we will use the same structure to update, by using a popup window to allow the user to…