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Access for Client Solutions 1.1.9.5
As the seasons change, so does the tech landscape. And just like clockwork, IBM has graced us with the latest iteration of their Access for Client Solutions (ACS) product. Say…
A screen a story โ What is my IP Address, tales of the unexpected?
Recently I ran into a problem on an LPAR where apparently nothing was changed. The problem as always is, how to determine if nothing was changed. After all an IPL…
Nano โ A Great Open-Source Editor
In this article I show you how to use a great editor called Nano for any editing we have to do with files on our IFS. Yes, I can hear…
AIX System – Unix in the Modern IT World
Introduction In the world of operating systems, Unix is one of the foundations on which today’s computing is based. Designed in the 60s and 70s at AT&T Bell Labs by…
A screen a story โ Raise your delay knowledge level by 0.1?
If the screen show below looks familiar, there are two possible reasons: Either you are using the Scheduled Job (WRKJOBSCDE) command for scheduling jobs on IBM i and are not…
Why AIX is the best option to start your fresh new Agile Project
When it comes to a new project, management usually has only one option. It must be Linux in โcloudโ. Many people think AIX is an old operating system and as…
Under pressure to modernise your IBM i application development?
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i-UG Springs into Life in 2024
The IBM i User Group (i-UG) in the UK sprung into life in February 2024 with their first event of the year at sunny Rochdale. I say sunny, being from…
Use SSH Keys to Stop User Password Access
This article shows how easy it is to use SSH keys to stop users, or yourself, from having to use a password to gain access to a SSH session. Why?…
PowerWire Author Guidelines
This post is a guide to authors, or potential authors, writing articles for the PowerWire publication. Every month, on the first Thursday of each month, the PowerWire newsletter is published…
Installing & Using the AIX Toolbox for Open Source Software
What is the AIX Toolbox for Open Source Software? Previously known as the AIX Toolbox for Linux Applications, the AIX Toolbox for Open Source Software (AIX OSS) is a collection…
Make Sense of Journaled Tables with SQL
Test Setup I had a number of tables that had been journaled and I wanted to analyse what had changed during a fixed time. This is quite simple, the essential…