I was discussing an RFE (Request For Enhancement) with some CEAC colleagues the other day. A request has been made for IBM to formally address the ability to Enumerate User Profiles on IBM i. Now, user enumeration is not something you hear a lot about in the IBM i world yet by default it is […]
DB2 for i – Services
This month we are going to have a break from node.js – I can hear the cheers from here! This time we are going to look at my favourite DB2 for i services. So, good place to start, what are DB2 services? They are SQL views, procedures and functions that give us access to system […]
A Screen a Story – a sizeable font?
In today’s world screen get bigger and bigger, resulting in screen resolutions following that trend. The highest I have seen so far is 3360 x 2100, but I to end there. Working with IBM i Access Clients Solutions, it annoyed me that the 5250 looked as show below: What is the use of setting 5250 […]
QMGTOOLS – Local update server
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 […]
IBM i PWRDWNSYS Exit Point
Following on from my introductory article earlier this month about exit points here’s a straightforward (and useful!) one to get you started. Question; have you or a colleague ever executed the PWRDWNSYS command by mistake? On a system with multiple LPAR’s running it is quite easy to forget which LPAR you are working on. Sometimes […]
A Screen a Story – i…i… Captain
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 […]
Telnet failure – check your encryption
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 […]
IBM i Exit Points – The Power To Control and Audit
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. […]
An interview with Brandon Pedenson, taking about TR’s, going virtual, and more..
PowerWire: Hello Brandon, how are you? And how much has the world changed since the last time we spoke (October 2019), with the COVID-19 pandemic Brandon Pederson (BP): I’m good thank you, its seriously crazy, I’m having to work from home, I believe it’s the same in the UK? PowerWire: Yes, people are working […]
Act Fast IBM have announced a SWMA Amnesty
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 […]
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