Connecting securely to our systems is more important now than ever before and this is just as true for IBM i as any other platform. As I’m sure you know you can encrypt your connections to IBM i at no extra cost and there have been many articles written on how to set this up. […]
Man – Where’s that Manual Gone?
IBM has released quite a few big hitters lately, MariaDB etc., and some of the not so well known utilites have slipped under the cover. Let me take you through one of them in this article. This great utility stops you being told to RTFM (Read the manual)! So this is where this open source […]
A screen a story – IBM i Services (SQL) to the rescue
Friday 29th January 2021 I am in a Teams meeting which is drawing to an end, when the phone is ringing. A quick text message is the response, telling the caller that I will call back within 10 minutes. The moment I prepare myself for calling back, another customer is calling. This call takes some […]
Version 4 of the well-known “Flash for i” product: to enhance the usage of External Storage with IBM i
Available for 5 years, installed in more than 200 LPARs in 12 countries, you certainly already know the ‘Flash for i’ product. It brings to the IBM i the extremely powerful SnapShot/FlashCopy function (instant copy) of the external storage units. Mainly the usages of such a product were to completely automate the creation of a […]
Free Registration Announced for RPG & DB2 Summit Lunch & Learn Series
— Features IBM i technical tips and tool demos for developers — Peterborough, NH – January 26, 2021 – System i Developer today announces free registration for a series of live, 75-minute Lunch & Learn events to take place from March 9-25, 2021. Designed exclusively for IBM i developers, the series focuses on latest IBM […]
Lock System Values
Stay Safe! If you’re looking to tighten your IBM i security, it can be quite daunting to know where to start. Do you look at securing the perimeter by looking at an exit point solution, or do embark on lengthy object level security project? Or both?! A quick win for many could be preventing the […]
Seiden Group Announces Free Access to
CommunityPlus+ PHP for IBM i
— Enhanced PHP RPMs come with optional setup & support services — Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ, January 6, 2021 —Seiden Group, specialists in IBM i open source development, today releases their enhanced CommunityPlus+ PHP RPMs to the general public. The Seiden PHP repository, accessible free to registrants at seidengroup.com/install-communityplus-php, streamlines the installation of license-free PHP while delivering […]
A screen a story – time to update the settings of your IBM i SMTP server
Let us face it QDLS is something of the past, back from the days when the Integrated File System (IFS) had not seen the light of day. If you have not yet abandoned using QDLS now is a good time to do so. I will not go into details, but knowing that OfficeVision and QDLS […]
Using IBM i Services To Manage User Profiles
Managing user profiles on IBM i can be an onerous task. For those with larger systems user profiles can run into the thousands. As the person responsible for managing this crucial element of the system doing this through the green screen and reports sees you reading through the report looking for the exceptions to whatever […]
Why did that NetServer User get disabled?
What do you get the SysAdmin who already “has everything” for Christmas? Well, I asked Santa Scott (or maybe I should call him “Forstie the Snowman”) for yet another IBM i Service that would make my life easier. Note: Thanks to my good friend and i-UG colleague Will Holland for the Festive Sign On Screen. #IBMiAwesome! […]
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