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Ansible AIX Introduction

November 3, 2020 by Glenn Robinson 1 Comment

Introduction In previous articles I dabbled with IBM’s Ansible modules for IBM i. Whilst I will definitely be using those in the future I thought I’d take a look at the Ansible modules for AIX too. There are fewer AIX modules than IBM i at present and many of these are NIM related. Whilst most […]

48 Hours in POWER

March 4, 2019 by Staff Reporter

There is a great Travel Guide to IT Transformation that IBM Power Systems are presenting where you can virtual travel around the globe and visit companies / organisations that are employing POWER Systems to deliver technology solutions that are quite honestly ‘eye opening’, and at the end of each short story there are links to […]

Say hello to the new POWER9 and go buy a POWER8

December 7, 2017 by Steve Bradshaw

IBM has just announced the all new POWER9 based AC922 model and it looks great!  I’ll talk about that a little more later but for now just know that it’s faster than ever but these first models are focusing on AI (Artificial Intelligence) and will be running Linux only. We can expect to see the […]

Running an Old AIX Version?

September 5, 2016 by Anthony English

  At an IBM event recently, the presenter asked for a show of hands of companies that are still running AIX 6.1. Quite a few, even though the last service pack for AIX 6.1 is scheduled for April 2017 … not too far off. Then the presenter asked about AIX 5.3. It was a shock […]

Using the VIOS VMR for system backups

December 11, 2015 by Glenn Robinson

My previous article discussed how you can upload and load ISO images into the Virtual Media Repository (VMR) to provide virtual optical images to the client LPARs. You may recall that the mkvopt command has an option, -ro, which forces the access mode of the image to read only. When a VMR image is set […]

Test your mksysb backup without NIM or a tape drive

December 9, 2015 by Anthony English

There’s a really handy way of cloning an AIX operating system straight from a mksysb backup. Even if you don’t need to clone an OS, it’s a pretty handy way of testing that your mksysb backup will actually be suitable for rebuilding your AIX root volume group. As you know, the mksysb command creates a […]

Basic AIX performance monitoring for IBM i professionals

November 30, 2015 by Ash Giddings

IBM Power Systems have the ability to run both the IBM i and AIX (as well as Linux) operating systems, so how can you leverage your existing IBM i performance analysis skills to provide AIX support? Every system, from Charles Babbage’s first mechanical computers in the early nineteenth century to the high-end Power Systems we […]

Experience may stymie Oracle’s Power play

November 3, 2015 by Seamus Quinn

Oracle put the boot into IBM’s Power Systems last month but it may find its users are unimpressed. Oracle launched a new programme called Exa Your Power at its OpenWorld conference in San Francisco. The idea is to wean Oracle database users off their AIX-flavoured Power Systems hardware with proof-of-concept promises of 15 times better […]

Tech tip: finding AIX’s save buttons

November 2, 2015 by Anthony English

If there’s one thing that I will never get used to about Google Docs, it is that it doesn’t save your changes. Or rather, it does it for you. Well, Mr Google, I want the “save” button back. Even if it doesn’t do anything. There is something very consoling about a save button. It’s closure. […]

Opinion: An AIX guy finds his inner i

September 17, 2015 by Anthony English

In my experience, most IBM Power shops are either AIX or IBM i, but rarely both. As a predominantly AIX type, I have admired the enthusiasm of the IBM i people I’ve run across, but I’ve really had very little crossover in terms of common projects. Until pretty recently, that is. What brought this hardened […]

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