As mentioned in my previous article, this article is all about when disk space spikes all of a sudden and how to trace the culprit. The last few year more and more of my tasks have moved from 5250 emulation to Run SQL scripts. So finding the reason why disk space suddenly spikes is no […]
Logrotate on IBM i
In this article I will talk about an open-source utility that hasn’t got much airspace since it was released on our IBM i. Its called logrotate, a handly utility that can help us manage the many logs we have on our IFS. As we all know, log files can easily get out of hand. How […]
Your IBM i server is not a fridge
It feels a little crazy to have to point this out but your IBM i isn’t a bloody refrigerator! And yet, there are some users who seem to think that you can treat IBM i as they would a fridge, namely they turn it on when it’s shiny and new and just leave it running […]
PostgreSQL on IBM i
In this article I will show you how we can install and use the very popular PostgreSQL database on our IBM i. PostgreSQL is an open source relational database management system, a DBMS developed by a worldwide team of developers. It has been around since 1986 and now available on the IBM i. Install To […]
A screen a story – now you see me, now you do not
The life of a system administrator can be full of surprises. Things you have taken for granted, turn out to be completely different. Let me get directly to the point. All jobs being started on IBM i are logged in the history log, right?If you want to know the answer, you need to read on. […]
Backup Performance
A while ago, I was asked to look at the performance during a Save 21 ‘Save the entire system’. Basically it took a little bit longer, as time went by, due to an increase in both the size and number of objects. However there were a couple of days when the backup took much longer. […]
Data-Queues with ODBC
In my last couple of PowerWire articles, I have written about using data-queues and about ODBC connectivity. If you need to refresh yourself of either of the articles, the data- queues article can be found here, with the ODBC article in the link here. In this article, we are going to combine those two features […]
A screen a story – may the path be with you
In the life of system administrator SQL now a necessity. It can no longer be seen as something for developers only. The new Navigator for i is the living proof for that. When working with IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS) Run SQL Scripts (RSS) you have the option to JDBC Configuration Default settings. The […]
How to get the New Navigator for i
There has been a lot of positive feedback about the New Navigator for i (NewNav) interface and this is for good reason as this new IBM i Administration Interface really is a blueprint for what a modern interface should be like. As there are so many articles telling you why it’s better, I thought I’d […]
Data-Queues and DB2 Services
In this article I will be taking a look at how DB2 SQL Services can help with using data-queues. Data-queues are a great way for open source to communicate with traditional objects on the IBM i. For example, an RPG program may place order details on a data-queue, where a Node.js program will pick up […]
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