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 […]
Overview of New Navigator for i
The NEW Navigator for i is a great improvement on the present Navigator. It is modern (just look at the screen shots), responsive (3 seconds vs 10 seconds), and fairly comprehensive (Active Job columns 126 vs 31). Click the icon top left (looks like a stack of books) and you get a list view. Notice […]
Open-Source Package Management Signon
For those of you who follow either my articles on PowerWire or my videos at learning.formaserve.co.uk you will know my inclination over the past few years is in Open-sourceon the IBM i, and one of the easiest ways of obtaining packages is via the Access for Client Solutions (ACS) application from IBM, unless you are […]
IBM i on IBM Power Systems the next ten years of innovation
Join Northdoor and IBM to celebrate the innovations in both IBM i and Power Systems. As we approach the launch of POWER10, we will discuss the next generation and how clients can take advantage of new hybrid cloud offerings and we will talk about the future roadmap of IBM i. We will also share a recent TCO study […]
A screen a story – to include or to filter
Once in while an ad hoc job ends up on your desk. A while ago I had such a day, although the disk space usage was around 70 %, the backup of the Integrated file System (IFS) part of the system was consuming more and more time every night. The decision was made not to […]
Who is using that IFS object?
Sometimes the simplest of questions that come into our support desk can fill us with dread and before the advent of IBM i Services, finding out which job had a lock on a particular IFS object was definitely one such question. Back in the olden days we would have to write a custom program or […]
IBM Champion Tweets
As you will hopefully know, in my last few arcticles for PowerWire, I have been writing about retreiving tweets and storing them in a SQLite database on the IBM i. I have a scheduled job on my IBM i that finds the tweets that have the hash tag #IBMChampion. Now we have a few weeks […]
A screen a story – PM400 and the day after (30th September 2020)
The term “IBM Performance Management for Power Systems” does most likely not immediately ring a bell, my guess is “PM400” does. It was offered for free and as a Dutchman, after I hear the word “free”, you have my attention. PM400 was a service offered by IBM for free, performance reports accessible from a Website […]
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