by Andrea | 8 October 2025 | IBM i, Programming, Sql Tricks & Tools
A few days ago, a customer opened a case with me because he couldn’t understand the origin of the locks that were occurring on certain objects. In fact, this lock condition was causing problems for the application procedures, which clearly found the files busy...
by Andrea | 29 September 2025 | IBM i, Programming, Sql Tricks & Tools
A few articles ago, we talked about the native integration of the syslog format within IBM i. We also looked at two SQL services (the history log and the display journal) that were able to generate data in this format in a simple way. Today, in this article, I propose...
by Andrea | 7 September 2025 | AIX, IBM i, Linux
These days, I am preparing documentation for an event I will be holding on 1 October concerning security on IBM i systems. One of the things that still amazes me about the use of IBM i systems is the huge number of customers who still use unencrypted protocols, such...
by Andrea | 1 September 2025 | IBM i, System Management
In recent days, thanks to the summer break taken by many customers, I had the opportunity to test some new tools and products that I had always wanted to try but never had the chance to. One of the tools on my list was Migrate While Active, option 2 of the DB2 Mirror...
by Andrea | 15 August 2025 | IBM i, Sql Tricks & Tools, System Management
This week, I received a request from a customer to create a batch procedure that would restore files from the production environment to the test environment without transferring members due to disk space limitations.It seemed like a simple task, as the operating...
by Andrea | 3 August 2025 | IBM i, Sql Tricks & Tools, System Management
Syslog, short for System Logging Protocol, is one of the cornerstones of modern IT infrastructures. Born in the early days of Unix systems, it has evolved into a standardized mechanism that enables devices and applications to send event and diagnostic messages to a...
