Using SQL to log lock to objects

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...

Write your own IBM i siem in Python

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...

IBM i and Syslog

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...

ACS update 1.1.9.8

The past few days have been very full of announcements for IBM i system builders, in fact a new major release of the operating system was announced (strange since we are talking about an operating system that some people call dead :-D) namely IBM i V7R6M0. As...