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...
by Andrea | 28 July 2025 | IBM i, System Management
One of the tools that I still see underutilized on IBM i systems is function usage.Essentially, it is a tool that can centrally manage permissions and authorizations for the use of certain operating system functions. It is a very powerful tool in itself and must be...
by Andrea | 5 July 2025 | Linux
A few articles ago I had talked about the pros and cons of Ubuntu on Power solutions, promising in some comments to do an article outlining the installation steps, and here it is. Requirements To proceed with the installation, it is essential to have created the...
by Andrea | 8 June 2025 | Community
The past few days I had the opportunity to attend the Common Europe 2025 Congress in Gothenburg. There were several very interesting sessions on different topics, some on the IBM i part, some on the AIX part, and some on the infrastructure and storage part. The event...
by Andrea | 26 May 2025 | AIX, IBM i, Linux, System Management
On IBM i systems, the SSH service is playing an important role in modernisation, it can be used, for instance, to take advantage of new software development tools such as VS Code For I, or it can be used in an innovative software release context using pipelines. SSH...
by Andrea | 27 April 2025 | IBM i, Programming, Sql Tricks & Tools, System Management
More and more frequently customers are reporting to us that after upgrading to Windows 11 24H2 there are problems with connecting to network shares via Netserver. Small parenthesis, in itself, the fact that the IFS of an IBM i system is accessible is a great thing,...
by Andrea | 14 April 2025 | IBM i, Sql Tricks & Tools, System Management
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...
