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A Weather App on IBM i

Back to Node.js on IBM i for this one! In this article, we will be creating a quick weather app running on our favourite server. Once we have this up and running, in the next couple of articles we will be enhancing it to integrate with our existing applications

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Using Ansible with IBM i to install PTFs

In my previous article I introduced you to using the ibm.power_ibmi Ansible collection from IBM. I showed how to connect to your IBM i LPAR and vary on and off a device. Whilst that is mildly useful I wanted to write about something slightly more complex and, arguably,

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POWER 9 G Models

IBM has recently announced a new version of the POWER9 scale out servers, these are the entry level servers that make up the P05, P10 and P20 Process Group ranges.  If you’ve been paying attention to the past server announcements, you would be excused for assuming this was a

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Forgetting to recompile - check your dates

Something I mentioned on twitter a little while ago, I had a problem where someone had changed a source member but not recompiled it. As it happens they took out a line of code that the customer was quite keen on, so when 10+ years later the next poor sap

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A screen a story – it is in the details

A good quiz question for this article could have been: “When was the Index Advisor introduced?”. When searching the Internet I could find information going back to V3R6, which was released back in 1995. I think it is fair to say, we have all heard about it, but unfortunately we

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Windows Terminal & IBM i

Still continuing my theme of having a break from Node.js. This time we are looking at the new Microsoft Windows Terminal, also known as WT. And what a great product it is. We will be taking a look at how to use the new Microsoft Windows Terminal to automatically

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Ansible automation for IBM i

It’s been a few years since I last put together an article, but I’ve still remained involved with Power systems and IBM storage, specifically around VIOS and Spectrum Virtualize (Storwize). It is fair to say that the landscape is changing rapidly in IT with software driven technologies, cloud

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ARCAD Observer LPEX integration brings new levels of development speed & accuracy to IBM i

Annecy, France and Peterborough NH, USA – 30 June 2020 – ARCAD Software, international leader in DevOps and Modernization solutions, today announced the V12 TR1 release of ARCAD Observer, introducing a powerful application-wide IBM i cross-referencing capability into the LPEX editor in RDi. The new LPEX integration brings massive productivity benefits to

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Raz-Lee Security Announces Attack Simulator for iSecurity Anti-Ransomware

Nanuet, New York – July 14, 2020 – Raz-Lee Security has added a ransomware attack simulator to its iSecurity Anti-Ransomware. With this feature, customers can test how their systems would behave during ransomware attacks. Administrators can verify and fine-tune the protection that the product provides. Ransomware usually runs from a PC. It

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Protecting against user enumeration in IBM i

I was discussing an RFE (Request For Enhancement) with some CEAC colleagues the other day. A request has been made for IBM to formally address the ability to Enumerate User Profiles on IBM i. Now, user enumeration is not something you hear a lot about in the IBM i world

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ARCAD Software launches ARCAD API, Web service generation solution for IBM i

Annecy, France and Peterborough NH, USA – 30 June 2020 – ARCAD Software, international leader in DevOps and Modernization solutions, today announced the launch of ARCAD API, for auto- generation of RESTful Web services directly from any native IBM i 5250 application interface. ARCAD API is a “no-code” solution for organizations needing

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DB2 for i - Services

This month we are going to have a break from node.js – I can hear the cheers from here! This time we are going to look at my favourite DB2 for i services. So, good place to start, what are DB2 services? They are SQL views, procedures and functions that

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A Screen a Story – a sizeable font?

In today’s world screen get bigger and bigger, resulting in screen resolutions following that trend. The highest I have seen so far is 3360 x 2100, but I to end there. Working with IBM i Access Clients Solutions, it annoyed me that the 5250 looked as show below: What

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Remain Software's Final Release for 2020 Aims to Boost Efficiency, Enhance the User Experience and Advance Productivity and Development Potential

NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands — Remain Software released today TD/OMS V12.1, Gravity V5.1 and Remain API Studio V1.0.11, in line with the company’s historical commitment to ongoing development and support for its three signature application-lifecycle management, workflow and REST API editing/management solutions, respectively. Designed ultimately to

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QMGTOOLS - Local update server

I mentioned in the last article an issue with one of my partitions that I’m not allowing onto the network proper. One of the challenges this gives me is making sure I keep my software up to date, when I’m used to running a command to dial out.

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IBM i PWRDWNSYS Exit Point

Following on from my introductory article earlier this month about exit points here’s a straightforward (and useful!) one to get you started. Question; have you or a colleague ever executed the PWRDWNSYS command by mistake? On a system with multiple LPAR’s running it is quite easy to forget

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A Screen a Story - i...i... Captain

Ever wondered about the firmware level of any adapter present in a POWER server? My guess is that you probably never have or never needed to. Allow me to tell you a story which took place at the beginning of April. It all started with messages in QSYSOPR at the

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Telnet failure - check your encryption

One that I’m not sure I want to admit how long it took me to find the answer, so I figure instead I’ll tell you all a story and hopefully it’s one more link out there with the solution. A bit of background, for one of our

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New ARCAD Software release prioritizes "Unit Test" automation for IBM i

Annecy, France and Peterborough NH, USA – 30 April 2020 – ARCAD Software, international leader in DevOps and Modernization solutions, today announced new advanced functionality to automate the creation, execution and management of Unit Tests on IBM i. ARCAD iUnit was originally launched in 2018 to complement ARCAD’s functional test automation

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IBM i Exit Points – The Power To Control and Audit

During this period of enforced lockdown Rowton Staff have been encouraged to spend more time on Training and Education. A recent webinar I watched was one from a series by Robin Tatum from HelpSystems entitled 2020 State of IBM i Security Study. https://www.helpsystems.com/cta/download-state-ibm-i-security-study-guide One of

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Out of the ashes...

PowerWire talks to Mike Ryan, Chairman of i-UG, the organisers of International i-Power conference. PowerWire:                        Hello Mike, thank you for joining us on a call, it seems strange us meeting over a conference call instead of face-to-face. Mike Ryan (MR):              Indeed, the current situation with COVID-19 has changed everybody’s

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An interview with Brandon Pederson, taking about TRs, going virtual, and more..

PowerWire:        Hello Brandon, how are you? And how much has the world changed since the last time we spoke (October 2019), with the COVID-19 pandemic  Brandon Pederson (BD): I’m good thank you, its seriously crazy, I’m having to work from home, I believe it’s the same in

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Act Fast IBM have announced a SWMA Amnesty

For five long years I’ve been telling anyone at IBM who would listen that we need a SWMA Amnesty, well that time has come but it’s not going to be here for long so if you want to save thousands of £/€/$ you need to act now! And talking

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A NodeJS Website on IBM i – Final Version

This article continues with my Node.js Express website on IBM i theme. Here we will ensure our ‘add a new employee’ functionality is in the same format as the update and delete functions by displaying a pop-up modal window to allow the user to input new employee details. We

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IBM i 7.4 TR2 and 7.3 TR8

We are living through some incredible times right now, I type this article whilst in Covid-19 Lockdown, I only bring this up so as to allow myself to wish you and your loved ones well and to hope that your lives are not too badly affected.  Those of you who