Systems Management

Before Copy and Paste, There Was Just … Copy

Rob McNelly shares the story of a client going old school to deal with a locked-down virtual desktop; IBM i announces details; and tips and updates from IBM Support

Announcing Manzan: The Future of IBM i Event Monitoring

The open source project is designed to simplify the process of publishing IBM i system events

Announcing IBM i 7.6 and IBM i 7.5 TR6

IBM i CTO Steve Will covers enhancements for security, database, system administration, application development and HA/DR

McNelly: Change May Be Inevitable, but Some Design Changes Are Ill-Advised

Rob McNelly shares his thoughts on user experiences, both in tech and out in the world

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z/OS and Friends: What Is the JES Programming Dimension and Why Is It Important?

Joe Gulla looks at the programming side of JES2, including the phases of job processing and how Job Control Lanuage (JCL) was created to "feed the beast"

Optimizing JFS on AIX

Anand Kumar, senior systems engineer for ATS Group, dissects this pivotal data storage technology

z/OS and Friends: JES—One of the Most Important Base Elements of z/OS

Joe Gulla explains how the Job Entry Subsystem (JES) contributes to the overall functionality of z/OS, outlining the five main characteristics of JES2

z/OS and Friends: Optional Features Complete a Compelling and Function-Rich Legacy OS

Following up on his exposition of the 50-plus base elements of z/OS, Joe Gulla dives into the optional features, from the language support like the HLASM Toolkit to data management tools like DFSORT

z/OS and Friends: A Rich Heritage of Built-in Functions, From Nucleus to Networking

Veteran mainframer Joe Gulla catalogs the base elements of z/OS, starting with the essential services of the Base Control Program