Systems Management

Announcing Manzan: The Future of IBM i Event Monitoring

In today’s landscape, it’s more important than ever to keep a holistic watch over your infrastructure’s day-to-day operations. With each new technology comes new considerations for performance, security, and reliability. In short, that means a growing number of metrics and events for your administrators to “keep an eye on.” Over time, this can become quite […]

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

Pivotor by EPS: Intelligent, Educational and Affordable Performance Reporting

Discover how EPS can enhance your performance through education, Health Checks and Pivotor, a comprehensive and affordable z/OS performance reporting service.

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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

Inside PowerVM Virtual Media Library With NFS

IBM Champion Chris Gibson provides a walkthrough of the Power systems storage feature, including a look at the new VIOS 4.1.1.0