Systems Management

Minimize VIOS Downtime With Alternate Disk Updates

Chris Gibson shows how to use the updateios command to update a VIOS from 4.1.2.00 to 4.2.1.10

What to Do if Your VIOS Backup Fails

Rob McNelly aggregates updates and alerts from IBM Support, including vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS, recent APARS, updateios and altdisk problem scenarios and more, including an update on his Arizona adventures

Taking Greater Control of Live Partition Mobility

Using the vfc resource label as an example, Chris Gibson provides a practical introduction to VIOS group labels

Reactive to Proactive: A More Confident Approach to IBM i Monitoring

Businesses trust IBM i to support the applications and workflows that process their invoices, operate their warehouses, dispatch their shipments, and most important of all, serve their customers. IBM i is the high point for reliability for any business application, but even the most reliable environments need visibility to be properly secured, maintained, and monitored. […]

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Native IBM AIX Security Capabilities: A Cheat Sheet

Ahmed Mashhour, a senior IT managing consultant and IBM Power lead, provides a guide to the security capabilities already built into the OS

Simplify PowerVC Installations by Installing the PowerVC Appliance

Installing PowerVC has never been easier than with the new PowerVC appliance. Introduced with PowerVC 2.3.2, the PowerVC Virtual Appliance (PVCVA) packages all of the required software components into a single deployable image. Instead of manually installing and configuring each component, the appliance comes pre-configured and pre-tested, making PowerVC quicker and easier to deploy while […]

In IT, There Are No Points for Humility

Rob McNelly on the importance of giving credit where due, a guide to NPIV setup and more

Agents in the Enterprise: How to Meet the AI Moment

Experts in AI and cloud infrastructure explain what enterprises and technology providers are doing to operationalize agentic workflows at scale

Manage z/OS Storage Without the Green Screen: A Unified Approach with UDM

From Technical Debt to Storage Mastery: Modernizing z/OS Management with UDM In the modern agile enterprise, Storage Resource Management (SRM) serves as the cornerstone of operational resilience. However, many organizations remain shackled to “monolithic legacy debt”, rigid architectures that have failed to evolve alongside the data center. When an infrastructure tool requires more effort to […]

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A ‘Grayframer’ Comes to Terms With ‘Vibe Coding’

Even if AI writes the code, humans still have to understand it, veteran mainframer Bruce McKnight reasons