Open Mainframe Project Launches Tessia, and Expands the Open-Source Ecosystem
February 17, 2021
2020 was a year of widespread instability in the world of business. Companies across the globe, from small businesses to massive corporations, experienced intense financial instability as the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically affected daily life. Despite widespread uncertainty, several companies actually found themselves experiencing the opposite in 2020, reporting significant growth. One such company was the […]
ArticlesClient Story, VIOS Tips, HMC News and Why You Should Move on From AIX 7.1
February 17, 2021
Upon checking the error log, a client noticed errors that were pointing to a fiber port on their system. While the port physically existed on the machine, a fiber cable wasn’t connecting that port to a switch. The client acknowledged the port could be needed at some point, but for now they didn’t want it […]
Articles2021 AIX Performance Tuning Update
February 12, 2021
Good systems management involves not only managing system reliability, but it also involves continually trying to maximize system throughput and reduce response time for the users. This requires monitoring and tuning system resources. In order to do that, you need to first determine what your key measurement and tuning criteria are. The first step is […]
ArticlesThe History and Evolution of the VM Workshop
February 11, 2021
The VM Workshop, begun in 1977, was a popular conference largely because the VM community was vibrant and the platform was widely used. “We had tens of thousands of users around the world,” says Len Diegel, president of the workshop and member of the board of directors. Diegel was also a manager on a VM […]
ArticlesHow Air-Gap Backup and Tape-Based Technology Protect Against Cybercrime
February 10, 2021
Cybercrime is a prevalent topic in today’s news. It’s changing the way business is conducted to maintain data integrity and protection from theft. Data is the life blood of any organization; cybercriminals seek to exploit data from human as well as security vulnerabilities inherent to the software or hardware structures. Much of corporate data today […]
Why Certificate Rotation Matters to Your Kubernetes and OpenShift Clusters’ Security
February 8, 2021
In a 2019 survey, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) found that a majority (84%) of respondents were running containers in production. That’s 15% more than the previous year. CNCF also learned that the percentage of organizations running 250 or more containers in production was up 28%. So, why is this happening? Organizations are increasingly […]
ArticlesCreating Bootable AIX OVA Images
February 2, 2021
A new command is included with Technology Level 5 for AIX 7.2 which will allow AIX administrators to create an Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) package. This utility will enable admins to capture a bootable OVA image of their AIX systems rootvg. This OVA package can then either be imported into PowerVC for automated VM deployment […]
ArticlesThe 2021 Arcati Mainframe Yearbook Is Now Available
February 2, 2021
I’m reliably informed that the 2021 edition of the Arcati Mainframe Yearbook has now been published. This fascinating publication is completely free and can be downloaded from the Arcati website. It’s interesting that there are still some mainframers who haven’t come across this publication, even though many mainframers look out for it each year in […]
ArticlesThe Incredible i Show Spotlights the Latest on IBM i
February 1, 2021
“The Incredible i Show” is an IBM i podcast hosted by Peg Tuttle and Tony Turetsky. Tuttle has worked on IBM i her entire 35+ year career, while Turetsky is a newcomer, named an IBM i Fresh Face in 2020. Tuttle and Turetsky launched this podcast to gather and disseminate information about IBM i. The […]
ArticlesWhy AIX Admins Should Know vi and ksh
February 1, 2021
People are pretty passionate about the tech that they use. That’s hardly a news flash. It can be argued that none of us is truly objective, but I’ve been through enough heated discussions over time to understand that strong feelings exist about computing. So we may as well cop to our biases. I’ll start. I […]