Dawn May
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Dawn May is an IBM i consultant. She owns Dawn May Consulting, LLC in the Greater Boston area. Dawn is also a former Senior Technical Staff Member with IBM.
Editing a File in the IFS with Navigator for i
April 10, 2018
Navigator allows you to edit IFS files with a simple text editor.
ArticlesWorking With the IFS: Access Client Solutions vs. Navigator for i
March 29, 2018
You can access the Integrated File System (IFS) using either the Navigator for i web console orAccess Client Solutions (ACS). ACS added support to work with the IFS back in October 2016. There are differences between the capabilities; which interface you use will depend upon what you want to accomplish. I’m sure there are other […]
ArticlesHow to Save 5250 Configurations as Default Profile
March 12, 2018
There’s a handy (but somewhat hidden) feature that allows you to save customizations made to your 5250 session configurations.
ArticlesWorkload Groups and Performance Considerations
February 21, 2018
How to understand possible performance implications when using workload groups.
ArticlesIBM i 7.2 Improved Temporary Storage Tracking (Part 8)
February 7, 2018
Temporary storage is tracked in a set of buckets; each active job has its own bucket, and there are global buckets used for temporary storage, but not associated with a specific job.
ArticlesSubsystem Management With Navigator for i, Part 2
January 30, 2018
Navigator has been updated to support the ability to create and change class objects, create and change job queues, and more.
ArticlesActive Memory Pools with Navigator for i
December 21, 2017
On the “green screen” you can see what pool a job is running in with Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB); press F11 one time and you’ll find a column with the pool number. That’s nice, but you need to know the description of the pool that number is associated with. Using Work with System Status […]
Articlesi Can use IBM DVD Images with my USB 3.0 Adapter
November 28, 2017
With IBM i 7.2 TR5 and 7.3 TR1, IBM introduced “Optical Containers.” This allowed users to see the DVD image as a separate file system.
ArticlesTrace Output Formatted for PCAP
August 2, 2017
IBM i has two ways to trace network traffic: Communications Trace, and Trace Connection.
ArticlesEnd Subsystem Options—Optimize Ending Your Subsystems
August 1, 2017
The End Subsystem (ENDSBS), End System (ENDSYS), and Power Down System (PWRDWNSYS) commands all have the End Subsystem Options (ENSSBSOPT) parameter.