Rob McNelly
Contributor
Rob McNelly is a Senior AIX Solutions Architect doing pre-sales and post-sales support for IBM Premier Business Partner Meridian IT Inc. in Deerfield, Ill. He is a technical editor and a former administrator within IBM's Integrated Technology Delivery and Server Operations division. Rob was named an IBM Power Systems Champion (www.ibm.com/developerworks/champion) in October 2011. Rob can be reached at rob.mcnelly@gmail.com.
A note from Rob:
“I enjoy camping, hiking, biking and backpacking through the mountains of Arizona. I’ve also learned to enjoy Ragnar races, and sprint triathlons. I always look forward to spending time on Arizona’s closest beach which is located in Puerto Penasco, Mexico. I enjoy scuba diving from live-aboard diving boats. My favorite trip was hiking to the blue waters of Havasupai, and I’m planning on hiking the Grand Canyon in the near future. Long ago, I realized that I would rather live in a hot, dry climate than shovel snow.”
Mainframe Master Innovations: Automation and Mainframe Compliance
July 20, 2026
Articles
Celebrating the Power 11 Family’s New Addition
August 3, 2026
Rob McNelly provides details on the recent S1112 announcement and reflects on his upcoming writing/blogging anniversary
ArticlesOptions for Dynamically Increasing LUN Sizes
July 1, 2026
Rob McNelly explains the process of mapping storage through VIOS to IBM i partitions
ArticlesIn IT, There Are No Points for Humility
June 2, 2026
Rob McNelly on the importance of giving credit where due, a guide to NPIV setup and more
ArticlesIBM Power/NASA Collaboration: Seeking Details
May 1, 2026
Rob McNelly has questions about Power servers' involvement in the lunar mission, plus answers on updating VIOS from the HMC and tips from IBM Support
ArticlesWorking Magic with hmcscanner
April 2, 2026
Rob McNelly conjures an Excel file and gets a timely reminder
ArticlesAIX’s 40th Anniversary Celebration Is Underway
March 2, 2026
Rob McNelly shares the latest IBM news and support updates, plus details from the recent storage announcement
ArticlesNewsflash? IBM Has Made and Sold Enterprise Computers for Decades
January 30, 2026
Rob McNelly has fun with a tech website's noteworthy lack of AIX/Power Systems awareness and shares information from recent IBM security bulletins
ArticlesMcNelly: IBM Unveils watsonx.data
January 5, 2026
Rob McNelly shares details on the recently GA'ed watsonx.data on IBM Power, an explainer on the dangers of 'shadow AI' and the latest security alerts
ArticlesNew AIX and Availability Enhancements
December 3, 2025
Rob McNelly shares recent IBM news and notifications, including virtualization enhancements and security alerts
ArticlesMcNelly: Reflections on TechXchange
November 4, 2025
Rob McNelly shares his thoughts on last month's conference, praising the event for a wide variety of offerings that got attendees our of their comfort zones