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.”
Comments on the Changing UNIX Landscape
March 26, 2019
Rob McNelly blogs about his recent interview with Network World about the future of AIX and UNIX.
ArticlesA Look at AIX and Cloud
March 19, 2019
Rob McNelly blogs about Petra Bührer's Power Systems Virtual User Group presentation, "Enterprise Cloud Bundle and AIX Enterprise Edition"
ArticlesLogging in NPIV from the HMC
March 12, 2019
Using the HMC to display and change N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV) mappings to get secondary World Wide Names (WWNs) logged in to use for live partition mobility.
ArticlesThe Importance of Asking the Right Questions
March 5, 2019
Have you ever wondered how a particular implementation was ever approved? Why was this choice made instead of something simpler or easier? Short answer: Often it isn't that simple.
ArticlesSystem Software Maps Provide Quick Answers on OS Support
February 12, 2019
IBM Support has system software maps for AIX, IBM i, VIO server, SUSE, Red Hat and Ubuntu Linux. Use this map to locate all the supported IBM Power Systems operating systems.
ArticlesPowerVC-Based Tool Rebalances Workloads
February 5, 2019
Using the PowerVC Dynamic Resource Optimizer to automatically rebalance AIX workloads on IBM Power Systems servers.
ArticlesA Lifetime IBM Champion
February 2, 2019
Rob McNelly blogs about being one of eight recipients of the IBM Champion Lifetime Achievement Award.
ArticlesData Backup Options Balance Risk and Cost
February 1, 2019
Technical Editor Rob McNelly outlines data backup options.
ArticlesThere’s Even More to the POWER9 Story
January 29, 2019
If you need to make an argument for Power Systems hardware running AIX, IBM i or Linux with the latest processors, this is tremendous ammunition.
ArticlesA Red Hot Reddit Discussion of AIX and Linux
January 22, 2019
AIX isn't imperiled by the prevalence of Linux. Even so, it's always great to encounter passionate defenses of our favorite OS, and this thread from the AIX Reddit feed (r/aix) is chock full of them.