Getting Started With REST and SQL
January 2, 2020
Rest, can you ever really get enough of it? Not only is rest great in the overnight hours, but it’s key in today’s world of modern development. For many years, IBM i has included a web services engine, which was originally able to create SOAP-based web services over RPG and COBOL programs and services programs. […]
ArticlesPowerAI Vision Democratizes the Development of Visual AI Models
January 2, 2020
It used to be that only programmers actually programmed—that was their area of expertise. End users simply worked within the parameters set before them. But then something happened that began to alter that relationship. Tools like spreadsheets allowed average employees to essentially do their own programming, building smart columns, rows and cells that could predictably […]
ArticlesIt Adds Up
December 17, 2019
Doing just a little bit on a regular basis can have a lasting impact on your career (and life).
ArticlesTwitter Reloaded: Musings to Close Out 2019
December 16, 2019
IBM i expert Dawn May reflects on the past year.
ArticlesNIM Users Must Get Current on AIX
December 10, 2019
A recent change in OS versioning requires NIM servers to run on the latest versions of AIX.
Maximum Spooled Files by Job
December 9, 2019
There may be times when a specific job requires more than the default number of spooled files. Here's how to increase the maximum spooled files on a job.
ArticlesVirtualizing Storage with LPM via vSCSI
December 3, 2019
Moving to POWER9? Live Partition Mobility (LPM) can be used to virtualize storage on LPARs connected to VIO servers via vSCSI.
ArticlesTake a Sneak Peek at New Hardware
November 26, 2019
The IBM Interactive Product Tour Catalog allows you virtually preview 3D representations of new hardware.
ArticlesA Look at Cloud Automation Manager
November 19, 2019
This short demo video breaks down the process of using Cloud Automation Manager to create templates and deploy virtual machines.
ArticlesActive_Job_Info() for Prestart Server Jobs
November 5, 2019
This article continues upon the series of blogs Dawn May has written related to prestart jobs, one of which detailed retrieving the current SQL statement for a job using QSYS2.ACTIVE_JOB_INFO()