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.
ArticlesMidnight Commander Normalizes IBM i App Dev
March 1, 2019
The Midnight Commander tool is one of many enhancements to IBM i that “normalize” the application development environment.
ArticlesImproved Error Handling Increases Usability
March 1, 2019
Errors can be managed, anticipated, controlled and sometimes resolved if an IT development unit is properly structured.
ArticlesOf Dials and Switches: Turning Dials, Flipping Switches
September 1, 2018
It's time to put what you've learned about tunables into practice.
ArticlesOf Dials and Switches: More about Tunables
August 1, 2018
Learn how to obtain more detailed information on each tunable.
Of Dials and Switches: An Introduction to Tuning the AIX Kernel
July 1, 2018
The kernel is the heart of any operating system. A major function of this core code is to provide access to the hardware on which it runs.
ArticlesTrapping the Elusive Error with AIX Kernel Tracing
April 1, 2018
Spotting error conditions requires time spent intensively studying your own AIX environment.
ArticlesRealizing the Vision of Smart Cities
March 1, 2016
K.S. Ram Mohan describes smart cities and how they may come to life
ArticlesAccessing the Data in Core Dumps
January 22, 2006
If you're like most UNIX administrators, you probably have a crontab or some other housekeeping program that regularly searches your systems for core dumps, backs them up (maybe), and then deletes them. This leaves you to try to puzzle out their cause from information contained in the AIX error log. Of course, about half the […]