Most people use IBM i System Monitoring and Notification software (System Monitoring) to alert on-call responders for items needing manual intervention such as program errors, disk drive spikes, and runaway jobs.
Beyond this common functionality, there are three configurations you can use in IBM i System Monitoring software like my MessageFlex software, to automatically detect and deal with unexpected downtime.
Expected ...
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IBM 5250 Telnet sessions are not dead, but occasionally you have to kill one.
A lot of shops in the IBM i community still use old-fashioned Telnet terminal emulators such as the Personal Communications product that comes with IBM i Access for Windows, third party emulators like Mochasoft’s TN5250, or generic Telnet emulators that come with ...
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In an earlier post, I talked about how IBM i system monitoring software can help avoid potential disasters. I covered obvious items that monitoring software can help with, such as alerting you to power outages, password failures/security breaches, and equipment ...
In all my years of working at large corporations and owning my own companies, I have never seen an IT disaster provoke someone to jump up and say “Let ME be the bearer of the bad news.” Nobody wants that job.
But we IT folks are practical in nature so we just step up and clean it up, ...
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Interesting stories on security and message monitoring software caught our eye this week for an IBM i news round-up. Plus, exactly how many AS400 or IBM i professionals are there in the world?
First up, an interesting view about the security habits we bring from home to the office.
Manufacturers have a challenge that is a drumbeat 24/7 – get materials in, send goods out. The ability to keep operations flowing smoothly is a key to profitability, especially in models where margins are small and volume is the big driver of revenue.
Even small glitches on your AS/400 or IBM i can create costly delays. Here are 2 areas where a small ...
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Your IBM i is one of the sturdiest power systems around. That resiliency is a major factor in why the system is prized by banks, retail, medical, and other industries that need to adhere to strict compliance standards.
But even the sturdy AS400 is not immune to system failures, back-up issues, unusual password attempts, and even ordinary print screw-ups that all spell one thing – TROUBLE – the kind of trouble that can result in lost time, lost revenue, ...
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