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 ...
We are excited to announce a major upgrade to MessageFlex, our system notification and monitoring software. We first introduced MessageFlex in 2009 as a tool for IT Managers to be notified 24/7 about any interruptions or malfunctions to their IBM i, iSeries, and AS/400. It’s a “peace of mind” protocol that generates an immediate text message, email, or instant ...
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 ...
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I’ve written a lot about using IBM i System Monitoring and Notification software to alert on-call responders when problems occur on your IBM i partitions. I put together a comprehensive list of the possible issues organizations can monitor for in their IBM i environment, using a system monitoring package.
Here are 25 different system issues that most IBM i system monitoring ...
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There are many benefits to buying an IBM i system monitoring and notification package. It detects current issues on your partitions, automatically notifies key responders when an issue occurs, and escalates notifications when necessary. A system monitoring package can also be programmed to automatically take action to solve issues.
Most IT managers understand and appreciate the value of buying a good system monitoring package. But corporate management may ...
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IBM i system monitoring software watches an IBM i partition 24/7/365 and immediately takes action after detecting hardware, operating system, or software issues. When finding a problem, the software can alert staff via email or text messages, or it can initiate action on its own to resolve an issue.
The most common system monitoring technique is ...
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As an IBM i system notification and monitoring vendor, we’ve helped a lot of people get started with automating everything about their IBM i systems, including communication and real-time alerts.
It’s always interesting to see how many things change after a shop installs system monitoring software. A new monitoring package not only affects your monitoring strategy, it also ...
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IBM i system monitoring packages such as my MessageFlex software, are some of the most popular and widely used packages in the IBM i community…with good reason. Many shops use these packages to provide 24×7 unattended monitoring, freeing up personnel from watching the system, and alerting on-call responders when a problem occurs.
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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 ...
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We are excited to announce the release of a significant upgrade to our IBM i bundled software solution – FlexTools V6.0. It’s a suite of efficiency and security solutions that can help your company easily produce reports, reduce costs, and protect ...
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