Month: May 2023

​I’m new to my manufacturing company that is stuck in the 90s. I was told that part of the reason I was hired is due to my ERP experience (Customer Service and testing systems in Oracle not developing or anything “technical”) and my process improvement skills. I’ve been here for only two weeks and I have no pull to update the systems yet. With that being said, I’m learning that “AS400” is too common of a term to just google and read. Any suggestions on ways to learn more about the system? Currently, the company still prints all reports and paper files. I’m overwhelmed and feeling inexperienced so any help/advice at all would be appreciated. Including a photo of my screen after I login hoping it can maybe help? submitted by /u/chellebalz[link][comments] Read More 

​Two new columns were added to the OUTPUT_QUEUE_ENTRIES SQL View and SQL Table Function as part of IBM i 7.5 Technology Refresh 1 and IBM i 7.4 TR7, and while I wonder how often I will use them I do find the information they return interesting.
These columns are:

TOTAL_RECORDS:  Total number of records in the spool file. Will be null unless the spool file is *AFPDS, *AFPDSLINE or *LINE, or the file is open
MAXIMUM_RECORDS:  The maximum number of records that the spool file can contain, when the file was first opened

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​Debbie, you and I have known each other for quite some time and I know you are the recognized worldwide expert on IBM i backup and recovery, disaster recovery, high availability, and things like that and surely, you’ve done so many podcasts and webinars and sessions on these topics but today I want to put you a little bit more in the hot seat and talk about topics that may be a little beyond the realm of that.
First of all, let’s talk about stewardship of this data, because that backup tape is literally the keys to the vault, the entire company right there, and somebody with any malicious intention—whether if Joe loses control of that tape and someone acquires it somehow and is able to get the information off of it—I mean are these things that you typically have in conversation like that when you have these less than formal arrangements with offsite storage. Read More 

​In addition to delivering application support services for JD Edwards and SAP running on IBM i, the Las Vegas company is also offering to manage the full stack of technology upon which these ERP systems run.
Rimini describes Rimini ONE as “an outsourcing service program that offers a comprehensive set of unified, integrated services to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize enterprise applications, databases, and technology software.” Read More 

​Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development.
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. Read More