Tag Archives: IBM i

Where’s Waldo…um, Pete!

Nothing like a move from a monolithic, easy to maintain gem of a framework like Liferay to a distributed, micro-service based bespoke solution to suck the very life and free time out of your schedule. The whole of the IBM … Continue reading

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The pieces of Java 8 on IBM i

Ah, pieces of 8, wish it WERE gold. So this is a short story about installing Java 8 on IBM i. A quick Google search on “Install Java 8 on IBM i” takes you here: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/ Which is exciting because … Continue reading

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Mobile application development and IBM i (Part four) – Mobilize me!

So we have this great little 5250 application which is now just an ugly web application.  Truth is, this thing is so lightweight that as a web application, it is pretty snappy.  But, not ALL applications are going to be … Continue reading

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Tracking the time

I have kind of lost track of time.   Christmas-New Years tends to be a time when I ‘play’ a bit with new technologies and have a chance to try things on for size.  Alas, work has prevented me from playing!  … Continue reading

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Revisiting Nagios to monitor IBM i

It’s been a while since I played with Nagios but my son had recently shown me the Cacti plugin that works with Nagios and it was cool enough that I decided to get Nagios up and running again. I have … Continue reading

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A little Linux success

After ranting about how difficult it was to install Linux on the blade (vs IBM i), I was hoping I’d get some quick resolution.  However, the scenario ended up like this: The VIOS folks tossed it over the wall to … Continue reading

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The easiest partition on a JS12 blade (is NOT Linux)

A few months back I participated in the IBM i 7.1 beta program and I absolutely marveled at how ridiculously simple it was to install i5/OS on a new partition.  Create the partition, activate it, use Operations Console to connect, … Continue reading

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A successful Common Experience

The 1960’s returned, for a few days at least, during the Common Conference and meeting and 50th anniversary celebration in Orlando. If you didn’t attend, you missed a great conference. I’d say this: If you didn’t attend for economic reasons … Continue reading

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Some March Musings

Shortly after I posted the Busybox post I received an email from the vendor whose device I was working with, offering assistance.  Nice!  I really haven’t leveraged it (yet) because the toughest nut I had to crack was the roundtrip … Continue reading

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The end of the rainbow

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly… Yes! The JS12 is still rockin and rolling so we are finally out of the woods and can once again rely on the trusty i to keep going and going.  There are still a … Continue reading

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