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- Top stuff
- POWER news stuff
- IBM Europe Announcement letters
- POWER techie stuff
- Cloud Stuff
- Storage stuff
- Security stuff
- Data & analytics stuff
- Cognitive stuff
- Development stuff
- IBM Redbook News
- Upcoming events, education or training stuff
- Replays
- Useful links
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Top stuff
1) Continuous innovation and availability.
Announcing IBM i 7.4 and Db2 Mirror for i and Alison Butterill on IBM i 7.4
Announcement letter: IBM i 7.4 and IBM i Portfolio give strong foundation for continuing innovation General Availability 21 June, 2019
FYI: IBM i 7.4 is supported on selected IBM Power® Systems servers with IBM POWER9 and IBM POWER8® technology-based processors.
2) The Phoenix has landed, reducing RTO to near ZERO.
Continuous availability solution for Db2 on IBM i with zero Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Scott Forstie on Db2 Mirror for i
Announcement letter: IBM i helps deliver near-continuous availability with IBM Db2 Mirror for i
IBM Db2 Mirror for i data sheet
3) Also announced IBM i 7.3 TR6
Announcement letter: IBM i 7.3 Technology Refresh 6 and Portfolio Update
General Availability 10 May, 2019. IBM i 7.3 TR6 is supported on selected IBM Power® Systems servers with IBM POWER9, IBM POWER8® and IBM POWER7® or IBM POWER7 + technology-based processors.
POWER news stuff
- Say Hello to IBM i 7.4
- IBM Brings Active-Active Mirroring Into Db2 For i Database
- IBM i 7.4 Rolled Out, And IBM i 7.3 Tech Refresh Rolled Up
- Conferences, Community and More Ahead for IBM i in 2019
- i-UG’s International i-Power is back and this time it’s bigger than ever!
- What Are Your Application Priorities?
- Assessing IBM i’s Role In Digital Transformation
- Going Off IBM Hardware Maintenance A Risky Move
- What Vintage Is Your IBM i Wine?
- Yes, IBM i Shops Have AI Options, Too
- The New Fundamentals – Seizing opportunities with AI in the cognitive economy.
- IBM Clarifies Java Options Following Oracle License Crackdown
- What New Language Will IBM i Support Next?
- What’s the State of Your Backup?
- Entry Power S812 Gets A New – But Still Short – Lease On Life
- Please share / tweet and ask clients to subscribe >> TE’s Pick ‘ n’ Mix Client Edition
- Making the IBM i Bubble Bigger
- Dani Szwarc on Learning IBM i
- Support solutions for your open source software environment
- The quick and practical guide to digital business automation
- A Business Guide to Modern Predictive Analytics
- Top IBM Power Systems myths: The OpenPOWER Foundation is not really an industry backed consortium
- The AI Revolution: Preparing Your Co-Workers
- The AI Revolution: Preparing Your Company
- The Emerging Cognitive Enterprise
- AI is Moving Into Mainstream Enterprise Production
- Leigh Wade, UNIX Administrator
- Video from THINK 2019: 7348: Breaking Boundaries: How Taco Bell and Carhartt Drive Results through Technology
- Case study: Bridger Pipeline Uses PowerAI Solution to Predict and Detect Pipeline Leaks
- Case study: Earth Signal – Doubling per-core performance by migrating to IBM POWER9
- Case study: Fiserv – Real-time compliance monitoring gives financial services clients confidence in IT security
- Video: Security capabilities on IBM Power Systems by Petra Bührer
- Video: What’s brewing in Power by Jeff Stücheli
IBM Europe Announcement letters
Hardware
IBM POWER8 and IBM POWER9 technology-based systems deliver hardware enhancements
IBM Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 delivers enhanced Utility Capacity for processors and memory across a collection of IBM Power E980 servers
IBM Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 Capacity Credits available for direct purchase through the IBM Entitled System Support website
IBM Power Systems virtual capacity features enable direct orders of Elastic CoD on the Entitled Systems Support (ESS) website or mobile app
Revised withdrawal date: IBM Power VC solution features for IBM Power S821LC (8001-12C) or IBM Power S822LC for Big Data (8001-22C) servers
IBM SAN Volume Controller, IBM FlashSystem 9100, and IBM Storwize families offer new drive options and features for select models to deliver expanded connectivity
IBM Storwize V5100 delivers improved performance with NVMe-based storage
IBM Storwize V5000E models deliver innovative and simplified storage with enhanced performance to meet the growing needs of small and medium organizations
IBM Storage Networking SAN18B-6 delivers fast, reliable, and secure data protection over long distances
IBM Storage Networking b-type SAN family offers a high-voltage power supply option and additional 16 Gbps bundles for select switches
Software
IBM i 7.3 Technology Refresh 6 and Portfolio Update
IBM i 7.4 and IBM i Portfolio give strong foundation for continuing innovation
IBM i helps deliver near-continuous availability with IBM Db2 Mirror for i
IBM PowerAI Vision V1.1 offers licensing for use in a nonproduction environment
IBM Power Virtualization offers new enhancements
IBM Power Systems Hardware Management Console (HMC) Virtual Appliance Version 9 offers new enhancements
Driverless AI by H2O.ai, available through IBM, offers new pricing on multiple license purchases and a new shared user license option
IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for Linux, V7.2.3 offers enhancements for high availability
IBM VM Recovery Manager for Power Systems, V1.3.0 enhancements
IBM Support Line for Red Hat OpenShift on Power helps you answer usage, installation, and technical questions
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 for Power offers expanded support options
IBM ESSL for Linux on Power, V6.2 delivers additional subroutines, growing the long list of subroutines available that provides improved performance on IBM Power Systems servers
IBM Spectrum Virtualize Enhanced High Availability Cluster software expands the capabilities of IBM FlashSystem 9100 systems
IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud V8.3.0 and IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software V8.3.0 deliver new platforms support and enhanced functionality
IBM WebSphere Application Server V9.0.5 delivers enhancements for operational modernization and revised Support Lifecycle policies
Revised information: IBM MQ for Multiplatforms V9.1.2
IBM HATS for Multiplatforms V9.7, IBM HATS for 5250 Applications on i, V9.7, and IBM HATS for 5250 Applications on Multiplatforms, V9.7 deliver improvements and enhanced support for current integrated development environment offerings, runtimes, and browsers
Services
ServicePac services for IBM Storage products
Availability of IBM Services for Container Platforms
Withdrawals
Hardware withdrawal: IBM Power Systems selected features and models
Hardware withdrawal: 12-core POWER8 processor module for IBM Power Systems 8408-44E features
Hardware withdrawal: IBM z13, IBM z13s, IBM z14, IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper, IBM LinuxONE Rockhopper II, IBM LinuxONE Emperor, and IBM LinuxONE Emperor II selected feature codes
Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM high performance computing (HPC) software supporting IBM POWER8 servers
Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM Transformation Extender Hypervisor Edition V8.4.0.x, V8.4.1.x and V9.0.0.x and IBM Transformation Extender Hypervisor Edition for AIX V8.4.1.x and V9.0.0.x
Software support discontinuance: IBM AIX Enterprise edition select release levels, IBM VM Recovery Manager for DR select release levels, and IBM PowerSC MFA select release levels; Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM HMC Virtual Software (vHMC) Version 8
Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM Linear Tape File System (LTFS) Storage Manager V1.1, and select versions of IBM Spectrum Archive Library Edition V2.x and IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition V1.2.x
Hardware withdrawal: IBM TS3500 models D23, D53, S24, and S54, and select IBM TS4500 Tape Library features – Some replacements available
Hardware withdrawal: IBM TS3310 tape library MES features
Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM DS8870 and DS8880 features – No replacements available
POWER techie stuff
- IBM Knowledge Centre : IBM i 7.4 documentation
- IBM i memo to users for 7.4
- IBM i technology updates
- Clustering Enhancements for IBM i 7.4 – IBM i 7.4
- Save and Restore option to start controlling subsystem – IBM i 7.4
- Service Tool debug enhancements – IBM i 7.4
- IBM i 7.4 Media labels: GI11-9918-04 English – April 2019
- IBM Access Client Solutions Gets Major Updates
- Prestart Server Jobs and Exit Programs
- Midnight Commander Comes To IBM i
- Guru:
IBM i Save File Compression Options
- Retaining VM time stamp after IBM VM Recovery Manager DR/HA migration
- Automate disaster recovery using IBM VM Recovery Manager
- Understanding Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL)
- An Overview of Idle States in the POWER9 Processor
Cloud stuff
- Streamline Regulatory Compliance With a Hybrid Cloud
- Linux basics: Prerequisites to learning about containers
- Video from THINK 2019: 7307: We’re the Movers – Migrating Cloud From Anywhere To Anywhere
- New demonstration available : IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager 1.4.2 – Manage virtualization and private clouds on IBM Power Systems
- Series: Monitor and correlate personal asthma readings with environmental data
Storage stuff
- It’s a Digital Storm!
- How To Recognize SAN Performance Problems (AIX)
- Storage Recommendations for AIX: How to Stress and Test Your Storage Server
- BRMS 7.4 Enhancements
- Storage Made Simple IBM Announcements April 2019
- Smarter, Faster, More Affordable! The IBM Storwize V5000 April 2019
- NVMe FlashCore value for all – Introducing the next gen Storwize V5000 platforms
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud extended to Amazon Web Services April 2019
- IBM Brocade Data Collection Best Practices
- Cisco Data Collection Best Practices
- Spectrum Protect Plus REST API basics & how to get started
- Video: Storage made simple: Meet the new IBM Storwize V5000
Security stuff
- Security Authority Collection for objects – IBM i 7.4
- Digital Certificate Manager APIs – IBM i 7.4
- System TLS support for Transport Layer Security version 1.3 (TLSv1.3) – IBM i 7.4
- Service tools enhancements – IBM i 7.4
- Secure SNMPv3 Trap and Inform message support – IBM i 7.4
- Free Encryption for Node.js on IBM i
- Checking AIX Spectre / Meltdown Settings
- IBM Patches New Security Flaws in Java, OpenSSL
- Why Your Business Needs a Security Awareness Program
- What Are the IBM i User Profile Attributes That Really Matter?
Data & analytics stuff
- Db2 Mirror for i in the IBM Knowledge Center
- Podcast IBM Bi-Weekly Ep4: IBM Db2 for i
- Data Cleansing is Critical to Business Success
- March 2019 edition of SAP on IBM i Newsletter
- Guru: When Playing With SQL
- SQL 101: Your First Embedded SQL Function
- The rise of Open Source Databases
Cognitive stuff
- Prepare Your Data Center for AI
- When Morpheus met Watson: JPMC teams with IBM Data Science and AI Elite
- 35 videos to get stuck into > TensorFlow Dev Summit
- Why Data Science Teams Need Generalists.
- Accelerate machine model training with Watson Machine Learning Accelerator and Snap ML
- Snap ML: Examples of use cases from the financial services sector
- Whitepaper: Considering the impact of AI in Insurance
- Video: FrescheGroupThinking about IBM i and Watson
- PowerAI 1.6.0 Introduction: A Full Transition to Conda
- IBM PowerAI Vision: A visual recognition AI solution
- Turbulence Simulations and Fine Grained Asynchronism for Pseudo-Spectral Codes
- Wistron Greatly Reduces Model Training Time With OpenPOWER
Development stuff
- DSPMOD shows module source from IFS file IBM i 7.4 Base
- New TEXT options for CRTSRVPGM IBM i 7.4 Base
- GENUUID can generate a more random UUID IBM i 7.4 Base
- MODS can return the size of the modified space IBM i 7.4 Base
- Improved debug information for MCH3402 errors IBM i 7.4 Base
- How to Send Text Messages From IBM i
- Use DATA-INTO for Processing Data With RPG
- Todd Moore’s sound advice to enterprises adopting open source
- Blog: IBM joins the the Continuous Delivery Foundation
- A Website is a Car and Not a Book
- Video from THINK 2019: 8146: DevOps and the Modern IBM i (starts 2:50min in)
- How to Use CL Sign-on Programs
- RPG Academy – Modernization: Guidelines for Modernization Goals, Part 2
- Video: Leveraging IBM i for Modernization by IBM Champion Trevor Perry
IBM Redbooks News
- AI and Big Data on IBM Power Systems Servers
- IBM Cloud Private System Administrator’s Guide
- IBM Cloud Private Application Developer’s Guide
Upcoming POWER events, education or training stuff
Search and find IBM’s latest training sessions on offer: IBM’s Training and Skills coursesQ2
- 24-26 Apr IBM Systems Technical University, Casablanca, Morocco (all sessions in French) Video: Welcome to IBM Systems TechU in Casablanca 24-26
- NEW >> 24 Apr POWER VUG: Session 85: How ICP & CAM can deliver multicloud solutions for containers and
- NEW >> 24 Apr Can you handle 150 #IBMi tips in 60 minutes? Rapid Fire Admin by IBM Champion Steve Pitcher from iTech Solutions.
- NEW >> 25 Apr The IBM i – Latest Announcements POWERcast
- NEW >> 25 Apr WSC-Storage Accelerate with IBM Storage: Data Reduction Pools, Overview and Best Practices
- NEW >> 30 Apr 6 RDi Tutorials in 60 Minutes by COMMON Europe
- 01 May Future of Computing – IBM Power 9 and beyond – an on demand series
- 29 Apr – 03 May IBM Systems Technical University Atlanta 2019 , USA
- NEW >> 15 May POWER VUG: Session 86: IBM i and DB2 update (Title TBD)
- 19-22 May POWERUp by COMMON, Disneyland® Resort, Anaheim, CA, USA
- NEW >> 20-21 May Hursley European Summit, IBM Hursley, UK
- NEW >> 21 May Infuse AI Roadshow, The Groucho Club, , London, UK
- 21 May Spectrum Storage User Group, IBM, Copenhagen, Denmark Contact Jens Nüchel Petersen PETERS1@dk.ibm.com
- 22-23 May Spectrum Storage User Group, IBM Kista Plus, Sweden Contact Roger Eriksson roger_eriksson@se.ibm.com
- NEW >> 23 May Accelerate with IBM Storage: How to use the IBM TS4500 and TS4300 Storage Management GUI
- 02-07 Jun IBM i Large User Group (The LUG), IBM Rochester, MN, USA
- NEW >> 04-06 June IBM i Performance Analysis Workshop (iPAW), IBM Ehningen (Stuttgart), Germany
- 04-06 Jun IBM i Security with Thomas Barlen, IBM Southbank, London, UK . Please email Malcolm Sanderson, sandemi@uk.ibm.com, if you are interested in attending.
- 11-12 Jun 2019 International i-Power Conference, The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Milton Keynes, UK
- 16-19 Jun Common Europe Congress (CEC) 2019, Radisson Blu Hotel, Berlin, Germany
- 26 Jun Spectrum Storage User Group: IBM Manchester User Group – Customers, IBM Manchester, UK
Q3
- TBD July IBM Systems Technical University, Melbourne, Australia
- TBD Aug IBM Systems Technical University, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- 11-13 Sept IBM Systems Technical University, Johannesburg, S.A.
- 15-20 Sept IBM i Large User Group (The LUG), IBM Rochester, MN, USA
Q4
- TBD Oct IBM Systems Technical University, Colombia
- 07-11 Oct IBM Systems Technical University, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- 21-25 Oct IBM Systems Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
- TBD Nov IBM Systems Technical University, Bali, Indonesia
- TBD Nov IBM Systems Technical University, Bangkok, Thailand
- 3 Nov
Spectrum Storage User Group:
IBM
Hursley User Group – Customer day
, IBM Hursley, UK
Replays
- IBM systems webinar: Go Dashboarding With Db2 Web Query
- Webinar replay: IBM WebSphere Update and Strategy
- 28 Mar AIX VUG – USA: AIX Performance Tuning Introduction with Jaqui Lynch
- 20 Mar POWER VUG: Session 84: Unleash the Power of AIX and how to win with AIX in the era of cloud, containers and AI
- IBM i Infrastructure | IBM Bi-Weekly Ep. 5
- IBM Db2 for i | IBM Bi Weekly Ep 4
- Open Source Software on IBM i ft. Jesse Gorzinski |
- IBM i: What is it? ft. Steve Will | IBM Bi-Weekly Ep. 2
- Introduction | IBM Bi-Weekly Ep. 1
Useful links
Be a Lurker > IBM i latest tweet feed and POWER9 latest tweet feed
Free technical enablement, sign up to > POWER Systems Technical webinar series (POWER VUG)
IBM POWER systems home page > IBM POWER systems
Influence the future of IBM Products, raise a > Request For Enhancement (RFE)
IBM i home page > IBM i – built for business
Learn, develop, and connect all in one place > IBM i technical resources roadmap
What is your competitors doing? > IBM i Customer Stories
Gain business advantage through research-based insights > IBM Institute for Business Value.
Home of product documentation > IBM Knowledge Centre
Replicate to higher availability > IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i wiki
Adopt good security practices > IBM i Security Services wiki
Remain secure and compliant > PowerSC Tools for IBM i and PowerSC for AIX & Linux
IBM Developer for > IBM POWER Systems and IBM i and AIX
Book a demo > IBM Client Demonstrations
Find your SW keys or UAK, upgrade & download SW and mange your Elastic capacity > Entitled Systems Support