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The content of this document was last updated on: March 29, 2019 Contents: 1.0 Introduction2.0 Installation for Windows3.0 Installation for Mac4.0 Installation for Linux5.0 Installing Updates6.0 More Information7.0 Uninstall 1.0 Introduction This guide provides instructions on how to deploy this product on a local disk drive for a single user. There are a variety of …
Now that’s a mouthful! So, I’ve been asked to install the latest July 2019 version of Lansa Axes (v4.2.0) for a client. Axes is a web application, running on your IBM i Server, which will replace old traditional green-screen 5250 terminal screens like this: to this: Remove any previous versions of LANSA AXES GO LICPGM …
Some of IBM’s error messages are more cryptic than others. Copying files from the IFS using CPYFRMIMPF sometimes spits out error messages which are less than clear: CPYFRMIMPF FRMSTMF(‘/FOLDER/FOLDER/FILE’) TOFILE(*LIBL/FILENAME) MBROPT(REPLACE) RCDDLM(LF) STRDLM(NONE) RMVBLANK(NONE)FLDDLM(TAB) ERRRCDOPT(REPLACE) RPLNULLVAL(FLDDFT) File system error occurred. Error number 3021Copy command ended because of error. Internet Search for CPYFRMIMPF 3021 shows nothing! …
How to upgrade Turnover V100 to V101 – IBM i Software Change Management Application Grab the latest Turnover ZIP file from your supplied IBM i CD or from http://support.softlanding.com This zip file contains the IBM i software for TURNOVER® for iSeries v100. Lets do this!
...IBM i Data Obfuscation – Making Data Foggy Murky and Squinty A little while ago, I wrote a data obfuscation tool – which I decided to call Data Fogging. This is specifically to solve the data privacy problems that we face when we want to suck down real data from production environments to our development …
Colleague asked me this question just a minute ago – as he said “its obvious when you know how but not when you dont” Simply use the IBM i RNM command: Personally, I find this command syntax a little annoying: fully qualifying the FROM string and then just using the unqualified NEW file name in …
AKA – How to copy IBM i IFS folder and all subfolders and documents to a new Location I just upgraded a clients PRESTO Server to the current version 8.1 What is Presto? It’s commonly called an IBM i Modernization Application : Essentially transforming the old fashioned AS400 style Green Screen terminals to modern Webstyle …
So, I just did an upgrade of the BCD Software GUI Client (now owned by Fresche Legacy by the way) for a client. This upgraded their older version of Presto to PRESTO 8.1 Server. This also comes with a new Presto Client and Screen Designer adding some nice new tweaks. Compulsive Library Naming Tendencies The …
TURNOVER and IBM i ASP (Auxiliary Storage Pools) Unicom (who bought out ‘Softlanding Systems’) recommends upgrading to TURNOVER V101 before implementing iASP technology. It recommends it because it only works on V101 😉 The main thing to remember is that you need to set your job, or session, to use the iASP before going into …
IBM i iASP (Independent Auxiliary Storage Pool) The independent auxiliary storage pool (IASP) is the strategic building block for availability on IBM i. There is a lot of mythology around migrating to an IASP environment, and some extremely wild estimates about the complexity of migrating. The reality is usually considerably easier than most people would …
By default, the IFS lives in the *SYSBASE ASP. But, we can move the IFS Directories, and all documents therein, to the iASP location easily: Let’s assume your ASP is called ‘my_iasp’ 1) Vary on iASP 2) Create your new directory on the iASP, if it doesn’t already exist 3) Move the directory, and all …
Many IBM shops have FTP locked down for supposed security reasons. But before I start ranting about sloppy security measures in IBM-i shops all over the world; locking down things like FTP while leaving file uploads wide open, *public rights on file shares, inherited authority on commands line access, SQL scripts that are just waiting …
