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The 3am Wake-Up Call You Didn’t Need: Service Account Password Expiration If your web services or overnight batch jobs have ever thrown a wobbly because a password decided to expire at the worst possible moment, you are not alone. On IBM i systems, password expiration is one of those security features that works brilliantly for …
Mapepire on My IBM i System: Finally Database Connections That Dont Make Me Want to Scream into the Void! Picture this: you are building a slick modern app and you just want it to chat nicely with Db2 for i without wrestling ancient ODBC drivers or wrestling with client libraries that feel older than your …
Mapepire, a type of pit viper native to South America, is IBM’s new interface layer for IBM-i. Mapepire boasts a logo that’s arguably the best creation from Big Blue since the original IBM emblem. As for how to say it, IBM-i Mapepire GitHub says Mapepire is pronounced ‘mapÉ™pɪə’ or ‘MAH-pup-ee’ which seems nonsense to me! I’ve …
New to the IBM-i platform? Read on…Experienced IBM-i Admin? Don’t bother! If you’re still here, and you’ve powered through my previous post (10 Essential IBM i Commands Every Beginner Must Master) and you’re starting to feel more at home on the green screen, then it’s time to take a few more steps into the IBM-i …
