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I was in a meeting with a client earlier today – they were discussing hardware changes, software version control, promotion flow and how to set TURNOVER ALM up. A mix of folks in attendance; a couple of current IBM-i programmers, some old AS400 techies and a host of vocal application managers, with everyone seemingly confused …
The Hilarious World of IBM i TURNOVER PWM: A Quick Reference for Dinosaur Developers Ah, the IBM i (née AS/400, iSeries, or that big black box in the server room that refuses to die). If you’re like me, a software developer who’s somehow time-traveled from the ’90s, you’ve probably wrestled with change management tools that …
Mastering Git on the IBM i: It’s not as hard as you might think! As an IBM i developer, you’re likely familiar with the traditional source control tools available on the platform, such as PDM, SEU and Third party tools like TURNOVER, ALDON, etc. While these tools have served the IBM i community well, the …
* Error Restoring Product Support Objects You are probably here because you are running a TURNOVER IBM i UPGRADE and have seen this error message in your job log. * Error restoring product support objects. See job log for details. On our production machine we have strict password rules – and the automated install process …
What is TurnOver? Simply Put – TURNOVER is an IBM i Application that controls the flow of software development from writing code to testing to QA/UAT approval to installing on remote IBM i Systems. It has a long history dating back to the AS/400 and iSeries systems. TURNOVER is Change management for integrated IBM i, …
Program QZCSOEOT in library *LIBL not found Using TURNOVER for IBM i? Have you got an error saying “Program QZCSOEOT in library *LIBL not found“? Have you searched your system and found no program called QZCSOEOT? Then it might be because your version of TURNOVER V101 has expired. Yes – it’s that simple. I saw this error on an …
From Software Change Management System (CMS) to Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Back in the good old days of the AS400 and iSeries machines – we used a CMS system for controlling where and how we distributed and installed software. CMS Stood for Change Management Software and it did exactly what it said on the tin. …
TURNOVER V101 Application Lifecycle Manager Where is the Documentation? After recently upgrading to the latest fix pack for TURNOVER V101, I have all the latest documentation sitting in a folder on my desktop. “Oh what an exciting life you lead Mr Litten” I can hear you think You. Thinking. But despite this astounding level of …
Taking your Resume from simple text to Infographic As I mentioned in another blog – I use LinkedIn to edit and maintain my resume. It makes the information editing very simple and clean, and also generates a nice-looking basic resume layout. Maybe this layout works fine – but have you ever looked at infographic versions …
What happens when your TURNOVER Promotion form runs? A TURNOVER® for iSeries v100 form runs in several phases. Pre-run Processing: Phase I All preliminary processing is done including pre-run exits, pre-run commands, creation of working libraries, and so on. Promotion Processing: Phase II Source is copied, objects created or moved, folder objects promoted, data copied, …
Turnover Pre-Run and Post-Run When we are promoting changed objects, using Soflanding TURNOVER, we sometimes want to run commands before or after the form runs. These pre-run and post-run commands are easy to add to any form, so lets look at how to do it! How do we add a Pre-Run or Post-Run in TURNOVER? …
IBM i SQL numeric to alphameric So – today I was talking to a colleague who wanted to make a database change to a big old file. This meant changing one of the fields from 7 numeric to 12 alpha. Sounds simple right? Oh if only life were that simple… Now add the complexity that …
