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First of all, I'm pleased to welcome you to my blog. My idea was to create a simple website, where a user can easily find information about IBM i/iSeries/System i/AS400 (so many names for the same system over the last 30 years), AIX, Virtual I/O Server, PowerVM features, and IBM Power Systems.
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How Time and Data Management works on IBM PowerSystems
In this post I explain how date and time management works on an AIX, VIOS, and IBMi LPARs. Setting the time is usually one-time operation, we often take it for granted, as long as everything works well. However, when issues arise, it can become quite puzz
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Dell/EMC storage and IBM i - what's happening
EMC was/is the biggest IBM competitor in terms of external storage arrays compatible with IBM i OS. Few years ago - EMC was acquired by Dell, but still the company delivers storage compatible…
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BRMS killed - The king is dead, long live the king!
The latest announcement about EoM and EoS was the the biggest shock in last couple of years for me. Even myself, I underestimated the message at the begging. I did not realize how impacting this announcement is. Here are few words from me. I think the mes
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Demand for extra CPU capacity? Use a bug in POWER8 firmware
This week I discovered very weird bug in the POWER8 firmware. With this bug it is possible to use entire server capacity without paying processor activation to IBM.
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