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IBM is raising SWMA (Software Maintenance on IBM i)

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IBM is raising SWMA (Software Maintenance on IBM i)

Read the original at Bob Cancilla on IBM i.

IBM recently published an IBM i Performance FAQ. This document is a fantastic resource on all types of performance topics. It reviews the various components...

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We had a discussion with a client this week that we've had many times before. It usually starts off with a question about what language...

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No, not Colombia.

Georgia.

The Spring 2013 RPG & DB2 Summit conference will be held the week of March 18 in Atlanta Georgia. Atlanta is the home of the world famous beverage Coca-cola (which by the way, did indeed have cocaine as an ingredient in the original formula).

Besides getting a refreshing beverage, you can get some refreshing updates on IBM i and DB2 technology.

Kent Milligan and Doug Mack from the DB2 for i Center of Excellence will be there presenting several topics on extracting usable information from data, faster and more efficiently.

I have also been asked to reprise my role as rabble-rouser in a session entitled: "i Advocate" Tutorial & Discussion.  If you want to know how to fight advocate for your IBM i system, and articulate the value YOU provide when coding for it, this session is for you. If you want to see your beloved platform continued to be marginalized and your skills mothballed, by all means stay home.

Obviously I believe that attending the RPG & DB2 Summit is a very effective way in which to increase your knowledge and skills, all while growing your network of really good people. Don't believe me? Check out all of the sessions and presenters here.

Hope to see you in Atlanta next month - with a curvy bottle in your hand!

Oh, and while in Atlanta, take time to walk up the world's largest exposed granite monolith - known as Stone Mountain. This is a great a way to acknowledge Spring's arrival in the northern hemisphere.

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No, not Colombia.

Georgia.

The Spring 2013 RPG & DB2 Summit conference will be held the week of March 18 in Atlanta Georgia. Atlanta is the home of the world famous beverage Coca-cola (which by the way, did indeed have cocaine as an ingredient in the original formula).

Besides getting a refreshing beverage, you can get some refreshing updates on IBM i and DB2 technology.

Kent Milligan and Doug Mack from the DB2 for i Center of Excellence will be there presenting several topics on extracting usable information from data, faster and more efficiently.

I have also been asked to reprise my role as rabble-rouser in a session entitled: "i Advocate" Tutorial & Discussion.  If you want to know how to fight advocate for your IBM i system, and articulate the value YOU provide when coding for it, this session is for you. If you want to see your beloved platform continued to be marginalized and your skills mothballed, by all means stay home.

Obviously I believe that attending the RPG & DB2 Summit is a very effective way in which to increase your knowledge and skills, all while growing your network of really good people. Don't believe me? Check out all of the sessions and presenters here.

Hope to see you in Atlanta next month - with a curvy bottle in your hand!

Oh, and while in Atlanta, take time to walk up the world's largest exposed granite monolith - known as Stone Mountain. This is a great a way to acknowledge Spring's arrival in the northern hemisphere.

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If you’re looking for Zend Server for IBM i, its updates or hotfixes (such as the recent SOAP hot fix), or the latest official PHP Toolkit release, try the new Zend Server download page for IBM i.

The new page is easier to use than previous versions because it’s exclusively for IBM i (to some, “iSeries”). In the past, the download page contained a separate tab for every platform, with the potential for error and requiring more clicks.

Thanks to Zend for the improvement.

Read the original at Alan Seiden Consulting: PHP and IBM i Expertise.

This blog was written by Tim Mullenbach. Tim is an Advisory Software Engineer at IBM Rochester. He has been a part of the IBM i...

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A colleague asked me for a catchy quote about why IBM i aficionados should choose PHP. Some thoughts to start with:

1. With PHP you can build your dreams.

2. PHP lets you start simply and grow.

3. PHP combines open source with the stability and support of IBM i.

4. Learn PHP and you’ll gain a skill you can use everywhere, but that you’ll WANT to use on IBM i.

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Several clients have asked me how to prevent their older Easycom components from loading, now that they’ve migrated from the Easycom toolkit to the new open source IBM i Zend toolkit.

Here are instructions based on suggestions from Rod Flohr of Zend Support. These tips have worked for me on Zend Server 5.6 for IBM i and will probably work on older releases as well.

Prevent Easycom extension from being loaded by PHP

1. Go to the Zend Server administration interface in your browser: http://yourIBMi:10088/ZendServer/.

2. Navigate to the Server Setup -> Extensions tab.

3. Find Easycom on the list of extensions. If the extension is On, click the “Turn off” link on the same line to turn it off.

4. You should see this message: “The extension ‘Easycom’ will be turned off after restarting your PHP”. You don’t need to restart PHP now if you plan to do so later, at the end of “Prevent I5_COMD daemon…” (below).

5. Also look for an extension called ‘pdo_easycom,’ which you may see if you had downloaded or purchased the Easycom product directly from the vendor. If it is there, turn it off as well.

Prevent I5_COMD daemon from starting in ZENDSVR

If you see a job named I5_COMD running in the ZENDSVR subsystem, but no longer use the Easycom toolkit, you may wish to follow these steps:

STEP 1: Rename the startup program that launches I5_COMD. From a 5250 command line:

RNMOBJ OBJ(ZENDSVR/ZCCSTREACD) OBJTYPE(*PGM) NEWOBJ(ZCCSTREACX)

This renaming will “hide” I5_COMD’s startup program from Zend Server’s startup procedure. (Don’t worry—the “missing object” message is monitored—no errors.)

STEP 2: Stop and start Zend Server from the menu. From a 5250 command line:

GO ZENDSVR/ZSVMENU

Use option “2. Stop Zend Server Subsystem”

Verify that subsystem ZENDSVR has ended and that there are no jobs named ZENDSVR in the QHTTPSVR subsystem.

Next, use option “1. Start Zend Server Subsystem.”

Verify that subsystem QHTTPSVR is running and contains the usual ZENDSVR jobs. Verify that subsystem ZENDSVR is started, but without I5_COMD inside.

Read the original at Alan Seiden Consulting: PHP and IBM i Expertise.