In IBM i a lot of attention is given to startup programs… we all love our QSTRUPs, but not so much people give the right attention to shut down programs. As

Oh yes, playing with SQL on an IBM i system can reserve more and more fun. SQL on these systems can also help sysadmin (as me) that not know perfectly how to program in RPG & co. to optimize day by day activities; that because since V7R3M0 IBM invests a lot…

One of the dream of sysadmins is monitoring system SQL usage, to check how much temporary storage is used by SQL statements, to check long-running SQL

One of the most important allies of a sysadmin is a good monitoring system.

In the last post, I've presented a simple way to monitor some particular metrics of your IBM i.

Several days ago, I opened a ticket to the IBM support for a problem that was affecting one of my production lpar. The technician ask me to generate a System