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Finding Local Ports in use in an IBM i environment

Posted on January 23, 2019

In an IBM i environment, you can view the port numbers currently in use on your system with one of these methods.  In these examples, looking for use of local ports 8000 and 8001: Select from the iSeries Navigator, select >…

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Pete Massiello featured in IT Jungle’s 2019 IBM i Predictions Article

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With 2019 upon us, it’s natural for one to wonder what’s in store for IBM i in the upcoming year. According to iTech President, Pete Massiello, the outlook for IBM i is looking good for this year. How good? “2019…

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Harnessing SQL to Smash Users with Default Passwords

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Sure you can use ANZDFTPWD (Analyze Default Passwords) to get a list of IBM i users with default passwords. You can also use some simple SQL in conjunction with the USER_INFO IBM i service in QSYS2 to do the same…

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Incorrect Search in the Service Action Log when searching on year 2019 or 2020

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When using Service Tools, the Select Time Frame screen of the Service Action Log (SAL) option of the Hardware Service Manager (HSM) service tool incorrectly does not allow “From” or “To” dates with the year 2019 or 2020. The SAL…

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What Santa Wants for his IBM i

Posted on December 12, 2018

Just a few more days to shop, to work, and to wait for Christmas. I thought I would share a little story about how iTech Solutions helped Santa prepare for Christmas this year. As many of our readers remember, Santa…

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How to Fix WRKPRB: “Software problem data for QYCDCUSG has been logged.”

Posted on November 20, 2018

WRKPRBHave you ever seen on your system in WRKPRB: “Software problem data for QYCDCUSG has been logged.”? Normally this indicates an expired server certificate or an expired Certificate Authority certificate. You should take the following steps to correct the problem:…

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The Value of Keeping Your IBM i Current

Posted on November 19, 2018

IBM i on IBM Power Servers is the best server platform in the universe. It is reliable, stable and provides all the tools needed to effectively operate and manage your mission-critical applications.  Most of us on the platform fully agree. …

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Managing Firmware: Using UAK Management Feature

Posted on October 25, 2018

There are two ways of using this UAK management feature: Manual: A system administrator can manually kick off the process of checking UAK’s expiration date, downloading UAK, and applying UAK. This is accomplished by running the WRKSRVAGT TYPE(*UAK) command. This…

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Issues with OpenSSH Algorithms on IBM i OS 6.1, 7.1, and 7.2 (August 2018)

Posted on August 29, 2018

If you start have SSH/SFTP/SCP connections to fail with error messages in regards to not matching ciphers, that were working, then stopped working, then this is most likely due to: the partner SSH server or client on the connection is…

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IBM i Support Dates (August 2018)

Posted on August 28, 2018

Do you still have an old “System i, “iSeries” or “AS/400” in your shop? Do you know the date it’s going out of support? January 31st, 2019 you’ll see the POWER5 9405-520 and 9406-520 models go away. That means no…

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