Technical Articles Archives - Dawn May Consulting

IBM i Open Source

by Dawn May | Jan 5, 2019

Visit this bitbucket repository for authoritative documentation for IBM i Open Source Software.

IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i

by Dawn May | Jan 4, 2019

This IBM Support web page is a great starting point for the IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i.

IBM Power Systems Technical Webinar Series

by Dawn May | Jan 4, 2019

This link takes you to the web page for the IBM Power Systems Technical Webinars. You can find information about upcoming webinars as well as replays for past sessions. This is a great resource to keep current on the latest technical topics.

IBM i and POWER8

by Dawn May | Jan 4, 2019

This article by Chris Francois reviews the key features of POWER8 and the IBM i support for them.

Backup, Recovery & Media Services (BRMS) for i

by Dawn May | Jan 4, 2019

This developerWorks web page has all the latest information for BRMS.

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From the i Can Blog

Client Special Registers are Special

February 12, 2019

An early iCan blog, written by Scott Forstie in October 2009, reviewed Client Special Registers. I’m revisiting this topic since client special registers are very useful for understanding who request … read more »

The Mysterious QP0ZSPWP Jobs

February 1, 2019

This week I’ll take a look at the QP0ZSPWP jobs. You’ve probably seen evidence of them and may have wondered what they do. These jobs are created by spawn() and fork() functions. read more »

Retrieving the Current SQL Statement for a Job

January 21, 2019

I often get asked how to determine what’s running in a prestart job that is taking a lot of system resources. When I ask for more details, the answer often starts with “We have these QZDASOINIT jobs…” … read more »

Prestart Jobs and Connection Pooling

January 10, 2019

Connection Pooling is the ability to keep a connection to the server in place. Connections in the pool can be reused by the same application, avoiding overhead associated with creating a new connecti … read more »

Prestart Job Messages

January 4, 2019

Many prestart jobs log messages to both the job log and the history log. This article will review the messages sent by various types of prestart jobs and provide examples of how to gather useful infor … read more »