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The Importance of VIOS

Thu, 08/31/2023
VIOS is considered a standard in organizations running IBM i, AIX, and Linux workloads. But don’t put your business at risk by letting it run unchecked. Learn five areas you must be monitoring.
Monitoring
Datasheet
Datasheet

LEVEL 4: Operations Center Suit

Does This Sound Familiar? How would you answer the following questions? Can you schedule highly complex job streams and track them across different IBM i systems or servers? Are you making effective use of system resources by running jobs at the best time? Do you receive alerts if performance thresholds are breached? Can you quickly identify resource-grabbing jobs and/or users and take prompt...
Datasheet
Datasheet

LEVEL 3: Advanced Automation Suite

Does This Sound Familiar? How would you answer the following questions? Are you making effective use of system resources by running jobs at the best time? Do you receive alerts if performance thresholds are breached? Can you quickly identify resource-grabbing jobs and/or users and take prompt, corrective action? Can you automate disk space management, freeing technical resources for other projects...
Datasheet
Datasheet

Level 2: Systems Operations Suite

What Is Level 2: Systems Operations Suite? Level 2 of the Halcyon IBM i Server Suites, Systems Operations Suite offers powerful and highly functional automation features for even tighter control of mission-critical business applications and processes. This solution provides total peace of mind that your IBM i is running at its full potential and maximizing system uptime for your business. Level 2...
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Content Intelligence: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

By Greg J. Schmidt on Fri, 02/18/2022
There are many different strategies a company can employ to help drive their organization to the next level. But why not use what you already have in your hands? Connect your content, documents, and information together to drive your business to the next level.
Automation
IBM i Business Intelligence
Datasheet
Datasheet

Level 1: Message Management Suite

Level 1 of the Halcyon IBM i Server Suites, Message Management Suite is an entry-level system monitoring and automation solution for the IBM i operating system. Unlike the basic system reply list that ships with IBM i servers, Level 1 addresses the fact that system-critical information messages often go unnoticed on a busy system.
Datasheet
Datasheet

Why Upgrade from Showcase 9 to Showcase 10?

In addition to supporting and replicating the majority of the Showcase 9 feature set, the following features are available with Showcase 10 for IBM i business intelligence and data access.
IBM i Business Intelligence
setting commands on VIOS
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VIOS Performance Monitoring Commands

By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 03/10/2021
You might think VIOS is set and forget, but it’s not. Luckily, VIOS includes a number of command line utilities to help you obtain performance-related information from your VIOS partitions.
Monitoring
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IBM i Can Be Your Data Warehouse

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 08/10/2020
Thanks to Sequel Data Warehouse, shops using both Windows and IBM i can move their essential data storage and reporting back to the more reliable IBM i. See how here.
IBM i Business Intelligence
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How Do I Know When I Need a Data Warehouse?

By Alan Jordan on Fri, 08/07/2020
It can be a challendge to bring information together from across disparate sources, especially when the data is stored in different formats or with mismatched identifiers. You're likely to encounter issues that a reporting tool by itself simply cannot solve. Read on to learn why you should consider a data warehouse vs. just a database.
IBM i Business Intelligence