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Does Db2 Mirror Kill The Market for Third Party HA?

May 6, 2019 Alex Woodie

IBM launched Db2 Mirror for i two weeks ago to great acclaim, as the clustering technology puts IBM i on par with how most other major systems provide continuous availability. But will Db2 Mirror destroy the platform’s heritage of high availability solutions? IT Jungle asked IBM and the biggest providers of logical replication solutions, and the answer is no. Here’s why.

The first thing to understand about Db2 Mirror is that, at heart, it’s a database clustering technology. IBM figured out a way to make a single instance of Db2 for i run on two separate systems, in an active-active …
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Drilling Down Into Db2 Mirror for IBM i

May 6, 2019 Timothy Prickett Morgan

We did our initial coverage of the new Db2 Mirror for the IBM i operating system’s integrated database two weeks ago, and now it is time to dig in a little deeper. Elsewhere in this week’s issue of The Four Hundred, we have gotten feedback from the suppliers of high availability clustering and disaster recovery software for the IBM i platform as to how Db2 Mirror compete with as well as complements their wares. And in this story, we will be digging a little deeper into Db2 Mirror itself.

As we explained, Db2 Mirror creates an active-active database …
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Guru: Open Access To The Rescue – The Next Step

May 6, 2019 Jon Paris

I recently wrote a tip on using an Open Access handler to enable the creation of flat files in the IFS. In that version of the handler I generated a generic file name and used hard-coded record delimiters and code page settings. I mentioned at the time that I would normally supply these values at run time. In this follow-on tip I describe how the handler can be modified to use the Open Access User Parameter to facilitate this.

The User Parameter is simply specified as a second parameter to the HANDLER keyword. It can be a simple variable or, …
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As I See It: A Taxing Situation

May 6, 2019 Victor Rozek

A few weeks ago, millions of us took a deep, resentment-laden breath before signing our name to a check and sending it off to the federal government. Taxes, the eternal pebble in the workingperson’s shoe, are as unpopular as they are necessary, and remain the subject of endless debate over who should pay and how much.

In a system rigged to favor those with money-wielding lobbyists, IT professionals are part of that vast pool of middle-class dupes who neither make so little as to be exempt from taxes, nor so much as to be able to avoid paying them altogether. …
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IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 21, Number 18

May 6, 2019 Doug Bidwell

In this iteration of the IBM i PTF Guide, you will find that there is a new set of PTF patches for the TCP/IP Group for both IBM i 7.2 and IBM i 7.3, and also new HIPER and Security Groups for the big three current release, which are of course IBM i 7.1, IBM i 7.2, and IBM i 7.3. IBM i 7.4 won’t be here until the AS/400’s 31st birthday on June 21.

Here are the new or updated links in the Guide this week:
- System IBM i Home Page
- System IBM i License Topics
- Open Source Midnight
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Does Db2 Mirror Kill The Market for Third Party HA?

Drilling Down Into Db2 Mirror for IBM i

Guru: Open Access To The Rescue – The Next Step

As I See It: A Taxing Situation

IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 21, Number 18

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