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Minimize your application development costs by moving your timestamp logic into the DB2 for i database engine.
 Written by Kent Milligan
Many applications have logic to capture and record a timestamp that indicates when certain business events occurred, such as when an order was placed or changed. While this application logic is fairly simple, there is still a cost to coding, testing, and maintaining this code. You can reduce these application development costs by instead moving this timestamp logic into your DB2 table definitions and relying on DB2's "automatic" timestamp support.
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The native IBM i utility provides for running numerous automated disk cleanup jobs to help improve system performance.
Written by S4i Systems
Editor's Note: To download and try DASD-Plus at no obligation, visit the MC Software Center.
DASD-Plus is a utility that allows iSeries/System i administrators to schedule more than 27 automated cleanup jobs. These jobs can be run either in a "what-if" scenario to check out what will be cleaned up if the process is actually run or in a "commit" mode to clean up history logs, alerts, message queues, spool files, etc. Administrators can run surveys to monitor changes in libraries, objects, directories, and entries as well as monitor for spikes in disk utilization.
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Automate your backups with save-while-active.
 Written by Tom Huntington
Although the save-while-active feature for backups has been around for many years, a lot of customers are afraid to use this parameter in their save commands. They may have heard something bad about the process at a conference, or they may have tried it and it didn't work. I've found the parameter to be very helpful, but you have to understand how best to use it.
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Writing new records is a standard task in any system, and this article makes one of the steps of that process a whole lot easier.
 Written by Joe Pluta
One of the most critical functions of any business application is writing data to the database, which not coincidentally is one of the things that RPG does best. The whole concept of an externally described file is incredibly powerful: the ability to store data in individual fields and leave the aggregation to the compiler makes data generation a quick and simple task. However, even good techniques can still get better, and in this article, I'll show how a couple of keywords can be combined in a way that can shave precious time off of your development.
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With QINACTITV and QINACTMSG, you can manage interactive jobs when your users are out to lunch…literally.
 Written by Steven C. Pitcher
In my shop, we have some users who key data all day long and others who enter data once every hour or maybe even longer. The amount of time you allow an inactive job to run is not an industry standard; what you choose must fit your business.
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INDUSTRY NEWS >>
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Chip in IBM's new zEnterprise system clocks in at record-breaking 5.2 GHz and is the result of a $1.5 billion investment by IBM.
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Being able to predict the impact of change can reduce risk, reduce time to decision, and raise the quality of a final outcome.
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An enhancement to its MONCHKJCP command reduces the risk of important jobs being delayed, or users affected, by jobs running at high I/O levels.
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Company cites interoperability and portability as key underpinnings to practical cloud infrastructure.
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The new IBM System x3755 M3 server provides up to four processors, 32 memory slots, and 16TB of local storage in a 2U server.
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The company also recently entered into a new expanded arrangement with Arrow ECS to provide all Arrow hardware resellers with capacity planning and sales support for IBM Power Systems servers.
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Centrally managed biometrics now available with leading time management solution.
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Lee will enter the ministry to provide Biblical training to spiritual leaders in countries where religious access is restricted.
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