Lots of great tools are available to help you evaluate and manage performance.
Written by David Tansley
This article looks at some of the popular tools available to gather information. Based on that information, you can then implement performance-related changes if required.
When looking at performance issues, I tend to group them into the following categories:
Planning for recovery is a requirement in businesses of all sizes. In implementing an operational plan that ensures that both data and applications can be recovered, IT personnel are generally confronted with several challenges:
How can I ensure my applications and data are recoverable without impacting business operations?
Do I have data protection approaches available to me that meet my recovery point and recovery time objectives?
Can I afford to implement a comprehensive plan that covers both my local and remote (disaster) recovery requirements?
Are there cost-effective alternatives that meet my requirements?
Manta Technologies Inc. has always been a leader in the use of new technologies to provide the best training experience for our customers. Today, the biggest trend in education is called blended learning. This is a structured combination of classroom and self-study instruction with a strong componant of social networking thrown in. Manta's first blended learning offerings are two instructor-led workshops:
Each workshop is an intense boot camp that covers a complete subject in detail. During each workshop, students will complete realistic exercises that use Manta's exclusive IBM i simulator. After the workshop, students can continue their training using other Manta courses and Manta's Online IBM i Reference. They can also interact with other students and the instructor using Manta's online IBM i Training Forum.
Inverness Hotel and Conference Center, Englewood, Colorado
Instructor:
Dr. William A. Hansen
Moving to the web? This workshop covers everything you need to implement a web-based application using your existing IBM i system. The workshop first shows you how to create your own web documents using HTML, cascading style sheets (CSS), and JavaScript. From there, you'll learn how to create server-based applications using CGI programs written in RPG and how to use Ajax techniques to enhance the user's web experience. You will also learn how to set up the IBM HTTP Server for i (powered by Apache) to run a typical web site.
Inverness Hotel and Conference Center, Englewood, Colorado
Instructor:
Dr. William A. Hansen
This workshop teaches the basic skills needed to operate and mange an IBM i system. You will learn how to access a system using a traditional 5250 workstation, a terminal emulator, Navigator for i, and IBM Systems Director Navigator for i, also know as the web console. Connectivity products covered include Telnet, FTP, Access for Windows, Access for Web, and NetServer. Day 2 covers basic IBM i operations. You will see how to submit batch jobs, monitor and control their execution, and manage the printer output they create. The workshop also shows how to control interactive jobs, manage susbsystems, control tape devices, and determine the jobs waiting for operator intervention.
Days 3 and 4 cover system management tasks, including starting and stopping the system, managing devices and virtual media, taking backups, cleaning up system storage, applying PTFs, and reporting problems.
The workshop ends with an overview of PowerVM, IBM's umbrella term for the collection of virtualization technologies that are avilable with its Power Systems family.
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Written by David Tansley
