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FlashCopy: Pros and Cons
Article

FlashCopy: Pros and Cons

By Tom Huntington on Wed, 02/26/2020
IBM System Storage FlashCopy might seem like magic. But do the benefits for IBM i business continuity outweigh the hidden costs? Read on to find out.
IBM i Automation
Article

Backup Basics: Saving Your Data and Your Job

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 02/24/2020
You need a backup strategy to test your company’s disaster recovery plan and, despite its reputation for reliability, administrators still need to back up their IBM i. A sound backup strategy should also restore individual user objects to account for human error.
Automation
Press Release

Fortra Makes its MFT Solution More Global

Fortra announced a new release of its award-winning secure managed file transfer (MFT) software GoAnywhere. The new version makes it easier for customers to share critical information around the world with their trading partners via more global EDI standards and broader language support.
ERP automation
Article

Lessons Learned from IBM's Native Scheduler

By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 11/20/2019
Your shop runs more than 30 jobs each day. Your jobs must communicate across IBM i and another OS. You need to monitor them and generate reports for audits or SLAs. Do your existing job schedulers really meet your needs?
IBM i Automation
Article

Workload Groups in IBM i 7.4

Wed, 10/02/2019
Did you know? IBM i Workload Groups are a powerful yet under-utilized feature of the operating system that have been made more flexible with IBM i 7.4 (V7R4). Read on to learn more.
IBM i Automation
Article

Mobile NOW for Robot Network

By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 08/21/2019
The web interface for Robot Network is a browser-based tool that uses Fortra Insite to help you access system performance data for your network of IBM i systems from any laptop, tablet, or smartphone. You can also work in the Robot Network Status Center to see and respond to messages and other events that have been escalated to the Robot Network host system.
Monitoring
Article

Mobile Dashboards for IBM i Monitoring

By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 08/07/2019
Robot Console leverages the power of Fortra' dashboards containing browser access! Mobile-friendly dashboards allow you to combine key message summary and resource status data into a single, intuitive view. Read on to learn more.
Monitoring
Article

Ask An Engineer: PowerHA FAQ

By Brian Nordland on Mon, 07/15/2019
Brian Nordland, principal software engineer for PowerHA at Fortra, takes a break from coding to answer some important questions about PowerHA.
IBM i Automation