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Log File Monitoring in IBM i Server Suite

By Paul Ratchford on Mon, 01/27/2020

Log File Monitor can monitor the contents of files in the integrated file system (IFS) and raise alerts based on this content. Read on to learn more.

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Too Many Job Schedulers, Not Enough Substance

By Tom Huntington on Wed, 11/20/2019

How many separate job schedulers are you juggling? Don’t let your important processing into a scheduling circus. Stick with a single, sophisticated solution.

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Why Should Developers Care About Workload Automation?

By Tom Huntington on Wed, 11/20/2019

Developers, don’t let late-night distress calls from the NOC disrupt your sleep. Workload automation software is not just for operators any more.

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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?

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Built-in Commands Make Your Enterprise Scheduling Environment Even More Robust

By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 11/20/2019

Looking for better ways to integrate your Windows, AIX/UNIX, and Linux environments with the Robot Schedule scheduling system? Robot Schedule Enterprise commands can enhance your integration experience.

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Vityl Capacity Management 2.5 Increases Hybrid Cloud Support

By Scott Adams on Wed, 10/23/2019

Text The latest release of Vityl Capacity Management includes increased cloud support, new integrations, and other enhancements. Current customers can download the latest version from the customer portal. ...

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Mobile Management for Your Job Schedule

By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 02/13/2019

Your job schedule has never looked so good! Learn about four must-have features exclusive to the web interface for Robot Schedule.

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Comparing Different Methods for Calculating Health and Risk

By Per Bauer on Fri, 02/08/2019

How do you calculate IT health and risk? There are different methods you can use, depending on your needs. The most common methods for determining IT infrastructure health are: Threshold comparison Enhanced threshold comparison Event detection Variation from normal Allocation comparison Queuing theory for health On the other hand, the most common methods for calculating IT...

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A Roadmap for Consolidation

Mon, 02/04/2019

There are five key steps when planning a consolidation strategy. Considerations for each step are outlined below.

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What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?

By Paul Ratchford on Thu, 09/14/2017

Guard against degraded system performance, data loss, and downtime. Make sure you’re monitoring these 15 metrics on the IBM i operating system.

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6 Enhancements in IBM i Server Suites Version 7

By Paul Ratchford on Fri, 06/23/2017

What's new in version 7 of IBM i Server Suites? Read this article to find out.

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How to Automate Report Balancing Across Windows and IBM i Servers

By Chuck Losinski on Fri, 06/02/2017

Watch this short video to see how easy report balancing can be when using our integrated solution of Robot Schedule Enterprise and Automate.

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Fortra Product Lifecycle Phases

Tue, 05/09/2017

Consult this guide to product lifecycle phases in order to understand how your software developed and supported.

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Top Ten Reasons GUI Tops Green Screen

By Chuck Losinski on Mon, 04/17/2017

Attention green screen users: Going to a GUI is not just change for change’s sake, and it’s easier than you think.

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Secret Capabilities of Robot Schedule Revealed

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/31/2017

We recently surveyed our Robot Schedule technical support group for “ah ha!” moments that they’ve helped customers realize over the past few years. These tips from our tech gurus have helped customers automate jobs that needed to check a data area before running, track non-Robot jobs for reporting purposes, and check the status of a file before running a job.

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Customer Spotlight: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 01/17/2017

The operations team was excited to share how Robot job scheduling and monitoring software has helped them manage their processing needs across platforms from their IBM i.

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Does Your Robot Schedule Have Old Jobs That Never Run?

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016

When it comes to cleaning up these old Robot Schedule jobs, the best way is to use a SQL statement that you can run from STRSQL. This article will show you how.

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Can File Events Automatically Populate Reserved Command Variables?

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016

A powerful feature of Robot Schedule file monitoring is the ability to capture the file name and path information, and use it in a file transfer, copy or delete operation, or combination of commands.

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File Monitoring and Other Features of Robot Schedule 12

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016

Let’s say you have a bank transmission or FTP process that occurs randomly throughout the day. How do you monitor that activity? OPAL? CLP scripts? Not anymore!

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Automate the Un-Automatable

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016

Automated job scheduling means your batch jobs run smoothly and your stress level goes down, but that’s only half the battle if you’re using labor-intensive, interactive applications that require you to fill out screens to submit a job.

Log File Monitoring in IBM i Server Suite

Too Many Job Schedulers, Not Enough Substance

Why Should Developers Care About Workload Automation?

Lessons Learned from IBM's Native Scheduler

Built-in Commands Make Your Enterprise Scheduling Environment Even More Robust

Vityl Capacity Management 2.5 Increases Hybrid Cloud Support

Mobile Management for Your Job Schedule

Comparing Different Methods for Calculating Health and Risk

A Roadmap for Consolidation

What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?

6 Enhancements in IBM i Server Suites Version 7

How to Automate Report Balancing Across Windows and IBM i Servers

Fortra Product Lifecycle Phases

Top Ten Reasons GUI Tops Green Screen

Secret Capabilities of Robot Schedule Revealed

Customer Spotlight: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

Does Your Robot Schedule Have Old Jobs That Never Run?

Can File Events Automatically Populate Reserved Command Variables?

File Monitoring and Other Features of Robot Schedule 12

Automate the Un-Automatable

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