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Space Oddities—What’s in Your IFS?

By Chuck Losinski on Wed, 01/19/2022

Read this article to learn what might be taking up valuable disk space in the IFS and what you can do to control it.

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Why Relying on Scripted Operations Can Be a Problem for Your Business

By Steve Brasen on Tue, 03/31/2020

Scripting provides a powerful platform to automate simple tasks, but overusing custom scripts is hazardous for your business.

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IBM on IASP for PowerHA Implementations

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 03/03/2020

You’ve heard about IASP technology many times over the years, but you’ve been ignoring it, haven’t you? Steve Finnes confirms that it’s past time we “get to know it, understand it, and not be afraid of it.”

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How Do I Make My Work on IBM i Look Good So My Company Doesn’t Ditch the Platform?

By Donnie MacColl on Wed, 09/11/2019

The good old green screen is no longer your safety blanket. In fact, it could be the final nail in the coffin for IBM i at your company. Consider this your wakeup call from Donnie MacColl.

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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.

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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.

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Three Tactics to Optimize Your IBM i Disk Space

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 06/18/2019

Don’t wait for a critical iSeries storage issue to catch you off-guard. Instead, follow these top three tips for using Robot Space to manage your disk space automatically.

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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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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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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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Robot and FlashCopy

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016

Last month, Chuck Stupca (retired IBMer) and Chuck Losinski (Fortra) presented a webinar discussing FlashCopy for IBM i . Based on the attendance, it looks like this is a very important topic for many of you so I wanted to explain how FlashCopy ties to Robot products.

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Is the i Ready for the Three Vs of Big Data?

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 06/27/2016

The three Vs of big data are volume, velocity, and variety, but in order derive value from big data, IT departments need tools to store massive amounts of data (volume) and make sure it is always available for quick analysis (velocity).

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Robot Best Practices

By Tom Huntington on Mon, 06/27/2016

Wondering about best practices for automating your IBM i processes with Robot systems management solutions? Take a look at this list and get off to a good start.

Space Oddities—What’s in Your IFS?

Why Relying on Scripted Operations Can Be a Problem for Your Business

IBM on IASP for PowerHA Implementations

How Do I Make My Work on IBM i Look Good So My Company Doesn’t Ditch the Platform?

Mobile NOW for Robot Network

Mobile Dashboards for IBM i Monitoring

Three Tactics to Optimize Your IBM i Disk Space

Mobile Management for Your Job Schedule

What Really Matters in IBM i Monitoring?

Customer Spotlight: Heartland Financial USA, Inc.

Robot and FlashCopy

Is the i Ready for the Three Vs of Big Data?

Robot Best Practices

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