Typical “computerized” business processes are a combination of multiple schedulers, operational scripts, CL programs, and manual file checking, all backed up with the trusty runbook. Is there a better way to manage business processes? You bet!
Watch this webinar where IBM i expert Chuck Stupca explains how FlashCopy works and discusses the ways that it helps you build a better backup strategy for your IBM i environment.
See firsthand the flexibility that file monitoring brings to your schedule by allowing event-driven scheduling based on file creation, deletion, and file size.
Your IBM i expert can't always be there. Learn how to harness their knowledge and automate interactive processes in your green screen IBM i applications.
Could an automation tool like Robot job scheduling software for IBM i help your application development team be more productive? Yes, actually. Watch this webinar to see how.
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.
Job scheduling was simpler when you only needed to worry about your IBM i (AS400) server and its batch processes, but several dynamics have changed over the past decade which have forced us into worrying about processes on other platforms.
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.
There are two sides to every Robot Network. It offers centralized control of the Robot software running on your IBM i partitions as well as performance monitoring and exception-based management across your environment.
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!
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.
Backup and recovery processes are among the unsung heroes of data center operations. Though end results may not be readily apparent on an everyday basis, natural and digital disasters have a way of humbling companies that do not take this risk management discipline seriously.
Computacenter is Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. They offer consulting services as well as implementation and operation services for networks and data center infrastructures on or off client premises and in the cloud.
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You might be asking yourself, “What’s a WUI?” At Robot, WUI stands for web user interface, and we think it has some big benefits that are giving the GUI a run for its money.
As IASP technology continues to grow, so will its uses for high availability (HA) and backups. The result of that will be shrinking hardware costs and complexity and increased redundancy.