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5 Reasons Developers Love Robot Schedule

By Tom Huntington

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.

Article

Detect Devices Your Way in Intermapper 6.1

By Kevin Jackson on Thu, 11/24/2016

Intermapper 6.1 makes detecting new devices easier, more accurate, and faster than ever. Get a full review of Intermapper 6.1’s features and how to try them out.

Guide

10 Steps to Streamline the Deployment of Network Monitoring Software for SMBs

10 tips to help small to medium-sized businesses save time during the installation and configuration of network monitoring software.

Guide

Top 8 Reasons SMBs Need to Monitor their Networks

Read the top 8 reasons small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) should implement network monitoring tools.

Article

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.

Blog

Do You Need Enterprise Scheduling Software?

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016

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.

Article

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.

Article

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!

Article

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.

Article

4 Reasons to Add VTLs

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016

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.

Case Study

Halcyon Helps Computacenter Deliver Efficient Managed Services

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.

Article

Trigger Events with a File in Robot Schedule 12

By Tom Huntington on Fri, 08/19/2016

Robot Schedule version 12 makes monitoring for file events and setting them up as dependencies a very simple process.

Blog

User Interfaces: GUI vs. WUI

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016

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.

Blog

What’s Really Faster: VTL or LTO?

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016

VTL can be faster than LTO if you take advantage of the virtual features, but if your backup rules stay the same, you may be disappointed. Read on.

Blog

Who's Afraid of IASPs?

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016

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.

Guide

Recovery Without Disaster

Guide

IBM i Scheduling Survival Guide

Article

Job Schedule Security Options in Robot Schedule

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/16/2016

IBM i is one of the most secure systems in the world. Don’t take that security for granted by leaving Robot Schedule vulnerable when it could be easily remediated.

Article

Get a Handle on Your Job Stream with Forecasting

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/16/2016

A Robot Schedule forecast shows you the run activity scheduled for all Robot Schedule jobs over a time period that you specify. Robot Schedule uses the job schedule, job completion history, and any information you add for user jobs, remote prerequisites, and members of remote groups to make its forecast.

Article

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.

5 Reasons Developers Love Robot Schedule

Detect Devices Your Way in Intermapper 6.1

10 Steps to Streamline the Deployment of Network Monitoring Software for SMBs

Top 8 Reasons SMBs Need to Monitor their Networks

Does Your Robot Schedule Have Old Jobs That Never Run?

Do You Need Enterprise Scheduling Software?

Can File Events Automatically Populate Reserved Command Variables?

File Monitoring and Other Features of Robot Schedule 12

Automate the Un-Automatable

4 Reasons to Add VTLs

Halcyon Helps Computacenter Deliver Efficient Managed Services

Trigger Events with a File in Robot Schedule 12

User Interfaces: GUI vs. WUI

What’s Really Faster: VTL or LTO?

Who's Afraid of IASPs?

Recovery Without Disaster

IBM i Scheduling Survival Guide

Job Schedule Security Options in Robot Schedule

Get a Handle on Your Job Stream with Forecasting

Robot and FlashCopy

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