IBM i environments support business-critical workloads that require continuous availability, efficient resource management, and fast response when operational conditions change. Join Heather Lavergne, Product Manager, IBM Power Automation; and Hari Muralidharan, Senior Technical Staff Member, Systems Management Architect, IBM Power; for an IBM i Guided Tour focused on practical use cases for IBM Power Autonomous Operations. The session will explore how AI-driven insights, Power system telemetry, and automated operational actions can help teams identify capacity pressure, investigate emerging issues, reduce repetitive work, and improve the speed and consistency of systems management. Heather and Hari will discuss where Power Autonomous Operations can complement the expertise of IBM i system administrators, what teams should consider when introducing progressive levels of automation, and how governance and human oversight remain part of the operating model. Attendees will leave with concrete scenarios for evaluating the technology in their own IBM Power and IBM i environments.

Maintaining a healthy IBM i environment requires more than simply reacting to problems when they occur. Critical system events, performance degradation, and application failures can quickly impact productivity, uptime, and business operations. The challenge is identifying and responding to these issues before they escalate. In this webinar, we’ll discuss how absMessage helps organizations reduce administrative overhead, improve operational efficiency, and maximize system availability. By automating monitoring, alerting, and response processes, absMessage enables teams to address issues before they become critical, while intelligent escalation ensures the right personnel are notified at the right time. From routine operational tasks to major system events, absMessage helps IT departments maintain visibility, reduce workload, and keep IBM i environments running at peak performance.

This session is a dive into IBMi Command Line tooling with a hands-on introduction and its role in the OS. Learn how CL commands are structured and used to interact with the IBMi environment, navigate into SHELL and other interfaces like QSHELL and PASE, and explore the broader IBM ecosystem. Walk away with a solid understanding of essential CL commands to work more efficiently on the IBMi platform.

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Discover how Backup, Recovery, and Media Services (BRMS) continues to evolve to help organizations protect their business-critical IBM i applications and data. Join IBM Business Partner Fortra experts Brian Nordland, Bob Butcher, and Aaron Fistler for an IBM i Guided Tour exploring the strategic partnership between IBM and Fortra and how the two organizations work together to deliver, support, and enhance BRMS. The speakers will demonstrate the newer BRMS web interface and show how it can simplify the management of backup, recovery, and media operations. Attendees will also learn practical ways to strengthen recovery readiness, streamline administration, and get more value from BRMS. The session will conclude with a preview of an upcoming BRMS certification course and badge designed to help IBM i professionals validate and expand their BRMS skills.