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Short demonstrations of tools, techniques and examples (including working SQL examples!!) to help you solve real problems that are part of your everyday work.  Presented by Scott Forstie and Tim Rowe, IBM

 

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    In the previous iSee we learned the basics on how to use and install VsCode for your IBM i development needs. In this session we will venture down a path near and deer ( wonderful creature that likes to run out in front of your cars) to Scott, creating SQL for IBM i. This includes accessing databases, as well as getting the most out of your IBM i Services leveraging SQL. We will show you the power of this Db2 support that the Code for i team has been working on. Buckle up!

    In the previous iSee we learned the basics on how to use and install VsCode for your IBM i development needs.  In this session we will venture down a path near and deer ( wonderful creature that likes to run out in front of your cars) to Scott, creating SQL for IBM i. This includes accessing databases, as well as getting the most out of your IBM i Services leveraging SQL. We will show you the power of this Db2 support that the Code for i team has been working on.  Buckle up! 

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

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    IBM i is very ‘securable’ capable of locking all sorts of stuff down, including user profile passwords. The question was asked, ‘How can I be sure that all the IBM i users are using 15 character ‘secure’ passwords? ‘ In response to that.. and to help both see how to set that up AND force all your users to comply, Scott and Tim take to the SQL air waves. We have included the SQL so you too can start to insure your users are compliant.

    IBM i is very ‘securable’ capable of locking all sorts of stuff down, including user profile passwords.  The question was asked, ‘How can I be sure that all the IBM i users are using 15 character ‘secure’ passwords? ‘  In response to that.. and to help both see how to set that up AND force all your users to comply, Scott and Tim take to the SQL air waves.  We have included the SQL so you too can start to insure your users are compliant. 

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.

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    The IBM i is celebrating 36 years now. With that much heritage, there could be some pretty old objects on your system. In this iSee we will scan the entire system for things like System 36 & 38 RPG and COBOL, PL1 (what !!!), or even Basic (did you know that even ran on IBM i?). You can see when these objects were last compiled, when it was last used and so much more that just might be useful. Awareness of what is really on your system and used can help guide you into the future.

    The IBM i is celebrating 36 years now. With that much heritage, there could be some pretty old objects on your system. In this iSee we will scan the entire system for things like System 36 & 38 RPG and COBOL, PL1  (what !!!), or even Basic (did you know that even ran on IBM i?).  You can see when these objects were last compiled, when it was last used and so much more that just might be useful. Awareness of what is really on your system and used can help guide you into the future. 

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.

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    We have many text and property files on our system. Some of these have setting that could compromise the security of your system. How do you find such things ? In this example, we will focus on the Apache server configuration files, looking for a specific configuration. This will look at all Apache server configurations regardless if its active today or not. The principles shown, can be used for a wide range of things.

    We have many text and property files on our system. Some of these have setting that could compromise the security of your system.  How do you find such things ?  In this example, we will focus on the Apache server configuration files, looking for a specific configuration. This will look at all Apache server configurations regardless if its active today or not. The principles shown, can be used for a wide range of things. 

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.

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    Developing code on IBM i is key for many companies, Either business applications or even programs for helping with managing the system. The interface for developing those programs needs to be considered. I know too many that are still using the green screen SEU line editor as their primary interface. Its time to move on… forward…step out of 1984 (yea.. I know the hair styles were something back then…) and into 2024. VsCode is an amazing interface for building and creating programs for IBM i. Complete with the amazing Code for i plugins, everything you need for developing programs on IBM i is there. Learn how to install, and some basic how to use steps in this iSee.

    Developing code on IBM i is key for many companies, Either business applications or even programs for helping with managing the system. The interface for developing those programs needs to be considered. I know too many that are still using the green screen SEU line editor as their primary interface. Its time to move on… forward…step out of 1984 (yea.. I know the hair styles were something back then…) and into 2024.  VsCode is an amazing interface for building and creating programs for IBM i. Complete with the amazing Code for i plugins, everything you need for developing programs on IBM i is there. Learn how to install, and some basic how to use steps in this iSee.

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.

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    Data areas, we all use them, the question is do we abuse them. In this iSee we will review ALL the data areas on a system, do a scan to see if there is data stored in them that should not be there! Ie Security related data. We will also review the access privileges for data areas, who can access and who should access the contents.

    Data areas, we all use them, the question is do we abuse them.  In this iSee we will review ALL the data areas on a system, do a scan to see if there is data stored in them that should not be there!  Ie Security related data. We will also review the access privileges for data areas, who can access and who should access the contents.  

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.

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    Environment variables are a powerful tool that can be leveraged to change the behavior of applications and processes. These objects are often over looked when it comes to the security of a system. In this iSee we will review all the environment variables, as well as see who is making changes to them.

    Environment variables are a powerful tool that can be leveraged to change the behavior of applications and processes. These objects are often over looked when it comes to the security of a system. In this iSee we will review all the environment variables, as well as see who is making changes to  them. 

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.

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    If you use Go Save 21 this iSee is for you! There is a data area on the system that keeps track of the past several GO Save activities. This iSee will sort of the details of this data area and bring to light the number of saves, and the length of time each save took. Not only useful from the GO Save view, but some interesting SQL on how to parse text data and a little OLAP to help organize this data into something highly readable.

    If you use Go Save 21 this iSee is for you! There is a data area on the system that keeps track of the past several GO Save activities.   This iSee will sort of the details of this data area and bring to light the number of saves, and the length of time each save took. Not only useful from the GO Save view, but some interesting SQL on how to parse text data and a little OLAP to help organize this data into something highly readable. 

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.

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    Collection Services runs on all our systems. How often do you actually leverage the insights that may lie beneath the surface ? In this iSee we will take a look at some database health things that are easy to see once you unlock the hidden details within the collection services data.

    Collection Services runs on all our systems.  How often do you actually leverage the insights that may lie beneath the surface ? In this iSee we will take a look at some database health things that are easy to see once you unlock the hidden details within the collection services data. 

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.

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    Spool files are core to the IBM i. Jobs run, Spool files are created. This iSee will take a look at using SQL to unravel the secrets these files contain.

    Spool files are core to the IBM i. Jobs run, Spool files are created. The question, how often do you consider looking at what was actually written to these files ?  I am guessing not too often (unless you encounter a problem of course). Then how do you go about looking at that data in these things?  I sure hope its not our friend the 5250 interface.  This iSee will take a look at using SQL to unravel the secrets these files contain.  You could even consider searching every file on the system in a proactive manner!!   But, let not go too crazy.

    Tim Rowe

    Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i

    Tim Rowe is the Business Architect for IBM i responsible for System Management and Application Development. He has a passion for modernization on IBM i and how we can continue to move IBM i into the world of 'Normal' . In his spare time he is a certified Soccer referee and enjoys refereeing games with his youngest son.

    Scott Forstie

    Db2 for i Business Architect

    Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Business Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.

    Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events around the globe and can be found @Forstie_IBMi and forstie@us.ibm.com. Scott is an avid runner and enjoys cooking.