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IBM is a computer hardware and software vendor operating in a variety of market spaces, including Unix systems, "midrange" (AS/400) systems, Mainframes, and consumer workstations/laptops. This is a generic tag designed to be used if no more specific tag exists for your IBM product. See the partial list of IBM tags in the full tag wiki

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Power Control Compartment?

I recently purchased an IBM enclosed, rolling rack that had a 6 drive server, huge battery backup, and this strange item called a "Power Control Compartment" I cannot find any good documentation online about just what purpose this serves. The model…
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"runas" or "sudo" equivalent on AS400 IBM iSeries

I'm trying to invoke a program to run as another user (by getting input user/pwd) in AS400 OS using Java. Like runas in Windows or sudo in Unix — what can we do in AS400 OS? I am able to invoke basic Unix commands like find, cd, ls etc. through Java…
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S.M.A.R.T - Predictive Failure Count

I'm monitoring my IBM ServeRAID M5015 controller for RAID status with MegaCLI, I have this on one of the disk : Enclosure Device ID: 252 Slot Number: 6 Enclosure position: 0 Device Id: 14 Sequence Number: 2 Media Error Count: 32 Other Error Count:…
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IBM Cognos for BI Reporting

I would like to setup a business intelligence dashboard that reports on current system health. How difficult is Cognos in terms of setup, and when it comes to developing the dashboard does it use its own proprietary scripting language?
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Linux on IBM iSeries 9406-520

I am looking to purchase an IBM iSeries 9406-520, and would like to run Linux on it without using OS/400. My understanding is that bare metal Linux is not possible on the iSeries (i.e. OS/400 must be installed), but this is not true for the p series…
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How do you tell WHY Windows Firewall is blocking a program?

I have an environment that is running Windows Server 2012 R2 and runs a variety of Java based IBM applications. There is a group policy in place that blocks local Windows Firewall rules from being created, but due to a system process the rule is…
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How to identify ancient KornShell version?

We had a guy retire on us, and the documentation left behind is a little on the light side. Need a little help identifying and using part an older client-server system. The server itself is maintained by several excellent Unix admins. We are…
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IBM XIV (Storage Array) - Anyone?

Is anyone here using the IBM XIV storage array? Anything you would like to share of your experience so far? We're evaluating an HP EVA along with the XIV which is very different (using commodity hardware, SATA drives, Linux appliance-like 'modules…
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Why wont my Dell server use IBM ram?

I stumbled upon four pieces of 4GB PC2 5300F RAM from IBM (Part Number 43X5061). In my Dell Poweredge 1950 Rev 2 server there currently are two 512MB sticks, which appear to have the same specifications as my four new sticks of RAM. They all say…
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Using SFTP on AS400 Non Linux Based OS

I am trying to establish an SFTP connection on an AS400, which is on an OS that is not running a Linux based kernel. Any idea where I can start with this?
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UID/username lookup on IBM z/os USS

How can I associate a UID to a specific username on IBM z/OS Unix System Services? Within USS, I see content created in my user space which I do not own. File ownership lists a three digit numerical value, rather than a username, which I presume…
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Extract private key from Domino keyring

I'm trying to use a multipurpose certificate on an infrastucture that contains a Domino 7 server. To accomplish this, I tried: Generate a CSR outside of Domino: I'm able to use the produced certificate everywhere but not on Domino because it…
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Well....a ghost lives in my server

Hello to every body and greetings from Greece I have a rather unusual situation and i am running out of ideas. I have this old server (IBM x205 - P4 2.4Ghz,3xSCSI 36gb) and about a year ago I decided to use it as an additional domain controller and…
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Can't get an IBM xSeries 345 server to load Windows Server 2003 using ServerGuide utility

I have a client that has an IBM xSeries 345 eServer. Per the IBM support website, I have downloaded the ServerGuide Setup 7.4.17 installation ISO and burned a bootable CD. The CD boots fine and loads the utility. I walk through the following…
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Are HP Nonstop servers becoming less common in the Enterprise?

I'm a system admin for a HP Nonstop server. Recently, the vendors (ACI) of the main application we use (Base24) announced a partnership with IBM to move future releases of the application to the z/OS platform. I'm curious as to whether other HP…
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