Setting up IBM Jazz based tools for Token Licensing
I’ve recently worked with a customer who could not find good documentation on how to apply token licenses to his...
Installing IBM HTTP Server from an Archive
IBM now offers a new and much easier way to install IBM HTTP Server. You can now download IHS as...
Cheap ways to secure your server
Before you read too far, this article is for the average small to medium sized business. Most large organizations have...
Launching a Debug Session for an Existing Module on z/OS
Using IBM Developer for z Systems you can debug any language on the mainframe. For those who have taken Jon...
How to poison a blockchain, and how to prevent it.
This week, the Gizmodo reported that child porn images were uploadedto the Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) core ledger through the...
Setting up auto start and stop for IBM CLM tools on Windows
We’ve blogged before about starting the CLM components on Linux/Unix. Now let’s talk about staring it (and stopping it) on...
Using Filter Pools in IBM Developer for z Systems (IDz)
What are Filters? Filters are used to display groups or subsets of data sets in the MVS subsystem. Filters can...
Saving code to an HTML file in IBM Developer for z or IBM i
During some courseware authoring I discovered a poorly known (but sufficiently documented) feature in Rational Developer for IBM i (and...
7 Reasons why your Mainframe needs a modern source code management system
Break down the silos Mainframe development does not and should not be that much different from distributed development. There is...
Automating RTC Source Promotions from Urbancode Deploy
In a recent project for a z/OS customer, we had to create some custom scripts to kick off a Rational...