- October 26, 2021
Will Your IBM i Disaster Recovery Plan Work When a Crisis Hits?
Establishing a high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) strategy for your IBM® i system is essential to minimize downtime of your mission-critical applications and data. The global pandemic has underscored that it is crucial to keep your disaster recovery strategy updated and relevant. It has exposed major gaps in business continuity readiness, especially in areas […]
5 steps to ensure your IBM i systems remain online
Recent developments continue to underscore the importance for organizations to maintain high availability and disaster recovery capabilities. Since the pandemic began, an unending wave of cyberattacks and data breach events have caused crippling outages for businesses large and small. The shift to remote work has only intensified the impact of these threats by making disaster […]
The Hidden Costs of Application Unavailability
When a technology application or system goes down, it can be fairly easy to calculate the cost in terms of lost productivity, IT support, and the effects on the bottom line (missed service level agreements). But what about the hidden costs that don’t show up on the balance sheet? Most of us don’t even think […]
Winter weather season is here: is your High Availability / Disaster Recovery (HADR) solution ready?
If you’re not running U2 Replication or RFS, be aware that your systems are not adequately prepared. Last winter, in Pennsylvania, one of our customers knew an intense ice storm was headed directly for them. They attempted to patiently wait it out, hoping the ice would not take down the power lines. But, unfortunately, it […]
Are you thankful for what your disaster recovery solution brings to the table?
Who really wants to be that DBA–sitting down to a Thanksgiving dinner with loved ones, wondering if the recovery plan you chose is a complete one? Here’s a brief story about a customer’s technical lead determined not to be that DBA. Just before the start of winter holidays, he decided to put his disaster recovery […]
Is your hardware-only HADR solution coming back to haunt you?
Many of us have had trick-or-treaters come to our door selling a hardware-only HADR solution for our Rocket U2 systems. And as scary as it seems, some of us even bought that hardware-only solution thinking it was going to work. I want to share a story with you of someone who was haunted by this […]
IT jungle: iCluster monitoring and management goes mobile
“IBM i shops that use Rocket Software‘s iCluster can now monitor and manage their high availability setup remotely from the comfort of a smartphone. The new HTML5 interface delivered last week with iCluster version 7.1 TR2 is the first dedicated smartphone interface from Rocket, which plans to add new functions in the months and years […]
Checking group switch readiness using RTVSWCHRDY
The old joke used New Yorkers on tourists who ask “How do I get to Radio City Music Hall?” – to which the response is always “practice, practice, practice”, also applies to high availability. To ensure you have a valid backup system that you can switch to in case of a disaster or for planned […]
Getting some iCluster education
Have you been trained on iCluster? If you have recently been assigned as the primary administrator for iCluster and you or are new to your shop and never trained when the product was installed, you may be wondering how to get up to speed. Reading the Tech Tuesday blogs posts is a good start, but […]
High Availability: do you have peace of mind?
I understand the pressure to never be down. Never lose data. Never miss an order. Never miss your company’s revenue goals. It’s brutal and I will never ever forget it. When I was running a data center, I remember sitting at a football game with my son on a weekend and getting THE CALL. I […]
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