iSeries Blunders

Thinking of switching from i to p?

If your company is considering a switch from the iSeries to pSeries and you are skeptical, you may find a story that John M. Willis recently shared on his IT Management and Cloud Blog interesting (and even helpful to use in any discussions with CEO's who want to "change" things). In,

System i with a prettier face?

Got this from an AS/400, iSeries and System i systems integrator: That's right, it's a System i 570 (notice TYPE is 9406-570), but the faceplate clearly and proudly says "System p5." Is this the...

So we lost six months worth of work, big deal!

Search400.com member Gary shares his blunder:   Back in the early days of my IT career our small firm of four people did not have its own hardware, so we did all of our work at our client sites. At one point, we needed to reload all of...

Where did you say those backup tapes are kept

Search400.com member David shares his blunder:

Years ago, in my first AS/400 job, the company I worked for had only one box to use for both production and development. (I cringe when I think about that,...

The lights are on, but no one is home

Search400.com member "Bud" shares his blunder:  

While recently putting the latest CUME & Hiper Group on our model 810, I experienced a failure for some PTF's to apply for iSeries Access.  So, I downloaded what were the missing...

Why is everyone taking a break at the same time – Oh no!

Search400.com member Frank shares his blunder:

"I was a newbie contract programmer at an electric company.  My
desk was in their computer room, which had a large glass window.  I...