HMCScanner - a useful tool to complement the System Planning Tool

Documenting a virtual server environment is an absolute necessity these days. The relationships between physical and virtual resources can be very easily confused.
The Hardware Management Console (HMC) has a built in feature to create a System Plan. This tool creates an exportable set of tables that document much of a Power Systems server environment.

Another tool exists on IBM developWorks that does even more. The HMC Scanner is a Java based program that uses secure shell (SSH) to connect to your HMC, scan the server environment, and produce a finished spreadsheet.
The nice thing about this approach is that you can view, modify, and store this data on any device that can read a spreadsheet.

HMC Scanner :

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Power%20Systems/page/HMC%20Scanner

Generating IBM i performance reports for Disk Magic modeling

I'm sharing this procedure here to avoid having to send it by mail again and again...
How to get IBM i performance reports for Disk Magic

new RSS from iProDeveloper

I added a new RSS flow coming from the iProDeveloper blog in the bottom part of this page.
This blog is about technical know-how for developers of IBM i.

Great article from Mike Cain on indexing strategy

Follow the link!

Yes, i got it too!

Finally IBM i do also have live partition mobility!  Want to know more about this feature?  Read this intro from Dawn: http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/i_can/2012/04/move-my-i.html

Excellent article from Dawn May on WRKSYSACT command

and related articles about Scaled CPU, Wait accounting, Storage Allocated/Deallocated.

SSD Analyzer Tool for IBM i - now updated for V7R1

http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/PRS3780 - IBM Techdocs Download: SSD Analyzer Tool for IBM i (V5R4, V6R1, and V7R1)

DB2 for i: It's Here

DB2 for i: It's Here: Getting to this point has taken a long time... The idea of creating a blog to share my insights and perspectives on DB2 for i and related...

Power Systems & AIX new technologies movies

Currently, the movies add up to 21.25 hours of free education on the hottest topics:

http://ibm.co/y13ONV

IBM Power Systems and social networks

iDoctor for IBM i has its Facebook page:
http://on.fb.me/yamZhT

IBM Systems Lab Services & Training on YouTube:
http://bit.ly/AwLYvQ

IBM Power Systems on YouTube:
http://bit.ly/ApFrpY

Some interesting Power Systems related tweets regrouped in a public list you can follow:
http://bit.ly/AenB9s

I'll try keep this list updated...

SDMC with IBM i and IBM Power Systems - IBM Training

Nice video presentation of the Service Director Management Console with IBM i : 

SDMC with IBM i and IBM Power Systems - IBM Training

There are plenty of other similar educations on this IBM Lab Services Training video channel.

i Can: Ethernet Link Aggregation in IBM i

i Can: Ethernet Link Aggregation in IBM i

You and i: RPG – Open Access for All

You and i: RPG – Open Access for All

i Can: Achieve Faster IFS Save Times Using SAV With ASYNCBRING

i Can: Achieve Faster IFS Save Times Using SAV With ASYNCBRING