Rocket DevOps, MX, API, iCluster® – Solutions for IBM i™

Just wondering how people handle the replication of /qibm/UserData?------------------------------Duane GingerichSEAble-One Systems Inckitchener ON Canada------------------------------

The following video produced by the Rocket labs illustrates how to capture multiple workflows and append them to an existing workflow recording to gain additional insight into the activity of your user community. As more user workflow activity is captured, there are more opportunities for discovering potential workflow improvements and user efficiencies as is demonstrated and discussed in this video. ------------------------------Charles JonesSenior Sales EngineerRocket Internal - All BrandsDallas TX United States------------------------------

I'm pleased to share the following video that demonstrates the first step in how to capture insights into 'a day in the life' of a typical user.  This video was produced by Rockets Senior Technologist, Herman Rensink from our Dordrecht Labs in Holland.  This how to video will walk you through the basic steps to:- Setup a workflow recorder.- Capture user activity.- Viewing the analyzed data to identify areas for improving user efficiencies. ------------------------------Charles JonesSenior Sales EngineerRocket Internal - All BrandsDallas TX United States------------------------------

Hello,I am trying to remove licensed users who are no longer working for the company to make room for new users and reuse of their licenses. Aldon is refusing to remove the old user and displays message ID CMS4280.What is a "non-conflict condition"? Do the objects need to be check-in on behalf of the no longer available user or can the check-out be transferred to a new user? Thanks for the help.Patrick

Modernization is a marathon, but out of the gate you need to show wins to gain support. Projects that are ill defined,  too big or too small add risk to your program. If you understand the details of operational workflows and processes, you can make a prioritization decision using hard data, not assumptions. On November 5th I'll be sharing information on how to build the best IBM i automation plan that aligns to business needs and deliver results. Registration is free. Hope to see you there, but also happy to take you questions here in the forum.------------------------------Jeroen van DunProduct ManagerRocket Internal - All BrandsDordrecht Netherlands------------------------------

Hello,I have downloaded the Aldon Eclipse Plugin V8.02.401 from the Downloads page and I want to install it into my WDSC 7.0 client.I have followed the manual and it says that in the IDE menu bar we must select Help->Install New Software, but this option does not exist in WDSC.How can it be added ?It's the first time I try to add a plugin ;-).Thanks !Marcel

I am requesting some sort of how-to tutorial, video or written steps on how to set up new and existing Python code using the RDi plugin. Trying to determine how to get Aldon LMe to recognize and how to check out code that already exists in production. And how to setup new developers. Need to use LMe/IDE for change control and use RDi for developers. The manuals do not show explain these non-standard situations. I've scanned all that I can of the Rocket Software system. Do I need to arrange training for something that should take less than 20-30 minutes to explain?    Thank you for your time.

This is actually a repost but adjusted of an excerpt from the post regarding using remote journaling with iCluster.  This post is focused on the need to set up DDM/DRDA authorization to the server and one of the easiest methods to ensure you have kept your system secure despite opening another access point.  Did you know you can create an IBM i group profile with DDM authentication that can be used to authenticate all of your IT Admins, Users and iCluster between the iCluster nodes? That is my favorite method so that is what we will do right now. There is a 'user by user' method for authentication in the iCluster User Guide (in the section titled "Server authentication for secure DDM connections") if you prefer that method (which we will not discuss here beyond its mention) just follow those instructions.  If you want to see an easier method to maintain secure access to DDM with very little maintenance required, perform the method I will show you on each node that will run iCluster to

You have recently gone live with the LMi solution and find that some objects were mapped as *SRCMBR and *PGM without source. How do you rectify this situation? Manually copy the source into a personal library Duplicate the object also into the same personal library STRLMI Option 13 to work with releases Locate the release and take option 9 to Populate Select the option to load release Specify the personal library to load the object and source from ensuring that you select the correct library group assignments for source and object On the options page (page right before the job submission page) change the replace object and replace *SRCMBR flags to Y Submit the job and verify the PRTFLODRPT to ensure that the *SRCMBR and *PGM objects were replaced Confirm by locating the object on work with objects by release ------------------------------Sapan ShahPrinciple CSERocket Internal - All BrandsEmeryville CA United States------------------------------

The column T serves as an indicator for the deployment set for that object. It will have three possible values (blank, F and O)blank = the deployment of that object succeededO = the deployment is in progress or is ongoingF = the deployment failedWhere do you configure this notification?It can be configured in the target definition as shown below------------------------------Sapan ShahPrinciple CSERocket Internal - All BrandsEmeryville CA United States------------------------------

Here is the scenario: PGMA is a CL program. Its job is to read through a list of all of the objects in a library and take action on them. It declares a file called DSPLIBPF. This file is generated in the CL program on the fly via the DSPLIB command to an output file in QTEMP. The program does an override database file command to specifically point to the file in QTEMP. Once the program is done, the file is automatically deleted when the operating system deletes the job's QTEMP library. That's a very popular technique on the IBM i! The problem is that you can't compile the program by submitting it to batch because you can't create the file in the batch job's QTEMP. You end up having to accurately create the file in QTEMP (not always easy to do if the file is hard to generate) and then compile the program interactively.  LMi can make this process a lot easier: Create a  new "non-deploy" library group in your release. We need this new library group to tell deployment that we do not wa

Yes, I come from the Turnover world, so I am still learning to speak Aldon.  I am looking for a simple step-by-step to create a service program. I would expect to create the module, a copy source with the interface, a bindery source (not a binding directory), and the instructions to wrap the pieces together as the final service program?  See samples. How does Aldon deal with the service program and signatures once we start using the tools and keeping the consumers up to date?

Anyone going to COMMON POWERUp next week? Rocket is presenting 5 sessions - see the list below. Would love to see you there.  And if there are other topics you'd like to see from us at COMMON events, let us know. Abstract: Holistic DevOps: How to set up your DevOps environment so it's built for successTuesday, October 5 2:45pm CDTSpeaker: Andy Finley, Principal Sales EngineerYour IBM i application is no longer exclusively isolated to IT. It interacts with many distributed systems applications, exchanging data and calling APIs. So development on IBM i shouldn't be isolated either.  Join this session to learn how to build a DevOps environment that can harmonize development and release processes across platforms using integrations with open-source tools already in your company like Git, Jira, and Jenkins. Learn how to expedite development cycles, integrate teams, and how to retain top talent across your organization. Abstract: Managing RPG and non-RPG development simultaneouslyMonday,

Anyone going to COMMON POWERUp next week? Rocket is presenting 5 sessions - see the list below. Would love to see you there.  And if there are other topics you'd like to see from us at COMMON events, let us know. Abstract: Holistic DevOps: How to set up your DevOps environment so it's built for successTuesday, October 5 2:45pm CDTSpeaker: Andy Finley, Principal Sales EngineerYour IBM i application is no longer exclusively isolated to IT. It interacts with many distributed systems applications, exchanging data and calling APIs. So development on IBM i shouldn't be isolated either.  Join this session to learn how to build a DevOps environment that can harmonize development and release processes across platforms using integrations with open-source tools already in your company like Git, Jira, and Jenkins. Learn how to expedite development cycles, integrate teams, and how to retain top talent across your organization. Abstract: Managing RPG and non-RPG development simultaneouslyMonday,

Anyone going to COMMON POWERUp next week? Rocket is presenting 5 sessions - see the list below. Would love to see you there.  And if there are other topics you'd like to see from us at COMMON events, let us know. Abstract: Holistic DevOps: How to set up your DevOps environment so it's built for successTuesday, October 5 2:45pm CDTSpeaker: Andy Finley, Principal Sales EngineerYour IBM i application is no longer exclusively isolated to IT. It interacts with many distributed systems applications, exchanging data and calling APIs. So development on IBM i shouldn't be isolated either.  Join this session to learn how to build a DevOps environment that can harmonize development and release processes across platforms using integrations with open-source tools already in your company like Git, Jira, and Jenkins. Learn how to expedite development cycles, integrate teams, and how to retain top talent across your organization. Abstract: Managing RPG and non-RPG development simultaneouslyMonday,

Anyone going to COMMON POWERUp next week? Rocket is presenting 5 sessions - see the list below. Would love to see you there.  And if there are other topics you'd like to see from us at COMMON events, let us know. Abstract: Holistic DevOps: How to set up your DevOps environment so it's built for successTuesday, October 5 2:45pm CDTSpeaker: Andy Finley, Principal Sales EngineerYour IBM i application is no longer exclusively isolated to IT. It interacts with many distributed systems applications, exchanging data and calling APIs. So development on IBM i shouldn't be isolated either.  Join this session to learn how to build a DevOps environment that can harmonize development and release processes across platforms using integrations with open-source tools already in your company like Git, Jira, and Jenkins. Learn how to expedite development cycles, integrate teams, and how to retain top talent across your organization. Abstract: Managing RPG and non-RPG development simultaneouslyMonday,

I am new to Aldon.  I created a table and a view the way I had in the past with a long name and a system name. The version with the system name would not compile with the 14 option.  It compiled fine just running the SQL statements outside of Aldon. Is there a better way to handle this?  VWACTDTL *VIEW SQL Good: CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW VWACTDTL ( ENTITY_TRUST FOR COLUMN CUSACC,Bad:CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW Account_Detail_View for system name VWACTDTL ( ENTITY_TRUST FOR COLUMN CUSACC,

If you have used LMi for any amount of time, you have probably already discovered the Harmonizer Source Comparison feature that is available via Option 35 from the Work With Objects by Release panel. This is a fantastic way to compare two different versions of source for the same object on the same machine. But did you know that Harmonizer was originally designed to do much, much more than this simple comparison? Harmonizer is actually the very first product that Aldon sold and it is almost 30 years old! It was marketed to those customers who needed to compare entire libraries of source code and quickly anlayse the differences. Think about what you need to do when you've made modifications to your Vendor's Release #1 and out comes Vendor Release #2. You need a quick way to pinpoint not only what the vendor changed between their version 1 and version 2, but also how that impacts your custom mods. Today, I worked with a customer who needed to do a similar comparison between entire librar

I recently had the opportunity to co-present the story of CSTK/Velociti's use of  Rocket Process Integration (formerly Rocket API) to automate transactions to and from Salesforce. Listen to Don Platt, Director of Information Technology at Velociti, and I, and feel feel to ask any questions you have below.​------------------------------Charles JonesSERocket Internal - All BrandsDallas TX United States------------------------------

Automation on IBMi can be challenging without the right approach and tools built specifically to address the nuances of the platform. Here's what I've learned from helping many organizations through this process. Let me know if there are questions I haven't answered by posting below.------------------------------Andrew SimpsonPrincipal Solutions SpecialistRocket Software Lytham St. Annes, UK------------------------------

VP of Solution Sales, Dan Magid, and Senior Sales Engineer, @Charles Jones, hosted a webinar entitled "Building Bridges: AS/400 to modern platforms"  in partnership with IBM Systems Magazine. The webinar focused on how organizations can "build bridges" by using services to connect applications built in RPG, CL, and DB2 for the AS/400 with applications and components built in the latest technology-regardless of whether those applications are running on IBM i, or any other platform. The problem for many organizations is their isolated application environments. Often split into core platform developers and new technology developers, the culture of these two application groups can be very different. The difficultly is in how to connect the people who work in the new technology environment with the applications and functions being built and maintained in the heritage environment. It becomes further challenging to connect these groups with cloud, partner, or customer applications. The result

Recently I shared an article with DZone about how to quickly build APIs for any terminal-based environments (such as IBMi, VT, HPE NonStop, and IBM z) in five easy steps. The article has been viewed many times, but I wanted to let our Rocket Process Integration (formerly Rocket API) users know about these simple tips & tricks to streamline your workflow and reduce the amount of time spent creating APIs.Once you've read the article, come back to this post. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts, or perhaps a tip or trick that you've learned to boost your productivity building APIs.------------------------------Jeroen van DunProduct ManagerRocket Internal - All BrandsDordrecht Netherlands------------------------------

1) Transfer the installation file to the Linux server using FTP/SFTP. Use tools like Bluezone FTP or WinSCP for file transfer.2) On the Linux host check permissions on the installation file: -sh-4.2$ ls -al drwxr-xr-x 2 hrawat abp 0 Mar 30 08:06 . drwxr-xr-x 6 hrawat abp 0 Mar 30 08:06 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 hrawat abp 159081279 Jan 26 11:37 RocketAPIGWUnixLinux.run 3) Give execution permissions to the user:  -sh-4.2$ chmod 744 RocketAPIGWUnixLinux.run -sh-4.2$ ls -al drwxr-xr-x 2 hrawat abp 0 Mar 30 08:06 . drwxr-xr-x 6 hrawat abp 0 Mar 30 08:06 .. -rwxr--r-- 1 hrawat abp 159081279 Jan 26 11:37 RocketAPIGWUnixLinux.run ​ 4) Run the install file: -sh-4.2$ ./RocketAPIGWUnixLinux.run Verifying archive integrity... 100% All good. Uncompressing Rocket API Gateway Setup 100% ============================================================================= Rocket Software Installation ==========================================================

Video 2 - Installing the Access and Connectivity Hub The installation of the hub is a one-time installation and future upgrades also have a wizard driven installation for windows.  Everything is provided with the hub including the web server, so this is a very straightforward installation.  In this video you will see the complete series of steps to install and initialize the hub ready for use. ------------------------------Andrew SimpsonPrincipal Solutions SpecialistRocket Software Lytham St. Annes, UK------------------------------

Video 3 -Defining roles and users Roles are important as part of a DevOps environment.  You will normally have Developers and Administrators for separation of duty purposes.  In this video you will quickly be able to use the file-based authenticator to validate the hub for all your deployment requirements and understand a very simple approach to defining users and roles. ------------------------------Andrew SimpsonPrincipal Solutions SpecialistRocket Software Lytham St. Annes, UK------------------------------