Tag Archives: JS12

Revisiting Nagios to monitor IBM i

Posted on November 10, 2010 by admin

It’s been a while since I played with Nagios but my son had recently shown me the Cacti plugin that works with Nagios and it was cool enough that I decided to get Nagios up and running again. I have … Continue reading →

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A little Linux success

Posted on May 26, 2010 by admin

After ranting about how difficult it was to install Linux on the blade (vs IBM i), I was hoping I’d get some quick resolution.  However, the scenario ended up like this: The VIOS folks tossed it over the wall to … Continue reading →

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The easiest partition on a JS12 blade (is NOT Linux)

Posted on May 19, 2010 by admin

A few months back I participated in the IBM i 7.1 beta program and I absolutely marveled at how ridiculously simple it was to install i5/OS on a new partition.  Create the partition, activate it, use Operations Console to connect, … Continue reading →

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The end of the rainbow

Posted on May 28, 2009 by admin

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly… Yes! The JS12 is still rockin and rolling so we are finally out of the woods and can once again rely on the trusty i to keep going and going.  There are still a … Continue reading →

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Out of the woods

Posted on May 20, 2009 by admin

The blade has now been running 5 days without a hitch so I am thinking that I have finally gotten a stable JS12.  The i partition has been running successfully and I just installed SLES 11 last night.  I am … Continue reading →

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