Turning on the audit journal and reading it with SQL
QAUDJRN is not on by default and cannot be enabled retroactively. The command to turn it on, the functions to query it, and the library they live in.
What the IBM i MCP server is: An agent that queries Db2
IBM has published an open source bridge between AI agents and Db2 for i. What it actually does, what it takes to run, and what authority it works with.
Project4i: what if sources had a project?
On IBM i there is no such thing as a project: there are libraries, full stop. Project4i adds one on top of Code for IBM i — free, MIT, inside VS Code. I looked at it closely and it won me over.
IBM i 7.6 TR2 and 7.5 TR8: what is in them
No revolution, but three or four things that take manual work off whoever administers the system. And one that concerns anybody sending mail from it.
IBM i is not an obsolete system: the objections one by one
The seven objections you hear in the meeting room, what is true in each, and where this platform is still the best choice. Including where it is not.
Printing without pain: a guide to output queues
"It will not print" is the most frequent report and the one with the fewest things to check: queue, writer, printer. In that order, and it takes two minutes.
Understanding journals and how to use them
The journal records every change to your data, with the time and the name of who made it. It exists for recovery, but day to day it mostly answers one question: who changed this record?
Integrating IBM i with REST services
Calling an external API from an RPG program needs no extra software and no rewrite: it can be done in SQL, in a few lines. The available routes, and when each one makes sense.
Object security on IBM i
Many installations run on users who hold *ALLOBJ because "otherwise it does not work". How you end up there, and how to get out without stopping anybody's work.