Author Archives: Joe Hertvik

About Joe Hertvik

Joe is the owner of Hertvik Business Services, a service company providing written white papers, case studies, and other marketing content to computer industry companies. He is also a contributing editor for IT Jungle and has written the Admin Alert column for the past ten years. Follow Joe Hertvik on Twitter @JoeHertvik. Email Joe for a free quote on white papers, case studies, brochures, or other marketing materials.

IT Jungle: Graphically Setting Up IBM i TCP/IP Host Routing

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IT Jungle just published my latest tip on graphically setting up IBM i TCP/IP host routing using System i Navigator Continue reading

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My 3 Favorite Twitter Secrets

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Here are three of my favorite Twitter secrets that when followed, can help improve your Twitter presence and help deliver your tweets to a wider audience. Continue reading

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Adding Bullet Points to LinkedIn Profile Text (Via @LissaDuty)

linkedin official icon Here’s a technique for inserting bullet points into your LinkedIn profile text Continue reading

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Using the Windows 7 Snipping Tool for Creating Graphics

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If you’re running Windows 7, Microsoft provides a tool for grabbing all or part of any screen you’re looking at and turning it into a graphics file or copying it to the Windows clipboard: the Windows 7 Snipping Tool. Continue reading

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IBM i System Monitoring: What Should I Monitor on My Partitions?

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IT Jungle just published my latest tip on IBM i system monitoring.

In that article, I go through all the general areas that should be monitored on an IBM i and provide some tips on what to look for in these areas.
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IBM i System Monitoring: Everything You Need to Know

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Here’s an index of articles I’ve written over the past few years covering IBM i system monitoring. Continue reading

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Non-Replicated Objects: Something to Consider in IBM i HA Environments

One of my clients has what I’d consider a mature IBM i High Availability environment using Mimix software on Capacity BackUp system (CBU). First implemented in 2006 and tested every year since then (with 1-2 extended switch-overs where the system … Continue reading

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IT Jungle: Setting Up IBM i TCP/IP Host Routing

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IT Jungle just put up my new article on how to set up IBM i TCP/IP host routing.
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Getting IBM i FTP Sessions to Work After an i 6.1 or 7.1 Upgrade

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If you find that your FTP sessions are unable to transfer data after an i 6.1 or 7.1 OS upgrade, the problem may be in the way IBM changed FTP sessions for i 6.1 and above. Continue reading

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IT Jungle: How to automatically answer IBM i record locks

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From my latest IT Jungle tip:

My Power i system is driving me crazy with RPG1218 record lock messages. We receive RPG1218 messages several times a day. Is there any way to auto-answer these record locks? Continue reading

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Three Things to Do When Blogging and Publishing On-line

One of the problems with accessing on-line publications (including blogs) is that it’s hard for readers to verify the accuracy, reliability, and freshness of the content you’re reading. Especially in a technical article where a solution written for one version … Continue reading

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And then someone gets fired: IBM i ERP Implementations Gone Bad

Here’s two cautionary tales and lessons learned when migrating to a new IBM i ERP system, and some ideas on what to do when things don’t happen as planned Continue reading

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Community Post: List of IBM i High Availability Vendors

This post is intended as an in-process centralized shared list of all the companies that offer Power system IBM i high availability solutions. Feel free to pull the information from this post into other posts to disseminate to the broader IBM i community. Continue reading

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LinkedIn’s New Blogging Option: Everyone’s a Blogger, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

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On Wednesday this week, LinkedIn announced that they will start allowing users to publish original long-form content to their user profiles. While more details are still coming out, here’s some links you can check out to get more information and my initial reactions to the move.
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An IBM Technical Delivery Assessment Primer

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When you buy an IBM hardware product, the business partner or IBM will generally perform a Technical Delivery Assessment (TDA) meeting with you to insure that the solution you’re going to buy is appropriate for your environment and meets your needs. Continue reading

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