IBM Db2 for i

In our SAP on IBM i Webcast “Power10 Performance, Compression and IBM i Security” on November 16th, 2023, Ron Schmerbauch took a deep dive into capabilities and features that came new with Power10 hardware, IBM i 7.5 and the most current... Read More »

Last week, IBM i 7.5 TR3 was released along with Db2 for i PTF Group SF99950 Level 5, as well as IBM i 7.4 TR 9 along with Db2 for i PTF Group SF99704 Level 26. You can get a quick overview over the enhancements for IBM i 7.5 at... Read More »

With more SAP on IBM i users moving to IBM i 7.5 and to Power10, it is important for SAP on IBM i clients to know what changes to expect from these technologies, as well as enhancements to security and performance that evolve with each set of PTF... Read More »

On October 9th, 2023, the SAP Support Required PTF Lists, formerly known as Information APARs, have been updated to include new High Impact/Pervasive PTF Group levels with fixes for the most recent security bulletins and a few other individual PTFs... Read More »

This blog entry describes a best practice for how to refresh the database content of an SAP Quality or Development System based on an IBM FlashCopy of an SAP Production System. The blog entry Homogeneous System Copy or Refresh Database Content on... Read More »

Along with the development of the SAP kernel release 7.54, SAP has evaluated the usage of 64K pages instead of 4K pages for all the storage that is used by the SAP kernel and the work processes. What does that mean? Basically, the SAP kernel –... Read More »

In our SAP on IBM i Webcast “SAP and IBM Power strategy – an outlook for IBM i clients” on June 29th, 2023, Olaf Rutz gave a comprehensive overview over the SAP release planning and support outlook and options for SAP on IBM i customers... Read More »

In our next SAP on IBM i webcast, Olaf Rutz (IBM Distinguished Engineer & CTO, SAP Technology Infrastructure) will look at the transition process from the SAP Business Suite on IBM i to SAP S/4HANA and provide insight into IBM’s strategy for... Read More »

Just recently, IBM i 7.5 TR2 was released along with Db2 for i PTF Group SF99950 Level 4, as well as IBM i 7.4 TR 8 along with Db2 for i PTF Group SF99704 Level 25. You can get a quick overview over the enhancements for IBM i 7.5 at... Read More »

For many years, the IBM Expert Labs team has issued a bi-monthly newsletter for customers and business partners that are using or are interested in SAP on IBM i. The last newsletter was sent out at the end of April, introducing a method to reduce... Read More »