IBM i

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 »

On April 3rd, 2023, SAP Host Agent release 7.22, patch level 60 has been made available in the SAP Software Download Center. With this patch level, SAP has changed the build process to use newer compilers, which will require newer C/C++ runtime... Read More »

By the end of March 2023, the SAP Support Required PTF Lists, formerly known as Information APARs, have been updated with the latest High Impact/Pervasive PTF groups, Db2 for i PTF groups, and some individual PTFs that were found to be useful in an... Read More »

In our SAP on IBM i Webcast “Release Updates for Spring 2023” on March 29th, 2023, we introduced the new SAP kernel release 7.54 and explained the meaning and use of the profile parameters that have been available for some time but got their... Read More »

On February 17th, 2023, SAP has released a new kernel release 7.54 that can be used as downward-compatible kernel for SAP systems based on SAP NetWeaver releases 7.40, 7.50, 7.51 or 7.52. The supported operating system and database environments are... Read More »