IBM i

On July 17th, IBM i 7.4 TR2 and 7.3 TR8 PTF Groups have been released by IBM to support the new “G” models of the IBM Power S924, S914 and S922. You can find more information about IBM i 7.4 TR2 and IBM i 7.3 TR8 at... Read More »

The in-person SAP on IBM i Summit event we were hoping to have again in Rochester is not possible this year, so we are moving online. Please join us on Thursday, August 6th for a one hour SAP on IBM i live webcast from 4-5 pm Germany time, 10-11 am... Read More »

In the rare event of a software problem with the operating system IBM i or database IBM Db2 for i, you may have to contact the IBM support organization to get help with your issue. Today’s application landscapes consist of many different... Read More »

On May 22nd, 2020, the SAP Support Required PTF Lists, formerly known as Information APARs, have been updated with the latest PTFs that are recommended when running SAP on IBM i. For IBM i 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4, the cumulative PTF package, the database... Read More »

On May 4th, 2020. SAP has officially released the SAP kernel 7.22 EX2 with an initial patch level of 920 for SAP NetWeaver ABAP. More details about this kernel can be found in SAP Note 2880246 – SAP Kernel 722 EX2: General Information and... Read More »

Would you like to enhance your business by one or another SAP Fiori app to benefit from its features, even though your business does not run on SAP S/4HANA yet? – No problem, you are probably ready to start today while still using the SAP... Read More »

Since the integrated file system (IFS) was introduced for OS/400, the predecessor of IBM i, directory and file names were internally stored in Unicode with a CCSID 13488 (UCS-2). However, the SAP kernel only supported the 7-bit ASCII character set... Read More »

The SAP Software Logistics Toolset 1.0 SPS 28 was released on January 20th, 2020. This toolset also includes the component SAP Software Update Manager 2.0 SP07 (SUM 2.0 SP07), which allows to run SAP system maintenance operations, such as applying... Read More »

On March 10th, 2020, the SAP Support Required PTF Lists, formerly known as Information APARs, have been updated with the latest PTFs that are recommended when running SAP on IBM i. For IBM i 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4, the Hiper PTF Group level was updated... Read More »

The blog post Database Partitioning and Semantic Partitioning for SAP Business Warehouse on IBM i took a detailed look at the options that SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) and the database IBM Db2 for i offer in order to keep mass data in smaller,... Read More »