Everything looks back on track now. The preservation install went ok and I only had to reconfigure the printers, and reinstall a few drivers, phew. I’m now testing our ERP to ensure it works in …

The last update set failed and rebooting the machine crashed it - completely. It failed to mount the /usr directory and running the various maintenance shell checks didn’t help. I have run a preservation install …

On the trail of updates for AIX 5.3 this morning and I’ve found them here. I am currently on Maintenance Level 5300-02. I found this out by running the following command at the prompt.
oslevel -r
The …

There are three problems I have found with low-carb dieting and they are:
1) It takes a good two weeks for me to ‘get in the swing’ of low-carbing and at any point during that time …

I’ve took to scanning all my regular paperwork so I can store related information in easily accessible PDF’s. Our HP8250 scanner is ok but it’s a little on the slow side for fast document scanning, …

I’m now up to date with the latest version of Server Express v4 including all patches. The next step is likely to be an upgrade to v5. Details of v5 can be obtained here. The …

Whilst downloading patches for my recent upgrade to AIX 5.3L I notice an article by the Register explaining that IBM is planning to drop the L and migrating what is essentially AIX 5.4 to become …

Unlike Monk who likes to shop around on the Internet I have always trusted one particular brand for uninterruptible power protection. They have such a huge product range that working your way round what’s available …

Time to take stock of where I am. Aix 5.3 is loaded and working, Microfocus Cobol 4 SP2 is loading and working. I’ve downloaded the latest patches for MF Cobol and these are to be …

The Upgrade is almost done, just a few service packs here and there but at least it’s in a runnable state. I’ve included some of the feature packs such as Jetdirect support and SMB support …