HelpSystems - How to Upgrade to IBM i 7.3
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The document discusses the importance and benefits of upgrading to IBM i 7.3, highlighting enhancements such as improved performance for Java and SQL, support for newer hardware, and new security features. It outlines the agenda of a presentation by Tom Huntington and Pete Massiello, touching upon various topics including compatibility testing and recent product offerings. The document also mentions professional services related to security assessments and managed services provided by HelpSystems.
HelpSystems - How to Upgrade to IBM i 7.3
- 1. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.© HelpSystems LLC. All rights reserved. How to Upgrade to IBM i 7.3
- 2. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Your Presenters Tom Huntington Executive Vice President of Technical Solutions HelpSystems Pete Massiello President iTech Solutions
- 3. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Agenda • Why Upgrade? • Tips and Procedures – Pete Massiello • What’s New at HelpSystems? – Tom Huntington
- 4. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) • IBM dropped normal support for V5R4 in September 2013 • IBM dropped support for 6.1 in September 2015 • Java runs faster on 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 • SQL runs faster on 7.1, 7.2, and 7.3 • Support of newer hardware for POWER7 or POWER8 – SAN, VTL • New security features of 7.3 Why Upgrade?
- 5. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) • Why Upgrade? • Tips and Procedures – Pete Massiello • What’s New at HelpSystems? – Tom Huntington Agenda
- 6. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Next up: Pete’s Presentation Pete Massiello President iTech Solutions
- 7. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) • Why Upgrade? • Tips and Procedures – Pete Massiello • What’s New at HelpSystems? – Tom Huntington Agenda
- 8. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) HelpSystems At-A-Glance
- 9. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Delivered April 15, 2016 IBM i 7.3 Compatibility Testing for All Brands
- 10. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) • Tango/04; February 2016 – Spain and Argentina for greater geographic reach – Alignia—Monitor and align IT and business processes Potential for future product offering • Linoma Software; June 2016 – Go Anywhere—Managed file transfers – Crypto Complete—IBM i database encryption – Fits very well into our cybersecurity solutions Two Acquisitions
- 11. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) GoAnywhere MFT IBM i, Linux, AIX MFT
- 12. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Crypto Completetm Through Authorization Lists, users can be granted access to the fully decrypted field values, restricted to the masked values, or can be completely denied access. Key Management Security Controls Audit Logs & Alerts FieldProc Programs Key Rotation Policy Settings for PCI Crypto Complete and Field Procedures IBM i-based data-at-rest encryption
- 13. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) BI Deliveries Sequel 11.4 April 2016 • Improved Excel add-in and support for Excel 2016 • Support for Windows 10 in ViewPoint • View Builder improvements • New *ADS Security setting, to enforce use of Advanced Database Security (row/column security rules) Sequel Data Warehouse January 2016 • Change management • Security/authority enhancements • Integrate Esend • Enhanced error reporting • Event subscriptions
- 14. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) • 13th Annual State of IBM i Security Study • New Security Scan format for both English and Spanish • New Policy Minder for AIX and Linux Security Deliverables
- 15. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Intermapper 6.0 April 2016 • Alerting on interface performance – Port monitoring – Ability to set thresholds for link utilization, errors, and discards • Ability to set up defaults based on link speeds • Ability to consolidate interface list and alert status on a device • Ability to view map status with overall status both links and devices Network Monitoring
- 16. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) • Security services – Risk assessments Our security experts will run an assessment and uncover vulnerabilities on your system – Penetration testing We can come to your site and prove which security vulnerabilities leave you at risk – Security architecture We’ll create a detailed plan on how to remediate your vulnerabilities – Remediation We can work with your security administrator to execute the plan created during security architecture Professional Services at HelpSystems
- 17. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) • Managed services – Managed Security Services Standard Managed Security Services – We monitor 10 key metrics monthly – We deliver the monthly summary report to you – We will perform an annual Risk Assessment Premium Managed Security Services – Includes the standard Managed Security Services – 5 additional key metrics – Plus 1 hour of services per system or partition each month » To be used for remediation or anything else you need help with Professional Services at HelpSystems
- 18. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Robot Monitor Now – Dashboards with Views Monitor view Short-term history view Detailed history view History summary view Accounting summary view Disk summary view Dashboard views can contain multiple types of information Monitor elements Short-Term history elements Disk summary, etc. elements Text element Image element
- 19. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Robot Monitor New Dashboard View
- 20. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Robot Monitor Problem Determination – CPU Usage
- 21. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Robot Monitor Drill Down to Details
- 22. Insert Your Presentation Title Here (via Master Slide) Contact Information Tom Huntington, HelpSystems +1952-563-1606 Tom.huntington@helpsystems.com Pete Massiello, iTech Solutions +12037447854 pmassiello@itechsol.com Thank you for attending!