How to actually migrate your AIX data into the Cloud
Migrating AIX data into Cloud such as Skytap on Azure.
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IBM Cloud Storage
by Ivaylo Nikolov
in Cloud Computing, Disaster Recovery, IBM, IBM Cloud, Personal Analysis, RPO, RTO, Security
Fourth Part of IBM Cloud Series – Storage
IBM Cloud Security
by Ivaylo Nikolov
in Cloud Computing, High Availability, IBM, IBM Cloud, Industry News, Personal Analysis
Third Part of IBM Cloud Series – Security
IBM Cloud Series – Intro
We are starting a small number of article series related to some of our experiences on IBM Cloud platform.
Bringing legacy applications into your cloud and digital strategy
Legacy, “something that remains from an earlier time.” This can be a good thing but often when attributed to applications can be deemed problematic, costly and a constraint on progress. As organisations continue to evolve their digital and cloud strategies so called legacy applications and infrastructures are often ignored or filed in the ‘too hard’ […]
Digital Transformation or just keep going? Bringing AIX / Unix environments into your Cloud & Digital Strategy.
by Jerry Crossfield
in AIX, Backup, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, HPUX, Unix
■ Introduction Digitisation, cloud, multi-cloud, being more flexible and agile are all popular agenda items, however for many, probably the most basic concern at the moment is how to keep services running cost effectively in the current climate. Those with key AIX, Solaris and HPUX workloads have long been concerned with declining skills, out of […]
IBM AIX: High Availability
by Ivaylo Nikolov
in AIX, Backup, Disaster Recovery, High Availability, IBM
Introduction In this series, we will try to inform more on our view on a few business continuity topics – mainly backup, high-availability (HA), and disaster recovery (DR) as used in the relation to Power-based AIX environments. The series will include a few articles focused on these topics and describing some of the typical problems […]
High Availability and/or DR? What do you really need for your AIX and Unix environments?
Of course, it really depends on the criticality of your applications running on these environments but as Unix experts we have come across various misunderstandings over the years. The events over the past few months have brought the discussion to the fore again as companies evaluate their critical infrastructures and applications in light of inevitable […]
Critical Skills for Business Critical Systems
by Jerry Crossfield
in AIX
■ Introduction Since it’s first release in 1986, AIX (IBM’s Unix operating system) has flourished and continues to support many critical applications across industries. It also has a committed future with IBM publishing a roadmap until at least 2030 [1] giving future clarity compared to other Unix environments. If you are still running AIX today […]