IBM i 7.1 Technical Overview with Technology Refresh Updates

This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces a technical overview of the new features, functions, and enhancements available in IBM i 7.1. It provides a summary and brief explanation of new capabilities and what has changed in the operating system. This publication also describes many of the licensed programs and application development tools associated with IBM i.

Many new and enhanced functions are described:

• IBM DB2® for i support for XML and column level encryption
  
• IBM PowerHA® for i asynchronous Geographic Mirroring & LUN-level switching
  
• Virtualization enhancements for IBM i hosted partitions and IBM PowerVM®
  
• Storage management enhancements for solid state drives
  
• Systems management enhancements for Systems Director Navigator for i
  
• IBM Rational® software development product enhancements
  
• Zend PHP Enhancements
  
• Web Application Serving enhancements
  

The information provided in this book is useful for clients, IBM Business Partners, and IBM service professionals involved with planning, supporting, upgrading, and implementing IBM i 7.1 solutions.

Chapter 1. IBM i 7.1 introduction and summary
Chapter 2. Technology Refresh
Chapter 3. Security enhancements
Chapter 4. Backup and recovery
Chapter 5. High availability
Chapter 6. IBM DB2 for IBM i
Chapter 7. Performance tools
Chapter 8. Virtualization
Chapter 9. Storage and solid state drives
Chapter 10. Networking enhancements
Chapter 11. Printing enhancements
Chapter 12. Integration with IBM BladeCenter and IBM System x
Chapter 13. IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i enhancements
Chapter 14. Web serving
Chapter 15. Web enablers
Chapter 16. Application development
Chapter 17. IBM Rational products
Chapter 18. IBM Systems Director Navigator for IBM i 7.1
Chapter 19. IBM i Access
Chapter 20. Miscellaneous enhancements
Chapter 21. Upgrading IBM i

• Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics, SG24-6366-02
• IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction and Implementation Guide, SG24-7914-00
• IBM PowerVM Virtualization Introduction and Configuration, SG24-7940-04

Publish Date
23 December 2011

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Author(s)

Hernando Bedoya is a Senior IT Specialist at STG Lab Services and Training, in Rochester, Minnesota. He writes extensively and teaches IBM classes worldwide in all areas of DB2 for i. Before joining STG Lab Services, he worked in the ITSO for nine years writing multiple IBM Redbooks publications. He also worked for IBM Colombia as an IBM AS/400 IT Specialist doing presales support for the Andean countries. He has 25 years of experience in the computing field and has taught database classes in Colombian universities. His areas of expertise are database technology, performance, and data warehousing. He holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from EAFIT, Colombia.

• Hernando Bedoya

Michael Harper is a Senior IT Specialist working for ANZ Techline in Australia. He has 33 years of experience in IBM, having started as a Hardware Engineer before working for the Software Support organization and IBM Sales supporting S/36, S38, and AS/400 and its successors. He has a wide knowledge of the hardware and the software of the IBM i platform. He currently supports IBM Business Partners and Distributors in Australia and New Zealand in the design and configurations of IBM Power Systems for customers of all sizes.

• Michael Harper

Robert Jacobsen is an IT Architect specializing in IBM i systems management technologies at the GTS Service Delivery Data Center in Rochester, MN. He joined IBM in 1981, working in S/38, S/36, and AS/400 development for more than a decade before moving to GTS. He has broad knowledge of and hands-on experience with IBM i hardware and software products. His current responsibilities include designing and implementing IBM i solutions, and evaluating and integrating new technologies into the data center environment. He is a graduate of North Dakota State University with a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics.

• Robert Jacobsen

Matias Centeno Lozada is an SW Support Specialist at the Latin America SW Support Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He joined IBM in July 2004 and has been in his current role for the last seven years. During this time, he has contributed about 110 documents and 4 support tools to the Rochester Support Center. He has 22 years of experience working with AS/400, IBM eServer iSeries, IBM System i, and Power Systems. He had visited IBM Rochester five times to participate in the Maintenance and Technical (MTS) Systems Support Global Internship Programs. He has taught a seven day workshop at IBM Chile, IBM Colombia, and IBM Venezuela with a focus on IBM i5/OS and IBM i (installation, upgrading, troubleshooting, and so on). He has also taught a three day workshop at IBM Argentina with a focus on i5/OS and IBM i (Virtual Media Images). His areas of expertise cover a wide range of topics including, but not limited to, Work Management, Security, APIs, MI, SLIC Macros, HMC, VIOS, and VPM.

• Matias Centeno Lozada

Ahmed Mansour is an IT Specialist and a PMI Project Manager Professional (PMP) at IBM Lab in Cairo, Egypt. Ahmed's areas of expertise include software development for IBM i, globalization and multicultural support for IBM products, and project management activities. He currently works with the IBM Content Collector for SAP development team. He is also an IBM Certified Solution Advisor for Cloud Computing. Ahmed holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Cairo University, and has co-authored other IBM Redbooks publications.

• Ahmed Mansour

Jiri Sochr works as an IBM i IT Specialist at IBM Delivery Centre Central Europe in Brno, Czech Republic. He provides third level support for IBM i customers. He has more than 20 years experience in IBM i hardware and software products, IBM i Development, workload management, and performance. He has a broad knowledge of other IBM products. He specializes in IBM i complex problem determination and multiplatform problem solutions. He also works as an IBM i solution designer, including external storage and multiplatform integration based on customer requests. He holds a Doctorate (RNDr.) in Natural Sciences from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Jiri joined IBM in 2009. Before joining IBM, he worked for an IBM Business Partner company as an IBM i systems engineer and technology leader.

• Jiri Sochr

Tom Vernaillen is a Senior IT Specialist in Belgium. His areas of expertise include IBM i problem determination, network connectivity, and communications, including TCP/IP. He has participated in previous ITSO residencies, preparing technical overview presentation material and writing TCP/IP communications-related Redbooks publications for IBM i. He currently is an Enhanced Technical Support remote Account Advocate for several IBM Power Systems customers.

• Tom Vernaillen

ISBN

0738436232

IBM Form Number
SG24-7858-01

Number of pages
720