About Me
Biography
Larry has been volunteering for COMMON since 1988 and has been working on IBM equipment since 1984. While he once was a developer, he has focused for the last 20 years as a system designer, installer, and administrator. Larry has service COMMON in nearly every capacity over the years. Larry has been awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze metals for his sessions, as well as the Al Barsa memorial scholarship, and the distinguished service award. Larry is also an IBM Champion since 2019.
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IBM i Cloud and Infrastructure Advisor
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In days gone by the IBM supplied program QSTRUP combined with a couple options on CHGIPLA was good enough for most IBM i shops. It started what seemed to be needed and anything else we stumbled through after each IPL. When it was time to shut down a PWRDWNSYS or ENDSBS command took down whatever was ...
How much disk storage do you have on your system? The most common answer is 'not enough!' Attend this session and find out where all that space went, what you can clean up, and what should be left alone. Learn about ways to report and find disk usage as well as understanding how you use it. Develop a ...
IBM i and IBM Power Systems combine to deliver a fabulously reliable environment. The operating system has rich work management capability and strong error reporting. Despite that you shouldn't ignore it or you will eventually find yourself dealing with something serious. In this session ...
Just like your car or your house, ignoring maintenance puts you in dept. Don't let the debt get so large that you struggle to pay it off!In this session we will discuss recent IBM changed from PTFs to 'Fix Information' and APARs to 'Known Issues'. We'll make the connection snd show you where things ...
Utilizing the cloud is can be a great option for IBM i customers. It sounds simple, and at it core it is! However, there are many items to consider for your organization to help determine if it's the right thing for you.There are, however, options on how to plan, execute, and validate the migration ...
When a job runs on IBM i it generates various status messages. When things go 'bump' the job issues additional messages. Where do those messages appear? Most of them appear in the job log, making the job log the 'go to' for identifying issues or determining status of the job.In this session we will ...
Opening session with Dawn May.
Just like your car or your house, ignoring maintenance puts you in dept. Don't let the debt get so large that you struggle to pay it off!In this session we will discuss recent IBM changed from PTFs to 'Fix Information' and APARs to 'Known Issues'. We'll make the connection snd show you where things ...