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IBM Navigator for i as you have never seen it before!

Tim Rowe – [email protected]

Business Architect

Application Development & Systems Management

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Agenda

• IBM Systems Management Directions

• IBM Navigator for i Overview

• IBM Navigator for i Details

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Power Systems Management

• End-user self-service provisioning of IaaS

• Subscriber and account management (multi-tenancy)

• Automated workload placement and guaranteed SLA’s

Cloud Management

• Virtual Image Management and Deployment

• Resource Pooling and Dynamic Virtual Machine Placement

• On-going optimization and Virtual Machine resiliency

Virtualization Management

SmartCloud

Platform Management

• PowerVM configuration and management

• Hardware and firmware configuration

• Service, support and update management

OS Management & System Access

• IBM i Navigator web client

• Access Client Solutions

• iAccess for Mobile

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IBM i Access for Windows• Staple for many IBM i shops for a long time• Provides

• 5250 Emulation – Pcomm • Console Accsess

• Data Transfer• Client Navigator Support • Application Connectivity, .net, ODBC

• Written as a windows only solution • Windows….from the mid 90’s

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Client Devices

• End User Devices • Windows• Linux

• Many Flavors • Apple Mac • Tablets

• iPad • Android based• Windows Surface• Google tablets• Nooks • Smart Phones

• What should we be using ?

• BYOD

IBM i System Management Trends

5250 Emulation iAccess for Windows

Linux

Access Client Solutions

• Robust, full function 5250 emulation, runs on any platform, easy to deploy and

maintain

System Console • System Console from any workstation

Mobile System AccessNothing….iAccess Web

Mobile • Access and Manage your IBM i from

your favorite Web enabled Mobile device

Resulting Client Value

OS ManagementIBM i Navigator • Web based interface for managing your

IBM i operating system, advanced tools including PDI, PTF Management,

monitors

Transformation

� Focus on tools for today and the future� Focus on non-windows installed tools

� Leveraging cross platform infrastructures

� Simple Setup, Use and Operation & Maintenance � Current Windows based tooling supported

iAccess for Windows

Access Client Solutions

iAccess for Windows

Database EngineeriAccess for Windows

iAccess for Windows / IBM i

Navigator

• Currently iAccess for Windows is the best choice. Much new support in

Navigator

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Decoupling Access for Windows

• IBM i Access for Windows or Client Access has been the platform for nearly everything needed to interact with your IBM i OS for a long time. From end users just needing a 5250 session, to a System Administrator, the same product and maintenance overhead is needed

• Many of these functions are now available in different ways depending on the needs of the user or application environment.

• Access for Windowsmajor functions andwhere those functionsare provided

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IBM i Centric System Management

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IBM Navigator for i Overview

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Navigator

Old – PC Client

New – Rich Web GUI

Old –Web GUI

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IBM Navigator for i

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IBM Navigator for i – History• V5R3

– Initial “web enablement” of System i Navigator functions. Used AUIML servlet runtime. Approx 100 tasks available via URLs.

• V5R4

– Continued web enablement. Up to approx 300 tasks now available as servlets.

• V6R1

– ISC console now available on IBM i.

– IBM Systems Director Navigator for i.

– “Systems Director” was included in name to show “growth path” to IBM Systems Director.

– Internal name was “Level 1 Console” since this out-of-the-box application was available to only manage one IBM i system.

– Navigator web portlets were also included in base IBM Systems Director application.

• V7R1

– Continued making more functions available in web console.

– Attempts by AUIML to improve web performance/usability not very effective.

– Single source – All changes reflected back to V6R1

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How does it work ?

• Enter the following URL into a browsero http://systemName:2001

Supports the following browsers:

• Chrome

• Microsoft® Internet Explorer

• Mozilla Firefox

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How does it work ?

• Accept the certificate warnings

o Consoles runs on SSL

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• URL will be re-routed to secure path

• Enter your IBM i user ID and password for this system

How does it work ?

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Web Console interface displays o Expand IBM i Management to view the task categories

o Click on the desired task category to view the Welcome Page for that task

o Click on a task on the Welcome Page, or, click on the Show All Tasks button to view

all web enabled tasks for that category

o Each selected task appears in a separate portlet, and a tab appears at the top of the

work space

How does it work ?

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IBM Navigator for i - Reenergized

• Independent Tabs

– Switch back and forth quickly

– Open tab in a new window

• Dynamic Navigation

– Navigation how it should be

– Open containers quickly

• Modern Tables

– Search & filter large data

– Function you expect

Significant upgrade from previousWeb based interface.

Performance and UsabilityComparable to Client Navigator

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Dynamic Navigation

• Navigate to the function you want

• Open containers so find dynamic content

• Refresh dynamic contents

Work with Active Subsystem

‘Refresh’ a group

Navigate IFS quickly & easily

Access the function you need for Database

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Independent Tabs

• Switch back and forth between tabs with no server refresh

• Open a tab in a new window

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Modern Tables

Click column to sort

Right Click on any row to see list of functions

Select how many entries to

show

Fast path to the page you want to see

Hover on any row to see details

Fast Filtering – Rethink how you find data

in a table

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IBM i 7.1 TR9 Enhancements

• Usability

• Software management – PTF, PTF Group, IBM i Products

• Performance Data Investigator

• Security

• Network

• Omnifind

• Disk & Partition Management

• Re-imagined DB2 for i Support

• Many More….

IBM i Navigator

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Finding what you need

How do you find things ?• Ask someone • Just always known• Saw someone do it once • Guessed at the CL command name • Books ie RedBooks

• Google • Use an interface that makes sense

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Usability Enhancements

• Search tasks by keywords and CL commands

• Bookmark your favorite tasks

• Go to deep IFS path directly

• Navigation performance

improvement

• Simplified Tab-based

management

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Find screen with CL Command name

• Find screen with key word OR CL Command name where we can

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Finding what you need

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PTF Compare and Update

• Compare PTFs and PTF groups on different systems

• Send and install PTFs/PTF groups to multiple systems

• Multi-system PTF comparison

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DB Re-imagined

Existing DB support in the Web is ‘clunky’, slow, and often not usable based on the flow

DB Re-imagined • Create web optimized panels

• HTML, Javascript and Dojo • Leverage Web Centric Controls • Improve flow for Web experience • Large data sets

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User ID Management on Signon

Update expired passwords from the Navigator Signon

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Set Target System

Set Target System

– Specify the remote system you want to work with.

– Supports system at IBM i 5.4, IBM i 6.1 & IBM i 7.1

Specify System

Name

User ID

Password

Click OK

*Close / Restart

Open tabs

Current system being managed!!!

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Why Set Target System ?

• Allows for a client server relationship

• Run Navigator on one system, manage any other system in your network

• Means you DON’T need to run navigator on your production machine

Navigator System

Set target system

Production A

Production B

QA

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System tab

• System status

• Operator Messages

• History Log

• Disk Status

• 5250 Emulator

•Application Admin

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5250 Emulator

Basic 5250 Emulator

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Basic Operations

Your stuff

• Messages

• Printer output

• User Jobs

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Work Management

• Active Jobs

• Active Subsystem

• Active Job Queues

• Output Queues

•Active Memory Pools

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Databases

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Database tab - Basics

Work with database

Database Indexes

Database Health Center

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Configuration and Service

• System values

• Disk Management

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Configuration and Service tab

*Disk Management GUI requires ‘SST’ user to be signed on

Disk Management GUI System Values

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Disk Management Graphical view

Network

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Network tab – Basic functions

Create IPV4 & IPV6 interfaces

Manage TCP Servers

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Users and Groups

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Users and Groups tab - Basics

Create and Manage User Profiles

Create and Manage Group Profiles

Journal Management

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Journal Management tab – Basics

***Significant enhancements for 7.1 – Now we have complete solution for Journal Management!!

•Add Remote Journal

•Delete

•Permissions

•Change Receivers

•Properties

•Journal Receivers

•Show Journal Objects

•Remote Journals

Performance

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Performance Tasks

� “Performance” is a major function within this Web console

– Investigate Data“Performance Data Investigator”

– Collections

– All Performance Tasks

• Active Jobs

• Disk Status

• System Status

• Define, start, stop and manage performance data collectors

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Investigate Data

Folders (content packages) contain Perspectives (views) and are a logical grouping of related charts/tables that benefit from being

rendered side-by-side for reference or context.

Health Indicators (based off of Collection Services

data) – a great way to assess overall health of

your system

IBM Performance Tools (option 3) Job Watcher feature

NEW – SQL Performance Data!!

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Collection Services & PDI

• Significant enhancements to PDi

– New Collection Services Metrics

– Batch Model

– System Monitoring

– New PDI Perspectives

– Enhanced Left Hand NavigationSelect package and perspective from left

hand

Fast Search – Enter metric see all charts its on!!

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Health Indicators

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Collection Services

• CPU Utilization and Waits Overview

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CPU Utilization and Waits Overview

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Disk Statistical Overview

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PDI - New Database Perspective

• Robust graphical interface enabled by Collection Services support.

• New breakdown

makes it easier to notice “what changed”?

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Batch Model

Measure a batch workload

-Adjust hardware, processor, storage (SSD),

system settings

Model how these changes effect the Workload performance

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File Systems

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Integrated File System

Fast path to a directory

Simple Text Editor

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How do I get it ?

• IBM i 7.2 & IBM i 7.1 at the same level of support

– Latest IBM i HTTP PTF Group level

• IBM i 7.2

– Group PTF SF99713

• IBM i 7.1


– Latest IBM i Java PTF Group

• IBM i 7.2


• IBM i 7.1


http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/http/support.html

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