Preface
This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a technical overview of the features, functions, and enhancements available in IBM i 7.1, including all the Technology Refresh (TR) levels from TR1 to TR7. It provides a summary and brief explanation of the many capabilities and functions in the operating system. It also describes many of the licensed programs and application development tools that are associated with IBM i.
The information provided in this book is useful for clients, IBM Business Partners, and IBM service professionals who are involved with planning, supporting, upgrading, and implementing IBM i 7.1 solutions.
Authors
This book was produced by a team of specialists from around the world working at the International Technical Support Organization, Rochester Center.
 
Justin C. Haase is a technical manager for Sirius Computer Solutions headquartered in San Antonio, TX. He works in the Managed Services practice of the company, where Sirius provides system management and technical support for customers running various platforms, including IBM i running on Power Systems™. He has 15 years of experience in service bureau and hosting environments running the IBM i family of operating systems. His first managed system was a 9406-740 12-way IBM AS/400e™ at V4R5 of the OS, the largest AS/400® system IBM produced at the time. Mr. Haase has also assisted IBM in development of Power Systems certification tests as a subject matter expert.
Dwight Harrison is an IBM i hardware remote support specialist at the IBM i Global Support Center in Rochester, Minnesota. After serving in the United States Marine Corps, he started his IBM career in January 1970 in Rochester, Minnesota. One year later he transferred to Omaha, Nebraska, as a customer engineer. In January 1984, he transferred back to the Rochester site as a lab technician. In August 1987, he transferred back to North Platte, Nebraska, as a remote customer engineer where he installed and serviced the AS/400 until January 1993 when he accepted a position in the IBM i Global Support Center in Rochester, Minnesota. From 1993 to present, he assists with world-wide IBM i hardware support. He has helped author several System Handbooks, System Builders, and other Redbooks publications.
Adam Lukaszewicz is an Accredited IT Advisory working in IBM in Global Technology Support in Technical Software Support. He has been with IBM for 14 years. His areas of expertise include IBM i system problem determination and solution implementation. His second profession is delivering technical support for IBM Lotus® Notes® and Domino® products, with a specialization in Domino crash and performance analysis. He works for IBM European Competence Center for Lotus Notes and Domino. He holds a master degree in Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatic Control and Informatics from Opole University of Technology.
David Painter is a part of the IBM Rochester Lab Services team and is based in the United Kingdom. He joined IBM in 2006, working for IBM STG Lab Services as a Senior IT Specialist in IBM Power Systems, high availability, and external storage. Before joining IBM, he set up and built a highly successful Business Partner company in the UK. David has a background in systems, availability, integration, and implementation. Today, David implements high availability solutions across the world in clients that range from SMB accounts to large Enterprise accounts. David also regularly teaches courses in IBM i high availability and external storage for IBM i administrators. He also conducts many availability workshops and holds numerous certifications. David can be reached at [email protected].
Tracy Schramm is a Staff Software Engineer in the IBM i Global Support Center in IBM Rochester, specializing in the database area. Before her assignment in database, she also worked on print and fax. In addition, she has had temporary assignments in development and an international assignment at IBM Mainz in Germany. Tracy holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Southwest Minnesota State University. In addition, she holds a Masters of Information Systems and Management from the University of Phoenix. Tracy can be reached by email at [email protected].
 
Jiri Sochr is an IBM Level 2 Expert Certified IT Specialist at IBM Delivery Centre Central Europe in Brno, Czech Republic. He provides third level support for IBM i customers in Europe. He has 24 years experience in AS/400, IBM iSeries®, and Power systems hardware, IBM i software products, application development, workload management, security, performance, and external and internal storage solutions. He has a broad knowledge of other IBM platforms and products. He specializes in IBM i complex problem determination and multiplatform problem solutions. He also works as an IBM i solution designer and IT Architect for projects where IBM i is part of the whole solution. He holds Doctor degree 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 technical leader. Jiri can be reached at [email protected].
The fourth edition of this IBM Redbooks project was led by:
Debbie Landon
International Technical Support Organization, Rochester Center
Thanks to the following people for their contributions to this project:
Ann Lund, Linda Robinson, Jenifer Servais
International Technical Support Organization, Rochester Center
Terry D. Ackman, Mark J. Anderson, Sue Baker, Bob Baron, Stacy L Benfield, Robert J Bestgen, Chris Beyers, David R Bhaskaran, John Bird, Brian K. Bratager, Kent L Bruinsma, Dan Boyum, Lilo Bucknell, Tony Cairns, Natalie Campbell, Bunny Chaney, David S Charron, Armin Christofferson, Jason Clegg, Tom Crowley, Jenny Dervin, Collin DeVillbis, Jessica Erber-Stark, Jerry Evans, Margaret Fenlon, Steve Finnes, Jim Flanagan, Terry A. Ford, Ron Forman, Scott Forstie, Christopher Francois, Dave Johnson, Robert Gagliardi, Mark Goff, Maryna Granquist, Roger Guderian, Kristi Harney, Stacy L. Haugen, Terry Hennessy, Mark J Hessler, Wayne Holm, Steven M Howe, Rafique Jadran, Allan E Johnson, Randy Johnson, Rodney Klingsporn, Tim Klubertanz, Stephen A Knight, Joe Kochan, Joseph Kochan, Tim Kramer, Jim Kryka, Dave Legler, Jim Lembke, Al Levering, Terry Luebbe, Dennis Martin, Ron McCargar, Ginny McCright, Jossie McManus, Marilin Martin, Dawn May, Cindy Mestad, Kent Milligan, Barbara Morris, Joe Mulholland, Tim Mullenbach, David B Murray, Glen Nelson, Robert Padzieski, Ricky M Peterson, Mary Ann Pierce, Lora Powell, Padma Rao, Steve Ransom, Tim Rowe, Darcy Rucker, Jon Rush, Rick Saltness, Curt Schemmel, Mark Schroeder, Bob Seemann, Gerald Simon, Shauna Smith, Jasmeet Singh, Alan Smith, Rose Sundermeyer, Shauna Smith, Steve Sparrow, Ellen Stacey, Eric Stec, Ellie B. Streifel, Johnnie R Talamantes, MJ Thompson, Jim Tilbury, Rodney Traff, Kathryn A Tri, Nancy Uthke-Schmucki, Mark R Vanderwiel, Wesley Varela, Mervyn Venter, Guy Vig, Brian Warford, Duane Wenzel, Kris Whitney, Steve Will, Keith Zblevski
IBM Rochester
Simon Webb
IBM Marlborough
Zhu Bing, Li LL Guo, Xi R Chen, Sheng Li Li, Jian Sang, Gang Shi, Meng MS Su, Dong Dong DD Su, Ting Ting Sun, Wei Sun, Gang T Tian, Nan Wang, Shuang Hong Wang, Gan Zhang
IBM China
Suneelkumar Cvn, Premkumar Swaminathan
IBM India
Vladimir Pavlisin
IBM Slovakia
Sean Babineau, Alison Butterill, Rob Cecco, Phil Coulthard, Mark M. Evans, George G Farr, Philip Mawby, Barbara Morris
IBM Toronto
Chris Trobridge
IBM UK
Thanks to the authors of the previous editions of this book:
•Authors of the first edition, IBM i 7.1 Technical Overview, which was published in October 2010, were:
Hernando Bedoya, Ivan Berrios, Ingo Dimmer, Robert Jacobsen, Prema Sathasivam, Jos Vermaere, Tom Vernaillen, Allyn Walsh.
•Authors of the second edition, IBM i 7.1 Technical Overview with Technology Refresh Updates, which was published in December 2011, were:
Hernando Bedoya, Jiri Sochr, Michael Harper, Robert Jacobsen, Matias Centeno Lozada, Ahmed Mansour, Tom Vernaillen.
•Authors of the third edition, IBM i 7.1 Technical Overview with Technology Refresh Updates, which was published in March 2013, were:
Hernando Bedoya, Octavio Bustos, Clive Griffiths, Tom Grigoleit, Axel Lachmann, Yohichi Nakamura, Sandra, Nelson, Xiao Hu Qu, Tom Vernaillen.
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