IBM WebSphere Application Server - Java Core Debugging using IBM Thread and...
And yet more on the theme of WAS performance, following this: -IBM WebSphere Application Server - Tuning and Monitoring and Tuning - IBM Health CenterIBM WebSphere Application Server - Tuning and...
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Following this post: -IBM WebSphere Application Server - Tuning and Monitoring and Tuning - IBM Health Centerone of my colleagues asked if/how HC could be set to work in so-called "headless" mode,...
View ArticleDoh, Apple Time Machine and Docker - Disk and Om Nom Nom
I was trying to work out why my Time Machine backup from my primary Mac was taking oh-so-long, even via a 100 Mb/s Ethernet connection.I wondered whether Docker was part of the "problem"….Guess what...
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Following this post: -Doh, Apple Time Machine and Docker - Disk and Om Nom NomOne of my friends pointed out the error of my ways …Docker has this: -which should definitely help :-)Thanks Andy, you're a...
View ArticleRails, Angular, Postgres, and Bootstrap - A Book Review
As I've mentioned previously, I periodically review books for the British Computer Society (BCS), including: -"Kubernetes Microservices with Docker" - A Book ReviewBook Review - What Am I Reading ?This...
View ArticleIBM Cloud Private - What I'm reading now
I'm going through a period of self-enablement on IBM's recently launched IBM Cloud Private (ICP) solution, and found this: -Build and Continuously Deliver a Java Microservices App in IBM Cloud...
View ArticleAmazon Web Services and a Salutary Learning Experience
I received a small but costly reminder that little in life is free this AM.Whilst indulging in my usual bout of cross-trainer ( #GymOClock ), I checked my emails and saw one purportedly from Amazon Web...
View ArticleUsing curl to drive a SOAP-based web service
As part of some tinkering (!) with IBM BPM 8.6, specifically to test a SOAP-based Web Service, as exposed ( exported ) by a SCA module, I wanted to quickly test the service without needing to start/use...
View ArticleHmmm, why can't root uninstall IBM DB2 ?
I'm cleaning up a VM, and looking to remove DB2 11.1: -/opt/ibm/db2/V10.5/install/db2_deinstall -aDBI1149E To execute this program, you must be the owner of the installation copy.Explanation: The...
View ArticleInstalling IBM DB2 on Linux using IBM Installation Manager - Fun and Games
I've installed DB2 a million (!) times over the past 17 years, since I joined what was then IBM Software Group.However, I've almost always installed it using the DB2 installation binaries and response...
View ArticleHmmm, Segmentation Fault 11 with Cloud Foundry
Whilst following this online course: -LFS132x Introduction to Cloud Foundry and Cloud Native Software ArchitectureI was tinkering ( man, I love that word ) with Cloud Foundry ( CF ).Now it's been a...
View ArticleCloud Foundry and Ruby on IBM Bluemix - Learning, learning, learning - keep...
Following a previous post: -Hmmm, Segmentation Fault 11 with Cloud FoundryI'm running through this: -LFS132x Introduction to Cloud Foundry and Cloud Native Software Architectureand was hitting an issue...
View ArticleIBM Cloud Private - Tinkering with Vagrant
So I've been on a slow boat to IBM Cloud Private, over the past few weeks, and am continuing to self-enable in my "spare" time ( my formal enablement starts next week ).Looking at this: -Source: IBM...
View ArticleVagrant and VMware - all the Vs together - or not
Further to my last: -IBM Cloud Private - Tinkering with VagrantI'm now looking at the options to use VMware Workstation ( this is on Linux, rather than my default home of macOS ) instead of...
View ArticleTelnet, my Telnet - Or macOS High Sierra, what have you done ?
This harks back to a VERY old post: -Testing Times with Telnetwhich was penned back in 2010.Since I've upgraded to macOS High Sierra, I've lost the FTP and Telnet clients.Ordinarily that wouldn't be a...
View ArticleIBM DB2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the IBM Mainframe
I'm running through the process to deploy IBM Business Process Manager (BPM) 8.6 onto an IBM mainframe ….This is something that I've done a number of times before, since I first joined the (then) IBM...
View ArticleIBM Java and Health Centrer - There's More
Following an earlier post: -IBM WebSphere Application Server - Tuning and Monitoring and Tuning - IBM Health CenterI've been guiding a colleague in the use of HC, outside of WebSphere Application...
View ArticleIBM Cloud Private and Kubernetes - Coping files
Whilst I have used docker cp numerous times to copy files from a running container to the host ( or vice versa ), I had the need to do the same with a container running in a Pod orchestrated by...
View ArticleInteresting - java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:...
During an installation of IBM BPM Advanced 8.5.5 onto Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 ( which, I know, is an unsupported combination ), I had an interesting experience.This was the installation command:...
View Article"com.ibm.bpm.config.util.ConfigException: Failed to import LTPA:" seen when...
I saw this exception: -[23/11/17 11:57:38:222 GMT] 00000001 BPMConfig E com.ibm.bpm.config.BPMConfig main Failed to import LTPA:...
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