Guru: How To Acquire The IBM i Administration Runtime Expert Product And PTFs

May 17, 2021 Dawn May

In past articles about the Administration Runtime Expert, I mentioned that you install the ARE licensed program product on your central system, but I never documented steps on how you acquire the 5733-ARE program product. I apologize for this oversight since, as it turns out, obtaining ARE is not immediately obvious.

To get the 5733-ARE product, you must log into the IBM Support website and go to your Entitled Systems Support page. Under My Entitled Software, select Software Downloads. You need to select your system that is entitled to IBM software, the category of IBM i, and then …

Guru: Manage PTFs With The Administration Runtime Expert

November 9, 2020 Dawn May

This fourth article in my series on using the Administration Runtime Expert (ARE) reviews how ARE is used to manage PTFs. This article assumes you have already learned the basics of how to use ARE from the prior articles.

PTF management with ARE features these key functions:

• Check your installed group PTF levels compared to the latest levels available from IBM
• Verify consistent PTF levels installed across multiple partitions
• Distribute PTF images to endpoint systems
• Optionally load and apply PTFs

The ARE Template Editor provides the interface to define your templates for PTF management.

Start by determining what type of …