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Db2 for i and QSYS2 Services Every Developer Should Know
A practical guide to the QSYS2 services and Db2 for i catalog views that turn jobs, job logs, objects, programs, IFS files, messages, journals, generated DDL, and index statistics into queryable, filterable, joinable SQL rows.
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IBM i Application Monitoring and Production Troubleshooting
A practical, evidence-first guide to detecting production failures, finding the right job, and diagnosing application issues safely — comparing conventional commands like WRKACTJOB and WRKOBJLCK with SQL-based QSYS2 monitoring services.
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