How to automate update of Access Keys for POWER8

The other day, I’ve wrote about POWER8 ‘feature’ which requires from an administrator update of access keys in order to keep a server eligible for the firmware upgrade POWER8 – No hardware maintenance-no firmware upgrade . An administrator needs to enter these every few months, if a maintenance contract is re-signed every few months. This can be a headache, or something bigger if someone runs multiple servers. There is a secret HMC function, which can update the keys automatically.

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IBM TechU London 2016

Last week I spent at the Technical University in London. It was a great conference. As always I learnt a lot, met a lot of friends, seen a lot of interesting technologies and concepts. The conference was very special for me, because I was given the opportunity to join a poster session. Continue reading “IBM TechU London 2016” →

IBM TechU London 2016

Dear colleagues,

I will be at the Technical Univeristy conference at London. My blog is going to have a poster session on Thursday afternoon (starting from 5pm). If you want to discouss any topic or you just want to have a small talk, stop at my booth and say hello .

See you in London.

Few words about my blog

Dear readers,

Its been almost 5 months since I started with the blog. Number of views getting to 2000. I have visitors from some very exotic countries. And a lot positive feedback from you guys. Thank you!

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