By Alex Woodie
Publication Date: 2026-08-24 04:02:00
August 24, 2026
Alex Woodie
Keeping track of IBM i configurations and how users are using IBM i is important for security purposes. But administrators and analysts are already so overburdened with other responsibilities that it is easy to let something slip by. That is why IBM is building new SQL capabilities into Access Client Solutions, which hopefully will make it easier for IBM i shops to spot potentially damaging configs or uses before they hurt the organization.
ACS is one of the most important tools provided by IBM for IBM i professionals, as it contains a slew of facilities for interacting with the system. It includes an emulator, spool file and IFS viewers, tools for data transfer, and a virtual console for LAN and HMC management. And of course it also contains Run SQL Scripts, a console for not only running SQL on the system, but also developing it.
IBM has…
