Resume of Dana French: Publications

• IBM Developer Works


August 2010: AIX Documentation Wiki: Configuration and Implementation () - Methodology, configuration, instructions, and scripts for the implementation of an AIX documentation server using "MediaWiki" software. Included are scripts for the automated creation and upload of categories, pages, and redirects associated with the IBM AIX operating system and related software. This article also discusses a methodology for the design, maintenance, and support of the documentation server to insure business continuity is preserved.

July 2009: Automated and Dynamic IP Address Allocation for Data Center Automation: System Deployment Tools for Business Continuity () - Discussion of the usage of a dynamic DNS for the storage, allocation, and management of IP addresses for system deployment operations in automated data center environments. A step-by-step procedure for the creation and configuration of the AIX dynamic DNS is provided to support automated IP address allocations across multiple subnets.

April 2009: AIX Job Spooler: Process and Resource Control (url) - Job spooling or batch processing are mainframe concepts that are available in the IBM AIX environment, but are rarely implemented. This article describes the configuration, reasons, and purposes for implementing job spooling in AIX environments.

January 2009: Enterprise Wide Unique Identifiers for Business Continuity (url) - A discussion of "Enterprise Wide Unique" (EWU) identifiers as they are needed in supporting a business continuity environment. These identifiers provide a mechanism of ensuring a single value for a parameter that must be unique across an entire enterprise. The purpose of this article is to show the value of generating or calculating these values on an as needed basis rather than recording and maintaning these values in spreadsheets and databases.

November 2008: Naming Standards for Business Continuity (url) - In today's partitioned and virtualized computing environments, the requirement for naming standards is more apparent than ever before. Unfortunately there is a wide spread lack of understanding between the different categories of names used to identify managed systems, LPAR's, profiles, node names, host names, and aliases. This article defines naming categories and provide standards for creating enterprise wide unique names associated with each category. This article also explains why it is important to distinguish between the different naming categories and how they are an integral part of data center automation projects and an overall business continuity plan.

September 2008: KornShell 93 Auditing (url) - New features of the Korn Shell provide system administrators and management with the ability to monitor, track, record, and audit every command executed by any user of a system. This is different from normal the normal shell history, and provides detailed information that includes date, time, tty, user, and the command. This information can be stored locally or transmitted in real time to a remote logging system.

Mar 2008: Shell Curses Function Library (url) (wiki) (wiki) - Provides the shell programmer the ability to perform text-based cursor movements to specified locations on the screen. This ability permits the creation of menuing and data-entry systems using shell scripts without the need for compiled binaries. These functions are similar to the "C" language "Curses" library.

Sep 2007: AIX disaster recovery - Resolving resource conflicts (url) - This article identifies resource conflicts that typically occur during a disaster recovery implementation and provides suggestions for resolving these conflicts.

• AIX Update Journal

unpublished: Virtualization Standards for Business Continuity: Part 10 (pdf)
Mar 2008: Virtualization Standards for Business Continuity: Part 9 (pdf)
Feb 2008: Virtualization Standards for Business Continuity: Part 8 (pdf)
Nov 2007: Virtualization Standards for Business Continuity: Part 7 (pdf)
Sep 2007: Virtualization Standards for Business Continuity: Part 6 (pdf)
Aug 2007: Virtualization Standards for Business Continuity: Part 5 (pdf)
May 2007: Virtualization Standards for Business Continuity: Part 4 (pdf)
Mar 2007: Virtualization Standards for Business Continuity: Part 3 (pdf)
Feb 2007: Virtualization Standards for Business Continuity: Part 2 (pdf)
Dec 2006: Virtualization Standards for Business Continuity: Part 1 ((pdf))
Aug 2006: Successful Business Continuity: Automated Documentation (pdf)
Jul 2006: Automated Process Monitoring (ksh93)
May 2006: Tracking disks and virtual SCSI adapters in a VIO server environment (ksh93)
Apr 2006: Generate Secure Random Passwords (ksh93)
Apr 2006: Successful Business Continuity: Websphere MQ (pdf)
Feb 2006: Setting Path Priorities for Virtualized Disks (ksh93)
Feb 2006: Korn Shell Awk Emulation (ksh93)
Nov 2005: Successful Business Continuity: Volume Names (pdf)
May 2005: Successful Business Continuity: Naming Structures (pdf)
Apr 2005: Successful Business Continuity: User Names and Groups (pdf)

• Lulu Publishing

2007: Virtualization for Business Continuity (in IBM AIX environments) (Book)
2007: Advanced Korn Shell Programming (Book)

• Wiki: Encyclopedia Articles

Dana L. French: Wikipedia article about Dana French, President and CEO of TriParadigm. (wiki) (wiki)
Business Continuity: Dana French is the author of the Wikipedia article on the topic of Business Continuity (wiki)
Data Center Automation: Dana French is the author of the Wiki article on the topic of Data Center Automation (wiki)

• Press Interviews:
  Interview of Dana French By Dennis Barker of "NearShore Americas": Dennis Barker of Nearshore Americas interviews Dana French regarding Business Continuity and OutSourcing. (url)