Involved with IBM i (AS/400) since the beginning, about 25 years inside IBM. Now we implement new and quick save solutions for IBM i full data including SAVE21 without or only small interruption of the users. Our product "Flash for i and external Storage" are the combination which provide the functionalty for that.
Second monitoring of your IBM i applications with Open source solutions (Nagios and compatible) is very efficient and simple with our product "Control for i". With this solution everything what runs on IBM i (Applications, DB, Jobs, DTAQ, JOBQ, SBS, etc..) could be controlled.