AS/400 administration Questions


Career in AS/400 Admin
Hello Recently I joined a company, where they are offering me training on AS/400 Administration.I want to know whether I am on right track ie Is there is a good scope ahead in this field?? Please hepl……….. Thanks in Advance.

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2011  4:57 PM
AS/400 administration, career advice, Certification and specializations
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70 pts.

Job type change
Can one change the type of the job(from batch to interactive or viceversa) when that job is running. If possible plz explain the process. thx

Answer Question   |  February 19, 2010  1:02 PM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 jobs, V5R4
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1,150 pts.

AS/400 classes
Hi, what is a class on AS/400 system and where are they used. How is it created and its significance?   thanks

Answer Question   |  November 17, 2009  11:24 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 classes, V5R4
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1,150 pts.

Primary groups
Hi, can anybody help me about how a primary group works in an organization and how it eases the user profile management. How does it differ with a group profile and how to create it as well? thanks

Answer Question   |  November 13, 2009  11:08 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 Primary Group, V6R1
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1,150 pts.

Is it possible to restrict running of NASTIE (Now a simple tool in Excel) on system i
Is it possible to restrict running of NASTIE (Now a simple tool in Excel) on system i

Answer Question   |  November 6, 2009  1:31 PM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 Restricted State, Microsoft Excel, NASTIE
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1,160 pts.

System Administration guide lines
Hi, i am very new to the administration on IBM i. I have many years of Developmet experience on as/400 but now my job involves more on admin front than the development. I request you to plz help me with some useful tips and guidelines alongwith some good links on this…   thanks Ram

Answer Question   |  November 29, 2009  10:49 AM
AS/400 administration
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1,150 pts.

Authority lists
Hi, plz give me the step by step process of creation of an Authority list and maintaining( i mean how to use) it… thanks Ram

Answer Question   |  November 29, 2009  10:43 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 Authorization List
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1,150 pts.

Group profiles
Hi, can anybody tell me if it is possible to change a group profile back to a normal(stand alone) user profile after deleting the users from that group?

Answer Question   |  November 29, 2009  10:39 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 group profiles, AS/400 user profiles
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1,150 pts.

user profiles
Hi, can you plz tell me if it is possible to rename or change the user profile name on i-series machine?

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2009  10:36 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 user profiles
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1,150 pts.

missing Host Application
I am manage several LPAR under OS/400 V5R4M0, at least three of them were created with restore from other one. In those LPARs I can see QIBM_EJB_PRODUCT tree into Host Applications option of Application Administration in iSeries Navigator. The original LPAR have it. The question is, how can I recovery that Host Application?

Answer Question   |  October 7, 2009  9:57 PM
AS/400 administration, iSeries Navigator, iSeries Navigator 5.x, LPAR, V5R4
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40 pts.

Cleanup, STRCLNUP
How would you schedule Cleanup to automatically run every Sunday at 3am? Not every day at 3am.

Answer Question   |  June 6, 2010  1:28 PM
AS/400, AS/400 administration, AS/400 Object Cleanup
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115 pts.

AS/400 Storage
How to ascertain which storage area the system is using to load the OS(Storage Area A / Storage Area B)?

Answer Question   |  September 22, 2009  8:44 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 storage
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75 pts.

CPYTOIMPF data corruption
CPYTOIMPF on V5R4 with latest PTF’s adds invalid data to the created CSV file for some blank fields in the PF. Is this a Bug?

Answer Question   |  September 21, 2009  3:04 PM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 backup, AS/400 error messages, CPYTOIMPF, DB2/400
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5 pts.

AS/400 User Profile Creation Date & Time
We can find the user profile creation date and time as, WRKOBJ OBJ(QSYS/USRPRF) OBJTYPE(*USRPRF) Is the anyother way to find it?

Answer Question   |  September 14, 2009  8:46 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 user profiles
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75 pts.

Authorization List in AS/400
What are the drawbacks of Authorization list in AS400?

Answer Question   |  September 8, 2009  5:56 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 Authorization List
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75 pts.

How to determine that a particular job has consumed so much I/O activity alone of the system? – such as resources
How to determine that a particular job has consumed so much I/O activity alone of the system? – such as resources, and other resources.

Answer Question   |  August 28, 2009  4:24 PM
AS/400 administration
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995 pts.

AS400 GUI interface
Does anyone use Presto or Genie products for Web facing? Any feedback or tips?

Answer Question   |  August 25, 2009  6:55 PM
AS/400, AS/400 administration, GUI
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10 pts.

Trigger program written in RPGLE
I have a trigger program that have 3 files declared in F-Specs (no UsrOpn keyword).  Everytime it ends, it sets the LR indicator on.  Does the trigger program slow down processing when the trigger file is updated in a batch program?  Should I remove the code that turns on the LR indicator?  If yes, then what happens if [...]

Answer Question   |  February 20, 2010  4:20 PM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 error messages, RPGLE
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560 pts.

SAP-BASIS/Mainframes
currently iam in AS/400 Administration. I would like to change the domain.Which is the best in SAP-BASIS / Mainframes? Can u help me out my confession.

Answer Question   |  September 3, 2009  5:52 AM
AS/400 administration, IBM Mainframe, SAP Basis
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5 pts.

System i Console Solution for 8203-E4A (LAN or Operations Console)
We are in the process of replacing our development system with a new 8203-E4A and I have no experience with any console other than a Twinax console. I read in the 520/550 Builder red book that there are several options that can be used. I don’t see a need to use a HMC since we [...]

Answer Question   |  October 8, 2009  3:13 PM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 Configuration, LAN
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1,145 pts.