We have a COBOL application running on power6 , i 570 server with OS as V5R4
We have a COBOL application running on power6 V5R4, will upgrading OS to V6R1 benefit in terms of performance.

Answer Question   |  January 15, 2011  1:09 PM
AS/400, COBOL, V5R4, V6R1

Entire system Backup taken through BRMS over multiple tape drives simultaneously
Can Entire system Backup be taken through BRMS over multiple tape drives simultaneously. Secondly if the expiry of such a tape has passed, will it be possible to restore contents of such a tape?

Answer Question   |  January 15, 2011  1:04 PM
AS/400, Backup, BRMS, BRMS Backup, iSeries, Tape Backups

AS/400 job taking more time than the other relevant jobs
Here is my Scenario…    Every day my a robot job will submit 7 batch jobs at single point of time and all jobs do the same no of transaction process.All jobs has same run priority as well. But the problem is all jobs completing at the same time except one job which is running [...]

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2011  7:01 PM
AS/400, AS/400 Job Prioritization, AS/400 Job Queue, AS/400 jobs, iSeries

Management Central running but cannot open.
Management Central is running but when I try to open it I get “An unhandled win32 exception occurred in cwbunnav.exe” It opens a Visual Studio Just-In-Time debugger. Selecting Yes to debug doesn’t work because the source is unavailable. Selecting No (and when exiting the debugger), the iNavigator terminates. So far every thing I’ve read leads [...]

Answer Question   |  January 31, 2011  5:36 PM
Debugger, iSeries Access, Management Central, V6R1, Visual Studio

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Answer Question   |  January 20, 2011  4:55 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, iPads, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows, Windows Server

AS/400 compatibility
I want to know if as400 is competable with any software like windows vista or earlier version of windows

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2011  11:44 AM
AS/400, AS/400 interoperability, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Converting AS/400 calender date to julian date
How to convert calander date to julian date by using query commands?

Answer Question   |  February 15, 2011  11:12 AM
AS/400 command functions, AS/400 commands, AS/400 date format, Date conversion

In iSeries, System job tables nearing capacity. – How to reduce
The job tables are nearing capacity in our iSeries, we have purged some OUTQ’s  as well, please could some one let u know any other house keeping methods?

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2011  10:21 AM
AS/400 performance, iSeries System Log, OUTQ

Do I have to open ports to use STRPCO?
do i need to open specific ports to be able to use strpco?

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2011  12:11 AM
AS/400 command functions, AS/400 commands, AS/400 Port Numbers, STRPCO

Rename file in CL
Hi all. I need to check if the file exist, and rename it. t How do I check file existing in CL? Thank you.

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  10:08 PM
CL Procedure, CL Program, RENAME statement

Setting permanent AS/400 IDs
can we set workstation ids so that they are not assigned every time we sign on by the the as 400 system

Answer Question   |  January 13, 2011  2:19 PM
AS/400, AS/400 Workstations, Printing AS/400 performance

Message Monitoring in Management Central
I have been attempting to setup a new message monitor in Management Central. When I click on new monitor the system hangs for a while then get a message An unexpected error occurred. The details for the message are of no use as they do not point me in a specific direction. Any thoughts or [...]

Answer Question   |  April 14, 2011  9:11 PM
iSeries, Management Central, V5R4

OS/400 physical file overridden
Hi, I have two physical files File1 in library 1 and library2. What i am thinking of overriding FileX and FileY to lib1/file1 and lib2/file2 in CLP. In my RPG i am using FileX and FileY and reading records from FileX and writing to FileY. IS this possible?

Answer Question   |  January 18, 2011  11:16 AM
AS/400, OS/400, Physical Files

How to encrypt spool files ?
If user have *SPLCTL special authority he can view spool files , using wrksplf outqname option 5 . how to restrict it

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  4:51 AM
*SPLCTL, *SPLCTL special authority, Encryption, OUTQ, Spool files

Hide AS/400 Parameter
How can we hide the parameter from user view and pass with some default value.

Answer Question   |  January 13, 2011  7:34 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 Parameters, PARM

Data Structure in CL
Hi,     Upto my knowledge we cant use data structure in cl… Is it Possible? If it Possible then How?

Answer Question   |  October 31, 2011  7:29 AM
AS/400 database, CL, CL programming, Data structure

FNDSTRPDM to display spool file instead of printing
Hi,[Br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" />While I am doing FNDSTRPDM, always the result gets printed instead of displaying. How to make the result to display instead of print as spool file? [strong style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">FNDSTRPDM OPTION *DSP-THis will work or not...Any othe r way...Thanks in advance[/strong]

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2011  7:23 AM
AS/400 Display File, AS/400 Spool Files, FNDSTRPDM

Command to copy physical files before they get deleted
I have a requirement that when DLTF file command is execued if the file is PF then before file gets deleted CPYF coomand should be run.[Br style=”padding: 0px; margin: 0px;” />[Br style=”padding: 0px; margin: 0px;” />How can this be done?

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  7:21 AM
AS400 physical file, CPYF, DLTF, PF

Displaying on the message line through CL
Thru CL how can I display a message on the message line?

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2011  7:17 AM
AS/400 messaging, CL Commands, CL Program

Run AS/400 backup based on objects count
I have a requiremet that I need to run a savlib command if the particular library has more than 100 objects.[Br style=”padding: 0px; margin: 0px;” />How this can be done?[Br style=”padding: 0px; margin: 0px;” />[Br style=”padding: 0px; margin: 0px;” />Help me out with this! First i have to create a SAVF. how to create a [...]

Answer Question   |  January 12, 2011  7:14 AM
AS/400 backup, AS/400 objects, SAVF, SAVLIB