COBOL conversion to Java vs .Net
Our CIO has announced that he wants to eliminate the mainframe by the end of FY 07-08. We are in the strategic planning phase currently and are examining the options. Our current system is z890-2086 running z/OS 1.4, CICS/TS, CA-7 job scheduler, CA Top Secret etc. Our criminal justice system runs on a Datacom/DB database. [...]
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| March 8, 2012 12:14 PM
COBOL, Java, JSP, zSeries
Our CIO has announced that he wants to eliminate the mainframe by the end of FY 07-08. We are in the strategic planning phase currently and are examining the options. Our current system is z890-2086 running z/OS 1.4, CICS/TS, CA-7 job scheduler, CA Top Secret etc. Our criminal justice system runs on a Datacom/DB database. [...]
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| March 8, 2012 12:14 PM
COBOL, Java, JSP, zSeries
MIcrosoft Windows 2003 Server
I am wondering if anyone out there has experienced my scenario. I am running a Windows 2003 Server STD on a Dell PE 800. I am trying to install Service Pack 1 for MS 2003 Server, but when it is about 1/4 of the way it will give me an error message “Internal Error Occurred” [...]
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| April 3, 2006 9:51 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
I am wondering if anyone out there has experienced my scenario. I am running a Windows 2003 Server STD on a Dell PE 800. I am trying to install Service Pack 1 for MS 2003 Server, but when it is about 1/4 of the way it will give me an error message “Internal Error Occurred” [...]
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| April 3, 2006 9:51 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Tech support
SAP and Data Center location strategy
I work for a very large company which is in the process of consolodating their many existing datacenters into fewer larger datacenters. We also have a large number of SAP production instances and associated dev/test systems. (I know this is an issue within itself, but I’m not solving that right now!) My question is around [...]
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| March 30, 2006 8:29 AM
Basis, DataCenter
I work for a very large company which is in the process of consolodating their many existing datacenters into fewer larger datacenters. We also have a large number of SAP production instances and associated dev/test systems. (I know this is an issue within itself, but I’m not solving that right now!) My question is around [...]
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| March 30, 2006 8:29 AM
Basis, DataCenter
Is my server running Windows 2000 Corperate or MSDN edition?
Someone suspected that a couple of our production servers might be installed with Windows 2000 server MSDN edition rather than corperate edition. I tried to find criterias to distinguish servers installed with the two editions without success: 1. There is a MS article (KB889713) describing how to use the Channel ID within the Windows 2003 [...]
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| April 11, 2006 7:18 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Someone suspected that a couple of our production servers might be installed with Windows 2000 server MSDN edition rather than corperate edition. I tried to find criterias to distinguish servers installed with the two editions without success: 1. There is a MS article (KB889713) describing how to use the Channel ID within the Windows 2003 [...]
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| April 11, 2006 7:18 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
5250 user gets another’s session
We have a user (5250 emulation) whose green screen gets an Input Inhibited(II) in lower left of screen. After pressing various keys (on screen) he gets another user’s screen. He cannot reproduce at will . This happens infrequently. Has anyone seen this problem where the 5250 session is not terminating completely/properly (or not fast enough) [...]
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| March 30, 2006 11:30 AM
AS/400, DataCenter
We have a user (5250 emulation) whose green screen gets an Input Inhibited(II) in lower left of screen. After pressing various keys (on screen) he gets another user’s screen. He cannot reproduce at will . This happens infrequently. Has anyone seen this problem where the 5250 session is not terminating completely/properly (or not fast enough) [...]
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| March 30, 2006 11:30 AM
AS/400, DataCenter
How to configure Linksys Router & PIX 501 for home broadband network
Hi networking gurus, I have a Linksys AG241 – ADSL2 Gateway with 4-Port Switch at home connected to my ADSL provider using PPPoA. This all works fine. I have recently purchased a Cisco PIX 501 firewall. I have connected the PIX to the Linksys router, but I can?t get traffic flowing properly. The Linksys router [...]
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| April 3, 2006 5:43 AM
Cabling, Cisco, Hardware, Hubs, Networking, Routers, Switches, Tech support
Hi networking gurus, I have a Linksys AG241 – ADSL2 Gateway with 4-Port Switch at home connected to my ADSL provider using PPPoA. This all works fine. I have recently purchased a Cisco PIX 501 firewall. I have connected the PIX to the Linksys router, but I can?t get traffic flowing properly. The Linksys router [...]
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| April 3, 2006 5:43 AM
Cabling, Cisco, Hardware, Hubs, Networking, Routers, Switches, Tech support
Report from check disk on active NTFS partition
If I run check disk on the next system boot, I’d like to know if it found and fixed any problems. Does it generate a report, and where would I find it? Someone suggested the event log, but I may not know what I am looking for: a log, a report, a breif line item [...]
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| January 30, 2012 9:23 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Disk drives, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Tech support
If I run check disk on the next system boot, I’d like to know if it found and fixed any problems. Does it generate a report, and where would I find it? Someone suggested the event log, but I may not know what I am looking for: a log, a report, a breif line item [...]
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| January 30, 2012 9:23 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, Disk drives, Hardware, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Storage servers, Tech support
email assessibility
A user is working from home for the next few weks. they would like their emails forwarded to their home email account. how can i do this. we have implemented exchange server 2000 back in the office and this user has an exchange mail account on the network. I need to know how do perform [...]
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| March 27, 2006 10:02 AM
Active Directory, Availability, Desktop management applications, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, Exchange security, Networking, Networking services
A user is working from home for the next few weks. they would like their emails forwarded to their home email account. how can i do this. we have implemented exchange server 2000 back in the office and this user has an exchange mail account on the network. I need to know how do perform [...]
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| March 27, 2006 10:02 AM
Active Directory, Availability, Desktop management applications, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, Exchange security, Networking, Networking services
problem with compiled HTML files
when I try to open a compiled HTML file , the following error message appears: cannot open the file: mk:@MSITStore:<FilePath><FileName>. what that means? what should I do? I really need to read contents of this file! does anybody know? sincerely,
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| March 28, 2006 7:00 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Development, Hardware, Interoperability, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Tech support
when I try to open a compiled HTML file , the following error message appears: cannot open the file: mk:@MSITStore:<FilePath><FileName>. what that means? what should I do? I really need to read contents of this file! does anybody know? sincerely,
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| March 28, 2006 7:00 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Development, Hardware, Interoperability, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, Software, SQL Server, Tech support
Connection Management
Hello, I am working on a project that we have a deployed a Personal Firewall product on laptop users. The Personal Firewall allows us to define a server based access profile or FW rules for each type of connection and IP range. ie. Ethernet, WLAN etc. The issue is this personal FW activates BOTH connection [...]
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| March 27, 2006 4:14 AM
Access control, backdoors, Browsers, Compliance, CRM, Current threats, Desktop management applications, Disaster Recovery, filtering, Hacking, human factors, Mobile, Network applications management, Network management software, Policies, Risk management, Security, Security Program Management, Servers, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, Web security, worms
Hello, I am working on a project that we have a deployed a Personal Firewall product on laptop users. The Personal Firewall allows us to define a server based access profile or FW rules for each type of connection and IP range. ie. Ethernet, WLAN etc. The issue is this personal FW activates BOTH connection [...]
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| March 27, 2006 4:14 AM
Access control, backdoors, Browsers, Compliance, CRM, Current threats, Desktop management applications, Disaster Recovery, filtering, Hacking, human factors, Mobile, Network applications management, Network management software, Policies, Risk management, Security, Security Program Management, Servers, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, Web security, worms
NTFS Permissions – Need Verification?
Long story short, I discovered the NTFS permissions on all our Native Windows 2000 servers, at the root of each partition, had been reset to “Everyone.” Of course I had my shares set to not propagate permissions, so that wasn’t an issue. For some reason this did not affect the one box that we had [...]
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| March 27, 2006 5:58 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Patch management, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Long story short, I discovered the NTFS permissions on all our Native Windows 2000 servers, at the root of each partition, had been reset to “Everyone.” Of course I had my shares set to not propagate permissions, so that wasn’t an issue. For some reason this did not affect the one box that we had [...]
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| March 27, 2006 5:58 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Patch management, Security, Servers, SQL Server
NT Domains
Hey, We have 2 domains. Let’s say domain 1 and 2. Both NT4 (yes, i know). Domain 1 has a range of 160.1 subnet 255.255.0.0, domain 2 162.1. . I’m situated in domain 1 and i want to make a BDC for domain 2. In the NT-server setup i can give IP or DHCP, DNS [...]
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| March 27, 2006 10:20 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Patch management, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Hey, We have 2 domains. Let’s say domain 1 and 2. Both NT4 (yes, i know). Domain 1 has a range of 160.1 subnet 255.255.0.0, domain 2 162.1. . I’m situated in domain 1 and i want to make a BDC for domain 2. In the NT-server setup i can give IP or DHCP, DNS [...]
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| March 27, 2006 10:20 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Patch management, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Excel – Out of memory
Hi, I have a Win2000 Server that we are using for our production QC System. I need to run 3 excel files with macros (Excel 2000) on the server for a monthly report. My problem is that each of these Excel files are already 30MB. When opening the third Excel file, the system prompts that [...]
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| March 25, 2006 2:59 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Hi, I have a Win2000 Server that we are using for our production QC System. I need to run 3 excel files with macros (Excel 2000) on the server for a monthly report. My problem is that each of these Excel files are already 30MB. When opening the third Excel file, the system prompts that [...]
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| March 25, 2006 2:59 AM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Merging Domains
The company I work for is acquiring another company and I have been tasked with making the two domains coexist. Let’s say the domains are abc.com and xyz.com The abc.com domain is a mixed mode environment (Windows 2000 and 2003 DCs). The xyz.com one has Windows 2000 native. Here are my questions. 1. Can these [...]
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| March 24, 2006 5:00 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
The company I work for is acquiring another company and I have been tasked with making the two domains coexist. Let’s say the domains are abc.com and xyz.com The abc.com domain is a mixed mode environment (Windows 2000 and 2003 DCs). The xyz.com one has Windows 2000 native. Here are my questions. 1. Can these [...]
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| March 24, 2006 5:00 PM
Desktops, Management, Microsoft Windows, OS, Security, Servers, SQL Server
Sample Change Control Form
Does anyone have a template/resource/info on a form that I can use for change notifications for IT? What works/doesnt work for IT operations type of changes. Thank you in advance.
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| March 24, 2006 4:28 PM
Compliance, DataCenter, Laws, Project management, Regulations, standards
Does anyone have a template/resource/info on a form that I can use for change notifications for IT? What works/doesnt work for IT operations type of changes. Thank you in advance.
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| March 24, 2006 4:28 PM
Compliance, DataCenter, Laws, Project management, Regulations, standards
Banning Sites
I have issues with a lot of my users surfing porn sites. Is there a way to find out, what sites they are surfing without them knowing. I would like to add those site to my banned sites in my firewall to stop it. Thanks in Advance.
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| March 27, 2006 1:36 PM
DataCenter, Networking, Tech support
I have issues with a lot of my users surfing porn sites. Is there a way to find out, what sites they are surfing without them knowing. I would like to add those site to my banned sites in my firewall to stop it. Thanks in Advance.
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| March 27, 2006 1:36 PM
DataCenter, Networking, Tech support
Replication problem
Hello, I have this question: 2 Domino server: 6.5.1 on W2k3, 5.0.7a on Win NT4.0; the connection is VPN over public internet; I scheduled several replication with connection document using a new blank db, but I’m not able to replicate changes in design elements, only changes in documents… The ACL is correct, in both db [...]
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| March 24, 2006 7:07 AM
Availability, Bandwidth, Lotus Domino, Networking, Platform Issues, Tech support
Hello, I have this question: 2 Domino server: 6.5.1 on W2k3, 5.0.7a on Win NT4.0; the connection is VPN over public internet; I scheduled several replication with connection document using a new blank db, but I’m not able to replicate changes in design elements, only changes in documents… The ACL is correct, in both db [...]
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| March 24, 2006 7:07 AM
Availability, Bandwidth, Lotus Domino, Networking, Platform Issues, Tech support
Domain Backup
Hello, I had this problem, my domain was deactivated last week. Due to some billing conflict, but it’s now back to full operational. However, my boss asked me if I could make a back up plan for the domain. So my question is, will a dual domain pointing to the same DNS server is ok? [...]
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| March 27, 2006 3:53 AM
DataCenter, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, Networking, Networking services, Project management
Hello, I had this problem, my domain was deactivated last week. Due to some billing conflict, but it’s now back to full operational. However, my boss asked me if I could make a back up plan for the domain. So my question is, will a dual domain pointing to the same DNS server is ok? [...]
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| March 27, 2006 3:53 AM
DataCenter, DHCP, DNS, Exchange, Networking, Networking services, Project management
Transfer / Copy OS/2 files with Extended data attributes to iSeries
We have 1,000′s of files that were originally created in OS/2. These files were created (OCR) from an image file so we could do text searches on them. OS/2 created these files with Extended Data attributes. We now need to copy these OS/2 files from an XP workstation to an iSeries networked drive. The problem [...]
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| December 2, 2009 4:39 PM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, PC/Windows Connectivity
We have 1,000′s of files that were originally created in OS/2. These files were created (OCR) from an image file so we could do text searches on them. OS/2 created these files with Extended Data attributes. We now need to copy these OS/2 files from an XP workstation to an iSeries networked drive. The problem [...]
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| December 2, 2009 4:39 PM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, PC/Windows Connectivity
System Setting For Created Libraries
Hi Everyone. An odd question, when we create new libraries on the 400 they are automatically flagged in the SETUPBCKUP screens for Daily/Weekly and Monthly backup. Where can I change this attribute for new libraries created on the system? Thanks, Rayden.
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| November 15, 2010 2:29 PM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, DataCenter, DB2 Universal Database, RPG, RPGLE
Hi Everyone. An odd question, when we create new libraries on the 400 they are automatically flagged in the SETUPBCKUP screens for Daily/Weekly and Monthly backup. Where can I change this attribute for new libraries created on the system? Thanks, Rayden.
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| November 15, 2010 2:29 PM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, DataCenter, DB2 Universal Database, RPG, RPGLE
