Data Conversion on IBM AS/400
Is the physical file keyed? Are there any logical files built over the new physical? If so, you should consider temporarily removing the logicals. If the application isn’t keying the physical as it runs, it should run much faster….
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| October 25, 2004 8:20 AM
COBOL, Data analysis, DataCenter, Development, Disaster recovery software, ERP, Financial services applications, Help Desk, Incident response, Lifecycle development, Manufacturing applications, Office Applications, Programming Languages, RPG, Special-purpose software, SQL, Storage, SunGard Data Systems, Systems Union Group, Tech support, Transaction Systems Architects
Is the physical file keyed? Are there any logical files built over the new physical? If so, you should consider temporarily removing the logicals. If the application isn’t keying the physical as it runs, it should run much faster….
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| October 25, 2004 8:20 AM
COBOL, Data analysis, DataCenter, Development, Disaster recovery software, ERP, Financial services applications, Help Desk, Incident response, Lifecycle development, Manufacturing applications, Office Applications, Programming Languages, RPG, Special-purpose software, SQL, Storage, SunGard Data Systems, Systems Union Group, Tech support, Transaction Systems Architects
Question about IT management software
What you’re describing looks like to me a basic HelpDesk package. These can have quite a bit of functionality. I basic one like Track-it, http://itsolutions.intuit.com/landing.asp or a more intuitive self-help application like HelpDesk from http://www.grouplink.net.
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| October 24, 2004 9:55 PM
Business/IT alignment, Corporate portal applications, DataCenter, Desktops, E-mail applications, Exchange, Hardware, Help Desk, Implementation, IT architecture, Knowledge management applications, Lotus Domino, Migration/Upgrades, Mobile devices, Network management software, Networking, Outlook, Planning, Security, Security management, Systems management software, Tech support
What you’re describing looks like to me a basic HelpDesk package. These can have quite a bit of functionality. I basic one like Track-it, http://itsolutions.intuit.com/landing.asp or a more intuitive self-help application like HelpDesk from http://www.grouplink.net.
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| October 24, 2004 9:55 PM
Business/IT alignment, Corporate portal applications, DataCenter, Desktops, E-mail applications, Exchange, Hardware, Help Desk, Implementation, IT architecture, Knowledge management applications, Lotus Domino, Migration/Upgrades, Mobile devices, Network management software, Networking, Outlook, Planning, Security, Security management, Systems management software, Tech support
Web services and SOA
Service Oriented Architecture is a generic term for an architecture offering Services and all the supporting infrastructure such as directories and permissioning, etc. It could be argued that the first SOA was the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) many moons ago. Web Services is the current fashionable SOA, coming as it does from a long line [...]
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| October 22, 2004 4:56 PM
Implementation, IT architecture, Planning, Web services
Service Oriented Architecture is a generic term for an architecture offering Services and all the supporting infrastructure such as directories and permissioning, etc. It could be argued that the first SOA was the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) many moons ago. Web Services is the current fashionable SOA, coming as it does from a long line [...]
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| October 22, 2004 4:56 PM
Implementation, IT architecture, Planning, Web services
What’s your experience with Microsoft tech support?
Personal biased opinion here. I find Microsoft technet abismal at best. 90% of the problem solutions I need come from other sources, namely Oracle Metalink, HP, or others. If you can find the “right” solution on technet you still need someone to explain it to you. Recently I’ve been having a problem with an HP [...]
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| October 21, 2004 10:52 AM
configuration, Desktop security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Security, vulnerability management, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Server 2003, Windows tools/WSRM, Windows XP
Personal biased opinion here. I find Microsoft technet abismal at best. 90% of the problem solutions I need come from other sources, namely Oracle Metalink, HP, or others. If you can find the “right” solution on technet you still need someone to explain it to you. Recently I’ve been having a problem with an HP [...]
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| October 21, 2004 10:52 AM
configuration, Desktop security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Security, vulnerability management, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows Server 2003, Windows tools/WSRM, Windows XP
User profiles
If you are running Win2000 or XP you can right click on My Computer and choose Properties (or go click on the System icon in the Control Panel). In XP you click on the Advanced tab and chose User Profiles. Click on the old profile and choose Copy To. Browse to Documents and Settings folder [...]
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| October 20, 2004 9:39 AM
Hardware, Networking, Planning
If you are running Win2000 or XP you can right click on My Computer and choose Properties (or go click on the System icon in the Control Panel). In XP you click on the Advanced tab and chose User Profiles. Click on the old profile and choose Copy To. Browse to Documents and Settings folder [...]
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| October 20, 2004 9:39 AM
Hardware, Networking, Planning
School Project-setting up a network from the ground up for a real estate business that has 10 satellite offices. $125,000 budget.
IMHO. as the budget is only 125k I would say forget it. eg 40 average laptops @ $2k = 80k leaving $45k for infrastructue. Even if go to a server at main site and all satellite clients over terminal services etc the licensing as well as assoc. hw will chew up much of the if [...]
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| October 19, 2004 6:48 PM
Budgeting, DataCenter, Networking, Project management, Security, Servers
IMHO. as the budget is only 125k I would say forget it. eg 40 average laptops @ $2k = 80k leaving $45k for infrastructue. Even if go to a server at main site and all satellite clients over terminal services etc the licensing as well as assoc. hw will chew up much of the if [...]
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| October 19, 2004 6:48 PM
Budgeting, DataCenter, Networking, Project management, Security, Servers
My backup config needs scaling help
You did not mention the average daily increase – industry average would be about 1 percent per day for very rapid growth = 250 to 350 percent each year (do you work weekends). Or medium growth of 1 percent a week, I hope this is your model or you are living on borrowed time. NAS [...]
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| October 17, 2004 10:31 AM
Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Dell, IT architecture, Veritas
You did not mention the average daily increase – industry average would be about 1 percent per day for very rapid growth = 250 to 350 percent each year (do you work weekends). Or medium growth of 1 percent a week, I hope this is your model or you are living on borrowed time. NAS [...]
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| October 17, 2004 10:31 AM
Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Dell, IT architecture, Veritas
Excel Help
As far as I know you cannot implement a use counter in a template because when the user saves their data the template is not updated. This is as it should be otherwise mistaken input would alter the template for the next user in ways you never intended.
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| October 15, 2004 10:21 AM
Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Hardware, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Networking, Programming Languages, Security, Systems management software, Tech support, VBA, VBScript, Visual Basic
As far as I know you cannot implement a use counter in a template because when the user saves their data the template is not updated. This is as it should be otherwise mistaken input would alter the template for the next user in ways you never intended.
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| October 15, 2004 10:21 AM
Database Management Systems, DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Hardware, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Networking, Programming Languages, Security, Systems management software, Tech support, VBA, VBScript, Visual Basic
Oracle In Linux
Pretty broad question, but for installation issues with Oracle on Linux, I have found this site very helpful if used with the installation notes as well as some the documents available on Metalink. Good Luck http://www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml
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| October 15, 2004 10:15 AM
Administration, AMD PC hardware, Data warehousing/Business intelligence, Database Management Systems, DB2, Development, Hardware, Implementation, Installation/Upgrade, MySQL, Operating system platforms, Oracle, Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, OS/390, Performance/Tuning, PostgreSQL, Security products, Servers, SQL, SQL Anywhere Studio/M-Business Anywhere/Avantgo, Standard Edition, Standard One Edition, Storage, Storage management, Tech support, UDB for mainframe, Unisys, z/OS
Pretty broad question, but for installation issues with Oracle on Linux, I have found this site very helpful if used with the installation notes as well as some the documents available on Metalink. Good Luck http://www.puschitz.com/OracleOnLinux.shtml
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| October 15, 2004 10:15 AM
Administration, AMD PC hardware, Data warehousing/Business intelligence, Database Management Systems, DB2, Development, Hardware, Implementation, Installation/Upgrade, MySQL, Operating system platforms, Oracle, Oracle 8i, Oracle 9i, OS/390, Performance/Tuning, PostgreSQL, Security products, Servers, SQL, SQL Anywhere Studio/M-Business Anywhere/Avantgo, Standard Edition, Standard One Edition, Storage, Storage management, Tech support, UDB for mainframe, Unisys, z/OS
Data loading
Your are doing three times the same job. First of all I think you don’t need the delete, insert, update files. Simply compare the new file downloaded from main-frame with the “shadow”, if it is new INSERT in the table cheking the SQLSTAE for duplicate key (maybe you need to create a primary key or [...]
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| October 13, 2004 3:18 PM
DataCenter
Your are doing three times the same job. First of all I think you don’t need the delete, insert, update files. Simply compare the new file downloaded from main-frame with the “shadow”, if it is new INSERT in the table cheking the SQLSTAE for duplicate key (maybe you need to create a primary key or [...]
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| October 13, 2004 3:18 PM
DataCenter
MTU size on dynamic XCF
Use the BSDROUTINGPARMS statement to define the characteristics of each link defined at the host over which OROUTED will send routing information to adjacent routers running the RIP protocol and which NCPROUTE will send transport PDUs to client NCPs. Syntax >>__BSDRoutingparms__ _TRUE__ ___________________________________________________________> |_FALSE_| <_________________________________________________________________ >____link_name__ _DEFAULTSize_ __cost_metric__subnet_mask__dest_addr_|___________________> |_mtu_________| >__ENDBSDRoutingparms___________________________________________________________________>< The TCPIP stack uses the [...]
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| October 13, 2004 1:58 PM
IPv4, OS/390/z/OS
Use the BSDROUTINGPARMS statement to define the characteristics of each link defined at the host over which OROUTED will send routing information to adjacent routers running the RIP protocol and which NCPROUTE will send transport PDUs to client NCPs. Syntax >>__BSDRoutingparms__ _TRUE__ ___________________________________________________________> |_FALSE_| <_________________________________________________________________ >____link_name__ _DEFAULTSize_ __cost_metric__subnet_mask__dest_addr_|___________________> |_mtu_________| >__ENDBSDRoutingparms___________________________________________________________________>< The TCPIP stack uses the [...]
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| October 13, 2004 1:58 PM
IPv4, OS/390/z/OS
SOS! Volume Span, Hard Drive span, Dynamic Hard Drives HELP!
** Please remember to include OS info ** Microsoft only has dynamic disks in Windows 2000/2003. Optional in 2000 – preferred in 2003 Conversion is ONE-WAY! Going from basic to dynamic changes partition into volumes. To change back requires deleting volumes -BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP! As stated in your query, you should be ok. reference pp263-264 [...]
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| October 12, 2004 11:18 AM
DataCenter, Hardware
** Please remember to include OS info ** Microsoft only has dynamic disks in Windows 2000/2003. Optional in 2000 – preferred in 2003 Conversion is ONE-WAY! Going from basic to dynamic changes partition into volumes. To change back requires deleting volumes -BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP! As stated in your query, you should be ok. reference pp263-264 [...]
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| October 12, 2004 11:18 AM
DataCenter, Hardware
Unable to Delete c:winntsystem32os2 folder
Maybe this is too elementary a level for the question, but when I’ve had issues deleting an object I should have had authority for, its been due to an attribute conflict…
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| October 11, 2004 4:36 PM
configuration, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Service and support, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management
Maybe this is too elementary a level for the question, but when I’ve had issues deleting an object I should have had authority for, its been due to an attribute conflict…
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| October 11, 2004 4:36 PM
configuration, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Service and support, Vulnerability Assessment & Audit, vulnerability management
Datawarehouse building – datamart specification: how would you engage a scattered userbase?
Our customer base is not as widely distributed as yours, but in our ERP implementation we’ve established a Change Management group to liaise with customer “Change Agents”. Our CMs are very survey oriented for getting information from customers, using the Change Agents to champion the surveys. They are successfully using demonstrations (PPT) and web-based articles [...]
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| October 11, 2004 4:27 PM
Data analysis, Data warehousing applications, DataCenter, ERP, Financial services applications, Implementation, Information risk management, Knowledge management applications, Remote users, Transaction Systems Architects
Our customer base is not as widely distributed as yours, but in our ERP implementation we’ve established a Change Management group to liaise with customer “Change Agents”. Our CMs are very survey oriented for getting information from customers, using the Change Agents to champion the surveys. They are successfully using demonstrations (PPT) and web-based articles [...]
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| October 11, 2004 4:27 PM
Data analysis, Data warehousing applications, DataCenter, ERP, Financial services applications, Implementation, Information risk management, Knowledge management applications, Remote users, Transaction Systems Architects
Windows XP Upgrade ?
Have you installed SP1 & other smaller upgrades prior to trying SP2?
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| October 11, 2004 11:43 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Hardware, Networking, Servers, Tech support
Have you installed SP1 & other smaller upgrades prior to trying SP2?
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| October 11, 2004 11:43 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Hardware, Networking, Servers, Tech support
i5 Capacity Planning
Your IBM Solution Provider is your best resource. If you need to do this on your own, use PM/400.
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| October 10, 2004 3:59 PM
Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Hardware, i5, iSeries, Operating system platforms, OS/400, Performance/Tuning, Server consolidation, Servers
Your IBM Solution Provider is your best resource. If you need to do this on your own, use PM/400.
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| October 10, 2004 3:59 PM
Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Hardware, i5, iSeries, Operating system platforms, OS/400, Performance/Tuning, Server consolidation, Servers
Create a small SAP QAS from a large SAP PRD
Our QAS region replicated the production domain’s address book and a corporate information & forms database. We set it up so that Production could update QAS but any changes in QAS were not replicated back up to production. This allowed us to have a QA version of the production data. This mught be an option [...]
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| October 10, 2004 2:01 PM
IT architecture, SAP, Storage, System utilities
Our QAS region replicated the production domain’s address book and a corporate information & forms database. We set it up so that Production could update QAS but any changes in QAS were not replicated back up to production. This allowed us to have a QA version of the production data. This mught be an option [...]
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| October 10, 2004 2:01 PM
IT architecture, SAP, Storage, System utilities
Windows 2003 Terminal Service sessions will not logoff
Hello. Try to rule out something that may have corrupted the user’s profile (s/w upgrade perhaps). Did you try logging on and off as a new user (i.e. an account that has never accessed the server before)? Check the Application Event log for Userenv errors. Also, check this out http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828326&Product=win2000 Good luck and please post [...]
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| October 8, 2004 11:40 AM
Active Directory, DataCenter, Hardware, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Remote management, Servers, Windows, Windows Server 2003
Hello. Try to rule out something that may have corrupted the user’s profile (s/w upgrade perhaps). Did you try logging on and off as a new user (i.e. an account that has never accessed the server before)? Check the Application Event log for Userenv errors. Also, check this out http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828326&Product=win2000 Good luck and please post [...]
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| October 8, 2004 11:40 AM
Active Directory, DataCenter, Hardware, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Remote management, Servers, Windows, Windows Server 2003
1700 series Router Slow functionality
i don’t really know any cisco command for you . Also check if there is no virus on the network that is increasing the traffic thereby slowing down the router and also have a look at his bandwidth management that could solve the problem.
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| October 8, 2004 5:08 AM
DataCenter, Help Desk, Networking, Routers, Tech support
i don’t really know any cisco command for you . Also check if there is no virus on the network that is increasing the traffic thereby slowing down the router and also have a look at his bandwidth management that could solve the problem.
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| October 8, 2004 5:08 AM
DataCenter, Help Desk, Networking, Routers, Tech support
ORA-01033 Oracle Initialization or Shutdown in progress & cannot log into sqlplus.
What Oracle version you are using and on what platform/OS?
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| October 7, 2004 10:52 PM
DataCenter, Development, Oracle, Storage, Tech support
What Oracle version you are using and on what platform/OS?
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| October 7, 2004 10:52 PM
DataCenter, Development, Oracle, Storage, Tech support
