Determine who’s running the job
home to a high number of endemic fish and here marine organisms,For me, April saw the breeding plumage of Golden plovers come in. A visit to The Contemporary Museum, now called Spalding House, on Oahu.An afternoon meditation at Broken Ridge Buddhist Temple–in advance of a talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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| June 15, 2012 2:32 AM
iSeries, iSeries data center, iSeries RPG programming
home to a high number of endemic fish and here marine organisms,For me, April saw the breeding plumage of Golden plovers come in. A visit to The Contemporary Museum, now called Spalding House, on Oahu.An afternoon meditation at Broken Ridge Buddhist Temple–in advance of a talk by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Initial library
You are on the right track. Create a custom jjobd with the initial library list you wish to use. Then attach this jobd to the user profile in question. That should do it.
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| June 13, 2012 2:03 PM
iSeries, iSeries application development tools, iSeries data center
You are on the right track. Create a custom jjobd with the initial library list you wish to use. Then attach this jobd to the user profile in question. That should do it.
What does MIIG stand for?
Messaging Integration IMS Gateway, at least at my current organization. MIIG utilizes a product called IMS Connect, a TCP/IP based interface, to communicate with IMS.
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| June 8, 2012 8:16 PM
IBM Mainframe, Mainframe, Mainframe Databases, MIIG
Messaging Integration IMS Gateway, at least at my current organization. MIIG utilizes a product called IMS Connect, a TCP/IP based interface, to communicate with IMS.
Dumb Terminal on iOS V6R1
Should still work on older Hardare. I believe they are phasing out support with V7R1. There are a number od 3rd Party Hardware devices that change twinax dumb terminals to Lan Connected dumb terminal still using twinax wiring. Check BosNova and TwinData devices IBM i is becoming more and more a partition hosted on a [...]
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| July 22, 2012 2:23 PM
iSeries, iSeries application development tools, iSeries applications, iSeries data center, iSeries networking
Should still work on older Hardare. I believe they are phasing out support with V7R1. There are a number od 3rd Party Hardware devices that change twinax dumb terminals to Lan Connected dumb terminal still using twinax wiring. Check BosNova and TwinData devices IBM i is becoming more and more a partition hosted on a [...]
Older Program Compatibility CAD
Get a new CAD program or get an old OS to conduct CAD work. Migrate your drawings to a modern CAD system. It’s way past time, since this question is four years old.
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| June 8, 2012 3:14 AM
CAD, Legacy applications, Software conflicts, Vista, Vista Home
Get a new CAD program or get an old OS to conduct CAD work. Migrate your drawings to a modern CAD system. It’s way past time, since this question is four years old.
Static electricity and servers
The chassis and hardware within a server share a common electrical plane so any build-up of static electricity affects all parts equally. The chassis is grounded through the third lead in the power cable. Airflow should not be a problem.
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| June 2, 2012 6:42 AM
Data center air conditioning units, Servers
The chassis and hardware within a server share a common electrical plane so any build-up of static electricity affects all parts equally. The chassis is grounded through the third lead in the power cable. Airflow should not be a problem.
Mainframe to AS 400
I came from a mainframe environment. I started with IBM 360 back in 1974. In 1980, I started with a system 38 (in COBOL). It was the best move I made except going to the AS400 (then iSeries). I have (for about a year) moved back to the main frame (I hated it). It would [...]
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| May 18, 2012 1:18 PM
AS 400, Mainframe
I came from a mainframe environment. I started with IBM 360 back in 1974. In 1980, I started with a system 38 (in COBOL). It was the best move I made except going to the AS400 (then iSeries). I have (for about a year) moved back to the main frame (I hated it). It would [...]
Forms Compile question
Did you change to binary when ftp? By default, is ASCII.
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| May 18, 2012 1:43 AM
EBS, Oracle Forms 6i, Unix Servers
Did you change to binary when ftp? By default, is ASCII.
CPF2972
Check your joblog. There should be 2nd level text for the message that will explain the error and give suggestions as how to proceed.
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| May 9, 2012 12:59 PM
CPYFRMQRYF, IBM
Check your joblog. There should be 2nd level text for the message that will explain the error and give suggestions as how to proceed.
User profile exemption
In 2009 Bruce Vining posted a good how-to article about using the STRWCH feature along with a nice program example. We adapted his example to watch for specific users being disabled and automatically re-enable them. In our case, this is a generic user profile that all use to clock in and out. It has very [...]
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| April 30, 2012 6:33 PM
iSeries, iSeries applications, iSeries data center
In 2009 Bruce Vining posted a good how-to article about using the STRWCH feature along with a nice program example. We adapted his example to watch for specific users being disabled and automatically re-enable them. In our case, this is a generic user profile that all use to clock in and out. It has very [...]
Data Center Automation Blueprint
Please subscribe to the <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/data-center-automation”>RSS feed for Adventures in Data Center Automation</a> <img src=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/data-center-automation/files/2008/02/data-center-automation-reference-model4.jpg” alt=”Data Center Automation Blueprint” /> <b>6 Functional Areas (each section discussed below)</b> <li>Resource Reconciliation (aka CMDB)</li><li>Process Orchestration (aka RBA)</li><li>Analytics</li><li>Performance & Availability</li><li>Security & Protection</li><li>Configuration & Change</li> <b>Resource Reconciliation</b> Description – Automation that captures a complete view of all IT resources, assets, [...]
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| April 20, 2012 5:58 AM
Data Center, DCAB
Please subscribe to the <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/data-center-automation”>RSS feed for Adventures in Data Center Automation</a> <img src=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/data-center-automation/files/2008/02/data-center-automation-reference-model4.jpg” alt=”Data Center Automation Blueprint” /> <b>6 Functional Areas (each section discussed below)</b> <li>Resource Reconciliation (aka CMDB)</li><li>Process Orchestration (aka RBA)</li><li>Analytics</li><li>Performance & Availability</li><li>Security & Protection</li><li>Configuration & Change</li> <b>Resource Reconciliation</b> Description – Automation that captures a complete view of all IT resources, assets, [...]
Logical File
It has been 23 years since I’ve even looked at a COBOL program. When you call the second ‘online’ program and the screen without records is shown, go to another session and type WRKOBJLCK PRDATA-FILE *FILE and see what kind of locks are on the file and where they are. In RPG, if you are [...]
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| April 13, 2012 9:07 PM
AS/400 logical file, COBOL, iSeries 820
It has been 23 years since I’ve even looked at a COBOL program. When you call the second ‘online’ program and the screen without records is shown, go to another session and type WRKOBJLCK PRDATA-FILE *FILE and see what kind of locks are on the file and where they are. In RPG, if you are [...]
Question on changing status of iSeries IP address
can others use my IP address to spy on me?
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| April 5, 2012 4:04 PM
AS/400 TCP/IP, IP address, IPL, iSeries, TCP/IP Protocols
can others use my IP address to spy on me?
Display all objects with Public Authorities
You can do DSPOBJAUT to an outfile. Then run an SQL statement over the file.
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| April 2, 2012 12:25 PM
iSeries, iSeries data center, iSeries RPG programming
You can do DSPOBJAUT to an outfile. Then run an SQL statement over the file.
How to create a workgroup with workgroup server
All you really need at a minimum would be a router and one or more switches. Firewall device would best handle the edge security and VPN, but could be done on the router as well. Domain vs workgroup depends on the level of security desired first most, and would make life easier managing this number [...]
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| March 24, 2012 5:21 AM
Server Workgroup, VPN connectivity, Windows Server 2003, Workgroup
All you really need at a minimum would be a router and one or more switches. Firewall device would best handle the edge security and VPN, but could be done on the router as well. Domain vs workgroup depends on the level of security desired first most, and would make life easier managing this number [...]
Installing Windows 2008 on Dell PowerEdge 2950
hi Dell Power Edge 2950 is not support windows server 2008 check this http://www.dell.com/us/dfb/p/poweredge-2950/pd
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| March 21, 2012 1:21 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell Poweredge 2950, PERC Arrays, SCSI, SCSI Drives, Windows Server 2008
hi Dell Power Edge 2950 is not support windows server 2008 check this http://www.dell.com/us/dfb/p/poweredge-2950/pd
Increasing Disk space for applications on a SAN
Well, if you are using RAID 10, then you can use your hard drives as hot swappable. How many drives do you currently have and what is the size of them? You may need to either consider getting more drives or going virtualization to save some space, especially since that is the way a lot [...]
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| March 19, 2012 8:39 PM
DataCenter, Infrastructure Architecture, SAN
Well, if you are using RAID 10, then you can use your hard drives as hot swappable. How many drives do you currently have and what is the size of them? You may need to either consider getting more drives or going virtualization to save some space, especially since that is the way a lot [...]
Printing AS/400 ouptputs in diffrent printers,results in different outcome.
We have implemented something very similar. We write the data to a work file. This file is then merged with a word document (via the mail-merge function and using ODBC) All users can now print them on their own printers, regardless of make and model. A very simple solution. An even simpler solution that will [...]
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| March 17, 2012 1:24 PM
AS/400, CLP, DataCenter, Printing
We have implemented something very similar. We write the data to a work file. This file is then merged with a word document (via the mail-merge function and using ODBC) All users can now print them on their own printers, regardless of make and model. A very simple solution. An even simpler solution that will [...]
Expired or deleted RACF accounts that are still active in DB2
Assuming that the user fails RACF check and not get to DB2, then this scenario is just some cleanup. Carefully consider revoking a user’s DB2 authorizations just because they are expired in RACF. Expired in RACF simply means they have not logged on in a while. Maybe they only logon once per year and when [...]
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| March 14, 2012 3:38 PM
DB2, RACF, z/OS
Assuming that the user fails RACF check and not get to DB2, then this scenario is just some cleanup. Carefully consider revoking a user’s DB2 authorizations just because they are expired in RACF. Expired in RACF simply means they have not logged on in a while. Maybe they only logon once per year and when [...]
Ques Regarding Date in Iseries cobol.
I have not done COBOL for 25 years. In RPG, you would convert that date from a packed filed to a date field. Then use ADDDUR which would all you to add 1 day to the date. Then put in pack in the packed field. I’s sure it is the same in COBOL ILE.
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| March 11, 2012 9:57 PM
AS400 iseries, COBOL, PGM
I have not done COBOL for 25 years. In RPG, you would convert that date from a packed filed to a date field. Then use ADDDUR which would all you to add 1 day to the date. Then put in pack in the packed field. I’s sure it is the same in COBOL ILE.





