Laptop adapters
According to the NETGEAR website it would appear that the major difference is speed. B sits at 270Mbs, T at 300Mbs. They are also ideal for different machines. http://www.netgear.co.uk/rangemax_wirelesscard_laptop.php http://www.netgear.co.uk/pdfs/WN511B_DS.pdf http://www.netgear.co.uk/pdfs/WN511T_DS.pdf Good luck.

View Answer   |  February 15, 2010  4:15 PM
laptop adapters, Power adapters

keyboard won’t work
Some keyboards have an internal fuse that might of gone. Try another keyboard I would not advise changing a PS2 with the PC powered. Failing that get a USB keyboard (you can change when the PC is powered) A re-install is not required. Thanks Rick

View Answer   |  February 11, 2010  11:11 AM
Hardware devices, Hardware Drivers, Peripherals, USB keyboard

Monitoring Various Servers Using Nagios
This <a href=”http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/exchange/guides/ExMgmtGuide/fd352bef-8452-4720-9996-6e548aff8fa3.mspx?mfr=true”>Microsoft Operations Manager information</a> might help you with some things to monitor and thresholds. This <a href=”http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/exchange_monitor.aspx”>SolarWinds Exchange Monitor tool</a> might also give you some ideas.

View Answer   |  February 10, 2010  9:47 PM
Exchange, File servers, Nagios

Automaticall Refresh Display (COBOL)
From: WebSphere Development StudioILE COBOL Language Reference Version 5 SC09-2539-05 This READ can complete without returning any data in the following cases: 1. There are no invited devices and the timer function is not in effect. (This is the AT END condition.) 2. A controlled cancellation of the job occurs. This results in a file [...]

View Answer   |  February 10, 2010  2:27 PM
AS/400, COBOL, CRTDSPF

Is Windows virtualized in a Mac OS safer?
If the Windows virtual machine is going to have contact with the outside world (e-mail, internet access, etc.), then it will be prone to virus infections as any physical machine. ———————-

View Answer   |  February 9, 2010  4:25 PM
Cloud Computing in 2010, Mac OS X, Windows Security, Windows Virtualization

Intel with Turbo Boost and 1 DIMM or 2
I am assuming this is the Intel processor “Turbo Boost” technology. The technology allows a core (or multiple cores of a 4 or more core CPU) to run at greater than rated speed while other core(s) are idle. It has to do with heat generation and dissipation. It is an interesting technology that can potentially [...]

View Answer   |  February 8, 2010  8:37 PM
DIMM cards, Intel, Laptops, Processors

How to configure RAID in IBM X3400
if your server is still under warranty, get IBM to assist you

View Answer   |  February 8, 2010  12:08 PM
IBM X3400, RAID, RAID 1

Data Center planning and design resources
Some of the resources offered in <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/data-center-standards/”>this question</a> could help. ——————- Also check <a href=”http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/network-technologies/building-a-data-center-think-green/”>my article </a>on green data center at ITKE.,

View Answer   |  February 5, 2010  2:08 PM
Data center design, Data center design and infrastructure, Data center planning

Server Temperature
Avtech makes an affordable system: http://www.avtech.com/ If you have Dell, HP, IBM, Sun, etc servers they should have a remote management card in them. This card should be able to give you the temperatures that the server’s sensors are detecting. Failing that, point a webcam at the thermometer that is in the room.

View Answer   |  February 4, 2010  6:55 PM
Server, Server room cooling, Temperature

Deleting an S36 file
Haven’t seen a s36 environment since ’98 but i think it’s the REMOVE command.

View Answer   |  February 4, 2010  4:39 PM
File management programs, iSeries, S/36

Enterprise Cobol obtaining calling program name
This can be done by calling a CL program with the Program name is input for which you want find out the Caller. Use that input name in SNDPGMMSG with TOPGMQ parameter *PRV and entry parameter (program name). Do RCVMSG with PGMQ parameter value as *PRV and entry parameter on *PGMQ the Sender parameter on [...]

View Answer   |  February 4, 2010  1:26 PM
COBOL, Data Area, MVS

Mainframe – Someone moving my DB2 Object to READ ONLY
“moving TS to READ ONLY” – as in “START DB(name) SPACE(name) ACCESS(READ)”? First, you might just ask around. Failing that… Only a userid with the proper authority can do this. Or an application bound by someone with the authority. an sqlid (userid) who is SYSADM, or DBADM, maybe DBMAINT, or an sqlid who is the [...]

View Answer   |  February 3, 2010  9:44 PM
DB2, iSeries objects, z/OS

REXX tool to change a particular word in more than 50 PS at a time- PLS help
Sure. This can be done. REXX (or a CLIST) can do this with the old TSO editor, or REXX (maybe with an EDTMACRO) can do it within ISPF. So that is your first decision. In either approach, you will have to get the dataset names passed to the routine. One way would be to list [...]

View Answer   |  February 2, 2010  6:41 AM
REXX, REXX Mainframe, REXX Procedure

Blades vs. rack servers for virtualization platform
We are sticking to rack servers at the moment. We don’t have the server sprawl or the processing requirements to fully utilize a full blade chassis, so blades aren’t cost effective for our current environment. ——– We also we rack servers (Dell 905Rs to be specific). This gives us a couple of big servers that [...]

View Answer   |  January 31, 2010  7:23 AM
Blade Server Installation, Blade servers, Rack Servers, Virtualization, Virtualization Hardware, Virtualization platforms

What Server do I need?
If all you are planning on using it for is as a file share and to run active directory then all you need is a beefy desktop or a small rack mount server. Something in a 1 or 2 U size should work fine for you. —————- Rparamount: You could also run the free version [...]

View Answer   |  January 28, 2010  9:48 PM
Server capacity planning, Server Hardware, Server Selection, Servers

Problem with highlighting a program or JCL
You are a COBOL developer and you are using ISPF running under TSO – (at least I hope you aren’t using the old TSO line editor, yuck) On the ISPF EDIT command line, you issue the HILITE command and get an error message claiming your terminal will not support enhanced coloring. Your terminal settings are [...]

View Answer   |  January 27, 2010  5:11 PM
COBOL, JCL, Lenovo terminal

Need help executing MULTIPLE SQL extracts from a JCL
Sorry, I wasn’t reading closely. RUNSQLSTM is not a JCL command, I was thinking CL. ——— JCL & SQL & DB2 – are we talking MVS? To exec dynamic DB2 SQL statements in a batch job (JCL); try using DSNTEP2 : <pre> 001720 //** 001800 //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=20,COND=EVEN 001810 //SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=* 001900 //SYSTSPRT DD [...]

View Answer   |  January 27, 2010  4:14 PM
DB2, JCL, SELECT statement, SQL

How to add the date in the file name in JCL
The only way that comes to mind is to alloc the dataset via a CLIST or REXX, then use that dataset in a following step. Here is a snippet from a CLIST that appends .Dyyyymm (where yyyymm is current year and month e.g. 200912 for Dec ’09) to a DSN. <pre> SET LOGFIL=&STR(‘your dsn that [...]

View Answer   |  January 27, 2010  4:04 PM
JCL

MVS JCL Return-code
What application are you running that issues the return-code. There are several utility applications (IDCAMS, IEFBR14) which will allow you to pass cond-codes via JCL – I believe. I think if you try and delete a non-existant file using IEFBR14 (DISP=OLD,DELETE), it will finish, but issue a condition code. I think you can issue a [...]

View Answer   |  January 27, 2010  3:07 PM
JCL, MVS

Systems management software tools: What do you use?
we use Tivoli

View Answer   |  January 27, 2010  8:42 AM
Systems Management, Systems management software