Legacy System Integration with SAP
What are types of Integration that can be done to integrate Legacy system and SAP functionality. Pls keep in mind there may be senarios where legacy systems may have functionality not avaliable in SAP but may surely affect the finance etc of SAP ? thnx

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2009  7:17 AM
Application Link Enabling, EAI, ERP, Integration/Connectivity, Legacy applications, SAP, SAP integration, SAP interoperability

Integrating Lotus Sametime with Microsoft Office
Does anyone know how to integrate Microsoft Office with Lotus Sametime 7.x? What tools should we use and where can I find them on the Web?

Answer Question   |  April 2, 2008  1:25 PM
Integration/Connectivity, Lotus Sametime, Microsoft Office

File transfer to the iSeries problem.
I am trying to transfer an excel speadsheet file to my AS/400. I have tried setting up a file transfer through client access and tried sending the file directly from Excel. Both times I get the following error cwbtf0023 – pc file description file was not specified or is empty The file is not empty. [...]

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2011  10:11 AM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, Hardware, i5, Installation, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Logical partitions, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance/Tuning, Printing, PTFs, Security, Server consolidation, System monitoring, tips and tricks, Tools

Is *JOBCTL needed to view job logs?
I have read IBM’s Security manual and Work Management manual and I know that *JOBCTL is needed to change job priorities and other things for jobs on the system, but I do not see any statements that say *JOBCTL is needed to view the job logs of other user’s jobs on the system. Does anyone [...]

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2010  2:09 PM
Backup & recovery, Hardware, i5, Installation, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Logical partitions, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance/Tuning, Printing, PTFs, Security, Server consolidation, System monitoring, tips and tricks, Tools

Print Image File in iSeries
Hi, I would like to ask for help to use the data type field GRAPHIC in iSeries. Can I save an image file into this field type. If so, how do I do this? I have tried but it always shows an error of character conversion not valid. Please help. Regards, Tony Tam

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2010  1:13 PM
AS/400, DB2, Development, i5, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, OS/400, Programming Languages, RPG, tips and tricks, Tools

Receiving journal entries
Hi, I am new to AS400, so need some help in solving a problem. I have tried to some extent but things seem to be more complicated than I thought. Problem Goal: receiving entries from a journal and putting them into a DB2 table in a predefined format(say Type5). RCVJRNE command can be used to [...]

Answer Question   |  June 24, 2005  5:55 AM
Backup & recovery, i5, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, OS/400, Printing, Security, System monitoring, tips and tricks, Tools

Drive letter issue in 2003 terminal server application
I have a situation where I have a terminal server with a C and D drive with all user related stuff on D & all system related & boot is C. I need to install a new application which requires each user to map drive letter C to a network folder on another server. Apparently, [...]

Answer Question   |  May 9, 2013  2:17 PM
Active Directory, Application integration, DataCenter, Datacenter Server, DHCP, DNS, Implementation, Installing/upgrading operating systems, Integration/Connectivity, IT architecture, Microsoft Windows, Network requirements, Networking services, Partitioning, Server consolidation, Server management, Server-based/Thin-client computing, Servers, Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 Server, Windows on Intel, Windows Server 2003, Windows tools/WSRM

Can you transfer active jobs to another subsystem?
If a job is already active in one subsystem, can you use tfrbchjob or tfrjob to move into a different job queue to run in a different subsystem, or will you get errors because the job is already active in one subsystem?

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2009  4:52 PM
Backup & recovery, Hardware, i5, Installation, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Logical partitions, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance/Tuning, Printing, PTFs, Security, Server consolidation, System monitoring, tips and tricks, Tools

Damaged File In Save Operations
I have a file that is damaged, therefore, it will not save during my nightly backups. The file is QASZRAIRD in library QUSRSYS. Does anyone know what this file is used for or how I can find out what this file is used for? Can I delete the file and re-create the file, or will [...]

Answer Question   |  June 7, 2005  3:24 PM
Backup & recovery, Hardware, i5, Installation, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Logical partitions, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance/Tuning, Printing, PTFs, Security, Server consolidation, System monitoring, tips and tricks, Tools

iseries system management monitor
Hi, I’m looking for a iseries system management monitor tool. I found one at www.tango04.com, Visual Message Center, but my question is; are there other alternatives available? These monitors can run on Windows or Linux platform, a gui would be nice.

Answer Question   |  December 10, 2009  8:43 AM
AS/400, Hardware, i5, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, OS/400, Performance/Tuning, Security, System monitoring, tips and tricks, Tools

Installing PTFs questions and concerns.
I am now responsible for installing PTFs on the as400. I will be performing my first install on June 25th. I have some questions if someone doesn’t mind helping? 1. Documentation says to check the CD to make sure that it works. I put the CD in my CD drive at my local PC and [...]

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2005  9:42 AM
Backup & recovery, Hardware, i5, IBM, IBM/Tivoli, Installation, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Logical partitions, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance/Tuning, Printing, PTFs, Security, Server consolidation, System monitoring, tips and tricks, Tools

Need some performance tuning tips or suggestions.
We currently have a 720-9406 model iSeries AS/400 system. We recently upgraded are OS to version V5R3M0. We are using the system mainly for our payroll processing which occurs weekly, as well as we have the system set up as a web server which we have employees accessing throughout the day. Since the upgrade, our [...]

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2009  9:46 AM
Backup & recovery, Hardware, i5, IBM, Installation, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Logical partitions, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance/Tuning, Printing, PTFs, Security, Server consolidation, Servers, System monitoring, tips and tricks, Tools, Web services

How To Print A Hardware Configuration List?
Does anyone know of another command to use to print out a hardware configuration list for the AS/400. I have already used the following command: DSPHDWRSC TYPE(*AHW) OUTPUT(*PRINT) Is there anything else that can be used?

Answer Question   |  October 25, 2009  9:34 AM
Backup & recovery, Hardware, i5, IBM, IBM/Tivoli, Installation, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Logical partitions, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance/Tuning, Printing, PTFs, Security, Server consolidation, System monitoring, tips and tricks, Tools

New to AS400 administration and need some help.
I have two questions here if someone can help. I will appreciate anything you can give. First, I am trying to configure a network printer on the AS400. I did wrkcfgsts, work with description, and copied the printer devices description and modified the printer device with the new info. All I changed was the IP [...]

Answer Question   |  April 6, 2009  12:04 PM
Auditing, Availability, Backup & recovery, Capacity planning, DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, i5, IBM, Installation, Integration with other platforms, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Logical partitions, Mainframe, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating systems, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Performance/Tuning, Printing, PTFs, Remote access, Reporting, Security, Security management, Server consolidation, Servers, System monitoring, Tech support, Technical support, tips and tricks, Tools

CPIB687 conflicting announcement for domain
In Qsysopr we get a CPIB687 message reason code 3. It references a conflict announcement for the domain that it is in along with our AS400. WE know how to disable the master browser settings on windows clients. This is a MAC client and we do not know how to disable it. IBM set we [...]

Answer Question   |  October 23, 2009  8:19 AM
i5, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity

Client Access Express Version 5.0 Timeout
We have installed Client Access Express Version 5.0 on several new Windows XP PCs. After a period of inactivity, the sessions disconnect. I have not been able to determine where to change that feature so it never disconnects unless done manually. I checked system value QINACTITV and it is set to *NONE. Any insight would [...]

Answer Question   |  March 30, 2005  8:21 AM
Integration/Connectivity

Win98 clients cannot connect to ISeries file share
I have created some Windows shares on our AS/400. I have also set permissions appropriately (to give specific users rights to specific share(s)). Here is what I have found: 1. All of my Windows XP machines have no problem mapping drives to the appropriate share(s). 2. SOME of my Windows 9x machines can connect to [...]

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2005  11:37 AM
AS/400, Help Desk, i5, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Tech support

How to monitor and manage lan gateway from a helius router?
Hi Everyone, I am trying to filter/manage a gateway through a helius router for directway. We are running windows 2000 server with all xp clients, around 50 of them. We have active directory running with the domain controller handing out dns and dhcp to clients. All clients are pointing to the helius router for their [...]

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2005  3:32 AM
Application software, Auditing, DataCenter, Integration/Connectivity, Linux, Networking Products, Routers, Security, Security management, Servers, System monitoring, System utilities, Unix, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP

AS/400 to DOS Client Access connectivity
I currently have some DOS pc’s connected via twinaxe and Ethernet running IBM client access V3R2 with the AS/400 running V5R2. I am about to upgrade the AS/400 to V5R3 and I am concerned that the client access connections may fail after the upgrade. Does anybody have DOS client access connection running on V5R3?

Answer Question   |  February 16, 2005  5:14 PM
AS/400, Hardware, Installation, Integration/Connectivity, PC/Windows Connectivity

WALLDATA RUMBA File Transfer Function
After upgrading from NT to XP or Win2000, the File Transfer function no longer works. Arpeggio is fine but the File Transfer application error is:[Wall Data][Rumba Data Access]No data source specified; dialog prohibited. SQLDriverConnect…. Maybe there are registry entries missing? How do you connect a data source to File Transfer?

Answer Question   |  December 8, 2004  9:31 AM
Data center operations, DataCenter, DB2, Desktop management applications, Desktops, Development, Graphical User Interfaces, Hardware, i5, Installation, Integration/Connectivity, iSeries, Microsoft Systems Management Server, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Registry, Servers, Software distribution, Sun, Tech support, Thin clients, Third-party services, UDB for client/server, UDB for iSeries/i5, Unix, Vendor support, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows client administration and maintenance