AS/400 job taking more time than the other relevant jobs
Here is my Scenario…    Every day my a robot job will submit 7 batch jobs at single point of time and all jobs do the same no of transaction process.All jobs has same run priority as well. But the problem is all jobs completing at the same time except one job which is running [...]

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2011  7:01 PM
AS/400, AS/400 Job Prioritization, AS/400 Job Queue, AS/400 jobs, iSeries

Message Monitoring in Management Central
I have been attempting to setup a new message monitor in Management Central. When I click on new monitor the system hangs for a while then get a message An unexpected error occurred. The details for the message are of no use as they do not point me in a specific direction. Any thoughts or [...]

Answer Question   |  April 14, 2011  9:11 PM
iSeries, Management Central, V5R4

Is message queue QSYSMSG still viable at releases V6R1 and above
With all the new technology is message queue QSYSMSG still viable at releases V6R1 and above

Answer Question   |  January 9, 2011  8:24 PM
iSeries, iSeries message queues, iSeries V6R1, QSYS, V6R1

iSeries CA 5250-Emulator Issue
I have a user who starts several 5250 sessions, often A to H. For some reason session E is not considered to be a PC and therefore rejects STRPCO command. All other sessions are OK. Anyone out there that could help me?

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2010  10:41 AM
5250 session, Emulators, iSeries, PC5250 Emulator

Is it possible on iSeries that an index is defined keeping in mind an sql select criteriea however when the queryis run this index does not get used.
Is it possible on i series that an index is defined keeping in mind an sql select criteriea however when the queryis run this index does not get used. We had an issue wherein an entire library had to be cleared and all files from had to be restored from a previous backup, after the [...]

Answer Question   |  December 24, 2010  9:45 AM
Index Performance, iSeries, SQL, SQL Select, V5R4

HMC Upgrade
Can you go directly from V6.1.2 to V7.3.5?

Answer Question   |  December 31, 2010  8:57 PM
HMC, HMC updates, iSeries

iSeries inactivity timeout: Do break messages sent to QSYSOPR count as activity so the *console does not get timed out?
iSeries inactivity timout:  do break messages sent to QSYSOPR count as activity so the *console does not get timed out?

Answer Question   |  December 27, 2010  8:17 PM
AS400 Console, iSeries, QINACTITV, QSYSOPR

Quick iSeries Access Codes
I try to use several Quick Access codes, but I can only get DCKH to work. Why won’t UZZ or DEED work for me?  DEED brings me to emergency data not update employee data, which is what my code list says to use.  I use ISeries Access for windows, version 5.8. 

Answer Question   |  December 21, 2010  3:14 PM
iSeries, iSeries Access, iSeries Access Codes

Calling FTP RMTSYS from ODBC in PHP?
Hello everyone. This is an interesting problem. I have this code and I want to call FTP RMTSYS(”) command through ODBC from PHP. Nothing happens. When I issue the command in DBVisualizer: CALL QSYS.QCMDEXC(‘FTP RMTSYS(iSeries_SERVER)’,  0000000020.00000); I get this error: Program contains commands only valid when run interactively.      Application error.  CPD0772 unmonitored by QSNDEVQ [...]

Answer Question   |  December 28, 2010  11:35 AM
iSeries, ODBC, PHP, QCMDEXC, RMTSYS

Can data be restored from BRMS whose expire date has passed.
Can data be restored from a media whose expiry date has passed though it has not been initialized or formatted. Data was stored using BRMS.

Answer Question   |  December 20, 2010  10:51 AM
BRMS Backup, BRMS Restore, Data backup, Data backup and recovery, iSeries, V5R4

SCP From iSeries to iSeries
Hello All, Can someone help me on following Secure File Transfer issue: I want to Copy document existing in IFS from One iSeries to another iSeries server using SCP, both the servers are in the same network. I have SSHD running on host. I have followed following steps to transfer file, (I have used SSSSSSSS [...]

Answer Question   |  January 5, 2011  9:45 PM
AS/400, iSeries, iSeries networking, iSeries SFTP, Secure Data Transfer, System i

Upgrading iSeries HMC 3550
Can anyone point me to some good information about upgrading an HMC?    I am getting ready to perform my first of many HMC upgrades and would like to be able to review the documewntation and get some pointers concerning upgrading from a release below V6.1.3 to V7.3.4.

Answer Question   |  December 31, 2010  9:24 PM
HMC, HMC updates, HMC V7.3.4, iSeries

How do I know if an iSeries 9406-825 has the proper service processor?
How can I possibly know if an iSeries model 825 has proper service processor to support HMC?

Answer Question   |  December 16, 2010  8:12 PM
AS/400, HMC, IBM iSeries 825, iSeries, V5R4

Automate iSeries Backup Checking using CLP
Hi there, I have created a CLP (I’m not really good at CL) that will run on request via scheduler after a backup has completed. It will check through the Hist Log looking for specific failure msgs. If it finds them it should email oncall support. Not sure if there is a better way to do [...]

Answer Question   |  December 17, 2010  11:52 PM
AS/400, CLP, CLPROGRAM, DSPLOG, iSeries

How to remove the double quotes in CSV file in iSeries
Hi The command is to remove the double quotes present in CSV file. I have used one shell command. Strqsh cmd(Sed -e ‘s/”"//g’ file name > new file name) I have to write this command in CLLE program. CHGVAR     VAR(&RPLC) VALUE(‘Sed’ *BCAT ‘-e’ *BCAT +                  ‘s/”"//g’ *BCAT ‘/’ *TCAT &USER +                            *TCAT &WOUTFN [...]

Answer Question   |  December 13, 2010  11:59 AM
AS400 program, CLLE, CSV, CSV file format, iSeries, Shell commands

QINTER will not go down due to keyboard error
We shut down QINTER at 3:30 AM to do a quick backup. We have 5.4. When someone leaves a terminal or PC session on with a keyboard error (last night was an “invalid F key pressed”) QINTER will not go down all the way! It sits there until the session is physically terminated at the [...]

Answer Question   |  December 12, 2010  3:13 PM
AS/400, AS/400 backup, AS/400 backup and recovery, Backup, Backup and Recovery, iSeries, QINTER

Updating an IFS member in iSeries with RPGLE
Can an IFS member be updated thru an RPGLE program in the iseries?

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2010  10:27 PM
IFS, iSeries, iSeries RPG programming, RPGLE

Copy Spooled File to a Source Physical File Member
How do I copy a spooled file listing into a member of a source physical file? I accidentally deleted the source member, but have a spooled copy taken via option 6.  I would like to convert the spooled file back into the deleted member.

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2010  4:13 PM
AS/400, COBOL, Copy File, i5, iSeries, Source Physical File, Spooled File

iSeries V5R4 Function 24? Scratch Install
Where can I find the steps to scratch a system to the point of ready to reload from entire system save?  I believe it is a control panel Function 23 or 24 but I have not found the correct document. Thanks, Nick

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2011  3:39 PM
iSeries, V5R4

BRMS Encrypted Restore
Has anyone performed a single library restore from a BRMS encrypted tape on one server to another?  Here’s my dilemna…I can encrypt fine and restore partition to partition on the same iSeries server.  However when I try to restore from a partition on another iSeries server I’m unable to restore.  My key on both servers [...]

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2010  7:02 PM
AS/400, BRMS, Encryption, iSeries