iSeries Questions


Whats included in 5250 OLTP? Do I have to by OS400 again?
We are in the process of inivesting in new i5 servers, we have old AS400 servers today and licences for serveral OS400 licpgms, but there is one single big post in our offer from BP. The ‘enterprise edition’, when I look into a FAQ about ‘enterprise edition’ I confused. 5722SS1 V5R3 is one of the [...]

Answer Question   |  May 27, 2005  10:44 AM
i5, iSeries, OS/400
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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
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Calling HTTP/Java from ILE Program
I am trying to find out if it is possible to perform an HTTP/Java call to an external Web Server (Not Webspere) from an AS400 ILE program RPGLE or CLE

Answer Question   |  May 26, 2005  4:51 AM
i5, iSeries, OS/400, RPG
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reusedlt *yes
Hi, Has reusedlt *yes behavior changed with V5R3? When I add a record to a PF that is reusedlt *yes in V5R2 is uses a record that has been deleted, however when i do the same thing on a V5R3 system it adds a new record rather than re-use one. Anyone run into this before? [...]

Answer Question   |  November 1, 2011  2:52 PM
Backup & recovery, Data center operations, Data mining/analysis, Data warehousing applications, Database Management Systems, DB2, DB2 administration, DB2 Implementation, Disaster Recovery, Hardware, Help Desk, i5, IBM, iSeries, OS/400, Performance/Tuning, Security management, Software Quality Assurance, System monitoring, Tech support, tips and tricks, Tools
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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
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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
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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
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AS400 model 170 connection with 9910 UPS CPM cable
I have to connect AS400 model 170 with 9910 UPS. Anybody knows which plug of CPM cable connects to AS400 side, grey or black one. Thank you.

Answer Question   |  May 13, 2005  3:52 AM
AS/400, Hardware, i5, Installation, iSeries, OS/400
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OS/400 and PL/I…
Does anybody know the last release of OS/400 that supported PL/I as a development language?

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2010  9:29 AM
i5, iSeries, OS/400
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Secure FTP on iSeries
Are there any “easy to follow” instruction documents on how to setup and manage SSL for FTP on iSeries (V5R2)? Perhaps I’ve not located the “right” sections of the FTP manual. Can you help me out? Need ability to securely (encrypted) ftp data from/to iSeries and a mix of unix platforms. I keep getting the [...]

Answer Question   |  January 24, 2011  9:06 AM
iSeries, Secure FTP, SSL, Unix administration
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AS/400 Interface
My company is currently using an AS/400 platform. I am looking for a company who can build a custom GUI program that would be easier for our employees to use. It would require the ability to place orders, look up accounts, add notes to customer accounts, etc. We are located in the Phoenix, AZ area [...]

Answer Question   |  May 1, 2005  10:49 PM
Development, i5, iSeries, OS/400, OS/400 and iSeries, Visual Basic
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Telnet and OS400
Hava a client who is telnet-ing to a 170 box (V4R3m0) over the internet. They are having disconnect problems at random times and different locations. From my office, I have no problems – it stays up forever. From other locations, it could disconnect after 5 minutes or 2 hours. I set the system value QINACTITV [...]

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2010  12:47 PM
AS/400, i5, iSeries, OS/400
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Arpeggio data access is not showing the files on the librarie
I’m trying to download a text file from the Os400 with arpeggio but it doesn’t show the available files in the librarie, I already tried everything I know But still doesn’t work. Can someone help me please?

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2005  2:27 PM
i5, iSeries, OS/400
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Problems Deleting a file in IFS directory?
I have look all over the internet and found a couple of useful tips. I tried them all and this file refuses to delete. The file is in /qdls/hdrpprt/ and is named ~$100028.htm This file is definately corrupt. I have tried the following 1-I installed PTF MF34337 with no help 2-RMVLNK OBJLNK(‘/qdls/hdrpprt/~$100028.HTM’) 3-WRKFLR to check [...]

Answer Question   |  October 24, 2010  10:32 AM
Hardware, i5, iSeries, OS/400, Servers
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OS/400 System Security; Limiting User Capabilities
We have set up our AS/400 user profiles with Limit Capabilities *NO. However, this does not keep them from being able to enter a command on a command line. How do we accomplish this?

Answer Question   |  October 21, 2010  10:13 AM
AS/400, DataCenter, Hardware, i5, iSeries, OS/400, Security, Servers, tips and tricks, Tools
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User Id in Pgm DS in case of Scheduled Batch Job.
Hi All. An user’s id can be retrieved inside the pgm from system Data Structure which contains the User Id invoking the pgm. Normally this is passed to a file field before writing/updating the file. If the file is updated by a Batch pgm then the Id of user submitting the job goes to the [...]

Answer Question   |  October 21, 2009  3:11 AM
i5, iSeries, OS/400, System monitoring, tips and tricks, Tools
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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
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AS400e
We have an AS400e 600 (S20 2166), however, it does not start up properly, the IPL panel lights up, but the rest of the system does not seem to power on, any ideas where we have gone wrong?

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2005  2:54 PM
i5, iSeries, OS/400, Servers
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I5 HMC Not Saving Scheduled Operations on Reboot
I use our HMC to schedule moves of our tape resource overnight so two of our AS400 LPARS can be backed up with no manual intervention. I schedule this move within HMC configuration then ‘Schedule Operations’. The I/O resource moves have infinte repeats and run quite happily from night to night. However, if I reboot [...]

Answer Question   |  April 1, 2005  9:59 AM
Backup & recovery, Hardware, i5, iSeries, Logical partitions, OS/400, tips and tricks, Tools
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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
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