OS/400 Questions


3812 printer fonts
Is there a way to change the font thru the override print file command. The printer emulation is 3812, I am looking for a “softer” font. The font that is being used looks too much like a typewriter.

Answer Question   |  May 15, 2013  3:00 PM
OS/400, OS/400 printers
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410 pts.

How to run JSP with Tomcat on OS/400 V6R1
I’m replacing an iSeries by an I5 V6r1 but it appears that I cannot use Tomcat any longer to run JSP applications. What should I do?

Answer Question   |  May 14, 2013  4:03 PM
iSeries, OS/400, Tomcat
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115 pts.

AS/400 batch commands – make changes to user profiles
We are supporting OS/400 V7 R 1 and we need to know the commands to make the following type of change. (We are new to AS/400). We need to know how to change the OWNER field to *GRPPRF for all user profiles that belong to the group profile of (DEVUSERS). There are over 1,000 user [...]

Answer Question   |  May 13, 2013  5:27 PM
AS/400, AS/400 batch job, OS/400
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95 pts.

Impossible to access to HTTP admin
ERROR 500 (Internal Server Error) When Accessing ‘IBM Web Administration for i5/OS’ in HTTP ADMIN I5/os V6R1m0 I tried to apply PTF recommended by IBM without success

Answer Question   |  April 15, 2013  5:56 PM
OS/400, OS/400 V6R1M0
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115 pts.

How to find the OS/400 version from web based HMC?
Hello, I had an issue like all the LPARs were down and I can only access the frame through Web based HMC. Is there any way to find the OS level through this interface? Thanks.

Answer Question   |  January 28, 2013  8:01 AM
AS/400, HMC, OS/400
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10 pts.

Job log spool file of a running job
Can I create a spool file of the job log of a currently running job on the system?

Answer Question   |  January 17, 2013  6:32 PM
OS/400, OS/400 spool file
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145 pts.

UserProfiles in AS/400
Hi Group, I am unable to access my UserProfile, I checked the status its in “ENABLED” state. What could be done to access it. What are the reasons for the UserProfile in AS/400 being disabled. Regards, MVRK

Answer Question   |  January 17, 2013  12:17 AM
AS/400, AS/400 administration, OS/400
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340 pts.

History Logs
Have a question conerning History Logs, since the logs continue to grow, we back the logs up and save them to Tape. However we need to look at some of the logs on the system, here is the issue. We can restore the logs however there is another log with the same name on the [...]

Answer Question   |  December 28, 2012  10:31 PM
DSPLOG, OS/400
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20 pts.

How can I force field exit
Ever since we upgraded the 400 to version 6.1, I have a problem with my numeric fields. It does not appear that the Check(FE) works with the keyboard shift attribute of an ‘S” We use the ‘S’ so the employee’s do not have to enter the decimal point. If a field was entered as ________245 [...]

Answer Question   |  November 7, 2012  7:33 PM
OS/400, OS/400 fields
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10 pts.

Can Audit journal and database journal receivers be tampered. ?
Can Audit journal and database journal receivers be tampered.ie. entries modified or deleted by users who have *AUDIT authority alongwith *ALLOBJ authority.

Answer Question   |  September 11, 2012  5:11 PM
CL/400, iSeries, OS/400
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1,160 pts.

WRKDBF and V7R1
Will freeware WRKDBF work on OS/400 V7R1 ? Thanks, Nick

Answer Question   |  August 8, 2012  1:52 PM
AS/400, OS/400, V7R1, WRKDBF
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1,380 pts.

Can i use SFTP to transfer files between two iseries servers.
Can i use sftp to transfer files between two iseries servers.What are the steps to be followed to configure sftp.

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2012  9:37 AM
iSeries, OS/400, SFTP
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1,160 pts.

How to call a report from another report in JDE?
Hi All, Is it possible to call a AS400 report(RLU) from JD Worldsoft report(RDA)?    

Answer Question   |  April 24, 2012  10:39 AM
AS/400, AS/400 Reports, OS/400
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185 pts.

Can we rename QSECOFR user id.(Auditors requirement)
Can we rename QSECOFR user id.(Auditors requirement)

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2012  1:22 AM
AS/400, OS/400
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1,160 pts.

QEXECSQL command source
Hello, I am trying to implement a command ZCPYTOCSV. THis command uses ZFFDTOCSV and ZEXECSQL commands. I have the source of ZFFDTOCSV but cannot find the source for command ZEXECSQL. If anyone has access to this – could you please let me know. Alternatively is there is another better utility for copying Database file to [...]

Answer Question   |  May 27, 2012  9:37 AM
CSV, OS/400
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5 pts.

I would like to run a report on AS/400 to indentify which DB2 tables to reorg.
Hi,  New to iSeries. I need to identify which tables need to be reorged. From manual I see that if I do a DSPFD FILE(xxx/*ALL) TYPE(MBRLIST). I get a report where the Total deleted records are more than 10% of the total records I should reorg. Is there a report similar from DB2 side a [...]

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2012  9:54 AM
DB2, iSeries, OS/400
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95 pts.

ISeries Navigator
Hi, I am a DB2 DBA coming from zSeries to iseries. I have iSeries Navigator , when I click on “Database task”  “Map the database”nothing happens. Is there somewhere I can check for an error message or do I have to load an addon?     Regards   Wendy

Answer Question   |  March 26, 2012  9:36 AM
iSeries Navigator, OS/400
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95 pts.

AS/400 Version
How to view the AS400 server version and OS400 version??

Answer Question   |  March 17, 2012  6:20 AM
AS400 servers, OS/400
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275 pts.

Using Data Queues To Monitor Output Queues
I understand that a Data Queue is an efficient way to monitor an output queue. Using QRCVDTAQ will allow the program to “sleep” until a new spool file appears on the output queue or if a spool file in the output queue changes from HLD to RDY. However what about the RDY spool files that [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  12:09 AM
Data Queue, OS/400, OS400 Data Queues Output Queues, QRCVDTAQ
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5 pts.

Monitoring message CPF3390
Hi friends, please How can I check when the message CPF3390 appears and I run the command STRPRTWTR , I have 2 CL´s : 1º              PGM                                                          CHGMSGQ    MSGQ(QUSRSYS/CHK_PRT) DLVRY(*BREAK) +                           PGM(TEST/PRT_GET *ALWRPY)          LOOP:       DLYJOB     DLY(60)                                           GOTO       CMDLBL(LOOP)                                      ENDPGM           2º             PGM        PARM(&JOBNUM &JOBNAME &JOBDEV)                                                                                                   DCL        VAR(&MSGID) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(7)                             DCL        [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  12:50 AM
CPF errors, OS/400, STRPRTWTR
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610 pts.