OS/400 Questions


Who can help me. I want to know about DST & SST
How can I get the knowledge about SST & DST?

Answer Question   |  August 7, 2008  5:37 AM
Dedicated Service Tools, DST, OS/400, SST, System Service Tools
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190 pts.

Printer File
How do I view the printer file or what command do I use in the Os/400? How is a print writer related to printer file?

Answer Question   |  August 4, 2008  1:05 PM
AS/400 Printer File, AS/400 printing, OS/400
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75 pts.

Password automatic replication
I would like to know how to set up an automatic password replication in 26 AS400 partitions so as when I change my password in one of them, it replicates to the others. Any idea?

Answer Question   |  July 28, 2008  10:03 PM
AS/400, i5, iSeries, OS/400, Password, Replication
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230 pts.

odbc in i5/OS
I need to know how i can create an data source name or a odbc connection for a database in i5/OS. Kindly guide me.

Answer Question   |  April 16, 2010  4:31 AM
i5/OS, ODBC, ODBC on i5, OS/400
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160 pts.

to create a java file
How to create a java file in i5/OS Kindly guide me.

Answer Question   |  August 30, 2010  5:53 AM
i5/OS, Java, OS/400
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160 pts.

Tivoli Monitoring Setup on i5/OS400
Folks, I’m a new employee working on i5/OS400 systems and I need to setup Tivoli monitoring tool on it. I have checked many websites but couldn’t find how I do it. Can someone please help me?

Answer Question   |  July 16, 2008  2:18 AM
AS/400, i5, iSeries, OS/400, TEC, Tivoli
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230 pts.

Windows Server 2008 compatability with Client Access Express V5R0
Is Windows Server 2008 compatable with Client Access Express V5R0 for iSeries OS/400 V5R1?

Answer Question   |  July 14, 2008  9:00 PM
Client Access Express, iSeries, OS/400, V5R0, V5R1, Windows Server 2008
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5 pts.

to run a batch file in i5/OS
how to run a batch file or a script file in i5/OS. How to create file with extension .sql and run the same in i5/OS

Answer Question   |  July 10, 2008  1:23 AM
Batch files, i5, OS/400, Scripts
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160 pts.

How to create a text file in i5/OS system
How to create a text file in i5/OS system

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2010  7:15 PM
File formats, i5, OS/400
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160 pts.

Packed fields in Flat Files
I have a flat 400 file wich is 36 long internally described as follows: 1 2 0ICL 3 6 0ORDNO 7 8 0SUB 9 11 0DEPT P 12 13 2RATE P 14 18 2TOTMTH P 19 23 2OTODAT P 24 28 1HRS2DT 29 36 0INFODT I creasted alogical as follows: R DLLOHD PFILE(DLPLOHD) ICL I [...]

Answer Question   |  April 24, 2010  3:27 PM
AS/400, Flat files, OS/400
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JAC
260 pts.

AS/400 WRITE Op code writes then deletes
I have a program where the WRITE op code is not working. After the program runs, there should be records in a file, but instead the deleted records are increased. I have debugged the program and as soon as the WRITE statement is executed the number of deleted records is increased. I’ve never seen anything [...]

Answer Question   |  April 24, 2008  4:33 PM
AS/400, OS/400, RPG
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20 pts.

WRKJOBSCDE
Hi friends, I have a CL and this CL executes the command SNDDST, when this CL is executed like a Scheduled JOB this send doesnt works, but when I call in interative or batch mode, this send works. I PUT BELOW THE DISPLAY JOB Display Job Schedule Entry Details System: DEVELOPER Job: RECV83_TMS Entry number: [...]

Answer Question   |  April 24, 2008  2:32 AM
CL, OS/400, SNDDST, WRKJOBSCDE
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440 pts.

Remove library from all library lists
We’ve stopped using a vendor’s product that has been here since we first became a 400 shop 12+ years ago. The vendor’s libraries have found their way into hundreds of job descriptions across the system. Is there an easy way to remove the entries for these libraries from all the job descriptions? I’ve been checking [...]

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2010  3:38 PM
AS/400, JOBD, OS/400
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5 pts.

Do API’s ‘QSYRUPWD’ and ‘QSYSUPWD’ work with QSECOFR user profile?
Our password maintenance programs, use API’s ‘QSYRUPWD’ and ‘QSYSUPWD’. They work a traet with standard profiles, but don’t seem to work for user profile QSECOFR. (we also have a copy of this profile called WSECOFR and this doesn’t work either). Is there a built-in ‘block’ on the QSECOFR profile within these API’s? Thanks for any [...]

Answer Question   |  October 16, 2009  4:08 PM
AS/400 security, i5, OS/400, QSYRUPWD, QSYSUPWD
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Rpm
40 pts.

Is there a changed objects calculation on the AS400
How do you get a total size of how many objects have been changed in a day?

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2008  9:44 PM
AS/400, iSeries, OS/400
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5 pts.

Calling API
Hi all, Does anyone knows how to call API program in interactive mode? How are the rules to call API? Let say I want to put CALL QEZSNDMG in WRKJOBSCDE, what do I have to put in the command, cause when I try CALL QEZSNDMG parm(”N’ ‘Y’ ‘ ‘ ‘Testing’ ‘User1”) its not working. It [...]

Answer Question   |  February 26, 2008  7:03 AM
AS/400, i5, iSeries, OS/400, QEZSNDMG, WRKJOBSCDE
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TG
50 pts.

OS/400 Sensitive Commands
1) How can a user be given the capability to execute the following OS/400 sensitive commands? ADDAUTLE - Add Authorization List Entry CHGDTA - Change Database File (using DFU) CHGUSRPRF - Change User Profile CRTAUTL - Create Authorization List CRTUSRPRF - Create User Profile EDTAUTL - Edit Authorization List STRDFU - Start DFU UPDDTA - [...]

Answer Question   |  January 31, 2008  8:03 PM
ADDAUTLE, AS/400, CHGDTA, CHGUSRPRF, CRTAUTL, CRTUSRPRF, OS/400
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10 pts.

Damaged object in OS/400 QSYS
I have a damaged object in QSYS library that is preventing our full backup completing. The object is QPZA006434 and is a *SRVPGM. I have tried to restore this object from backup but this has failed. Any suggestions to what this file is or does and to how I can fix it or remove it? [...]

Answer Question   |  March 6, 2010  3:26 PM
*SRVPGM, AS/400, OS/400, QSYS.LIB
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35 pts.

AS/400 – Don’t prompt me for user/pass when starting 5250 emulator
Hello, I started developing a screen scraper app with the API provided by IBM for the iSeries. It works perfectly except for one thing. Whenever I reboot my PC and run the 5250 emulator, it pops up a form with input for SERVER, USER and PASSWORD. This is prior to logging on to the actual [...]

Answer Question   |  February 17, 2010  10:54 PM
5250 session, AS/400, Emulators, Green Screen, OS/400, windows credential, WS
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0 pts.

how to get particular record
Hi all, we display records on display screens with field names number,name.we tak opt(option) variable to perform delete(opt1),update(opt2) before field names. format is, opt number name. 00001 KUMAR 00002 RAO HOW TO SELECT PARTICULAR RECORD HERE 0001 OR 0002 BY GIVING 1 OR 2 UNDER OPT. 1 IS FOR DELETE 2 FOR UPDATE. THANK YOU,REDDY.

Answer Question   |  October 23, 2007  10:22 AM
OS/400, RPG
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0 pts.