AS400 intreface with other platforms
Can anybody tell me how to interface As/400 with other platforms say windows or linux for example

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2009  1:30 AM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, DB2 Universal Database, Email, Printing, Security, Web development

Windows Storage 2003 Server
Good morning All, I need help, I am considering about getting a Dell NAS appliance running Windows Storage 2003 Server. I am wondering if anyone can tell me or point me, where I can find info about this like admin, printer sharing, etc. The Windows Storage site is not much help. Also, if someone knows [...]

Answer Question   |  September 5, 2008  9:27 AM
NAS, NAS appliances, Storage servers, Windows Server 2003

Backup Exchange 2003
I am putting a backup strategy in place at the moment and would like to know the best way to do so for our Exchange 2003 server. The server is a windows 2003 sp1 exchange 2003 sp2 server. The backup server is a windows 2003 r2 sp1 server running Symantec/Veritas Backup Exec 10d. I am [...]

Answer Question   |  September 26, 2008  7:53 AM
Backup Exec, Exchange 2003, Exchange Backup, Veritas

Attention Light on Tape Drive I5 Model 520
We have an I5 Model 520, with a 5755 tape drive attached. We upgraded from V5R3 to V5R4 about a month ago and shortly after, the attention light on the tape came on (blinks). We thought maybe an IPL would clear this up or by cleaning the tape drive several times, but no luck. We [...]

Answer Question   |  February 4, 2009  3:13 PM
i5, Tape drives

Is it possible to reorganize a very big transaction in one night?
I want to reorganize a very big transaction file in day end process and it cannot finish within 1 night. The problem is RGZPFM command lock that file ,so the day after , user cannot use that file because it is locked. Do you have any ideas to help me?

Answer Question   |  December 28, 2009  4:43 AM
Application development, AS/400, AS/400 careers, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter, DB2 Universal Database, Printing, RPG, RPGLE, Security

System Save / Clean up / reorg?
Because of the holidays, we’re needing to do some maintenance on our AS400 in a much smaller window then we are used to, Normally, we can set aside close to a 24 hour window on a Sunday when we need to do any maintenance that requires taking our AS400 offline, but, this evening, we’re limited [...]

Answer Question   |  December 27, 2009  12:40 PM
AS/400, Backup & recovery, DataCenter

Oracle newbie looking for basic backup and restore
Hello. My background is in SQL Server, but am currently working with Oracle 9.2 I would like to do a simple backup and possible restore of an Oracle DB. It is approximately 9gb. Thanks for any information for an Oracle newbie.

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  10:58 AM
Backup & recovery, Oracle backup

Deriving tape header info for use in logging and messaging
I would like an example, preferably in i5/OS CL, for a method to retreive the volume number of the tape just used for a complete system backup so that I can put out a message to the system operator queue or the system log which includes the tape volume number. I tried this with CHKTAP [...]

Answer Question   |  December 15, 2006  3:08 PM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, DataCenter

Moving into the InfoSec role
I work at a company that currently does not have a position dedicated to information security. I come from a background in networking with a good portion of my focus on firewalls and other security related technologies. I am interested in positioning myself into the role of InfoSec Admin at my compnay and was hoping [...]

Answer Question   |  December 22, 2006  1:36 PM
Access control, Application security, backdoors, Biometrics, Browsers, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Exchange, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Network security, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, provisioning, Risk management, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spyware, SSL/TLS, Trojans, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, Wireless, worms

Using SAV to save specific objects from directory tree
I need to save objects from multiple directories with the directory names and have not had any luck getting this to work. I am attempting to save the information to a save file. I need only the data with an extension of *.tif. The directory structure is like this: /abc/xyz/123-456-7777/1.psg /abc/xyz/123-456-7777/1.tif /abc/xyz/123-456-8888/1.psg /abc/xyz/123-456-8888/1.tif /abc/xyz/123-456-8888/2.psg /abc/xyz/123-456-8888/2.tif [...]

Answer Question   |  December 14, 2006  6:37 PM
AS/400, Backup & recovery

Unattended savsys
I will be moving my backup AS/400 to a secure building for D.R. purposes. I need to figure out a way to automatically get a savsys done without doing it from the console. We are on V5R3. Right now I have a cl setup with all of the save commands but when the endsbs *all [...]

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2009  4:04 PM
Backup & recovery, CLP

TAPETMS File Not There
Hello All, I am doing some troubleshooting for one of our clients. We basically need to monitor the TAPETMS file on the AS/400. The client has the file but my AS/400 in the lab does not. I have a flightrec but alas no TAPETMS. I have poked aroun in the tn5250 inviroment but find nothing. [...]

Answer Question   |  December 7, 2006  2:28 PM
Backup & recovery

NETAPP SnapShot or VTL ???
Hello, We currently purchased 2 Netapp 3050 Filers for CIFS, FC, and ISCSI. We also have the Snapshot feature, but are not using it at this time. Now we are looking into a VTL for local recovery. Here’s our dilema. Why not forget about the VTL and take advantage of the NETAPP’s SNAPSHOT functionality. We [...]

Answer Question   |  July 30, 2008  2:48 PM
CIFS, FC, iSCSI, NetApp, SATA, VTL

Journal Receiver Sequencing
Hi All, We have a test and production data library, we have a separate journal for each that fill journal receivers in their respective libraries. In TEST our system managed receivers always start at sequence 1 when a new receiver is attached, in production the sequence number continues from the previous receivers sequence. I have [...]

Answer Question   |  December 5, 2006  11:12 AM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery, CLP, DataCenter

Oracle 10g, Export problem through OEM
Hi, i’m trying to export my database and my user is DBA role user, and it has all the roles other than GLOBAL_AQ_USER_ROLE. After specifying all the parameters when i submit the job, it displays the following error. if i do the same steps with SYS user it works fine. “ORA-20204 usr does not exist: [...]

Answer Question   |  April 23, 2008  10:48 AM
Backup & recovery, Oracle 10g

Tape Expiration
Does anyone know how to automatically check a tape to make sure that it has not expired before running a backup. I know you can use BRMS but we do not have BRMS on our system. We have set up the backups to put an expiration date on them but if the operators put the [...]

Answer Question   |  December 1, 2006  4:39 PM
Application development, AS/400, Backup & recovery

Data erasing solutions?
Hello everyone, I am currently working on a worldwide project and I need address one specific issue: Which is the better solution in terms of: 1. Administration (time dedicated to daily production). 2. Product effectiveness and by this I mean the products capacity to provide a 100% or close to in satisfying its goal (completely [...]

Answer Question   |  February 24, 2009  4:25 AM
Business/IT alignment, Disk drives, Hardware, Project management, Security, Storage products and equipment

wireless vlan
hi all, is it possible to have one link from a switch to an access point and split the network into two networks a wireless network from the AP and a wired port for a user connected thru RJ45 and still keep it secured.

Answer Question   |  October 1, 2008  3:04 AM
Availability, Bandwidth, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Disaster Recovery, Ethernet, FDDI, H.323, IPv4, IPv6, Network protocols, Networking, patching, PEN testing, Platform Security, Policies, Risk management, Security, Security Program Management, TCP, VoIP, vulnerability management, Wireless

NTFS.sys error
I have been given a laptop to fix. The error message that comes up when you boot it up is missing/corrupt file: system32/drivers/ntfs.sys. How do I fix the computer? Suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

Answer Question   |  February 4, 2009  2:38 PM
NTFS

Fast Deletion of Large Data Sources
I’m trying to delete 100gb – 1 terabyte here and there and haven’t found a good utility to do this in any reasonable amount of time. Has anyone out there found a speedy app for this purpose? I’ve tried “Delenda” and “Remove Old Files” with very blah results. It wouldn’t be so bad, but data [...]

Answer Question   |  December 1, 2006  1:15 PM
Storage, Storage management