Starter Kit for the IBM Iseries and As/400

by Guthrie, Gary; Madden, Wayne

• ISBN13: 9781583040843
• ISBN10: 1583040846
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: 29th Street Pr

Table of Contents

SETUP
Before the Power Is On	1	(18)
A Note About Names	1	(1)
An Installation Checklist	1	(2)
Before You Install Your System	3	(9)
Develop an Installation Plan	3	(2)
Plan Education	5	(1)
Develop a Migration Plan	5	(1)
Develop a Security Plan	6	(1)
System Security Level	7	(1)
Security Level 10	7	(1)
Security Level 20	7	(1)
Security Level 30	8	(1)
Security Level 40	8	(1)
Security Level 50	8	(1)
Password Format Rules	9	(1)
Identifying System Users	10	(2)
Wizardry and Advice	12	(1)
Develop a Backup and Recovery Plan	12	(3)
Establish Naming Conventions	15	(3)
Device Names	15	(1)
User Profile Names	16	(2)
What Next?	18	(1)
That Important First Session	19	(14)
Establish User ASPs	19	(1)
Verify Software and PTF Levels	20	(1)
Signing On for the First Time	20	(5)
Set the Security Level	20	(1)
Set the Password Format Control System Values	20	(1)
Change the System-Supplied User Profile Passwords	21	(2)
Enable/Disable Autoconfiguration	23	(1)
Set General System Values	23	(2)
Establishing Your Work Environment	25	(6)
Establish Your Subsystems	26	(2)
Retrieve and Modify the Star-up Program	28	(3)
Now What?	31	(2)
Access Made Easy	33	(36)
What Is User Profile?	33	(2)
Creating User Profiles	35	(10)
UsrPrf (User Profile)	35	(1)
Password (User Password)	35	(1)
PwdExp (Set Password to Expired)	36	(1)
Status (Status)	36	(1)
UsrCls (User Class) and SpcAut (Special Authority)	36	(3)
Initial Sign-On Options	39	(2)
System Value Overrides	41	(1)
Group Profiles	42	(1)
JobD (Job Description)	43	(1)
Message Handling	44	(1)
Printed Output Handling	44	(1)
Text (Text Description)	45	(1)
Plan Your Profiles	45	(1)
Maintaining User Profiles	46	(4)
Changing a User Password	47	(1)
Deleting a User Profile	47	(3)
Integrity: The CpyUsr and CrtUsr Commands	50	(17)
Making User Profiles Work for You	67	(2)
Public Authorities	69	(8)
What Are Public Authorities?	70	(4)
Creating Public Authority by Default	72	(2)
Limiting Public Authority	74	(1)
Public Authority by Design	74	(1)
Object-Level Public Authority	75	(2)
Installing a New Release	77	(16)
Planning is Preventive Medicine	77	(1)
The Planning Checklist	78	(8)
Pre-Installation-Day Tasks	78	(1)
Step 1: Is Your Order Complete?	79	(2)
Step 2: Manual or Automatic?	81	(1)
Step 3: Permanently Apply PTFs	82	(1)
Step 4: Clean Up Your System	82	(1)
Step 5: Is There Enough Room?	83	(1)
Step 6: Document System Changes	84	(1)
Step 7: Get the Latest Fixes	84	(1)
Step 8: Save Your System	84	(1)
Installation-Day Tasks	85	(1)
Step 9: Resolve Pending Operations	85	(1)
Step 10: Shut Down the INS/IXS	85	(1)
Installing from Tape?	86	(1)
Step 11: Verify System Integrity	86	(1)
Step 12: Check System Values	87	(1)
Ready, Set, Go!	87	(4)
Final Advice	91	(2)
An Introduction to PTFs	93	(10)
When Do You Need a PTF?	93	(1)
How Do You Order a PTF?	94	(2)
SndPTFOrd Basics	94	(2)
Ordering PTFs on the Internet	96	(1)
How Do You Install and Apply a PTF?	96	(1)
PTFs and Logical Partitioning (LPAR)	97	(3)
Installing Licensed Internal Code PTFs	98	(1)
Installing Licensed Program Product PTFs	99	(1)
Verifying Your PTF Installation	99	(1)
How Current Are You?	100	(1)
Developing a Proactive PTF Management Strategy	100	(3)
Preventive Service Planning	100	(1)
Preventive Service	101	(1)
Corrective Service	102	(1)
OPERATIONS
Getting Your Message Across: User-to-User	103	(8)
Sending Messages 101	103	(2)
Sending Messages into History	105	(1)
Message Delivery with SndMsg	105	(1)
I Break for Messages	106	(1)
Messaging with Operational Assistant	107	(1)
Casting Network Messages	108	(3)
Secrets of a Message Shortstop	111	(12)
Return Reply Requested	111	(6)
A Table of Matches	113	(4)
Give me a Break Message	117	(4)
Take a Break	117	(4)
It's Your Own Default	121	(2)
Printer Files, Job Logs, and Print Direction	123	(20)
How Do You Make It Print Like This?	123	(4)
Controlling When a Report Is Printed	126	(1)
Controlling Your Job Logs	127	(6)
Conrolling Where the Printed Output Is Directed	128	(2)
Deciding to Generate a Printed Job Log for Normally Completed Jobs	130	(2)
Determining How Much Information to Include in Job Logs	132	(1)
Where Have All the Reports Gone?	133	(5)
Tailoring Print Direction	134	(1)
*Job	134	(1)
*JobD	135	(1)
*Current	135	(1)
*UsrPrf	136	(1)
*WrkStn	136	(1)
*SysVal	137	(1)
*Dev	137	(1)
Charting the Print Path	138	(2)
Job QPrtJob and Print Direction	140	(2)
Ready for Action	142	(1)
Understanding Output Queues	143	(14)
What Is an Output Queue?	143	(2)
How to Create Output Queues	145	(4)
Procedural Parameters	147	(1)
Configuration Parameters	148	(1)
Security Parameters	148	(1)
Who Should Create Output Queues?	149	(1)
How Spooled Files Get on the Queue	150	(1)
How Spooled Files Are Printed from the Queue	151	(2)
A Different View of Spooled Files	153	(2)
How to Organize Output Queues	155	(2)
A Plug-and-Play Output Queue Monitor	157	(56)
Setting the Stage	158	(2)
The Output Queue Monitor Utility	160	(5)
Configuring the Output Queue Monitor	162	(1)
Using the Output Queue Monitor	163	(1)
Monitoring Program OutQMon	164	(1)
Installing the Output Queue Monitor Utility	165	(48)
Disk Storage Cleanup	213	(16)
Automatic Cleanup Procedures	213	(3)
Manual Cleanup Procedures	216	(4)
Detach, Save, and Clean Up Security Audit Journal Receivers	217	(1)
Reclaim Spool File Storage	217	(1)
Reclaim Storage and Clean Up Recovery Areas	218	(1)
How RclStg Deals with Lost Objects	218	(2)
Recovering After RclStg	220	(1)
Commands Used in Recovery Area Cleanup	220	(6)
Remove Unused Licensed Program Products	222	(1)
Permanently Apply PTFs as Necessary	222	(1)
Detach, Save, and Clean Up Journal Receivers	222	(1)
Reset User Message Queue Size	222	(1)
Clean Up Spooled Files	223	(1)
Clear or Delete Unneeded Save Files	223	(1)
Delete Unused Objects	223	(2)
Reorganize Document Library Objects	225	(1)
Purge and Reorganize Physical Files	225	(1)
Clean Up Office Vision for AS/400 Objects	225	(1)
Clean Up Hardware Configuration	226	(1)
Enhancing Your Manual Procedures	226	(3)
All Aboard the OS/400 Job Scheduler!	229	(18)
Arriving on Time	229	(1)
Running on a Strick Schedule	230	(5)
Two Trains on the Same Track	235	(7)
Derailment Dangers	242	(5)
Job Schedule Entries and the LDA	243	(1)
SbmJob vs. the Job Scheduler	243	(1)
A Matter of Timing	244	(1)
System Date and Time Changes	244	(1)
Detecting the Completion of Other Jobs	245	(2)
Keeping Up with the Past	247	(6)
The History Log	247	(4)
System Message Show and Tell	247	(2)
History Log Housekeeping	249	(2)
Inside Information	251	(2)
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
Backup Basics	253	(26)
Designing and Implementing a Backup Strategy	253	(2)
Availability Options	255	(6)
Implementing a Simple Backup Strategy	258	(1)
Implementing a Simple Backup Strategy	259	(1)
Saving Changed Objects	259	(1)
Journaling Objects and Saving the Journal Receivers	260	(1)
Saving Groups of User Libraries, Folders, or Directories	261	(1)
Implementing a Complex Backup Strategy	261	(1)
Saving Data Concurrently Using Multiple Tape Devices	261	(1)
Saving Data in Parallel Using Multiple Tape Devices	262	(1)
Save-While-Active	262	(1)
An Alternative Backup Strategy	262	(1)
The Inner Workings of Menu SAVE	262	(5)
Entire System (Option 21)	263	(1)
System Data Only (Option 22)	264	(1)
All User Data (Option 23)	264	(1)
Setting Save Option Defaults	265	(1)
Printing System Information	266	(1)
Saving Data Concurrently Using Multiple Tape Devices	267	(2)
Concurrent Saves of Libraries and Objects	267	(1)
Concurrent Saves of DLOs (Folders)	268	(1)
Concurrent Saves of Objects in Directories	269	(1)
Save-While-Active	269	(2)
How Does Save-While-Active Work?	269	(1)
Synchronization	269	(2)
Save Commands That Support the Save-While-Active Option	271	(1)
Backing Up Spooled Files	271	(1)
Recovering Your System	272	(1)
Preparing and Managing Your Backup Media	273	(6)
Backup, Recovery and Media Services (BRMS) Overview	279	(16)
An Introduction to BRMS	279	(1)
Getting Started with BRMS	280	(2)
Saving Data in Parallel with BRMS	282	(1)
Online Backup of Lotus Notes Servers with BRMS	282	(1)
Restricted-State Saves Using BRMS	283	(1)
Backing Up Spooled Files with BRMS	283	(2)
Including Spooled File Entries in a Backup List	284	(1)
Restoring Spooled Files Saved Using BRMS	285	(1)
The BRMS Operations Navigator Interface	285	(2)
Terminology Differences	286	(1)
Functional Differences	286	(1)
Backup and Recovery with BRMS OpsNav	287	(2)
Backup Policies	287	(1)
Creating a BRMS Backup Policy	287	(1)
Backing Up Individual Items	288	(1)
Restoring Individual Items	288	(1)
Scheduling Unattended Backup and Restore Operations	288	(1)
System Recovery Report	289	(1)
BRMS Security Functions	289	(3)
Security Options for BRMS Functions, Components, and Items	290	(2)
Media Management	292	(1)
BRMS Housekeeping	292	(1)
Check It Out	293	(2)
Defining a Subsystem	295	(10)
Getting Oriented	295	(2)
Defining a Subsystem	297	(1)
Main Storage and Subsystem Pool Definitions	298	(3)
Starting a Subsystem	301	(2)
The Next Step	303	(2)
Where Jobs Come From	305	(10)
Types of Work Entries	305	(8)
Workstation Entries	306	(1)
Using Workstation Entries	307	(1)
Conflicting Workstation Entries	308	(1)
Job Queue Entries	309	(2)
Communications Entries	311	(1)
Prestart Job Entries	312	(1)
Autostart Job Entries	313	(1)
Where Jobs Go	313	(2)
Demystifying Routing	315	(14)
The Importance of Routing Data	315	(4)
Routing Entry Attributes	317	(1)
Runtime Attributes	318	(1)
Routing Data for Interactive Jobs	319	(1)
Routing Data for Batch Jobs	320	(2)
Routing Data for Autostart, Communications, and Prestart Jobs	322	(1)
Is There More Than One Way to Get There?	322	(1)
Do-It-Yourself Routing	322	(7)
FILE BASICS
File Structures	329	(8)
Structure Fundamentals	329	(2)
Data Members	331	(3)
iSeries File Types	334	(3)
Database Files	334	(1)
Source Files	334	(1)
Device Files	335	(1)
DDM Files	336	(1)
Save Files	336	(1)
So You Think You Understand File Overrides	337	(24)
What Do Overrides Do?	337	(2)
Prerequisites	339	(2)
The Call Stack and Job Call Levels	339	(1)
Activation Groups	340	(1)
Override Rules	341	(15)
Scoping and Override	341	(1)
Overriding the Same File Multiple Times	342	(2)
The Order of Applying Overrides	344	(9)
Protecting an Override	353	(1)
Explicitly Removing an Override	354	(1)
Miscellanea	355	(1)
Important Additional Override Information	356	(1)
Overriding the Scope of Open Files	356	(1)
Non-File Overrides	356	(1)
Overrides and Multithreaded Jobs	357	(1)
File Redirection	357	(1)
Is All This Really Necessary?	357	(1)
Overrides and System Commands	358	(3)
Logical Files	361	(10)
Record Format Definition/Physical File Selection	361	(3)
Key Fields	364	(1)
Select/Omit Logic	365	(4)
Using Select/Omit Statements	366	(2)
Dynamic Selection with Select/Omit	368	(1)
Multiple Logical File Members	369	(1)
Keys to the iSeries Database	370	(1)
File Sharing	371	(16)
Sharing Fundamentals	371	(2)
Sharing Examples	373	(8)
Shared Database File Example	373	(3)
Shared Printer File Example	376	(5)
How Sharing ODPs Can Help	381	(1)
Share and Enhance Program Performance	381	(6)
BASIC CL PROGRAMMING
CL Programming: You're Stylin' Now!	387	(16)
Apples and Oranges	387	(3)
Developing Stylistic Standards	390	(11)
Comments	397	(1)
Statement Alignment	398	(1)
Variable Names and Case	399	(1)
Shortcut Dos and Don'ts	400	(1)
Miscellaneous Suggestions	400	(1)
Start Stylin'!	401	(1)
CL Coding Suggestions	401	(2)
Extend CL's Reach with APIs	403	(24)
Know Your Limitations	403	(2)
Reporting Errors with APIs	405	(7)
Handling API Errors	407	(5)
Retrieve an IP Address	412	(14)
Displaying IP Addresses	416	(10)
EndPgm	426	(1)
CL Programs and Database Files	427	(14)
Why CL?	427	(1)
I DCLare!	427	(1)
Extracting Field Definitions	428	(2)
Reading the Database File	430	(2)
File Positioning	432	(1)
Rules for Database File Processing in CL	433	(1)
What About Record Output?	434	(1)
A Useful Example	435	(6)
CL Programs and Display Files	441	(12)
CL Display File Basics	441	(4)
CL Display File Examples	445	(7)
Using a Message Subfile	449	(1)
Using an Error Subfile	450	(2)
Considerations	452	(1)
OpnQryF Fundamentals	453	(12)
First Things First	453	(1)
The Command	454	(1)
Start with a File and a Format	454	(3)
Record Selection	457	(5)
QrySlt Guidelines	458	(1)
QrySlt and Constants	458	(1)
QrySlt and Variables	459	(3)
Differentiate Between Upper- and Lowercase Data	462	(1)
Key Fields	462	(1)
Mapping Virtual Fields	463	(1)
OpnQryF Command Performance	464	(1)
Teaching Programs to Talk	465	(20)
Putting SndUsrMsg to Work	465	(6)
Send Break Messages to a User with SndBrkMsgU	471	(13)
Knowing When to Speak	484	(1)
Just Between Us Programs	485	(12)
Call Message Queues	485	(2)
Understanding Job Logs	487	(1)
The SndPgmMsg Command	488	(5)
Message Types	491	(2)
The Receiving End	493	(1)
Program Message Uses	493	(4)
Hello, Any Messages?	497	(14)
Receiving the Right Message	497	(3)
RcvMsg and the MsgType and MsgKey Parameters	500	(1)
Receiving the Right Values	501	(3)
Retrieving Message Sender Data	501	(1)
Retrieving the Message Return Type	502	(2)
Monitoring for a Message	504	(6)
Command-Level Message Monitoring	506	(1)
Global Message Monitoring	506	(2)
Message Processing in Action	508	(2)
What Else Can You Do with Messages?	510	(1)
OS/400 Commands	511	(8)
Commands: The Heart of the System	511	(3)
Tips for Entering Commands	514	(2)
Customizing Commands	516	(1)
Changing Default Values	517	(2)
THE NEW FACE OF THE SYSTEM
It's Gotta Be TCP/IP, If You Wanna Talk with Me	519	(22)
Networks and Internetworks	520	(4)
IP Addressing	524	(5)
Classful IP Addressing	524	(2)
Classless Addressing and Subnetworks	526	(3)
Peaceful Coexistence	529	(1)
A Simple iSeries Configuration	530	(6)
Starting TCP/IP	535	(1)
TCP/IP Administration and Configuration Options	536	(2)
Identifying Other Hosts in Your Network	538	(2)
The Real World	540	(1)
Operations Navigator	541	(16)
OpsNav Components	541	(12)
Basic Operations	543	(6)
Job Management	549	(1)
Configuration and Service	549	(1)
Network	550	(1)
Security	550	(1)
Users and Groups	551	(1)
Database	551	(1)
File Systems	551	(1)
Multimedia	552	(1)
Backup	552	(1)
Application Development	552	(1)
Management Central	552	(1)
Application Administration	553	(1)
Plug-in Support	553	(1)
More Than Just a Pretty Face	553	(1)
More About OpsNav	554	(3)
Further Reading	557	(4)
Index	561