September 10, 2001 Dear search400 member, Even if an upgrade to V5R1 is several months off for your organization, now is the time to find out what early adopters have learned, including how improvements like Operations Navigator could mean the end of the Green Screen. Find out more in this week's Featured Topic, the first installment in our V5R1 month, and the other valuable resources we've gathered to make your job easier this week! * This Week's Featured Topic: V5R1: OpsNav's appeal * "Green screen" gone forever? * Despite problems, V5R1 gets plenty of support * V5R1 Technical Tips * Tip contest winners for August * Question of the week: DDM Files * Introducing NEW TargetSearch powered by Google * Win a BlackBerry and read the latest IDC white paper * Final Notice to members: Storage Decisions 2001 * 2 NEW White Papers Free to Members FEATURED TOPIC: V5R1: OpsNav's appeal Operations Navigator is the GUI included in OS/400 for managing iSeries servers. Many say it's a fantastic way to centrally manage their systems. But some prefer the "green screen" and fear that with V5R1 it may be on its way out. The information we've gathered will give you some insight into what to expect from this tool in V5R1. * Operations Navigator: A screen without green * Best Web Links on V5R1 * V5R1's new way of locking down FTP * Copy multiple spool files at one time using Operations Navigator For the complete package, go to: http://www.search400.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci558481,00.html "GREEN SCREEN" GONE FOREVER? With V5R1, OpsNav has twice the amount of graphical interface. Is the "green screen" gone forever? Let us know what you think in our Sound Off Discussion Forum. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^1@.ee84639/1 SITE EXCLUSIVE * Despite problems, V5R1 gets plenty of support V5R1 isn't without its problems, but it's a hit among many administrators. However, not everyone is sold. More than 38% of search400 users said they aren't yet convinced of V5R1's stability. http://search400.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid3_gci764970,00.html V5R1 TECHNICAL TIPS * Administrator tip: V5R1's new way of locking down FTP http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci764642,00.html * WebSphere Strategies tip: WebSphere and V5R1 -- Watch out http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci764662,00.html TIPS CONTEST WINNERS FOR AUGUST Congratulations to Martyn Turner, winner of August's tip prize, an Olympus Stylus Epic Zoom 80 QD CG Camera! Martyn will be inducted into search400's Hall of Fame for his winning tip: "RPG ILE debug annoying you too?" http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci760284,00.html Kudos to our runner-up winners: Dennis O'Malley, Dan Sylvester and Mike Faust. NEW TIPS CONTEST PRIZE! This month we're giving away a pair of Motorola two-way radios. Submit your favorite tips - if your fellow members like them, you could be our next winner. http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsPrize/0,289492,sid3_prz763556_cts763558,00.html QUESTION OF THE WEEK * DDM Files "We are using a model 270 to serve pages to the web. This server uses DDM files to link back to our production 720 for information, customer name etc. Sometimes we loose the link between the systems and get a file not found message and a program termination message. Does anyone have any ideas on why we might be loosing the link?" If you have any advice, post it here http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^0@.ee84637/79 **Introducing NEW TargetSearch powered by Google** We are excited to introduce our NEW TargetSearch powered by Google. We have combined the Google's powerful search technology with Search400 the most targeted iSeries400 site on the Web to create the Web's most powerful and targeted search engine. 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