July 30, 2001 Dear search400 member, This week's member update focuses on steps to take to ensure system uptime, plus how our Ask the Experts and Discussion Forums let you interact with industry experts to get "real" answers when you really need them. * This Week's Featured Topic: Backup and recovery * Storage Decisions 2001 * The scoop on WebSphere Studio * Admin Tip: Who are you really? * Tips, Tips, and more tips * Ask the AS/400 Experts about App Development, Careers and more * Discussion Forums: Query of deleted records, DASD failures * New Audio Transcript: Prevent an iSeries 400 Hack Attack * Featured Destination: SearchxSP FEATURED TOPIC: Backup and recovery Natural disasters and human errors can bring your systems down, but there are steps you can take to ensure a smooth recovery. Use the information gathered in this week's featured topic to prepare for and manage downtime: ** News--Blackouts turn spotlight on downtime issues ** Best Web Links--Systems Management: Performance ** Tips--Backups and monitoring help ensure system uptime ** Expert advice--Using one AS/400 to backup another ** Online event--AS/400 Disaster Recovery Essentials Find these resources and more at: http://www.search400.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci757635,00.html STORAGE DECISIONS 2001 Focused on managing storage in enterprise environments? As a member of Search400, you can qualify to attend the Storage Decisions 2001 event FREE of charge. Learn more about this exclusive event and apply today to see if you qualify to attend: http://www.storagedecisions.com WEBSPHERE STRATEGIES TIP: The scoop on WebSphere Studio Search400 experts Jim Mason and Dave Slater give you specifics on WebSphere studio and how it may improve your Web site development and management. Click here: http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci756906,00.html ADMINISTRATOR TIP: Who are you really? If you have a lot of computers in your organization, then it's likely that you won't always log on to your home machine. And if you're doing lots of diagnostic work, you may sign on as someone other than yourself. So who and where are you, really? This tip from search400 member Richard Cranston gives you one easy way to figure that out. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci756082,00.html TIPS, TIPS, AND MORE TIPS Keep your best technical tips coming and increase your chances of winning this month's prize--a Seiko Secret Agent digital watch--and becoming a member of our winner's Hall of Fame. Submit your tips now: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid3,00.html Take a look at recently submitted tips from your peers on search400: **AS/400 network monitor, by Cory Schewaga http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci756670,00.html ** Fast viewing of files with PDM and RUNQRY, by Derrick Kostiner http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci756676,00.html ** Transferring spreadsheet data with blank cells to DB/2 by Francis Lapeyre http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci756083,00.html ** Adding security to FTP and the QUOTE RCMD command, by Jim Townsend http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci756088,00.html ASK THE EXPERTS Have questions on AS/400 basics, application development, OS/400 PC/Windows connectivity, systems management, web development, or your career? Get the answers and advice you need--post your questions to our panel of experts today at: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateExperts/0,289622,sid3,00.html Take a look at two recently submitted questions posted by your peers: * App Development: Entering a port number for Socket Server jobs Click here for the expert advice Tim Granatir gave: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid405072_tax285217,00.html * Careers: I want to be a programmer! Search400 career expert Vic Sbrega offers his suggestions: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid403153_tax284944,00.html DISCUSSION FORUMS Interact with your peers and our guest experts in real-time in our Discussion Forums, an exclusive iSeries 400 community built just for you! Join in today at: http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^0@/search400 Take a look at two topics currently being discussed in the Forums: * Query of deleted records in DBU Post your advice in our Programmer Forum at: http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/282 * iSeries DASD failures You've been hearing about iSeries DASD crashes. Now learn how some search400 members are dealing with them in our Sound Off Forum at: http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected] AUDIO TRANSCRIPT NOW AVAILABLE: PREVENT A HACK ATTACK Thanks to the 300+ search400 members who joined us last week for the Live Expert Q&A, "Top Techniques to Prevent an iSeries 400 Hack Attack" with Trevor Seeney. If you missed the online event, or want to hear it again, get the audio transcript at the following link and learn ways to secure your iSeries to block any backdoors a hacker may slip through. http://search400.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid3,00.html This event was sponsored by PowerLock. Download a FREE Intrusion Detection module of PowerLock NetworkSecurity today at: http://www.powertechgroup.com/download_powerlock.html FEATURED DESTINATION: SearchxSP Every organization has to consider outsourcing as a legitimate option. But your decision to outsource, or not, can have potentially disastrous repercussions. Is your company covered by your service level agreement, which service provider is going to stay in business, is your sensitive data secure when outsourcing? Log in with the same member ID and password you have for search400 at http://www.searchxsp.com for the answers. 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