============================================================= SEARCH400 | Administrator Tip April 3, 2002
Essential explanations, tools, and code for the iSeries administrator. More tips: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid3_tax2f8,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY: Free White Paper - Application Modernization for iSeries/400 http://search400.techtarget.com/r/0,,2733,00.htm?FreeWhitepaper ============================================================= In today's technical advice roundup you'll find tips, expert answers and input from your peers on the following iSeries administrator questions and concerns: Today's Featured Administrator Tip: -- Three fun things you can do with WRKACTJOB Answers to Other Technical Questions 1. The proper way to end WRKACTJOB 2. What file is the job waiting on? 3. Why can't we FTP from the iSeries 400 to a vendor site? 4. WRKF provides WRKOBJ-like file detail Important Announcements and Links - Expert Profile: Tim Granatir, systems management expert - New Monthly Newsletter: Top Expert Advice - Advice: Managing the iSeries Discussion Forum - Featured Book: Implementing AS/400 Security _______________________________________________________________ ************** SPONSORED BY: Aldon Computer Group ************ **FREE White Paper** - Application Modernization through Multi-Platform Development Are you finding obstacles in renewing existing applications? Integrating Web, Windows, client server, and multi-platform applications into the reliability, accessibility, and stability of the iSeries is a major challenge to manage. Aldon's President, Daniel Magid, outlines the obstacles and offers the solutions to make multi-platform development easy and effective. Click here to learn more: http://search400.techtarget.com/r/0,,2733,00.htm?FreeWhitepaper =============================================================== Today's Featured Tip =============================================================== Three fun things you can do with WRKACTJOB Sometimes it's the simple tools -- like OS/400's green-screen Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB) -- that you take for granted. WRKACTJOB's a lot older than many readers on this list and -- because of that longevity -- it contains some useful features that can be handy in different situations. Joe Hertvik shows you three fun things that WRKACTJOB can do. >> Click here to review the full tip... http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci813277,00.html ============================================================= Answers to Other Administrator Questions ============================================================= 1. The proper way to end WRKACTJOB Most iSeries 400 users don't use the correct procedure to end the WRKACTJOB command. Read this tip to see what Search400 member Butch Adams suggests. http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci517970,00.html 2. What file is the job waiting on? Do you ever have a batch or interactive job go to a status of LCKW on the WRKACTJOB screen (and the user's session mysteriously "locks up" in a "deadly embrace")? How can you tell what job has the lock on the file needed by the job in question so you can take action? Check out this tip from Search400 member David Hayes to find out what you can do to prevent this from happening to you. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci771923,00.html 3. Why can't we FTP from the iSeries 400 to a vendor site? One user writes, "We are unable to FTP a file from our iSeries to another site. We can connect to the remote site, but when we try to send a file the system appears as though it's trying to send it and it hangs up. After about 10 minutes it finally ends the connection. Does anyone know why this is happening?" A few search400 members have some suggestions. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/1189 4. WRKF provides WRKOBJ-like file detail The Work with Objects (WRKOBJ) command works well if you want to locate and work with OS/400 objects anywhere on your system. The problem, tip writer Joe Hervik points out, is it also lists other OS/400 objects, such as programs (*PGM), output queues (*OUTQ), tables (*TBL), and data queues (*DTAQ). It's not granular enough when locating files. If you're looking for specific OS/400 file objects, Joe recommends you try the Work with Files (WRKF) command. http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci802828,00.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- Special Training Offer: 30% off - Network Security and Firewalls ----------------------------------------------------------------- Security is a major concern for iSeries 400 pros everywhere. This course will acquaint you with the firewall concepts and the process of managing firewalls. Act now and get 30% off. 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