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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Expert Profile: Ken Graap, backup & recovery expert - Current Poll: Controversial issues facing the iSeries community - Tips Exchange: Win a Samsung DVD-S221 DVD/MP3 player - Featured Book: AS/400 Professional System Operator - Best Web Links: Network infrastructure - The Missing Link: True IT blooper: Not my fault! ______________________________________________________________ *************** SPONSORED BY TrailBlazer Systems ************ WHY DO OVER 1,400 CUSTOMERS USE ZMOD FTP from TrailBlazer Systems? Because our AS/400 FTP offers: recovery WITHIN your FTP session; encryption; data bridging; MONMSG on ANY FTP command; data encryption using PGP, S/MIME, SSL, SSH and TLS; data formatting (DDS <=> XML, CSV) and EDI Interfacing...and no one else does. To request a FREE trial, call (770) 850-6966 or visit: http://search400.com/r/0,,4410,00.htm?Trailblazers ************************************************************ TOP 10 ADMIN TIPS | Search400 Featured Topic Looking for admin tips? We've got 'em -- and good ones, too. Out of the 83 we've posted so far this year, six have been winners in our tips contest and 14 scored 4.0 or higher. Here are the top 10 based on their ratings. >> CLICK for current Featured Topic... http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid3_gci788692,00.html >> CLICK for previous Featured Topics... http://search400.techtarget.com/featuredTopics/0,290043,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OTHER STORIES In addition to the headlines below, others are available on our news page. >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html FAST400 SIDEKICK PROVES GOVERNOR-BUSTER'S METTLE | iSeries Network Need a way to justify the Fast400 tool? Storage Solutions is releasing FastAct, which allows users to monitor system performance at a far lower price than IBM's own tools. Additionally, FastAct reveals how much CPU the CFINT is gobbling up -- something Big Blue's tools don't show. (Free registration to this site required.) OLAP FINDS A HOME AT THOMSON LEARNING | Midrange Stuff When Thomson Learning wanted to get a better handle on its data, it turned to a data warehouse running on a single-processor iSeries. Thomson's warehouse now has 50 "cubes", which range from 100 megabytes to 20 gigabytes. Data is fed to the warehouse from a DB2/400 database that runs on a separate midrange server. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ADDITIONAL NEWS HEADLINES All headlines above and below are available on our news page >> Full Stories: http://search400.techtarget.com/news/0,289141,sid3,00.html -- IBM FILLS OUT NAS LINE (SearchStorage) http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci837815,00.html -- IBM LOSES $515 MILLION ON HARD DRIVES (CNET) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- CREATE A FOLDER IN QTEMP | Expert advice: Search400 Dear Ask the Expert, Is there a way to create a folder in QTEMP? I have a command that when called converts a file into CSV format, copies the file into a PC format with a CSV extension and then e-mails the file to a user. The command runs fine and everything works well, the only problem that I can foresee is when multiple users are trying to run the command at the same time. >> READ OS/400 expert John Brandt's response: http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid479890_tax285220,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DATA QUEUE DAMAGE | Forum advice: Search400 One user writes, "My online application is running V5R1. Recently I encountered a problem with my online jobs. Once in a while I get an error message, 'Full damage on data queue &MYQUEUE in &MYLIB. VLOG- 6D00093A.' What I did is delete the damaged data queue and recreated the data queue. Why am I receiving this error and how can I prevent it?" Do you know what could be causing this error message? >> CLICK to reply to this post: http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/2197!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT FEATURES AND LINKS: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- EXPERT PROFILE | Ken Graap, backup & recovery expert Ken Graap has worked in the S/38 -- AS/400 -- iSeries 400 arena for 16 years. His most recent position is that of senior AS/400e system administrator at Northwest Natural Gas in Portland, Ore. He has extensive experience in all aspects of iSeries systems management. That includes proactive performance tuning, system software upgrades and maintenance, hardware upgrade planning, backup/recovery procedures and security. Let Kenneth's experience work for you! Ask Kenneth Backup & Recovery, Security and OS/400-related questions anytime. >> CLICK HERE TO ASK Ken a question... http://Search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid3_tax288615,00.html >> CLICK HERE TO READ recent Q&As... http://search400.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid3_tax288615,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search400 Reader Survey What's the most controversial issue facing the iSeries community? >> CAST your vote: http://www.search400.com/poll =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WIN A SAMSUNG DVD-S221 DVD/MP3 PLAYER | Submit your Tip to Win This month we're giving away a Samsung DVD-S221 DVD/MP3 player. This DVD player features component video output, CD-R/RW playback capability, MP3 decoder, standard remote control, full size audio chassis (430mm) and titanium finish. Send in your tip -- you could be our next winner. >> SUBMIT a tip: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid3,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THIS WEEK'S FEATURED BOOK | Search400's Bookstore Title: AS/400 Professional System Operator Certification Study Guide Author: Steve Murray and Bill Schmidt Here is a fast and easy way to learn advanced AS/400 operations concepts and prepare for IBM's test 000-053 (AS/400 Professional System Operator). http://www.digitalguru.com/DigitalGuru/product_detail.asp?catalog_name=Books&product_id=158347014X&partner_id=55 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE | Search400 Best Web Links Our editors have done the task of scouring the Web and cataloging the very best links and information on Network Infrastructure. Come browse and enjoy hundreds of pre-screened resources. http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax2a6,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= THE MISSING LINK | True IT blooper: Not my fault! Why is the office cubicle of IT administrator Kenny Rivera now known as Kenny's Grill? To find out, return with Rivera to a night when he burned the midnight oil and a few other things, too. Let's just say, his new dish, chicken-fried motherboard, won't appear on any menus anytime soon. Source: SearchWindowsManageability http://searchwindowsmanageability.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid33_gci835245,00.html >> RECENT MISSING LINK stories you may enjoy: http://search400.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid3_tax292189,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ *********************SEARCH400 CONTACTS**************************** MICHELLE DAVIDSON, site editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your story ideas and best practices. KATE EVANS-CORREIA, senior news editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send in your product announcements and poll ideas. DEBRA TART, assistant editor (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> Send us your tips and Best Web Links. 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