=============================================================== SEARCH400.com | Administrator Tip Dec. 11, 2002 =============================================================== Essential explanations, tools, and code for the iSeries administrator. More tips: http://search400.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid3_tax2f8,00.html
=============================================================== 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: -- Using partitions? Apply PTF before upgrading to certain 8xx boxes Answers to Other Technical Questions - LPARs and performance tuning - LPAR on the 820 - Troubleshoot LPAR and disk management GUI - Get essential OS/400 information before you upgrade Important Announcements and Links - Tips Contest: November winners announced - November 2002: Search400.com Month in Review - NEW Book Excerpt: Exploring IBM eServer iSeries Computers - Search400.com member survey: What are your plans for 2003? - White Papers: Hundreds of free iSeries-related white papers - Monthly Newsletter: Top Expert Advice _______________________________________________________________ ****************** Previous Webcasts Archives **************** Take a look at these informative transcripts from previous webcasts: FTP Fundamental, Security, and Source Control Management tools. http://search400.techtarget.com/onlineEvents/0,289675,sid3,00.html =============================================================== Today's Featured Tip =============================================================== Using partitions? Apply PTF before upgrading to certain 8xx boxes Thinking about upgrading to an 8xx box? If you have partitions, you need to apply PTF MF26176 permanently to V4R5 secondary partitions before the system is upgraded to certain 8xx hardware. Nick Harris from IBM's International Technical Support Organization details what will happen if you don't apply the PTF, and he helps you determine if you, in fact, need to apply it. >> CLICK here to view the complete tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci868042,00.html =============================================================== Answers to Other Administrator Questions =============================================================== LPARs and performance tuning A user asks, "When you are running multiple logical partitions, is each one configured separately...depending what is to actually be running in that partition?" For the most part yes, said "jmurri". Click over and read his full explanation. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]^[email protected]/488 LPAR on the 820 "Jaws" had some questions about using LPAR on the 820, including how difficult it is to switch from one partition to another and whether you can use one console for all partitions. Several other users offered answers and advice. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84638/1463 Troubleshoot LPAR and disk management GUI Having trouble getting the GUI view for the disk units or LPAR environment in OpsNav? You may have something wrong with your service table on your system. Check the following to see if this could be the cause. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci845808,00.html Get essential OS/400 information before you upgrade When upgrading or purchasing software you have to provide IBM with a lot of information. If you're not organized enough to keep all this information in one place, there's a few easy ways to find it whenever it's needed. Joe Hertvik provides a cheat sheet for locating some of the more common pieces of OS/400 information you may be asked for when you order, configure, or upgrade a piece of software. http://search400.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci823593,00.html _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ ::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- NOVEMBER WINNERS ANNOUNCED | Search400.com tips contest Drum roll please.... You've been waiting patiently, and the results are finally in... The top winner for Search400.com's Tips Contest for November is Kim Kuras. 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