This Week: How to survive your OS/400 upgrade

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February 10, 2003 >> Receive this email as text  >> About this email   In this Issue >> From the Editor: Get through your OS/400 upgrade with help from Search400.com >> Featured Topic: Top advice from Web development experts >> Expert Technical Advice: * Featured expert: Jim Mason, Web development * Client Access connection conundrum * Solve OS, other software problems on your own >> Site Highlights: * Perfecting iSeries printing * Search400.com Month in Review * January tip contest winner announced  From the Editor: by Debra Tart, assistant editor Get through your OS/400 upgrade with help from Search400.com Is your OS/400 upgrade just now making it onto your radar screen? For many it was a conscious choice to hold off until all the kinks were worked out. After all, upgrading your operating system can be a taxing ordeal. There's that fear of getting burned by the upgrade -- the fear that once you start your life will never be the same again. OK, maybe I'm being a little dramatic, but upgrading is a big step. Let us help you start your journey with a few baby steps. Search400.com has been collecting a ton of V5R2 information since the release came out. Let us help you get -- and stay -- current with PTF updates, show you the DB2 UDB enhancements that V5R2 brought along, tell you what to expect in regard to iSeries security, and more. If you were one of the brave ones who couldn't wait to upgrade and check out all the new features V5R2 has to offer, let us know how it went in this discussion thread: V5R2 -- What's your take on it? And if you're just starting out, here are some items worth taking a look at: Webcast: Securing your iSeries -- What to expect with V5R1 & V5R2 Webcast: DB2 UDB for iSeries -- V5R2 Enhancements to the iSeries' self-managing database Best Web Links: Working with V5R2 Get relevant information on V5R2 from Search400.com's targeted search engine. Featured Topic: Ready to upgrade? Search400.com OS/400 experts: John Brandt and Ken Graap are on hand to answer your upgrading questions.  Featured Topic: Top advice from Web development experts by Michelle Davidson, site editor What concerns most Web developers? We looked at the most frequented Ask the Expert responses and found WebFacing, JDBC and Java stored procedures to be at the top of the list. Read what our experts had to say about these top 10 issues. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Jim Mason, president, ebt-now Category: Web development Don't go it alone. Jim can help you with your Web development issues, especially those involving Java and WebSphere. Submit a question This Week: In the forums >> Installed V5R1, but Admin server won't start "Knight9" needs your help. He installed V5R1M0 recently and tried for the first time to start the Admin instance of HTTP server. He followed all the directions he could find on IBM's Web site and the TCP/IP config guidance, but no luck. Do you have any idea what might be going on? >> Client Access connection conundrum Have you ever had to connect to an iSeries from a remote location? This person did and ran into some complications. Site expert Tim Granatir was on hand to help him out. >> Print data queues Is there a way to display or print the contents of a data queue? "TSCHMITZ" says yes. Click over and read what he said. Tip of the Week: Solve OS, other software problems on your own By Ron Turull SupportLine -- or whatever IBM calls its phone-based technical support service these days -- is great once you get through AND if you reach a knowledgeable staffer. However, what you may not know is that you have some of the same tools IBM reps have to try to find a fix to your problem. Doing it yourself can save you considerable time and get you a fix fast. So before you pick up the phone to ask IBM for help, try these seven steps to solve IBM software problems. >> Read full tip  Site Highlights Perfecting iSeries printing Printing & output demands continue to become more complex. Whether you're trying to add color to your iSeries documents or deliver PDFs directly to your Web applications, our resources will make the processes a little easier. Take a look Search400.com Month in Review January was a busy month with lots of news from IBM and nearly 30 tips submitted by members. We have everything right here. Don't miss out January tip contest winner announced Congratulations to Herb Bujak Herb's tip came in first place in Search400.com's Tip of the Month Contest for January. Herb won a hand-held color TV and was added to our Hall of Fame for his tip: Yet another SQL program. FREE E-MAIL SERVICES Select newsletters you would like to receive from the list below. Programmer Tips Security Tip WebSphere Strategies Email:     Not a member? 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