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Apply PTF before upgrading - Troubleshoot LPAR and disk management GUI - iSeries used for both production and development - Search400.com members share their thoughts on LPAR Important Announcements and Links - Webcast Premiere: iSeries Navigator -- Managing system performance - Tips Contest: Win an Archos jukebox - Free Book Excerpt: Exploring IBM e-Business Software - Advice: Managing the iSeries Discussion Forum - Monthly Newsletter: Top Expert Advice ______________________________________________________________ ****************** SPONSORED BY DDL SYSTEMS ****************** FREE DOWNLOAD: Monitor your iSeries 400 24/7 with ACO PAGER for WebSphere ACO PAGER for WebSphere -- a true e-business application that pro-actively monitors your iSeries 400 24/7, immediately notifying you of system events and responding to complex problems before they become critical. REMOTELY MANAGE your systems via the WebSphere Web-enabled interface, 2-way pagers (or cell-phones) and e-mail. More than a paging system -- ACO PAGER for WebSphere is a complete systems management solution. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD FREE TRIAL: http://search400.com/r/0,,11557,00.htm?ddlsystems =============================================================== Today's Featured Tip =============================================================== LPAR features you don't want to let slip under your radar screen Whether you're new to LPAR or have been using it since its inception, you'll want to make sure you don't let two recently introduced features slip by without noticing. Both were introduced with V5, and they make using LPAR almost mandatory, even if you don't need it. >> CLICK here to view the complete tip: http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci886100,00.html?Offer=0319circ =============================================================== Answers to Other Administrator Questions =============================================================== 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. http://www.search400.com/tip/1,289483,sid3_gci868042,00.html?Offer=0319circ 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?Offer=0319circ iSeries used for both production and development It's preferable to have a test box and a production box. But if that isn't possible, LPAR is the next best thing. http://search400.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid3_cid502293_tax288767,00.html?Offer=0319circ Search400.com members share their thoughts on LPAR "Jaws" plans on going to LPAR shortly and would like some advice from fellow members that are currently using it. Quite a few members responded. Read what they had to say. http://search400.discussions.techtarget.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee84638/1463 _________________________________________________________________ **************** SPONSORED BY AS/400 Personnel ***************** News Flash: AS/400 Personnel rescues IT manager from drowning. ... "I thought that it would be easy to find the right IT professional in the 'Sea of resumes'. I got in way over my head and had given up hope," says one IT manager, "and then I called AS/400 Personnel. They saved me from certain doom!" A spokesman from AS/400 Personnel told this reporter that they save IT managers on a daily basis. 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