This Week: Top 10 white papers from 2003

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A weekly newsletter published by TechTarget  January 26, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the Editor: A little help from iSeries experts >> Featured Topic: Top 10 white papers from 2003 >> Expert Technical Advice: * Featured Expert: Victorio J. Sbrega, careers * In the Forums: Data migration magician wanted * Administrator Tip: Using WRKSYSSTS to tune your system >> Site Highlights: * Featured Webcast: WebSphere Host Integration Solutions for E-business * Upcoming Webcast: RPG skills for the new millennium * White Paper: Virus Protection for the iSeries  From the Editor: by Tom Pappalardo, Internet and event marketing manager Get by with a little help from your Search400.com friends How well do you know the iSeries? As part of your job, you are probably required to know a bit of everything about it. Many of you come to Search400.com to find answers to some of the problems that stump you along the way. Search400.com has the resources to make your job easier and to get your difficult questions answered by industry experts. Take a look at our iSeries experts to see if they can help you answer a question that you've been working on. We have experts in several iSeries categories: DB2/400 and DB2 UDB OS/400 Systems Management PC/Windows Connectivity Security Backup and Recovery Web Development Application Development Careers View the answers from previously asked questions before you post your question. Our experts will try to answer your difficult iSeries questions in a timely and concise manner.  Featured Topic: Top 10 white papers from 2003 by Debra Tart, assistant site editor We've taken the hassle out of searching for iSeries white papers. Here are the 10 most requested papers from 2003. The latest analysis and research is right at your fingertips. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured expert: Victorio J. Sbrega, principal, AS/400 Personnel Agency, LLC Category: Careers Vic can answer your career-related questions, including those about hot skills, salaries and demand for iSeries professionals. Submit a question This Week: In the forums >> Data migration magician wanted "CroomRobot" is looking for someone who has been involved with migrating data from an older iSeries machine to a Windows machine. He's being pressed to find a way to make this happen -- without spending any money. Can you pull the solution out of your hat? >> How to monitor if a particular program is active "LenIng" has a batch job that is launched when specified data is available. However, in this job, there is a program that is also used by another job. To avoid conflict, he would like to check if the program in question is active before allowing this batch job to start. Is it possible? "Lrodriguez" recommends he try to allocate the program object before using it, and he provides code to do so. >> V5R2 upgrade and QZDASOINIT job logs "NamoGuy" writes, "We have just upgraded to V5R2. Now my WRKSPLF with defaults show hundreds of QZDASOINIT job logs in QEZJOBLOG folder. They all have the same messages in them." Site expert John Brandt knows just what the problem is. Tip of the Week: Using WRKSYSSTS to tune your system by Ron Turull Once you understand how to assess performance, basic tuning of your system is relatively straightforward. There are two ways to tune your system on the WRKSYSSTS display. You can adjust pool size to reduce page faults, or you can adjust activity levels to minimize wait-to-ineligible and active-to-ineligible transitions. Using those methods, follow these five tuning steps to bring your system in line. >> View complete tip  Site Highlights Featured Webcast: WebSphere Host Integration Solutions for eBusiness Hear from a Mainline customer and learn how IBM Host Integration Solutions are designed to help organizations transition to e-business more easily and quickly. View now Sponsored By: Mainline Information Systems White Paper: Virus Protection for the iSeries Viruses have long been viewed as a PC problem. However, the very things that have expanded the iSeries' interaction with other platforms, including the IFS, have opened the door and offered a safe haven for viruses. Read this paper and find out how you can safeguard your network. Read paper Upcoming Webcast RPG skills for the new millennium Date: Tuesday, Feb. 10, 9 a.m. (14:00 GMT) Speaker: Paul Tuohy, CEO ComCon and author of Re-engineering RPG Legacy Applications Join us as RPG programming expert Paul Tuohy outlines what is needed to prepare applications for the modern era. Learn what the programming requirements are as you move away from "green screen" and how RPG fits in. Register today Sponsored By: Advanced Systems Concepts Update your subscriptions Select newsletters you would like to receive from the list below. Security Tip Programmer Tips Top Expert Advice E-mail    Not a member? We'll activate your membership with your subscription. New poll Which Democratic presidential candidate do you believe would best protect U.S. IT workers? Cast your vote Plan ahead Foresight is critical in today's economy. Attend Data Center Decisions '04 and arm yourself with the knowledge you need today to manage the data center of tomorrow. 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