This Week: Top 10 backup commands

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Published by Search400.com  November 29, 2004 >> Receive this e-mail as text  >> About this e-mail   In this Issue >> From the Editor: iSeries users' holiday wish list >> Featured Topic: Top 10 backup commands >> Expert Technical Advice: * Featured Expert: Shahar Mor, PC/Windows connectivity * Programmer Tip: Mixing free format code with embedded SQL * Administrator Tip: How to save, restore the screen -- the quick and easy way >> Site Highlights: * iSeries freeware and shareware guide * Security Tip: Tracking critical file access in real time * Gadget Guide 2004: Just in time for the holiday season!  From the Editor: by Michelle Davidson, editor iSeries users' holiday wish list For those of us living in the U.S., Thanksgiving is over. We've given thanks for all that we have and stuffed our faces with turkey and all the fixings. Now it's time to turn our attention to the next major event -- the holiday shopping season. Nearly everyone has something they would love to receive this year. Some want jewelry or an iPod, some want a new notebook or digital camera, and some just want cash. What iSeries users want, however, doesn't come gift-wrapped. What they want is a more substantive -- has much more meaning. They want respect and recognition. They're tired of being told that their iSeries or AS/400 is being phased out to make room for a Windows server. Do the people making those decisions understand the power of the iSeries? Do they realize they get so much more for their money when they purchase an iSeries? iSeries users also want a viable job market. For too long they've watched while their jobs were given to workers overseas or to foreign workers in the U.S. with H1-B visas. And to make it worse, often they've had to train the new person before being given their walking papers. They want money in their budgets for training. They're already considered dinosaurs. How can they expect to shatter that image and improve their skills if they can't get the training they need? There's one thing on their wish list that could help with all of those things. iSeries users want IBM to go out there and tell everyone about the platform -- advertise it, promote it, market it. Everyone should know what an iSeries is. Make it a household name like Windows is. It's time to stop preaching to the choir. The choir already knows how great the machine is. ---------------------------- Feedback: Is there something you'd like to see on this wish list? Do you want to comment on what I have? Send me your feedback for use in an upcoming article.  Featured Topic: Top 10 backup commands by Michelle Davidson, editor This week we address the backup basics with these top commands. Learn when it's the best time to use each one, then put the commands to use with the tips provided. Read more about this topic  Expert Technical Advice: Featured Expert: Shahar Mor, president, Barmor Information Systems Category: PC/Windows connectivity If you're having connectivity problems, Shahar can help. Send him your questions on PC/Windows connectivity. Read answers to previous questions or submit your own Tips from Search400.com members -- Don't forget to go in and rate these tips >> Mixing free format code with embedded SQL When mixing embedded SQL with free format RPG, a programmer has to constantly place a "/end-free" before each SQL and "a /free" after the SQL code. This also creates a difficult-to-read portion of code. To alleviate this, Search400.com member Bill Bruner has come up with a workaround. Check it out. >> Create an iSeries Access image and update it with the latest service pack There's an easy way to create an iSeries Access image that can be used for PC-Client installations and to load the latest service pack. It is called "Tailored Install." Check out this tip sent in by Search400.com member Jean-Marie Sauvageot to learn how to set up the Tailored Installation process. >> SQL update a field in one file from a field in another file Search400.com member Michelle Hendrie says, "You can easily update a field in one file with SQL by using a field in another file where unique field matching is possible." Read this tip to see how it's done. Tip of the Week: How to save, restore the screen -- the quick and easy way by Ron Turull In the last installment, Ron Turull introduced you to Dynamic Screen Manager (DSM). This time he turns his attention to a couple of DSM APIs. These two APIs can be used to take a "snapshot" of the screen, save it and restore it later using the saved data. >> Read full tip  Site Highlights iSeries freeware and shareware guide Here you'll find a number of useful tools that can be used as is or customized to create your own tools. We've saved you the time of searching the Web and have gathered some really good links for you to check out. Open guide Security Tip: Tracking critical file access in real time Recently, security guru Rich Loeber presented a method where you can use OS/400 object auditing to keep track of who is doing what with selected files and objects. This week, Rich gives you a way to track and report on file access for read, change and/or delete with immediate, real-time notification. Read the full tip Gadget Guide 2004: Just in time for the holiday season! You won't want to miss this TechTarget's annual Gadgets & Gizmos guide is filled with helpful reviews on some of the coolest products available. If you're looking for a stocking stuffer for yourself or a fellow techno-friend, read our helpful reviews to see how our editors made out with these products in the real world. 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