http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=John+Andersen Computers and Technology John Andersen Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=644515&ca=Computers+and+Technology The first step in tightening up your security policies on any computer system, including the AS/400, iSeries and IBM i, are enforcing security on user logins and profiles. This is especially true for systems that can be connected to from the Internet either directly or even indirectly via a secured... Computers and Technology John Andersen Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=642420&ca=Computers+and+Technology The messaging system on the AS/400, iSeries and IBM i is an important system administration area that you need to understand. Messages are more or less simple ways that jobs can communicate status and errors, administrators can send important messages to signed on users and a way that the operating... Computers and Technology John Andersen Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=641154&ca=Computers+and+Technology I know that sometimes it can be a little confusing to understand how the operating system handles jobs on the AS/400, iSeries or IBM i system is setup to function. But really it is actually straight forward once you realize that there are two types of jobs that can run. All jobs fall into one of two... Computers and Technology John Andersen Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=641157&ca=Computers+and+Technology When it comes to maintaining user level security on your AS/400, iSeries and IBM i power system, there are a bunch of overlooked system values that help to define and configure almost every aspect from the initial startup sequence and resources and yes even enforcement of passwords. And when it come... Computers and Technology John Andersen Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=641158&ca=Computers+and+Technology One of the really nice features of the operating system built into the AS/400, iSeries and IBM i power system platform are the backup and recovery tools that are built right in. If you are used to using the backup programs on a Windows type platform and find that it stinks for recovery purposes, usi... Computers and Technology John Andersen Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1019010&ca=Computers+and+Technology When it comes to pulling out the Swiss army knife of all the tools available on the AS/400, iSeries and new IBM i midrange platforms you use a programming language called Control Language, or almost universally known as “CL” to insiders. Now when I say programming language, do not despair in believi... Computers and Technology John Andersen Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=571324&ca=Computers+and+Technology After ten years I find that, other than dealing with job contention and working batch jobs through clogged subsystems, printing tends to be an issue that prompts a user to call for help. And of course sometimes the job system and printing go hand in hand, it all depends on the job though. So let's b... Computers and Technology John Andersen Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=551694&ca=Computers+and+Technology One of the most basic areas any good AS/400, iSeries or IBM i administrator needs to be familiar with are the system values. These values define various ways in which your system functions and can greatly have an impact of ease of administration and performance. Let's examine three common values you... Computers and Technology John Andersen Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=537920&ca=Computers+and+Technology When it comes to reporting tools for the AS/400, iSeries and IBM i platform there are many products to pick from. In fact a whole cottage industry has sprang up over the years with a myriad of different data tools for reviewing and extracting data from the OS/400 integrated DB2 database. But for cre... Computers and Technology John Andersen Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=518123&ca=Computers+and+Technology One of the more commonly asked questions I see in forums and by end users is how do you get your data from the AS400 down to the PC in a text file format or as an Excel based spreadsheet. And fortunately with modern tools and software this is a very simple problem to solve. Now a days there are many...