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- February 08, 2007
08 Feb'07
Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz Answer Key: iSeries Backup & Recovery
Know-IT-all Chapter Quiz Answer Key: iSeries Backup & Recovery
- September 18, 2006
18 Sep'06
COMMON restructures conferences
The COMMON user group has restructured its conference structure, opting to focus on one main conference in the spring and scaling back the fall event to three days.
- September 18, 2006
18 Sep'06
iSociety to draw iSeries users together on the Web
The Common user group unveiled the iSociety, which is designed as a kind of Myspace for iSeries folks. Common and IBM hope the site will boost support around the platform from current users and bring new ones into the fold
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- January 11, 2006
11 Jan'06
COMMON evaluates curriculum
The iSeries user group COMMON recently surveyed members and non-members to find the future trends in IT education and get a better idea of what that audience wants. The survey included 900 iSeries users, of which 561 were COMMON attendees. The ...
- May 24, 2005
24 May'05
Answer sheet: iSeries word scramble
Answer sheet: iSeries word scramble
- May 24, 2005
24 May'05
Answer sheet: iSeries word search
Answer sheet: iSeries word search
- March 28, 2005
28 Mar'05
Blunder #5: Are you sure you want to power down?
You may think if you've hear one 'PWRDWNSYS' story, you've heard them all. Not quite. Read how this user made a quick decision and possibly saved the day.
- March 28, 2005
28 Mar'05
Blunder #3: That ever-dreaded "panic" call
It's never pleasant when you receive that "panic" call in the middle of the night. "All of the jobs are "bombing! What should I we do?" At the time this user's shop was using the Mapics system and a product that allowed them to create multiple ...
- March 28, 2005
28 Mar'05
Blunder #9: Ending a Telnet session
How do you end a Telnet session? Not by using ENDTCP *IMMED. Unfortunately, this user found out the hard way.
- March 28, 2005
28 Mar'05
Blunder #7: Please DO NOT Lean on the UPS
It all started out so innocently, two coworkers conversing by the UPS box, and then wham... it all went down hill from there!
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- March 28, 2005
28 Mar'05
Blunder #2: Using the prompter on the PWRDWNSYS command
Have you ever used the prompter on the PWRDWNSYS command and inadvertently hit enter? Well you're not alone. Fortunately, this user can still laugh over what his coworker did.
- March 28, 2005
28 Mar'05
Blunder #4: Never mix alcohol and tape drives
What do you get when you mix alcohol with a tape drive? Found out here. Thankfully this story has a happy ending.
- March 28, 2005
28 Mar'05
Blunder #1: How not to make a lengthy backup take even longer
What happens when you drop a "Mini-Mag" flash light during a lengthy backup? Click over and Search400.com member Jim will tell you all about it.
- March 28, 2005
28 Mar'05
Blunder #6: Thankfully it was an APPN-enabled SNA network
One of the advantages of using an APPN-enabled SNA network became quite obvious to this user.
- March 28, 2005
28 Mar'05
Blunder #10: Rushing a batch job may not be the best idea
Here's one way NOT to change the priority of a batch job to rush it. Lesson learned, the hard way!