Tips
Tips
iSeries system performance and monitoring
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Analyze the health of your IBM i server with iScore
While more comprehensive services exist, iScore from Vision Solutions offers a free and general introductory analysis of your system's health. Continue Reading
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Translating Linux for IBM i admins: Working with jobs and networking
Learn the Linux equivalent to WRKACTJOB and how NETSTAT works on in Linux. This tip continues to translate Linux commands for AS/400 adminstrators who are not familiar with the complexities of the language. Continue Reading
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Database performance comparisons on IBM i
Testing performance of RLA in the IBM Java Toolbox against JDBC and native I/O for the AS/400 revealed that RPG on System i is the most efficient language, and DB2 is taken for granted. Joe Pluta built some benchmarks to compare different aspects of... Continue Reading
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Performance tuning for IBM i: The basics and beyond
Raymond Johnson answers five reader-submitted questions about performance tuning on the AS/400. Some quick tips and tricks for performance tuning are provided. Continue Reading
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Checking on System i disk space requires creating a new command: XRTVSYSSTS
Monitoring System i disk space is imperative to keeping your system up and running. If a process begins to loop endlessly without notice, it can fill up a working file and bring everything to a halt. XRTVSYSSTS can save the day. Continue Reading
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Viewing netstat information
Though the netstat command line tool is no substitute for full-blown systems monitoring software, it provides good, quick network information on demand. Continue Reading
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Compiler directives -- reap the benefits
Paul Tuohey shares the way he uses compiler directives in his programs. Continue Reading
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Clean up programs and procedures to increase data and application integrity -- part 1
Ron Turull explains how to clean up programs and procedures to increase data and application integrity. Continue Reading
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Redirect ODBC jobs to your own subsystem
Substitute (your_lib) with the library you want to contain the subsystem i.e. QGPL. Continue Reading
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Check active Job
Wondering how to check to see if a Job is active? This utility program checks to see if a Job is active and returns 'y/n' flag. Continue Reading
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Use the RTVSBSSTS command to retrieve the subsystem status
Use the RTVSBSSTS command to retrieve the subsystem status Continue Reading
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Sys req command line
To get a command line using Sys Req you first need to WRKMSGD CPX2313, Option 2 to change the second word DSPJOB to WRKJOB. When you use Sys Req Option 3 you get a command line, as well as the job menu. Continue Reading
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Display SAVF PTF status
This program displays SAVF and their respective PTF status; function to delete SAVF that have been applied/superseded. Continue Reading
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Display all the jobs that have a lock on an IFS object
Learn how to display all the jobs that have a lock on an Integrated File Systems Object with these simple steps. Continue Reading
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Simple object control
Here's a code to run a display file description of all the files on your system and put the results into a file. file. Continue Reading