IBM AS400/iSeries/System i - Advanced Operations

Course Content:

• Objects and libraries in detail
• Using the Integrated File System (IFS) effectively
• How TCP/IP works
• Managing TCP/IP and TCP/IP servers
• Troubleshooting TCP/IP problems
• Using Telnet
• FTP files and other object types
• Copy database files to PC files
• Run SQL scripts using SQL Assist
• Create, use and manage file shares and mapped
network drives
• Manage Netserver
• Use the tools for sending data to one or more servers in
Navigator
• An introduction to diagnosing problems – methods of
approach
• Use the problem log and history log effectively
• In depth detail on system messages
• Track down and analyse job logs to resolve problems
• Ad Hoc tools to assist in troubleshooting (e.g. tracing
jobs, copy screens etc.)
• In depth look at System Service Tools (SST) and
Dedicated Service Tools (DST) – ( Error logs, hardware
service manager etc.)
• Create and manage service tools user id’s, password
policies etc.
• Manage disk units with SST
• Diagnose and manage job/backup/restore/security
/performance problems
• Deal with Object locks
• Customise commands
• Dealing with and recovering from system failures
• Understanding System Reference Codes (SRC’s)
• Detail the disk storage components
• Manage and recover from disk failures. Disk status
definitions
• Manage disk storage capacity problems
• Detail the Front Control Panel functions
• Power problems
• Use Navigator to monitor system resources (e.g. CPU,
Disk storage etc.)
• Generate resource utilisation reports
• Use Navigator to automate the monitoring of jobs,
messages and files
• Collect performance data with collection services
• Introduction to and navigate around the HMC
• Types of HMC
• HMC user ID’s and task roles
• Manage servers and logical partitions from the HMC
• Troubleshooting system problems from the HMC