IBM i5/iSeries Primer Concepts and Techniques for Programmers, Administrators, and System Operators,9781583470398

IBM i5/iSeries Primer Concepts and Techniques for Programmers, Administrators, and System Operators

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Edition: 4th
ISBN13: 9781583470398
ISBN10: 1583470395
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-05-01
Publisher(s): MC Press
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Summary

This comprehensive, 35-chapter book is the ultimate resource and a "must-have" for every professional working with the i5/iSeries. It is perfect for novice and intermediate programmers as well as for system administrators and operators. In simple, straightforward style, the authors explain core i5/iSeries concepts and show you step by step how to perform a wide variety of essential functions. This book is a learning tool and valuable reference you will use for years to come. As one satisfied reader put it, "If you could own only one i5/iSeries book, this would be it."

Author Biography

Ted Holt is the author of Complete CL, The MC Press Desktop Encyclopedia of Tips, Techniques, and Programming Practices for iSeries and AS/400, and Open Query File Magic. He lives in Corinth, Mississippi. Kevin Forsythe has 20 years of experience on the iSeries and other platforms as programmer, analyst, consultant, and instructor. He lives in Oregon, Ohio. Doug Pence and Ron Hawkins make up the research and development department of CPU Medical Management Systems.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition xiii
Introduction xv
SECTION 1: Installation
Getting Up and Running
3(14)
Planning Physical Space
3(4)
IBM's Part of the Deal
7(1)
You Take Over
8(4)
Make the System Available
12(5)
SECTION 2: Operations
Powering Up and Down
17(12)
Unattended IPL
17(1)
Attended IPL
18(1)
The Start-Up Program
18(4)
Ending Subsystems
22(3)
Power Down the System
25(1)
Automatic Power Schedule
25(4)
Controlling the System
29(14)
The System Console
29(1)
The Hardware Management Console
30(3)
Getting Help
33(1)
Checking System Activity
34(2)
Display Jobs
36(1)
Job Logs
37(3)
The System Log, QHST
40(3)
Subsystems
43(8)
Running QBASE
43(2)
Running Multiple Subsystems
45(2)
Maintaining Your Own Subsystems
47(4)
Working with Printed Output
51(16)
About Output Queues
52(2)
Commands to Control Printed Output
54(8)
Controlling Printer Writers
62(1)
Holding and Releasing Writers
63(4)
Backup and Recovery
67(18)
Initializing
68(1)
Backing Up
69(9)
Restoring
78(4)
Disaster Recovery Planning
82(1)
Using Save Files
83(2)
Operational Assistant
85(16)
Accessing OA
85(16)
User Messages
101(10)
Sending Messages
101(3)
Displaying Messages
104(2)
Sending Break Messages
106(5)
Commands and System Help
111(24)
OS/400 Command Name Structure
111(3)
Finding a Command
114(5)
Command Parameters
119(1)
Customizing IBM Commands
120(2)
The Command Prompter
122(5)
System Help
127(8)
SECTION 3: Administration
iSeries Navigator
135(40)
Installing
135(39)
Summary
174(1)
System Values
175(16)
System Value References
175(1)
Managing System Values
176(2)
Date Time and Editing System Values
178(2)
Security System Values
180(6)
Library List System Values
186(1)
System Control System Values
187(2)
Power Up and Down System Values
189(2)
iSeries Access on i5
191(14)
Where Do I Get iSeries Access?
191(1)
iSeries Access Basics
192(1)
Configuring iSeries Access
193(9)
iSeries Access File Transfer
202(1)
iSeries Access Macros
203(1)
Summary
204(1)
Elements of Security and Configuration
205(36)
Authorities
205(6)
User Profiles
211(3)
Group Profiles and Authorization Lists
214(3)
Device Descriptions
217(6)
Job Descriptions
223(2)
Output Queues
225(3)
Security Tools
228(13)
Printing
241(10)
Output Queues
241(4)
Printers
245(2)
Assigning a Printer to a User
247(1)
Workstations
247(2)
Where Output Goes
249(2)
Journaling and Commitment Control
251(10)
Journals and Journal Receivers
251(7)
Commitment Control
258(3)
Maintenance
261(8)
IBM or Third Party?
261(1)
Maintenance Agreements
262(1)
IPLing Regularly
263(1)
Performing an Unattended IPL
263(1)
Reclaiming Storage
263(2)
DASD Saving Techniques
265(4)
Manuals
269(10)
Printed Manuals
269(1)
Online Manuals
270(3)
Some Important Manuals
273(6)
Upgrading to a New Release
279(12)
Preparation
280(3)
Execution
283(8)
SECTION 4: System Architecture
Libraries, Objects, and Library Lists
291(24)
Single-Level Storage
291(1)
Libraries
292(1)
Objects
292(1)
Other System Storage
293(1)
IBM Libraries
293(6)
User Libraries
299(2)
Working with Objects
301(4)
Objects
305(5)
Library Lists
310(5)
Database and Device Files
315(20)
Classification of Files
315(1)
Physical Files
316(4)
Source Files
320(1)
Simple Logical Files
321(2)
Join Logical Files
323(2)
Display and Printer Files
325(2)
Sharing Files
327(2)
Overriding Files
329(6)
Understanding the S/36 Environment
335(18)
Libraries and Objects
335(1)
Names
336(1)
S/36E Structure
336(1)
Entering the Environment
337(2)
Leaving the Environment
339(1)
Maintaining the Environment
340(3)
Operation Control Language
343(5)
RPG II
348(5)
SECTION 5: Programming
Data Description Specifications
353(30)
Coding DDS
354(1)
The A-Specs
355(2)
Complexity of DDS
357(1)
Physical Files
357(1)
A Simple Example
357(4)
Simple Logical Files
361(3)
Join Logical Files
364(1)
An Example of a Join File
364(2)
Multiformat Logical Files
366(4)
Display Files
370(6)
Printer Files
376(7)
Control Language
383(18)
Commands and Parameters
383(5)
Control Commands
388(5)
Dealing with Errors
393(2)
Retrieving Data
395(2)
Using Files
397(4)
RPG IV
401(16)
Overview
401(7)
The C-Specs
408(9)
SQL on i5 and iSeries
417(42)
SQL Basics for Beginners
417(11)
Schemas, Collections, Libraries, and Databases
428(6)
Getting Started with STRSQL
434(2)
Getting Started with the SQL Scripting Tool
436(9)
Optimizing SQL
445(7)
Using QM Query
452(5)
RUNSQLSTM
457(1)
Summary
458(1)
JAVA on i5 and iSeries
459(16)
What Is Java?
459(3)
Why Use Java on i5?
462(1)
Where to Get Java
462(1)
Java Basics
462(2)
Compiling Java
464(1)
Running Java
465(1)
Java Variables
465(2)
Passing Arguments to Java
467(1)
Arithmetic in Java
468(1)
Adding Logic to Java
469(1)
Exception Handling in Java
470(1)
Instantiation
471(1)
Java Methods
472(1)
Inheritance
473(1)
Summary
474(1)
Qshell
475(10)
Installation of Qshell
476(1)
Running Qshell
476(5)
Qshell Scripting
481(1)
Utilities
482(3)
Sorting Data
485(12)
Using Physical File Keys
486(1)
Using a Logical File
486(3)
Using OPNQRYF
489(4)
Using FMTDTA
493(4)
IBM Utilities
497(34)
PDM
497(9)
SEU
506(10)
SDA
516(15)
SECTION 6: The Internet
Putting the i5 on the Net
531(14)
Terminology
532(2)
Internet Connection
534(1)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
535(5)
Internet Security
540(1)
i5 Security
540(1)
Implementing a Firewall
541(1)
All Connected and No Place to Go
542(1)
Net.Data
542(1)
CGIDEV2
543(1)
Web Sites to Visit
543(2)
Programming with the HTTP Server
545(22)
HTTP Server
545(1)
Which HTTP Server?
546(1)
Installing the HTTP Server
546(1)
Creating a New Server Instance
547(5)
Using an HTTP Server
552(1)
Configuring an HTTP Server
553(5)
Building a Simple Web Page
558(1)
Calling iSeries Programs from a Browser
559(1)
What Is a CGI Program?
560(1)
Where Do I Start?
560(1)
How Do I Write the RPG Code?
561(2)
Small Steps in Web Development
563(4)
SECTION 7: Troubleshooting
Basic Troubleshooting
567(6)
Severe Trouble
567(1)
Mild Trouble
568(5)
Using ECS
573(10)
Managing ECS
573(8)
Uses of ECS
581(2)
Reporting Problems
583(14)
The ANZPRB Command
583(12)
Working with Problem Logs
595(2)
PTF Management
597(8)
Reporting a Problem
597(1)
HIPER PTFs
598(1)
Requesting PTFs
599(2)
Installing PTFs
601(1)
Displaying PTFs
602(1)
Applying PTFs Permanently
603(1)
Removing PTFs
604(1)
Glossary 605

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