As400

THE COMPLETE AS/400 SYSTEM STUDY AND TRAINING GUIDE

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TOP I. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR AS/400 SYSTEM
1. AS/400 MENUS AND SCREENS a) AS/400 Menus b) Navigating with Menus c) AS/400 Screens 2. AS/400 COMMANDS AND PROMPT SCREENS a) Navigating with the GO command b) Using the command line to enter parameter values c) Using the prompt screen to select parameter values d) What to doif you forget the command name 3. OPERATIONAL ASSISTANT SUPPORT a) Operational Assistant Menus b) Levels of Information c) Screens and Assistance Levels d) Setting the Assistance Level e) Which commands use Assistance Levels 4. KEYBOARDS AND FUNCTION KEYS a) Keyboards b) Function Keys

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II. STARTING AND STOPPING THE SYSTEM
1. THE SYSTEM UNIT CONTROLPANEL a) AS/400 System Unit and Control Panel 2. STARTING THE SYSTEM (IPLing) a) Attended and Unattended IPLs b) Turning Power on/Setting Switches c) The System Value QIPL Type 3. STOPPING OR RE-IPLING THE SYSTEM a) Ways to stop or re-ipl the system in an orderly manner b) Ways to stop or re-ipl the system in an emergency 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13

III. SAVING AND RESTORING
1. SAVING AND RESTORINGOPERATIONS a) What data can be stored b) Where data can be saved c) Preparing Tapes, Diskettes, and Save Files for use d) Saving to multiple devices 14 14 14 14 15

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2. WHY YOU NEED TO RESTORE DATA a)Object Failure b) System Failure c) Site Failure 3. HOW YOU SAVE AND RESTORE DATA a) Running a scheduled backup b) Saving small amounts of information c) Restoring small amounts ofinformation d) Restoring and saving the entire system e) Saving objects while the system is in use 4. BACKUP AND RECOVERY PLAN a) Backup and Recovery Records 5. DAMAGED OBJECTS a) How the Save Operation handles damaged objects b) Replacing damaged objects 6. RECLAIMING STORAGE a) How to reclaim storage

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IV. MANAGING DEVICES
1. HOW DEVICESARE ATTACHED TO THE AS/400 SYSTEM a) Controllers b) Local and Remote Attachment c) Automatic Configuration d) Manual Configuration 2. INFORMATION FOR MONITORING DEVICES a) Device Status Information b) Messages about devices c) Device descriptions d) Controller descriptions 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 25

V. MANAGING THE SYSTEM
1. HOW WORK MOVES THROUGH THE SYSTEM 2. SUBSYSTEM a) Subsystemconfigurations b) Subsystem descriptions c) When subsystems are started d) Ending subsystem 3. SYSTEM VALUES a) System values that affect your work 26 26 26 27 27 27 28 29

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4. CLEANUP a) Which objects should you perform cleanup on b) Start/End Cleanup 5. YOUR USER PROFILE a) Special Authorities 6. MONITORING SYSTEM ACTIVITY

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VI. CONTROLLING JOBS
1. WHAT ISA JOB a) Types of jobs b) How the system names jobs c) Job descriptions d) Changing job descriptions -vsChanging job attributes 2. HOW JOBS MOVE THROUGH THE SYSTEM 3. HOW JOBS AND SUBSYSTEMS ARE RELATED 4. KINDS OF LOGS a) History Log (QHST) b) Job Logs 31 31 31 31 32 32 32 33 33 33

VII. CONTROLLING PRINTER OUTPUT
1. WHAT IS A PRINTER OUTPUT FILE a) The attributes oof printer output files b)The Spooling Process c) Messages associated with Printers d) Holding and Releasing Printer output e) Deleting Printer output f) Holding and Releasing output queues g) Starting and Ending Printer Writers h) Holding and Releasing Printer Writers 35 35 35 38 38 38 38 39 39

VIII. MANAGING MESSAGES
1. MESSAGE QUEUES a) Types of message queues b) When queues are created c) Characteristics of messagequeues 2. TYPES OF MESSAGES 3. SENDING MESSAGES a) Break messages b) Non-Break messages 40 40 40 40 41 41 41 41

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c) Sending messages to users d) Sending messages to display devices 4. WHERE MESSAGES COME FROM 5. HOW YOU KNOW WHEN YOU RECEIVE A MESSAGE a) Description of Delivery Modes 6. WHEN MESSAGES ARE DISPLAYED a) The Message Line b) Display messages in message queues 7....