6/30/09 There's a backup version of the controlling subsystem (QCTL)

If you’ve changed attributes of the QCTL subsystem and lost track of what the defaults should be, or worse yet you’ve changed the controlling subsystem in some way that the system refuses to IPL properly, there’s a little known “backup” version of the controlling subsystem called QSYSSBSD. It’s specially protected so that it cannot be changed, only displayed. It’s always there, in the QSYS library, waiting for you “just in case”.

Disclaimer: Vision Solutions makes every effort to provide accurate system management information and programming code; however the company cannot be held liable for the accuracy of information nor its compatibility in your own environment. Please review and test thoroughly before implementing. © Copyright 2009, Vision Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Vision Solutions develops and sells iSeries high availability and AIX replication and clustering solutions. IBM, System i, iSeries, and AS/400 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other brands are property of their respective registered owners.

6/19/09 How To Generate a Disk Analysis Report

Another way to see what is taking up your disk space is to view the i5/OS disk analysis report. To build the Disk Analysis file, use the following command:

SBMJOB CMD(RTVDSKINF) JOB(RTVDSKINF) JOBQ(QSYSNOMAX)

You can monitor the job by issuing the following:

WRKACTJOB SBS(QSYSWRK)
Job name = RTVDSKINF

Once the job finishes running, create the print report:
SBMJOB CMD(PRTDSKINF RPTTYPE(*LIB)) JOB(PRTDSKINF) JOBQ(QSYSNOMAX)

Other ways of seeing what is using disk space can be found on these two posts:
http://visionsolutionsinc.blogspot.com/2008/04/easy-way-to-figure-out-what-is-eating.html
http://visionsolutionsinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/031609-two-ways-to-see-what-is-using.html


Disclaimer: Vision Solutions makes every effort to provide accurate system management information and programming code; however the company cannot be held liable for the accuracy of information nor its compatibility in your own environment. Please review and test thoroughly before implementing. © Copyright 2009, Vision Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Vision Solutions develops and sells iSeries high availability and AIX replication and clustering solutions. IBM, System i, iSeries, and AS/400 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other brands are property of their respective registered owners.

6/08/09 Create a Virtual Printer

Use the following steps to create a virtual printer that will print directly from an output queue to a network deskjet or laser printer.

1. Start System i Navigator on your PC (If you do not have System i Navigator on your PC then it is possible to complete this task using CRTDEVPRT from a 5250 session)
2. Select Basic operations, Printers.
3. Right click and select Add Printer.
4. Use the wizard and accept defaults, enter the IP address of the printer, enter your own name for the printer (not OfficeJet…).
5. When wizard complete no need to print a test page as this will not print correctly anyway.
6. Go on to a 5250 session and enter GO PRINTER
7. Take Option 4 on the PRINTER menu
8. Take Option 8 against the Printer Description created in step 4. For more information about this on the internet, go to the IBM information center using this link http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/. Search for the command “CHGDEVPRT” and you will find a list of printer manufacturers and models, lookup the Manufacturer and Model of your printer in the list of information and make a note of the value for MFRTYPMDL (e.g. *HP520 is the HP Deskjet 520.
9. Return to the 5250 session and take Option 2, scroll down and change the setting for MFRTYPMDL to the value appropriate to your printer (e.g. *HP520).
   
   You can now print directly to the Printer Description. You may need to first start the writer (GO PRINTER option 2 and option 1 against the appropriate printer).

Disclaimer: Vision Solutions makes every effort to provide accurate system management information and programming code; however the company cannot be held liable for the accuracy of information nor its compatibility in your own environment. Please review and test thoroughly before implementing. © Copyright 2009, Vision Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. Vision Solutions develops and sells iSeries high availability and AIX replication and clustering solutions. IBM, System i, iSeries, and AS/400 are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. All other brands are property of their respective registered owners.