IBM i (AS/400) System Operations and Administration

1. Introduction to IBM i (AS/400)

* Overview of Application System/400
* IBM i (AS/400) Version & Release
* High Level Machine - Technology Independence
* IBM i (AS/400) Connectivity
* Single Level Storage
* Virtual Storage
* Licensed Products & Programming Languages
* IBM i (AS/400) Object
* Describe Library/Object concepts
* Library List
* Describe the IBM i (AS/400) command structure and naming

2. Control Language Programming

3. Objects and Libraries

* Working with PDM
* The job library list

4. IBM i (AS/400) Work Management

* Subsystems and Subsystem Descriptions
* Job Queues
* Output Queues
* Controlling Jobs
* Working with Batch Jobs and Signed-on Users
* Displaying Detailed Job Information Changing how a Job Is Run
* Working with Job Logs

5. Controlling Jobs

* Working with Batch Jobs and Signed-On Users
* Displaying Detailed Job Information Changing how a Job Is Run
* Working with Job Logs

6. Working with Printer Output

* Working with Printer Output
* Managing Printer Output
* Working with Printers
* Working with Spooled Files, Output Queues, and Printers

7. Handling Messages

* Displaying Messages
* Working with Message Queues
* The QSYSOPR Message Queue Handling Error Messages
* Sending Messages

8. Backup and Recovery

* Full backup
* Incremental backup
* Cumulative backup
* Different backup plan
* Backing up and restoring object

9. Working with Devices and Communications

* Displaying and Changing Device Status
* Displaying a Device Description
* Activating Communications Lines and Controllers

10. System Monitoring Tasks

* Checking Up on Your System
* Checking Disk Space
* Storage Cleaning Up Your System

11. System Level Security

* Security System Values
* Security Levels
* Password Levels
* Protecting SST and DST services

12. User Profiles

* Working with User Profiles
* Special Authorities
* Limit Capabilities
* User Classes
* Group Profiles
* Object Ownership
* Adopted Authority

13. Auditing Capabilities

* Job Logs and QHST
* The Security Audit Journal
* Auditing Sensitive Objects
* Auditing Powerful Users

14. Journal Management

* What is Journal?
* Why Journal?
* Journal Objects
* Objects that can be journaled
* Creating and Starting the Journal
* Display the Journal Entries
* Forward Data Recovery
* Backward Data Recovery Remote JournalWhy Journal?
* Journal Objects
* Objects that can be journaled
* Creating and Starting the Journal
* Display the Journal Entries
* Forward Data Recovery
* Backward Data Recovery Remote Journal

15. Commitment Control

* What is commitment control?
* Why commitment control?
* Functions of commitment control
* Start commitment control
* Notify Object
* commitment control Implementation
* Two phase commit

16. Disk Management

* Auxillary storage pool
* Type of Disk pools
* ASP Benifits
* User ASPs
* Benefits of Independent Disk Pools
* Device parity Protection
* Mirrored Protection
* Disk Configuration and recovery

17. Problem Determination.

* Problem Determination
* Problem Solving Tools
* Active Jobs
* Job Properties
* Active Pools - Performance Statistics
* System Operator Messages
* History Log
* Why use Power Switch?
* Cleaning up the System
* Tailoring Automatic cleanup
* Reclaim Storage
* Reclaim spool storage

18. PTF and FIX Management.

* What is PTF?
* Type of Fixes
* PTF Process
* Working with PTFs
* Installing Individual PTFs
* Installing PTF package
* Licensed Internal Code PTFs
* Display PTF status
* Install Fixes permanenly