iSeries (AS/400) Operations

Introduction

This course teaches the fundamentals of iSeries/i5 (AS/400) operations. Operators will learn how to use control language commands and menus to control the operation of an iSeries/i5 and will be given ample opportunity to practise on one of our iSeries (AS/400).

What you will learn

On completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Operate the system including:
• Use CL commands from the command line.
• Navigate the operating system menus.
• Understand the concepts of objects, libraries and the IFS.
• Manage user profiles.
• Manage and monitor jobs and job queues.
• Control and manage printing.
• Send, receive and answer messages, handle system messages.
• Monitor and manage system logs and joblogs.
• Deal with common job and printer problems.
• Configure devices and manage device status.
• Start, stop and work with subsystems.
• Perform saves and restores.
• Power the system on and off.
• Monitor system activity.
• Use iSeries Navigator to carry out ops tasks.

Who should attend

Operators who are new to the iSeries (AS/400), trainee and backup operators who will be involved in the day to day running of an iSeries (AS/400).

Pre-requisites

Although there are no pre-requisites for this course, delegates must be computer literate. Operators who are new to the iSeries/i5, trainee and backup operators who will be involved in the day to day running of an iSeries.

Course content

• ISeries,i5,AS/400 hardware overview.
• iSeries model specifications.
• Menus and help.
• System menus.
• Major command group menus.
• Objects and libraries.
• Library lists.
• Working with objects.
• Working with libraries.
• Using CL commands in different ways.
• Command entry and parameters.
• Overview of security.
• User profile and object security.
• Understand batch and interactive job processing.
• Control and manage jobs.
• Change job run attributes and work with jobs.
• Control and manage job queues.
• Submit jobs to job queues.
• Job scheduling and job schedule entries.
• Deal with job problems.
• Start and end subsystems.
• Work with subsystems.
• Control and manage output queues.
• Manage spooled files, printers and writers.
• Use the system operator message queue and the History Log.
• Understand and interpret job logs.
• Send, display and answer messages.
• Handle system messages.
• Change message queues.
• Use the system request menu.
• Device attachment and configuration and status.
• How to power on (IPL) and power off the system.
• Shutdown and startup procedures.
• Initialise, use and manage tapes.
• Save the entire system.
• Save and restore objects and libraries.
• Use save files.
• Monitor system activity and resources.
• Using iSeries Navigator functions.
• Managing basic operations using iSeries Navigator.

Materials

A course manual with supporting documentation is provided. The course includes considerable practical work to use CL commands, to control jobs and output, to analyse problems, to carry out save and restore operations, illustrate the equivalent functions using iSeries Navigator etc.

Schedule

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