System i (AS/400, iSeries, i5) Operations

Course Outline

This course is intended for new or relatively inexperienced operators, help desk, support staff etc. It covers the fundamental skills needed to operate and support the system on a day to day basis. The majority of the course is CL command driven (green screen) but you will also be shown equivalent tasks using Navigator (GUI). The course is very much hands on with plenty of practical exercises to practice the knowledge gained.

Pre-requisites

There are no specific prerequisites but delegates should be computer literate.

Course content

• Introduction to the system
• Detail the different System i models
• Overview Logical Partitioning (LPAR)
• Manage the system via menus
• Using Command Group menus
• Use of the function keys
• The F1 = Help key and how to use it effectively
• Use CL commands in different ways
• Elements of a CL command
• Searching for CL commands
• Introduction to objects, libraries and library lists
• Key object, library and library list commands
• Send, receive and displaying messages. Manage message queues.
• Dealing with system messages
• Introduction to security
• Understanding the key parameters in a user profile
• How to secure objects
• Understand how interactive and batch jobs process
• Manage and manipulate interactive and batch jobs
• Troubleshoot jobs
• Manage job queues and output queues
• Submit batch jobs and use the job scheduler
• Start, end and manage subsystems
• Understand the key printing components
• Manage print writers, remote writers and print devices
• Spooled file management
• Troubleshoot printing problems
• Monitor and use the system operator message queue and the history log
• Understand and interrogate job log spooled files
• Use the system request menu
• How to configure PCs
• How to configure and manage devices, controllers and comms lines
• Detail the different types of system console
• How to start and stop the system (IPL – Initial Program Load)
• Detail the different types of front control panel
• Diagnose system failures
• Manage tapes and tape devices
• Use different save and restore commands and use save files
• How to perform a full system backup
• How to monitor system resource usage (i.e. CPU utilisation, disk storage capacity etc.)
• Introduction to the Integrated File System (IFS)
• Introduction to Navigator
• Use Navigator to manage printing, jobs, job queues, messages etc.

Follow on Courses

We recommend that after a suitable period of time of attending this course (e.g. 3 to 6 months hands on experience) then delegates may want to enhance the knowledge they have gained on this course by attending the Advanced Operations course.

Schedule

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