iSeries/i5 Operations

Prerequisites:

Who should attend? Those whose primary responsibility will be for the operational running of an AS/400. This course also contains valuable information for Programmers or Help Desk Personnel who need to understand how the AS400 works. Basic experience of AS400 is required, however additional modules can be attached to cater for this.

Course Description:

This 3-day introductory level class is recommended for those who are training to be new Operators, Programmers, or System Administrators on the iSeries. The class provides an overview of the iSeries architecture and many of the integrated facilities. Through presentation and several hands-on lab exercises the student will learn how to: use the help facility, navigate the menu structure, use the command prompter, manage library lists, work with spooled output, change assistance levels, send/receive messages, and more. The student will also gain an understanding of the concepts needed for the day-to-day operations in an iSeries environment. Additional topics and hands-on labs include: setting up job and program execution attributes (Subsystems, Job Queues and Output Queues), backup and restore functions, security and relational database facilities, job flow control, printer flow and the operational assistant feature.

This course includes the following modules:

Course Content:

• Introduction
• i5 and OS/400
• Libraries
• Job Descriptions
• User Profiles
• Initial Program Loads
• Installation
• File Systems
• Communications
• Systems Values
• PTF's
• Subsystems
• Commands
• Problem Handling
• Save/Restores
• Job Scheduling
• Security
• Cleanup