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by John Andersen, Joh

The operating system that natively runs on the AS/400 and iSeries platform is a command and menu driven system, so it's important that you have a good understand of how to use commands and in particular become familiar with commands you will use regularly. For some people the command driven environment is a blessing and a curse, as Windows type of administrators have come to embrace a graphical user interface while those who prefer the command line like on Cisco routers.

First up is probably one of the most frequently used programs on the entire AS/400, and that is Work With Active Jobs and is pulled up by issuing wrkactjob on the command line. Work with active jobs displays all of the performance and status information for all jobs currently active on the entire system. In this program all of the jobs are grouped together by the subsystem they are operating within.

The next command we are going to take a look at is Work With All Printers and is accessed by issuing wkrwtr on the command line. This command displays all of the printers that are configured on the system including important status information. You also have the ability to answer messages like loading a form type, holding the writer from printing spool files and stopping and starting a writer.

The next command is used for shutting down an AS/400 or for restarting it. That command is Power Down System or PWRDWNSYS. This command prepares the system to end by ending subsystems, preventing any new jobs from starting and starts the shut off operations. Power down system has several parameters you can specify for ending in jobs in controlled fashion or immediately along with the option to restart after power down.

Work with all job queues allows you to see the status of all of the job queues you are authorized to. Just like working with printers you can hold and release job queues from this command as well as move jobs waiting to run over to other queues, change their run priority and other characteristics. I often use this command to re-route jobs like RPG compiles into another job queue and subsystem like QPGMR so it does not interfere with regular operations.

So far we have really only scratched the surface of useful commands on the AS/400 and iSeries systems, however the ones I covered are certainly used in the day to day operations of things. Although I won't cover them in detail now you will probably also use Work With Configuration status or WRKCFGSTS to vary devices on and off, Work With Spool Files or WRKSPLF to look at and control printable output. Work with Disk Status or WRKDSKSTS displays the current health of the disk array on the system including simple read write performance metrics and it can be used to view the current RAID configurations and can be used to identify if a parity or mirror has been compromised due to a failed disk with having to log into the dedicated service tools utilities.

The network administrator an a company ran a normal web activity report of all the enterprise's users and found that the employees were logging thousands of hits per day on a single site that had nothing to do with the business. What was found was not that the employees were slacking while at work, rather the network was infected with spyware that was tracking the surfers? activity then sending the information back to the web site for a third part to review and use, all without the employees? knowledge.

Spyware can and will slow a computer's bandwidth as well as cause the network to gradual decrease its speed. Many companies are beginning to worry about spyware because it has become so easy to get and install into unknowing users? computers. Most employees do not know that by clicking on a pop up or web site or by downloading free files such as a screen saver they are letting spyware into the system.

There are numerous programs available to find and delete these malicious spyware applications. Taking preventative measures against spyware will save networks much more time and money than if they wait to remove the spyware after it is already installed and doing its work. Users cannot think they are safe surfing the internet without spyware protection. It is necessary for personal and business network computers to find and use an anti-spyware program that will not only scan for current infection but also protect your computer while you are online.

The above mentioned business used Wavecrest's Cyfin monitoring program to solve their problems and detect any unusual activity occurring. Wavecrest includes a Cyblock filter so while employees are online the software is protecting against future spyware invasions. For more information on how Wavecrest's security works visit their site at wavecrest.net.

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