Years ago, when TCP/IP was starting to become the networking standard of choice, it was not automatically when the system was started. You had to edit the system start-up program to automate starting TCP/IP and related interfaces and servers.
(more…)Some time ago, I wrote about the job table and permanent job structures in IBM i Job Structures. That article reviewed the job table and also discussed compressing the job table.
(more…)Do you get annoyed when it takes two IPLs to install a PTF package? If so, we’ve got a great, new function for you in IBM i 7.1. When you’re installing PTFs, there are two conditions where we prompt you to perform an IPL to apply some of the PTFs, require you to restart the PTF install after the first IPL, and then make you perform yet another IPL to apply the delayed PTFs:
(more…)Last week, I wrote about detaching spooled files. As I was writing that article, I started to describe the IBM i job structures. It became apparent that there was too much information for that one blog, so this week I’ll review IBM i job structures.
(more…)Many of the larger IBM i environments need more sophisticated methods to manage the number of jobs on the system. If the absolute maximum number of jobs–as defined by the Maximum Number of Jobs (QMAXJOB) system value–for the system is reached, there can be some negative results such as: