Search the Job Log of an Active Job

Job logs for ended jobs, where the job log is in a spooled file, are easy to search on the green screen. When viewing the spooled job log, you simply enter your search text in the find field and press F16. In addition, you can use F14 to limit the columns in which your search is performed, then press F16 to search. 

However, when using the green screen, there is no find field when viewing the job log of an active job. Jobs with pending job logs have a similar problem. 

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Route Db2 Requests to a Specific Subsystem

We all know that a key advantage to IBM i is the work management capabilities, in particular the ability to segregate work into different subsystems.  One of the more challenging areas for this, however, has been prestart server jobs.  By default, these prestart jobs run in the QUSRWRK subsystem.  You can configure the subsystem in which these prestart server jobs run by routing the requests based upon the client IP address, but that’s often not sufficient.  Many requests may come from one IP address, or perhaps you would like to segregate work based upon some other criteria – for example, the requesting user profile.

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