1 OPS650 Andre Berns

Welcome! OPS650 students to the follow up of OPS400 On the AS/400 Mid-Range Operating System

Who Am I? Andre Berns Started in the computer industry in 1969 as a junior programmer Did system design and software development for Mainframes, Midrange and PC’s on LARGE, MID, MINI, MICRO size computer platforms Since 1989 on the AS/400 (AS/400 is the MOST reliable!) At SENECA – languages, operating systems and hardware

4 OPS650 Introduction Course outline Modes of evaluation Schedule Review

Course Structure 2 hours of lecture Followed by 2 hours of labs The purpose of the labs is to enhance the text book and provide you with actual practical problems as they occur in the industry. The labs are the hands-on, practical side of the course. Attendance and completion of the labs will be a key factor in completing the course successfully. Remember PRACTISE makes PERFECT Due to security some restrictions will apply

Lecture and Lab Notes Lecture notes will be available afterwards from my web page No Labs will be available from the Web pages. You will be given or told where to retrieve them from at the beginning of the lab. All will have to be completed during the Lab. !! Each lab will have a “deliverable” associated with it, SOME will be evaluated for marks and count towards your semester mark AND FINAL GRADE!!

Do you want to do well? Show up for Lectures Complete the Labs, MARKS! Do the assignments, a MUST! Do the required reading Do the Review questions and labs from your text book, they serve both to re-enforce and as practice Ask Lots of Questions both during lecture and labs

Material Covered Use the text book as a reference and some chapters as emphasized during the lectures. Two tests –Both tests will include material from chapter 1 onward including all chapters covered up to that date.

Material Covered Cont’d Assignments (to be determined) –Progressive in nature and knowledge base. –Geared towards specific chapters. Quick Quizzes One Final Exam

Connectivity Software Client Access (used here - selectively) Mocha (use from home) Software that allows you to connect your PC to the AS/400 using communications.

How To Download the Mocha Software to Your PC Use the ACS link Download As/400

What to do next In the labs we use –Client Access –Navigator –WDSc (Webspere Development client) At Home –Install Mocha on your PC at home (if you have one)

Green Screen

14 What you learned in OPS400 Objects Storage –Library, Files, Programs Queue User profile Security Management Job processing & message handling Print function management Device configuration Backup & restore Subsystem and Performance Tools –PDM SEU DDS DFU Query/400

15 What you should know System objects and values QSYS QGPL QSECURITY QASTLVL QAUTOCFG QMAXSIGN QCTLSBSD

16 CL Commands you can never forget DSPUSRPRF WRKSYSVAL DSPLIBL DSPOBJAUT WRKACTJOB WRKJOBQ WRKSPLF WRKDEVD CHGMSGQ WRKSYSSTS DSPSBSD ……

17 Using Menus MAJOR ASSIST LICPGM SOFTWARE HARDWARE PTF BACKUP RESTORE CMD*** HOW????

18 Program Development Tools  STRPDM  WRKLIBPDM  WRKOBJPDM  WRKMBRPDM  STRSEU  STRDFU  GO QUERY

AS/400 vs. Unix - Terminology reference Attributes Authorities Current library Command language programs Command line entry Database or IFS Device description Jobs Library library list’s Object Operations Navigator QSYS Subsystems User profile *USRPRF Properties Permissions Working directory Scripts Command line interface - CLI File system Device special files, /dev Processes / Tasks Directory Access path, $PATH Files Windowing system Root, / Shell /etc/profile,.profile AS/400Unix