Duration
5 days
Course Description
Enable participants to understand the basic AS/400 concepts and to master OS/400 utilities, the Control Language and Object management.
Audience
- New users of the IBM AS/400 computer system
- Upgrade users to AS/400 from the IBM mid-range System/3X series
- Programmers and administrators for the IBM AS/400 computer system
Prerequisites
- No prerequisites though having some prior knowledge or experience of basic computing will be advantageous.
Method
- Hands-on oriented training with one workstation for each participant
- Lecturer-assisted and use of computer-generated slides for presentations
- Training materials which includes notes with key points and graphics layout
MODULE 1 : Implementation (Utilities)
Duration : 1 1/2 day
Audience : Programmers
- Understanding AS/400 concepts
- System start-up and shutdown
- AS/400 menus & CL commands
- Use of objects and libraries
- Physical, Logical and Display Files
- Backup and Restore
- Disk space housekeeping
- Message handling
- Monitor job queues
- Device management
- Create objects for user application :
* User Profiles
* Libraries
* Device Description
MODULE 2 : Control Language
Duration : 1 1/2 day
Audience : Programmers
- Cl program structure
- Cl program keywords
- Control flow commands
- Compilation
- Debugging
- Using Variables
- Passing parameters
- Message trapping
- Error recovery
- CL commands
- Create Menus
- Submitting jobs
- Program Assignments
MODULE 3 : Work and System Management
Duration : 2 days
Audience : Administrators
- OS/400 systems
- Subsystems and descriptions
- Submission of jobs to the system
- Work entries
- Storage pools
- Printer management
- Changing Profile
- Job descriptions
- Programmer's Menu
- Routing data and routing entries
- Classes : run priority/ time slice/ purge/ wait time
- Job queues
- System values maintenance
- Basic performance tuning
- Creating subsystems
- Creating classes
- Message files
- Message reply list
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.