Archive for November, 2006

Thursday, November 30th, 2006

iSeries Spooled Files Housekeeping in Java

Not very long ago at a project site, a system administrator asked me to enhance an existing spooled files housekeeping program on iSeries written in RPG.
That’s when I decided to make the RPG programmers look bad.
I wrote a small Java program to execute AS/400 API functions using JTOpen and then require a configuration file in […]

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Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving gave me Turkey hangover, but I could do it all over again, I would change nothing.
This is my first Thanksgiving in United States. Well actually, first Thanksgiving anywhere. Cold Storage turkey in Singapore doesn’t count. I’m lucky to be invited to celebrate Thanksgiving in a family setting.
The ham was good. The turkey was good. […]

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Tuesday, November 21st, 2006

Changing AS/400 Server IP Address

I caught a new search keyword in Google Analytics. Someone has been searching on how to change an iSeries (AS/400) server IP address.
To begin with, you must have proper security credentials, specifically *IOSYSCFG special authority. You must also know the line description associated with the IP address. If you have multiple network interface cards, you […]

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