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2008
May 2008 (download 3632.81k PDF document)
- Camp Help/Systems is coming; System i users and experts will meet in June
- Business Intelligence: An easy solution to complex data requests; Here's how to create subqueries in SEQUEL
- Job Scheduling: A graphical interface worth upgrading for; If you haven't seen it yet, here's what you're missing!
- Security: Evaluate your security practices periodically using Robot/SECURITY audits
- Q&A: Our experts field questions about Robot/SCHEDULE, Robot/SAVE, Robot/SPACE, and SEQUEL.
April 2008 (download 5938.68k PDF document)
- Robot/REPLAY 3.0 released
- Robot/SPACE 3.0: New features roundup
- Business Intelligence: The unlimited benefits of dynamic drill down
- Backup and Recovery: Guided System Restoration: Now it's easier!
- Q&A: Our experts answer questions about V6R1, Camp Help/Systems, ESEND, and SEQUEL.
March 2008 (download 4839.24k PDF document)
- Help/Systems expands; Acquires eveLogic Group
- Message Management: Message groups don't require a message set
- Sucess Story: School district brings data to the desktop using SEQUEL creatively
- IT Management: Choosing a report product to meet your needs
- Q&A: Our experts tackle questions about Robot/ALERT, Robot/SCHEDULE, and SEQUEL
February 2008 (download 4340.33k PDF document)
- Robot/SPACE 3.0 released; Expands job monitoring, comparisons, and more!
- IT Management: Dealing with the Daylight Saving Time change; Robot/SCHEDULE must be inactive when the time change is made
- Job Scheduling: Thinking about upgrading to Robot/SCHEDULE 10? Users are raving about Robot/SCHEDULE's new job monitors
- Business Intelligence: Coordinating data across platforms isn't easy
- Backup and Recovery: When you need to keep an extra copy of your backup. . .
- Q&A: Our experts help users with SEQUEL reports, Robot/ALERT, and Robot/SCHEDULE
January 2008 (download 7735.77k PDF document)
- Robot Browser Interface 2.0 Ships
- Network Management: Use packets to centralize control of jobs and more!
- Business Intelligence: Use grid control to format your SEQUEL views
- Security Management: Do you have too many *ALLOBJ profiles?
- Tips and Techniques: Profile Exchange Q&A
- Q&A: Our experts answer your questions about OS upgrades, setting up report sets, running missed jobs, and backing up the IFS.
2007
December 2007 (download 3782.3k PDF document)
- EASY VIEW 8.0 released; Lets users export and transfer files and records
- Success Story: Robot/SCHEDULE is part of "The Way Out" for Polaris Industries
- Business Intelligence: Keep track of SEQUEL usage on your System i
- Security Management: Analyzing security-related events; Cut through the clutter of QAUDJRN and learn more
- Q&A: Using SEQUEL's JOIN UPDATE and Robot/SECURITY profile exchange.
November 2007 (download 2123.33k PDF document)
- Introducing Robot/SECURITY
- Backup & Recovery: Will backups ever go away?
- Business Intelligence: Things you need to know about working with dates
- Partition Management: How to move a tape drive between partitions
- Q&A: Copying a list of reports from one recipient to another in Robot/REPORTS and using SEQUEL ViewPoint when SSL in enabled in Client Access.
October 2007 (download 3184.24k PDF document)
- Robot/SPACE enhanced
- Disk Space Management: Answers to common questions about Robot/SPACE
- Job Scheduling: Getting ready to convert to Robot/SCHEDULE 10
- Business Intelligence: Give users control over how they work with data using SEQUEL's Client Table feature
- Q&A: Converting to Robot/NETWORK 10 and how to end the Robot products gracefully with a single command.
September 2007 (download 3321.14k PDF document)
- Robot/LPAR 2.0 now shipping; Offers automated resource management and movement across partitions
- Job Scheduling: Four concepts to understand about Robot/REPLAY; You may be surprised how easy it is to automate today's manual tasks
- Network Management: Using the Robot/NETWORK 10 Map Center; Enhanced visual network monitoring tool lets you fix problems faster
- Success Story: SEQUEL gets data to the right people on time at Security Mutual Life Insurance Company
- Q&A: Preparing to convert to Robot/NETWORK 10 and bursting a report by account numbers.
August 2007 (download 7268.71k PDF document)
- SEQUEL ViewPoint gets kudos
- Report Management: Now add or delete recipients by command
- Productivity Solutions: Use ABSTRACT to build a cross-reference table
- Resource Management: Beyond message queue monitoring
- Q&A: Removing HELPNETLIB and changing SEQUEL views to use a new library name.
July 2007 (download 5522.07k PDF document)
- Robot/SCHEDULE 10 enhanced; Now provides network-wide job schedule control
- Network Management: Robot/NETWORK 10 modernizes network monitoring; You can view the status center many different ways
- Business Intelligence: Adding a time stamp to your SEQUEL dashboard; Show users how current their data is or add a clock
- Job Scheduling: Understanding schedule forecasting in Robot/SCHEDULE 10; Forecasting options and the new *INTERNAL forecast
- Q&A: Re-using a tape before it expires, troubleshooting a SEQUEL JOIN problem, making partially encrypted backups more efficient, and locating monthly jobs.
June 2007 (download 2958.64k PDF document)
- Robot/NETWORK 10.0 ships! Offers graphical, centralized monitoring and control
- Success Story: Robot/CONSOLE helps REI run well; Year in and year out the Robot products earn their keep
- Business Intelligence: Business Intelligence without a data warehouse? Yes! Here's how to set up business intelligence quickly and cost-effectively
- Job Scheduling: Provide info to auditors and managers easily; New Robot/SCHEDULE GUI provides drill-down access and more!
- Q&A; Submitting the Completion Message Listing Report from a CL program and entering Robot product license codes more easily
May 2007 (download 6869.69k PDF document)
- Robot/SAVE 11 enhanced with faster data encryption and concurrent Domino backups
- Success Story: Southwestern Motor Transport relies on SEQUEL for fast, easy information analysis
- Client Management: Unavailable Windows services got you frazzled?
- Disk Management: Robot/SPACE: Practical tips for daily use
- Q&A: Backing up report set definitions, moving Robot/ALERT, using clean up commands in Robot/CONSOLE, and making sure Robot/SAVE regularly releases tapes to the scratch pool.
April 2007 (download 3833.3k PDF document)
- New online classes added for Robot/CONSOLE and Robot/REPORTS
- Job Scheduling: New Robot/SCHEDULE 10.0 job monitors help control batch processes
- Business Intelligence: Create an operations dashboard using SEQUEL
- Message Management: Insider tips on setting up message management; Teach Robot/CONSOLE and Robot/ALERT how to handle messages
- Q&A: Using a virtual LAN with Robot/NETWORK, using the RSLSHUTDWN command before going into a restricted state, and using the SEQUEL Web interface to display HTML results.
March 2007 (download 3170.96k PDF document)
- Help/Systems thrives at 25
- Success Story: Automation improves the quality of life at Tree of Life
- Business Intelligence: Easily create SEQUEL executive dashboards
- Job Scheduling: New GUI meets many different needs; Makes Robot/SCHEDULE easier to learn, use, and manage
- Q&A: How to check if a job completed on time, how Robot/SAVE handles journaled files during backups, and displaying system info quickly.
February 2007 (download 5061.1k PDF document)
- Robot/SCHEDULE 10.0 ships!
- Backup & Recovery: Now you can omit IFS directories from backups
- Business Intelligence: Saving SEQUEL Web Interface data in native Excel format
- Job Scheduling: Daylight Saving Time starts earlier this year
- Q&A: Finding null values with Easy View, using Robot/CLIENT to synchronize time, and using RSU with Robot/SAVE 11.0 encryption.
January 2007 (download 4637.78k PDF document)
- Help/Systems acquires ASC
- Success Story: SEQUEL smooths customer relationships for Monrovia Nurseries
- Backup & Recovery: What you need to know about data encryption with Robot/SAVE
- Business Intelligence: Generate Google maps from your System i data
- Resource Monitoring: How to make resource monitoring decisions
- Resource Monitoring II: Robot/TRAPPER monitors any IP address
- Q&A: Using Robot/CONSOLE and Robot/ALERT to notify you of a power outage and troubleshooting the FTP process when using the Robot Product Maintenance Wizard
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