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Tuesday, January 12th 2010
Is the RBTSPCLIB library the only library Robot/SPACE uses to store the results Storage Audits or Collections? Yes, this is the library that Robot/SPACE uses to store data from the Collections and Storage Audits. Can Robot/SCHEDULE help me visualize...
Tuesday, January 12th 2010
A number of Robot products include the ability to export and import setups among partitions or systems. This can save you a lot of time when you want to duplicate product setups. For example, Robot/SCHEDULE 10 lets you export jobs via XML to your...
Tuesday, January 12th 2010
If you manage job scheduling, message management, and resource monitoring for more than one partition running IBM i, you should get acquainted with Host Mode. Host Mode lets you duplicate job setups and propagate message handling rules among your...
Tuesday, December 8th 2009
Help/Systems offers a suite of i5/OS operations classes designed to help new operations staff get up to speed quickly or give more experienced users a refresher. We’re expanding our operations training options by bringing back two System i...
Tuesday, December 8th 2009
We use Robot/SPACE for a number of tasks. One really handy feature is its ability to automate file reorganization to reclaim storage. To start, we created a storage audit using specific criteria so Robot/SPACE would know which files we wanted to...
Tuesday, December 8th 2009
Is there a report in Robot/SCHEDULE that shows all cross-system reactive jobs in the network? Yes. When you are in the Robot/SCHEDULE Explorer in Host mode, you can select Consolidated Reports and run either the Cross System Reactive Jobs or the...
Friday, November 13th 2009
Help/Systems recently enhanced Robot/SAVE to allow encryption directly to a physical or virtual tape device. This new feature can significantly reduce your DASD requirements when you are encrypting objects in large libraries. It is available with...
Friday, November 13th 2009
One of my slogans is “little problems become big problems if left alone.” When managing service level agreements (SLAs), we are concerned with notification and reporting that keeps us informed about the status of critical processes or an...
Thursday, October 15th 2009
Does Robot/SAVE work with a Virtual Tape Library (VTL)? If the System i “sees” the VTL as a supported tape device, then Robot/SAVE can use the device. You must create virtual tape volumes on the VTL and add them to the tape inventory in...
Thursday, October 15th 2009
If you set up Robot/REPORTS properly, and run critical operations on a regular schedule, you shouldn’t have any library size issues. For error-free, automatic operation of Robot/REPORTS, we suggest that you schedule all the daily, weekly, and...
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