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Converting From Robot/MONITOR 7.0 to 8.0

Product: 
Robot/AUTOTUNE

Before You Begin

Read these instructions completely before you begin.

  • Moving from Robot/MONITOR 7 to version 8 requires you to delete version 7 and install version 8 as a new installation.
  • You must have IBM i V6R1 or higher to run Version 8 of Robot/MONITOR.
  • Robot/MONITOR 8 requires a new permanent security code. If you did not receive this code, call your Regional Sales Manager.

Before Deleting and Reinstalling Robot/MONITOR

Before you delete and reinstall Robot/MONITOR, do the following:

  1. Select option 3, System Setup, from the Robot/MONITOR menu.
  2. Take a screen print of this system setup information. You will need to re-enter this data after installing version 8.
  3. Enter the RBTMTRLIB/ENDMTR and RBTMTRLIB/ENDMTRG commands to end the ROBOTMON and RBTMSTAT jobs running in the RBTSLEEPER subsystem.
  4. Use the following command to delete Robot/MONITOR from your system:

    5. DLTLIB RBTMTRLIB

Reinstalling Robot/MONITOR

Use the following instructions to reinstall Robot/MONITOR on your system:

  1. Log in with a user profile that is a member of the user class *SECOFR, and has at least the following special authorities: *ALLOBJ, *SECADM, *JOBCTL, and *IOSYSCFG. The user profile should have Limit capabilities set to *NO.
  2. Enter the following command:

    3. RBTCDRLIB/HLPCDMENU

    This displays the Maintain Help/Systems Products menu.

  3. Select option 1 (Install Help/Systems Product) from the Maintain Help/Systems Products menu, and press Enter.
  4. Enter a 2 in the Opt column next to Robot/MONITOR on the install Products Panel and press Enter to begin the installation.
  5. After you have successfully installed Robot/MONITOR, enter the RBO command to display the Robot Automated Operations Solution menu.
  6. Select option 8, Robot/MONITOR.

Follow the instructions in the Robot/MONITOR User Guide to set up your system. Use the screen print of your system setup panel to re-enter your system setup data. Enter the command CALL RM9000S to enter your version 8 permanent security code.

Note: Remember to run the RBTMTRLIB/MTRFLPMOD command to change the mode to *NETWORK if you are running Robot/MONITOR in a *NETWORK mode to interface with Robot/NETWORK.

After You Are Done

If you use network security software on your system, you should be aware that the Robot/MONITOR GUI uses the DDM TCP/IP server. If you have a firewall over the DDM server exit point, users running Robot/MONITOR PC graphs must be authorized to the DDM server.

You can access an online version of the Robot/MONITOR User Guide from the Help/Systems download page and additional documentation on the Help/FACTS page.

Updated Jan. 9, 2012