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Installing Robot/CONSOLE

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Robot/CONSOLE: iSeries Message Management Software

Before You Begin

Read these instructions completely before you begin.

The Robot/CONSOLE installation process calls a Help/Systems program to create or change the two Help/Systems user profiles, RBTUSER and RBTADMIN. The RBTUSER and RBTADMIN profiles were created for the following reasons:

  • They satisfy requests from corporate auditors that our objects be owned differently from IBM objects.
  • They allow us to build a secure product for your environment.
  • They isolate Help/Systems products from IBM changes to the QPGMR or QSECOFR profile defaults.

    • Note: If you have made any manual changes to the RBTUSER or RBTADMIN user profiles and their authorities, these changes will be lost with any product installation or conversion.

  • If you have any network security products, be aware that the GUI version of Robot/CONSOLE uses the following servers and exit points:
    Servers Exit Points
    RMTCMD QIBM_QZRC_RMT
    SIGNON QIBM_QZSO_SIGNONSRV
    DATABASE QIBM_QZDA_SQL1 and QIBM_QZDA_SQL2
    FILE QIBM_QPWFS_FILE_SERV

    We recommend that all the exit points listed above be open to RBTUSER, RBTADMIN, and the user logging into the Robot/CONSOLE Explorer.

    These exit points are for Robot/CONSOLE standalone connections only. For Host mode, refer to the exit points for your version of Robot/NETWORK.

  • The installation procedure adds the library RBTSYSLIB to your system library list ahead of QSYS.
  • If you use other Help/Systems products, you need the following release/modification levels (or higher) for Robot/CONSOLE version 5.0:
    • RBTSYSLIB R01M97 080828
    • Robot/ALERT R05M10
    • Robot/TRAPPER R01M05
    • Robot/NETWORK Host R10M11
    • Robot/NETWORK Node R10M10 or R09M62

    • Note: Enter the command, RBTSYSLIB/RSLVER on a command line to display a list of the release/modification levels.

Installing Robot/CONSOLE

  1. Sign on under 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. End all Help/Systems products. The install process may stop the RBTSLEEPER subsystem, which is used by other Help/Systems products. Stopping RBTSLEEPER interrupts processing by these products.
  3. Make sure that the library QTEMP is in your library list before you start installing.
  4. Enter the following command to display the Maintain Help/Systems Products menu:

    5. RBTCDRLIB/HLPCDMENU

  5. Select option 1 from the Maintain Help/Systems Products menu to display the Install Products panel, which lists the Help/Systems products not currently installed on your system.

    6. If you would like more information about a product and its features, enter a 3 next to the product name.

  6. Option 1 on the Install Products panel displays the Install Instructions panel for the product; this is the same information included in the Before You Begin and After You Are Done sections of these instructions. 
  7. When you are ready to start installing, enter a 2 next to Robot/CONSOLE on the Install Products panel.

    8. The installation program installs Robot/CONSOLE, the RBTSYSLIB library (as needed), and two user profiles (RBTADMIN and RBTUSER). It adds RBTSYSLIB to the system portion of your library list if required.

When the installation completes, read the After You Are Done instructions for any additional information or instructions.

After You Are Done

The Robot/CONSOLE installation program restored three libraries: RBTCONLIB, RBTSYSLIB, and RBCMRGLIB.

Note: If the system on which Robot/CONSOLE was installed is a Robot/NETWORK Host system, a fourth library, RBNRBCMST, also was restored.

When you run Robot/CONSOLE on your PC, you can view help text by pressing F1, or by selecting a help topic from the Help menu.

You can download online versions of the Robot/CONSOLE user documentation and use Adobe Acrobat Reader to display the manuals. If you don’t already have Acrobat Reader, you can download it from the Adobe Web site (www.adobe.com).

Note: Before you begin creating message sets in Robot/CONSOLE, display your system reply list using the WRKRPYLE command. Entries in the system reply list may process a message before Robot/CONSOLE has the opportunity to process it. We recommend that you set up message replies in Robot/CONSOLE instead of using the system reply list.

To install the Robot/CONSOLE GUI interface on your PC, download the Robot/CONSOLE PC code, double-click the .exe file, and follow the instructions that display.

The Help/Systems installation process restored the following three libraries to your system for use during installation: HSBOOT, RBTCDRLIB, and HSSAVF. In case you are doing multiple installations, we do not remove them from your system. You can delete them when you have finished your installations.

Updated Jan. 10, 2012