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  • Subject: RE: Searching APARS on as400service.rochester.ibm.com
  • From: Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 15:06:44 -0600

Similar to entering 'MSGCPFxxxx' to search a message, if you are
searching for a Source Reference Code (error code from the front system
panel), be sure to prefix it with SRC, as in 'SRCA6005004'.



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Shaw [SMTP:mshaw@ncal.verio.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 1:54 PM
> To:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Searching APARS on as400service.rochester.ibm.com
> 
> David,
> 
> I've had great luck with it for V3R7.  The only downfall to it is
> their
> abbreviations and cryptic jargon.  Pull up any APAR that appears to be
> fairly technical by the description and take a look...You will find
> what
> *you* are searching for and the way it is recorded in the APAR ain't
> the
> same.
> 
> If you are searching for a specific message, preface it with "MSG".
> For
> example,  I recently searched for CPF5140 and got nothing.  I search
> for
> MSGCPF5140 and I get valid hits.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Mike Shaw
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Gibbs <david.gibbs@mks.com>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 10:42 AM
> Subject: Searching APARS on as400service.rochester.ibm.com
> 
> 
> Folks:
> 
> Does anyone know how extensive the database of APAR's at
> as400service.rochester.ibm.com is?
> 
> I've been trying to search for some problems, and I've found that
> some things that (I THINK) should be in there, aren't.
> 
> Is this the same database that the IBM support reps use?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> david
> 
> --
> 
> David Gibbs
> Sr. Software Engineer
> 
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