Re: AS400 Systems Administrator training

IBM has a couple of certification tests for system administration on the 
iSeries:  Command Operations and Single System Administrator.
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/certs/a4_index.shtml
Each has a list of objectives.  Study that.

Suggested reading material:

Basic System Operations
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/ic2924/info/rzal2/rzal2kickoff.htm

Security
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/ic2924/info/rzahgicsecurity2.htm

Work Management
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/ic2924/info/rzaks/rzaks1.htm

All of which are available at:
http://www.ibm.com/eserver/iseries/infocenter

Sign up for COMMON.  Study the above material beforehand.  Go and learn.
http://www.common.org/

Failing COMMON there's IBM iseries and i5 technical conferences.  They're 
real good.
http://www-306.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=page&contentID=a0000058&eventType=Conferences&eventGeo=United+States
Although the website needs some SERIOUS work.  Either that or I am looking 
at it too far in advance.  Currently the "Agenda and Sessions" lists only 
the keynote speaker.

If money is no object then there's IBM training.  They do have a tendency 
to cancel classes if not full.  We had someone signed up for a class this 
month and it happened.  Why they couldn't convince a bunch of people to go 
to Rochester MN in February for training is beyond me.
http://www-306.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss/us/en?pageType=page&c=a0000607
See System Administration and System Operations.  Also, you'll notice 
another tab on that same site regarding certification.
With newer systems, and certain packages, you often get training credits. 
We used some of these.  One was to send a fellow to the IBM Technical 
Conference.  The other was for the above mentioned cancelled class - some 
Websphere Portal thing.

Rob Berendt
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