RE: AS/400 USER PROFILE

Bob and Stefan...

I knew I was going to receive replies like yours when I wrote that about
updating hundreds of PCs...
At least I hoped I would...

There are at least a couple of problems I have with loading the server with
Explorer and running it from there...

First is that if the server goes down then nobody can access our AS/400...
As it stands today once the desktop has an IP address from DHCP they can still
get to the AS/400 even if their local server is down...  As long as the router
stays up, that is...

Second, the installation instructions really leave a lot to be desired...!!!  I
looked at the instructions and I doubt I could perform the server install
without assistance...  Show me once and I can handle it from there...  I would
have a hard time justifying paying for professional services to accomplish a
Server Load of Explorer...  The normal install is dodgy enough as it is...

Further, since we're already deployed with June 1999 edition we're going to
stick with installing the package on each individual PC for now...

We've received the August 2000 edition and I was hoping to do the server install
with that but now we have to wait until we move up from V3.5.1 to V3.5.2B SP4
because there is no support for V3.5.1 in that edition of Explorer/Customizer...
At least none that I can find...

We have 10 locations scattered around the midwest and our IT staff is not as
large as it was a year ago...
I want to make sure that if we do the server install it does not make the system
less available for the users.
I'm willing to sacrifice some maintenance headaches on our part and some
flexibility on the users part to make the system availability more reliable...

I would be interested in hearing from the list to see how many are using the
Server Load option and how they like it...

Thanks.









Stefan Jansson <sjansson@fossil.com> on 08/14/2001 03:06:15 PM

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Jeff,

Of all the things I've heard about S/21 Explorer (and I've heard a LOT), I
don't think I've ever heard anyone say it "doesn't lend itself well to
customization".  Best place for the RMU files are on a network server, where
they can be accessed from any PC.  You can point Explorer to a different
directory quite easily through the configurator (if my memory serves me
correctly).  You just lock the users out of changing the files, and then
anytime you update it the new "menus" show up on the users' desktop.

Technically Yours,

Stefan Jansson
Fossil
sjansson@fossil.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff_Klipa/Harvard@harvardind.com
[mailto:Jeff_Klipa/Harvard@harvardind.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 1:26 PM
To: JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: AS/400 USER PROFILE


Well said, Fred...!!!

So let me see if I've got this straight...

If you're strictly using the GUI Blueberries you can :
Change initial program   : jbasmg.ini = *NONE
               : AS/400 profile = CWSINITIAL

If you need to use both GUI Blueberries and Green Screen then CWSINITIAL
cannot
be your INLPGM on the OS/400 profile...
I'm going to assume that for all intents and purposes that a Server Session
is
going to be equivalent to a Green Screen in this discussion...

That would never work for us - we've got too many custom menus that require
users to use Server Sessions...
The original paradigm during our implementation was to use strictly
Blueberries
but that doesn't lend itself well to customization...
I don't feel like keeping a bunch of custom .RMU roles updated on several
hundred PCs...

Good discussion topics...

Thanks...








> A note about "LIMIT CAPABILITIES = *YES"...  You cannot use this if you
are
> using the GUI Explorer package...

Yes you can, sometimes!!

All of the users at one of my clients use JBA Explorer and none of them have
access to the green on black screens.  This was done because when JBA was
installed it was decided that as this was a new system it had to look
different to the old system.

By default the initial program in jbasmg.ini on each users PC is set to
CWSINITIAL.  JBA Explorer simply 'screen scrapes' the AS/400 screens and
when the user signs on, Explorer places this program name in the initial
program field on the AS/400 sign on screen and uses this instead of the
initial program set up in the user profile.  This needs LMTCPB(*NO).

If the user will only use JBA Explorer you set LMTCPB(*YES) and set the
initial program in the user profile to CWSINITIAL.  Then, on the users PC,
change the jbasmg.ini file to set the initial program to *NONE.  When the
user signs on the default initial program on the user profile is used.

Therefore if the user has access only to JBA Explorer or only to green
screens then you can set LMTCPB(*YES).  If they switch between the two then
they must have LMTCPB(*NO).

I do not have a JBA Explorer set up in front of me as I prefer green on
black and I may have got some of the file names wrong but if anyone is
interested I can get the details for them.

--
Fred Mitchell
Concise Consulting Ltd.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
mailto:fred@ccl400.com
http://www.ccl400.com



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