Re: domino on AS400

We are running Domino on an AS/400, (actually a few of them).  We like them a 
lot  
You do not need Client Access to run Notes on your PC workstations.  However, 
if 
you are looking at removing the twinax terminals and replacing them with the 
PC's 
then I would recommend the Client Access Express to do 5250 emulation.  
We have some users using Network Stations accessing Notes and 5250 sessions.  
They 
are using the NC Navigator browser to access Notes.  You have to apply a 
different 
template for their mail database.  We've not upgraded to R5 yet.  IBM is 
getting 
better on supporting Network stations.
http://www.ibm.com/java/community/story-dekko.html

There are numerous ways to get the data from the 400 into Notes.  We hope to 
get one 
of them working before I die.  The documentation is so poor that it must be 
intuitively 
easy once you do it the first time.

I don't know as if I would call Notes a word processor.  I use OV/400 and MS 
Word 
for my word processing.


You will lose the twinax.  Replace it with either Token Ring or Ethernet.

We've set up clustering, partitioning and replication and what not.  Clustering 
is cool.  
Replicate a database on two 400's and drop one.  The user automatically gets 
routed to 
the backup with all the data up to the second and hardly a blip.  Can also be 
used as a 
backup tool to leave your servers running 24x7.

Closely look at support.  Evaluate all options.  Negotiate if you have to.  It 
took over 
a year but we finally got 24x7 unlimited access that doesn't cost the 
ridiculous amounts 
they first wanted.  I've yet to call in an incident on the new contract.  I'll 
tell you, 
IBM AS/400 support is MUCH better.  With Notes if you open up an incident with 
an 
individual and they go out of town, you'll play heck trying to get someone else 
to 
back them up.

Check out their websites. Starting out with http://notes.net
 I especially like:
http://notes.net/46dom.nsf?OpenDatabase
Instead of the mailing list concept they use discussion databases.  I find this 
easier 
to browse.  You can search for 400, or berendt.  There were some search 
anomalies they 
were supposed to be working on.





klauritzen@mail2.texnet.net on 04/08/99 10:24:00 PM
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Subject:        domino on AS400

We have just installed a new 720 with V4R3.
We have all twinax attached green screens.
 Now we are charged with putting everyone on a network with email and we
need a new word processor.
 Our choice: Domino with Lotus Notes.
 Our question: Is anyone running it  native on AS400? How is it? How do you
get the emulation? Do you need client access? How do you get data from as400
file into Notes documents (LEI,Notes pump)? If so do you need client access?
If we do need client access why not express client?

We have a notes/domino/network vendor who is recommending client access. All
the books and stuff we read makes no mention of client access.



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From: Al Barsa, Jr. <barsa2@ibm.net>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 9:49 AM
Subject: RE: DSKBAL on V4R3


>At 12:51 PM 4/7/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>I don't know whether it still works but a simple way to do this is to
>>RGZPFM.  Do this on some of your bigger files and see if the new disks
>>aren't picking up some of the load.  The good thing about this is that it
>>can be done with the system running.
>
>RGZPFM has some negative implications:
>
>1. It rebuilds all the access paths for the physical and related logical
>files, so this can have severely negative performance information.
>
>2. If you are using journaling, it introduces many complications from a
>recovery perspective.
>
>The design point in DSKBAL, and STRASPBAL (it's replacement command in
>V4R4), is that it's should provide significantly lower CPU overhead.
>
>Al
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