Re: Ops Console (was RE:full sys

We have used C/A console for going on 3 years.  I am located at the remote
site with 2 large systems.  I am free from doing the day to day operations
because the ops staff can handle just about everything from corp
headquarters.

The PC anywhere part is slow.

We have had problems during upgrades but otherwise it gets the job done.

No panel Control with C/A console

Lyle Hart
Senior Analyst
Conseco Finance




D.BALE@handleman.com@midrange.com on 04/27/2001 01:41:00 PM

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Yes, I thought I've heard Al bash it, too.  I found a reference in the
archives where he is quoted as saying "Ops Console doesn't work well".  I
forgot to note how old that post was.  Perhaps Ops Console has matured by
now?

As a company with AS/400s in five very remote locations, three of which
have
no operations staff (save for someone who changes the backup tapes daily),
we
need to get to the point where we can have the most possible absolute
control
of these systems from our HQ location.  The best scenario is where I can
have
system console access as well as system panel access from my desktop.

What little I've been able to glean from the archives (it was running
exceptionally slow today), it seems that many people have had problems
getting
Ops Console set up.  I saw no after-successful-setup complaints of Ops
Console.  Is that basically a true statement?  (Maybe not.  I see that
Marty
has ongoing problems, but uncertain as to whether it is Windows or OS/400.)

I saw a reference in the archives dated last April where Glenn Birnbaum
asked
the question on setting up RCP access.  Glenn, if you still out there,
could
you please relate your experience thus far?  Also, a Dave Dahlstrom (???
not
getting any response from the archives at this moment) replied to Glenn
with
what sounded like an offer for a solution he had, although my memory's
vague
on this point.

It seems like Ops Console is free, included with Client Access.  But I saw
one
reference that indicated that it was not free.  What's the scoop with that?

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)

-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------

I know Al Barsa has bashed Ops Console at lot here, but we use it with no
problems.

Scott Lindstrom
Zenith Electronics




                    D.BALE@handleman.com
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:     Ops Console (was RE:full system)

I am investigating some options for getting system console access for our
remote AS/400s.

I have seen information on a commercial product called CompuMaster TwiNet
Gateway.

But I also found a sidebar article in the December 2000 issue of News400
that
spoke of Operations Console.  I came away thinking that this might be a
good
solution, too.  But I've also heard some less-than-positive comments about
Ops
Console, although never any specifics.  What makes Ops Console "infamous"?

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com
  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)

-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
Hmmm...

Unless your console was actually the infamous Ops Console!

(not that I would wish that on anyone)

;-)

-Marty
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