RE: Novice AS400 -- MIDRANGE-L

Mark,

I suspect a name resolution problem.  I have always been most successful in
OpsNav connections, at least initially, when I use the IP address of the
iSeries. Next, I make sure that the host file has the entry that resolves
the address.

I'd try the IP address as the System name and, if that works, then I would
add:

myservername.mydomainname.com.au  XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX (your IP address) to the
host file on your PC running Ops Nav and see if that works...


Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
801.581.1154 x202

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Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:44 AM
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Subject: Novice AS400

Hi,

 

I have recently purchased a second hand AS400 do use as an

experimental development machine using Magic.

 

I am a complete novice when in comes to this machine and this is the

first time I had ever actually laid a hand on one.

 

Very exciting learning curve. I have poured over Red Books and the net

and slowly making headway. I suppose I should do a course but the cost would

be way out of my league. 

 

Anyway, 

I have come up against a problem and I am now at a loss.

 

The machine is a 170 / 2290 running V5R1.

 

After a lot of experimentation, reading, purchase of book (from the USA as I
could not find on

here in Perth) etc I am stumped.

 

I am trying to get the Operations Navigator working. 

 

I have worked through numerous problems wit respect to TCP/IP, hosts just to
be able to ping into

and out of the machine. Finally got all that working.

 

I initially was running QCTL and although I could ping in and out I could
not get a screen displayed

when using Personal Communications AS/400 Client Access Express for Windows.
Also, I could not

get a screen displayed when telneting into the machine.

 

I was suggest that I should try QBase instead of QCTL.. This solved the
problem to a point.

 

I can now happily telnet into the machine and actually get a screen to work
with.

I can use the client terminal Personal Communications AS/400 Client Access
Express for Windows

and get a screen to work with and that all seems fine.

 

However, there is still a problem with the Operations Navigator.

If I Verify Connection. on the My Connections server name everything
verifies ok.

But when I click on Management Central, it tries to connect but then gives
the following error.

"Unable to complete the connection to central system
"myservername.mydomainname.com.au"

 

I have MGTC started

I have the host file on the Win machine ok and host in the AS400 configured.

I can expand the server branch on the Operations Navigator tree but it only
displays Basic Operations.

 

I don't suppose anyone might be able to suggest (speak slowly please step by
step and assume I am a child ;- ) )

any ideas of what might be the problem and how to fix this please

 

Kind Regards

Mark Bailey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,
Mark Bailey
Perth, Western Australia

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