RE: Novice AS400

Mark,

Scott's post had the entry correct, mine was reversed (IP entry should be
FIRST, then host name)

If you are not familiar with the HOST file it is usually found in:
%WINDOWS%\system32\drivers\etc folder.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
801.581.1154 x202

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Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:55 AM
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Subject: RE: Novice AS400

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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