I would add to that list:
Weekly: Check the Product activity log (STRSST option 1, option 1) to be sure there are not entries there that need attention.
Check for failed or non-reporting hardware STRSST option1, option 7, then 4
Work with service action log to see if there's anything in there: STRSST Option 1, option7, option 6. (those might require an IBM intervention)
Monthly: Check the battery cache: STRSST Option 1, option 7 option 9.
Check the Removable media stats STRSST option 1, option 4. Replace any tape that shows ANY write errors or repeated read errors. (this gets reset each time you initialize a tape so keep that in mind. You might have to check it daily to see if tapes are wearing out.
Compare current PTF groups with new available PTF groups (see ACS example SQL in run SQL scripts for examples) Get and apply PTF groups at least twice a year for V7R1, three or four times a year for V7R2, and quarterly for V7R3.
Obviously that list is replicated for each partition. If you have an HMC then you have quite a few more things to check.
This is only a partial list of the activities the Agile technicians do on a daily/weekly/monthly basis for our retainer customers. With the newer HTTP groups the first screen in Navigator for i is now the Dashboard down to V7R1. If you bring that up it gives a nice overview of the system.
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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects
-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Justin Taylor
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2017 10:16 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Question for Admins, General
A lot will depend on the environment.
I have a single partition 720 running all in-house software.
Morning checklist:
• Check Management Central
• WRKPRB
• Check fax system
• Check virtual tape backup
Afternoon checklist:
• Check backup job is at delayed status in QBATCH
• Check CPU% (looking for run-away jobs)
I also keep iNav up the corner of my screen throughout the day showing the QSYSOPR queue.
-----Original Message-----
From: Hoteltravelfundotcom [mailto:hoteltravelfun@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 5:58 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Question for Admins, General
HI I am considering a new position that include some IBM I admin work.
Whether this distinction considers operator tasks I am including operations.
If you are an admin, can you list the daily tasks you are doing?
My experience is with backups, Monitoring the system for instance looking at percentage of memory used, looking at any jobs that are using massive of the memory, creating ODBC connections, printing issues, running jobs in the ROBOT-M.
Thank you,
Joe
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