I am not really an admin, but I do monitor our systems.
This is my morning routine:
DSPMSG QSYSOPR - anything on *MSGW?
WRKJOBQ – Are any JOBQs backing up, jobs waiting to run?
WRAKACTJOB – Any jobs taking up excessive CPU?
And checking my email inbox.
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Reaching out to IBM i admins. What are some of the common tasks that you perform each morning to verify that the system ͏͏
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Reaching out to IBM i admins.
What are some of the common tasks that you perform each morning to verify that the system is running cleanly? Realizing every system has its own unique attributes, I am just curious to see how much we are alike.
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