April 2002

• There's a Remote Possibility - Tired of feeling leashed to your systems? With recent advances in Operations Console, Operations Navigator, and various third-party tools, you may be able to manage your systems remotely.
• Remote Control with iSeries Operations Navigator - Get out of the office! With TCP/IP, you can use Operation Navigator to remotely perform all sorts of administrative tasks on your iSeries system.
• Talking Remote Administration - Klaus Schauser, founder and CTO of Expertcity, speaks with senior technical editor Mel Beckman about the current state of remote administration - and what may lie ahead.
• iSeries Systems Administration Tools - Systems management tools for iSeries include products that monitor system activity, automate management activities, and handle clustering and high-availability functions.
• Eliminating Repetitive Tasks a Consoling Thought - Help/Systems, Inc.'s Robot family provides more than a dozen separate products that help iSeries administrators automate systems management functions. One or several may simplify your managements tasks.
• The Future of Problem Diagnostics - This humorous look at IBM's Project eLiza for self-managing servers shows how eLiza may challenge system administrators of the future.