July 2002

• In This Issue: What's in a Name? -
• Letters -
• Dr. I. Doctor - Backup mail server over DSL; DHCP problems with wireless hubs.
• f.y.iSeries -
• Necessity's the Mother of All Intervention - Advanced Systems Concepts' OpCenter Job Intervention is a utility that can help you debug live applications and get them running again without restarting them.
• Hot New Products -
• Continuous iSeries Availability You Can Bank On - When a disaster recovery plan showed New Hampshire-based Granite Bank that a system failure could put it out of business for days, the company moved to ensure 24/7 uptime using Lakeview Technology's MIMIX Cluster Service.
• What's New in V5R2 for iSeries Client Access - With V5R2, IBM is enhancing all the Client Access products, and their names are changing, too! Here's a preview of improvements for WebSphere Host Publisher and iSeries Access for Windows, plus a look at the new iSeries Access for Wireless product.
• A First Look at iSeries Access for Web - The newest member of the Client Access clan provides HTML-based 5250 terminal emulation, basic file transfer via SQL, and more.
• iSeries Navigator Keeps Getting Better in V5R2 - In V5R2, Operations Navigator and Management Central merge to become iSeries Navigator. The new tool offers many enhancements for work management tasks, printer output, hardware management, and more. Here's a sampler platter to whet your appetite.
• Application-Only Access: A Resource Security Strategy, Part 2 - If you grant users access to production data, they can use other interfaces to copy, modify, and even delete that data. The solution? Allow access to production data only via approved applications.
• Overcoming OS/400 FTP Gotchas - Many common File Transfer Protocol operations on iSeries aren't entirely straightforward. Here are some tips for avoiding some of the more common pitfalls.
• DB2 UDB for iSeries and Project eLiza - DB2 UDB's strength as a self-imaging system meshes well with Project eLiza's initiatives, letting the iSeries diagnose problems and fix itself, configure and manage its environment, and protect itself against unauthorized access.
• An Introduction to Implementing DRDA - Need to incorporate remote DB2 UDB data into your applications? This overview of IBM's Distributed Relational Database Architecture can help you get started.
• Backup and Recovery FAQs -
• Tech Corner -
• Celebrating 20 Years Together! - Join us as we look back on 20 years of publishing NEWS.