Work with Utilities panel

The Work with Utilities screen offers some utilities for the product.

How to Get There

On the Main Menu, choose 82.

Options

1. Commit configuration changes

When a database setting has been changed, the changes will not take affect until the changes have been committed and the servers have been stopped and restarted. One option to commit these changes is to run this option or when starting the servers using the PSASTRMON command set the "Commit changes" COMMIT(*YES) parameter. After running this option the servers need to be stopped and started again.

2. Start/stop Trace

Start or stop tracing for a server. This option runs the command PSATRCSIEM.

Command Line

To run a command, type the command and press Enter. For assistance in selecting a command, press F4 (Prompt) without typing anything. For assistance in entering a command, type the command and press F4 (Prompt). To see a previous command you entered, press F9 (Retrieve).

Command Keys

F3=Exit

Exit the program.

F4=Prompt

Provides assistance in entering or selecting a command.

F5=Refresh

Discards changes and remains on this panel.

F9=Retrieve

Displays the last command you entered on the command line and any parameters you included. Pressing this key once shows the last command you ran. Pressing this key twice shows the command you ran before that, and so on.

F13=Information Assistant

Displays the Information Assistant menu with several types of assistance available. Press this key to access more information about the i5/OS system, such as, what's new for this release of the i5/OS system, how to comment on information, and where to look for i5/OS information in books and online.

F16=System Main Menu

Displays the i5/OS Main Menu (MAIN).

F21=Alerts

Displays the list of Alerts.

F22=Status

Displays the Operational Resources popup window containing the status of several operation aspects of Powertech products.