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i 6.1
 
V5R4
 
V5R3

  1. Added a panel to display 'Disk Status' on the System Status 'Disk Spage' page.
  2. Added a panel to display History Log under the 'Configuration and Service' folder in the hierarchy.
  3. Added Controlling Access to the setup page for System i Navigator Tasks on the Web Interface through Application Administration.

Management Central:

  1. System Monitor and Graph History enhancements for: Save, Print, Coordinate, Organize and Visualize.

Integrated Server Administration, here is a brief overview of the changes for V5R4:

You can now select Integrated Server Administration in the System i Navigator window to administer Windows, Linux and AIX environments hosted by i5/OS. Expand Integrated Server Administration to administer the servers, domains and virtual disks for these integrated environments.

Key new functions include:

  • Support for extending the size of a disk drive (network server storage space).
  • Support for configuring virtual ethernet ports for integrated servers.
  • Improved support for integrated Linux and AIX servers.
  • E.g. The GUI hierarchy has been restructured to make it OS-neutral:
    • Main folder now named "Integrated Server Administration" instead of "Windows Administration".
    • Renamed "Integrated xSeries Servers" folder to be just "Servers".
    • Added "Linked Virtual Disks" folder under each server.
    • Moved "Enrolled Users" and "Enrolled Groups" folders under each server.
    • Renamed "User Enrollment" folder to "Domains" folder.

Cluster/LPAR:

  • Competitive Cluster Management
  • Cluster Administrative Domain
  • i5/OS CRGS for broader Appl

Disk Management:

  • Support for RAID-6
  • Dual Parity per RAID 5 and
  • IPL Waits for mirror synchronization support.
  • New columns for Geographic Mirroring
  • Suspend Geographic Mirroring with tracking
  • Support for Multiple IASP names

Database:

  • Provided GUI front-end to
  • Provided GUI Front-end to EDTRBDAP CL command and extend it's Enhanced SQL Performance Monitor function and added Query Plan Cach
  • Health Center enhancements; Limits and Index Advisor

LDAP:

  • Support was added to allow an ldap administrator the ability to unconfigure/reset multiple aspects of the ldap server (like resetting the config files, config library/ldap data, ldap schema files, ldap publishing agents).

Netserver:

  • Multi-threaded support
  • Scalability and performance changes
  • Message authentication
  • Windows-style messages
  • Instrumented XPF support for STRTRC
  • Multi-threaded support
  • Scalability and performance changes
  • Message authentication
  • Windows-style messages
  • Instrumented XPF support for STRTRC

Security:

  • Single Sign-on

Domino:

  • Domino 7 and 7+ requirements

Network:

  • i5/OS Serviceability Enhancements
  • IPV6 stage 2 support
  • Remote Access Currency
  • Virtual Private Network Currency

PDF Manager:

  • PSF/400 IP1 Enhancements

Tape:

  • Added GUI for Virtual Tape devices

System i Navigator Tasks for the Web enhancements:

  • Added Controlling Access to the setup page for System i Navigator Tasks on the Web Interface through Application Administration.
  • New URL wizard guides user through creating a customized URL to an System i Navigator task.
  • Added capability for column and include filtering. Columns and Include buttons are similar to specifying Columns and Include actions from an System i Navigator list.
  • The following list shows all the available System i Navigator Tasks for the Web. The tasks listed in blue are new in V5R4:

Basic operations

  • Messages
  • System Operator Messages
  • QSYSMSG messages
  • Send a Message
  • Printer Output
  • Display Printer Output
  • Reply to a Message for Printer Output
  • Release Printer Output
  • Move Printer Output
  • Delete Printer Output
  • Convert Printer Output to PDF
  • Printer Output Properties
  • User Jobs
  • Printers
  • Reply to a message for a Printer
  • Hold a Printer
  • Release a Printer
  • Start a Printer
  • Stop a Printer
  • Restart a Printer
  • Printer Properties
  • Make a Printer Available
  • Make a Printer Unavailable

Work Management

  • Active Jobs
  • Server Jobs
  • Active Subsystems
  • Output Queues
  • Clear and Output Queue
  • Hold an Output Queue
  • Release and Output Queue
  • Delete a Job
  • Hold a Job
  • Release a Job
  • Move a Job
  • Work with a Job
  • Job Properties
  • Display Joblog for a Job
  • Display Locked Objects for a Job
  • Display Call Stack for a Job
  • Display Open Files for a Job
  • Display Library List for a Job
  • Display Performance Statistics for a Job
  • Display Threads for a job
  • All Job Queues
  • Active Job Queue
  • Hold a Job Queue
  • Release a Job Queue
  • Clear a Job Queue
  • Active Memory Pools
  • Shared Memory Pools
  • System Status

Database

  • All Objects
  • Aliases
  • Create an Alias
  • Constraints
  • Indexes
  • Create an Index
  • Sequences
  • Create a Sequence
  • Tables
  • Create a Table
  • Distinct Types
  • Create a Distinct Type
  • Journals
  • Journal Receivers
  • SQL Procedures
  • SQL Packages
  • Create a Schema
  • Select a Schema
  • Triggers
  • Views
  • Functions
  • Manage Constraints
  • Table Partitions
  • Schemas
  • Databases
  • Table Indexes
  • Performance Monitors
  • Create Performance Monitor
  • Import Data
  • Export Data
  • Index Advisor

Configuration and Service

  • Work with System Values
  • Time Management
  • Disk Status
  • Change Password
  • History Log

Network

  • TCP/IP Servers
  • Universal Connection Wizard

General System i Navigator Tasks
System i Navigator Tasks Home Page

  • View All Tasks
  • Trace Levels
  • User Preferences
  • Configuration Options
  • Command Prompter
  • Work with Jobs
  • Work with Messages
  • Work with Printer Output
  • url advisor
  • export
  • Task configuration
  • Columns and Include