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These are the same presentations and labs given by our design and development teams at conferences and groups such as COMMON, the System i Technical Conference, and PartnerWorld. They are usually available a couple of weeks after the conference.

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 Using System i Navigator
Presentation Abstract Updated Download
IBM Director Multiplatform Manages Your System i The eServer phenomenon is dramatically enhancing the System i with new ideas and products. One of those products is the Virtualization Engine, which contains IBM Director. Here is your chance to learn about IBM Director and its management capabilities for i5/OS, Linux and Windows.
 April 2005 PDF
3.4MB
Practical Virtualization: System i Navigator and the Virtualization Engine Console Take advantage of System i Navigator and the Virtualization Engine console to you view and manage a multitude of operating systems and platforms from a single web based console. Whether you manage systems day-to-day or just need to get a general "health" view of IT resources, there is something for everyone!
 April 2005 PDF
3.3MB
Systems Management Leaves The Desktop Systems management for your System i has been venturing away from the desktop for some time now. You can monitor and manage your System i from portable devices like cell phones and PDAs and from the Web. Learn more about which tasks are available outside of the desktop and how you can access them. This presentation
 April 2005 PDF
2.4MB
System i Navigator Tasks on the Web Lab Lab materials presented at COMMON covering System i Navigator tasks available through a Web browser and how to access them. April 2005 PDF
8.0MB
System i Navigator: Overview You've heard about System i Navigator, right? But maybe you haven't had the time to learn much about it. Or maybe you haven't heard about our GUI for the System i at all. Get you started understanding this powerful and productive user interface for daily operations and administration. We'll explore System i Navigator and learn how to access the functions inside it. We'll also take a quick tour through the capabilities offered by the GUI up to and including our most recent V5R3 release. April 2005 PDF
2.0MB
System i Navigator: Overview Lab Lab materials presented at COMMON covering many of the most common useful functions within System i Navigator. April 2005 PDF
1.0MB
System i Navigator: Advanced Lab Lab materials presented at COMMON covering more advanced features of System i Navigator. April 2005 PDF
1.4MB
How to be a SUPER HERO! Want to be a SUPER HERO? Well, then you need special powers. In the world of System i, there is one place you go for the coolest, sleekest, most amazing special powers: System i Navigator. Find out how to fill your utility belt with the most powerful features of System i Navigator. From "hidden" power techniques to graphing, from interactive artwork to truly intelligent interaction, System i Navigator will enable you to swoop in and save the day, making you the super hero of your shop! April 2005 PDF
2.0MB
Managing Users and What They Access Managing users and what they access on your System i has never been easier! This session will show you how System i Navigator will simplify the task of managing your users and what applications and objects they access on a single System i as well as across your System i network. Using wizards and drag/drop capabilities, System i Navigator gives you powerful functions that allow you to complete one simple step on the GUI that results in multiple steps being performed on the System i. In this session, you will learn how to:
  1. Manage users (and groups) on one or multiple System i simultaneously
  2. Create user definitions to easily create new users across endpoints
  3. Use Application Administration to restrict access to System i Navigator, System i applications, and client applications
  4. Manage authorization lists and object authority for System i resources.
 April 2005 PDF
1.9MB
Monitoring the Health of Your System Have you ever wondered who is hogging all the system CPU? Need to know immediately when an inquire message is sent? Or need to know when your server job ends? Discover ways to have your system monitor itself so you can focus on other aspects of your job. Also, see more ways to stay informed when you are away from your desk using wireless technology (phones and PDAs) and simple web browser! This presentation will show you how to:
  1. Get an understanding of why being proactive can save you time
  2. Learn about what types of integrated monitors are available in System i Navigator
  3. Complete scenarios demonstrating use of each monitor
 April 2005 PDF
2.5MB
Monitoring the Health of your System Lab Lab materials presented at COMMON covering system monitors and what aspects of your system to watch over. April 2005 PDF
2.2MB
Make Managing PTFs a Snap! Though each customer may use different processes, the tools and techniques for managing fixes (PTFs) for a network of System i have many things in common. This presentation will discuss the challenges, benefits and methods of ensuring a consistent software base through practical scenarios. If you manage System i systems, come get a glimpse of some tips and techniques to improve management of fixes. This presentation will show you how to:
  1. Order a Fix from IBM
  2. Locate the fix via System i Navigator interface
  3. Send and install the fix on other System i or Partitions
 April 2005 PDF
3.4MB
Send Without FTP! Do you create tools or commands to make your job easier? Do you need to deploy and manage these tools when you need them on multiple systems? Is having multiple systems to manage these tools and software causing multiple problems for you? You've come to the right place. This presentation will show you how to use the functionality you already have in System i Navigator to make managing your software and data easier. You'll learn how to:
  1. Obtain a basic understanding of Package and Product Definitions
  2. Build and use a Package including distribution
  3. Build, distribute and install a Product
  4. Manage Products on multiple systems very easily
 April 2005 PDF
3.2MB
System i Navigator: What's New and Hot in V5R2 Need we say more? System i Navigator just keeps getting better and better. V5R2 adds new new support for Tape Devices, IPv6, EIM, Centralized Application Administration, and File and B2B Monitors. Not to mention all the great functions our latest release continues to enhance through added features and support for Wireless, Work Management, Database, Software and Fixes, BRMS, and Hardware Management. But that's not all, check out this presentation for the whole story!
 October 2002 PDF
2.6MB
User Interface Design for Mobile Devices We all know that mobile/wireless devices are the wave of the future. But how do you design a product for these small devices that customers will use and love? This presentation will cover:
  • Why care about mobile devices?
  • What makes up a mobile device
  • Latest devices and technology
  • Mobile applications (and their problems)
  • Design examples


This presentation will show you how to:
  1. Recognize the need for a well-thought design
  2. Get inside the customers brain to determine what they need
  3. Design a mobile product with a chance for real success!
 October 2002 PDF
0.4MB
System i Navigator V5R2 Enhancements: Application Administration This presentation is a companion piece to "Managing Users and What They Access". It contains more details regarding V5R2 Application Administration. October 2002 PDF
1.0MB
Wireless Access System i Navigator provides a suite of Systems Management functions (via Management Central) for managing a network of System i systems. With System i Navigator for Wireless, you can now manage your System i network from anywhere using a variety of wireless devices. In this session, learn:
  1. How to use System i Navigator for Wireless
  2. What is involved in configuring a network for wireless access
  3. What devices are supported.
 April 2003 PDF
3.0MB
Managing System Performance Do you have an System i not performing as well as others? Do you need a way to notify an operator when a system is not performing as expected? This graphical view of real-time and historical performance data will open a new view of the world! Learn how to use system monitors, implement simple automated messages with thresholds and collect more performance data than ever before with collection services. April 2003 PDF
6.3MB
Simplified Work Management The function you have been waiting for has arrived! Learn how the V5R2 Work Management support in System i Navigator can simplify and improve the life of a system operator. Discover how the power of the new GUI can change how you manage the work across your systems. This presentation covers:
  1. Managing jobs using the new-and-improved 'WRKACTJOB'
  2. Customizing the GUI to improve access to sets of jobs on your system
  3. Adjusting priority of jobs on job queues and dragging and dropping jobs between queues
  4. Monitoring for jobs and messages across multiple systems
  5. Managing and configuring memory and activity levels within your system memory pools
 October 2002 PDF
5.9MB
Simple Techniques for Managing PTFs and PTF Groups Are you spending a lot of time and effort in managing PTFs (fixes (PTFs) and fix groups) on the multiple systems in your network? We may have a solution to help you so that managing fixes is not an operations nightmare anymore. So, PTF will mean Party Till Friday to you! In this presentation, you will see how to:
  1. Manage fixes and fix groups across multiple systems
  2. Inventory software and fixes on multiple systems as easily as on one
  3. Make the inventory more work to your benefit
 April 2003 PDF
12.1MB
What's New in V5R1 Our system GUI is doubling in size from V4R5 to V5R1! More wizards, more maps and graphics, a GUI command prompter, a graphical WRKACTJOB, job and message monitors, distributed user management, and much, much more--there's something for everyone in the V5R1 version of the system GUI for i5/OS. In this session we'll introduce the many enhancements to System i Navigator and Management Central coming in V5R1. Come and learn how to put the power of this user interface to work for you.
 May 2002 PDF
1.5MB
IBM Advanced Job Scheduler The IBM Advanced job Scheduler product is a full-function scheduler that can automate your business with the submission and monitoring of all your System i jobs. For problems that go beyond the capabilities of the basic i5/OS scheduler, a look at Advanced Job Scheduler is well worth the effort. It gives an immense amount of additional function and flexibility. April 2003 PDF
4.5MB
Managing Hardware This session explains how to use System i Navigator to manage the hardware on your System i server. This includes topics such as the new DST security (how to access these functions), disk management, logical partitions, and hardware inventory. May 2002  
  "hardware1.pdf" covers accessing hardware functions and DST security. May 2002 PDF
1.4MB
  "hardware2.pdf" covers disk management. May 2002 PDF
2.1MB
  "hardware3.pdf" covers logical partitions. May 2002 PDF
2.0MB
  "hardware4.pdf" covers hardware inventory. May 2002 PDF
0.6MB
Database System i Navigator provides a modern, easy and powerful user interface for working with DB2 UDB for System i. In this session, you will learn what System i Navigator functions are available to create, work with, and secure objects in your System i database; what functions are available for SQL performance analysis and optimization including the Visual Explain function; about running SQL queries through the Run SQL Scripts function; and about new functions like Database Navigator maps and Generating SQL DDL statements for database objects. May 2002 PDF
0.7MB
Sail Through Database Tasks This presentation addresses many common question about managing the i5/OS database using System i Navigator. It covers tasks such as: getting fixes, creating and managing schemas, journaling, using Database Navigator, creating tables and indices, using Visual Explain, and highlights many helpful SQL-related features. April 2003 PDF
2.0MB
Working with DB2 UDB This presentation demonstrates using System i Navigator to work with DB2 UDB libraries, tables, SQL-related features, generating SQL, running SQL Scripts, SQL performance monitors, Visual Explain, Database Navigator, and more. April 2003 PDF
2.6MB
Safely Unleashing System i Navigator System i Navigator is the modern user interface for managing the System i server. It is easy to do powerful things with System i Navigator, but you might be worried about how to take advantage of System i Navigator without taking security risks. In the session, you will learn how to restrict use of System i Navigator functions while allowing other functions to be used, how System i Navigator can be used to secure your System i server through the use of wizards and users and groups, how to use the new DST security, and many other security functions of System i Navigator. May 2002 PDF
3.0MB

 Building System i Navigator Plug-ins
Presentation Abstract Updated Download
System i Navigator Plug-in Development Would you like to make your application available via the System i version of Network Neighborhood? If so, this session is for you! Adding your application to System i Navigator provides easy access from one graphical interface and allows you to take advantage of Client Access Express to distribute and install your applications to PC desktops. The focus is on Java applications, however, C++ and Visual Basic applications can be plugged in as well. In this session, you will learn the concepts for extending System i Navigator with your application plug-ins, tools to assist in the development of GUIs, how to get data from the System i server, and how to install your application plug-ins. May 2002 PDF
1.7MB
Building Java GUIs using XML Ever tried to create a Java graphical user interface only to discover it's not easy? If so, this session is for you! The current tools do not support easy updating of the UI and there is no direct support for internationalization. In this session, you will learn how to easily create Java GUIs using XML, how to serialize them for better performance using new tools which build Java GUIs, how to convert your existing MFC C++ (or any RC file) to Java GUIs, and how to create them from scratch using the new WYSIWYG GUI editor. October 2002 PDF
1.3MB
Designing User Interfaces To many, building the user interface means slapping some controls in a dialog and calling it a day. Unfortunately, doing your user interface this way is a lot like putting lipstick on a bulldog. There is a better way! This session takes the mystery out of producing the user interface by giving you manageable, practical, how-to steps to design and build any user interface. In this session, you will learn cost analysis; justifying the user interface work; the critical foundation - user analysis, task analysis, and object analysis; the high level design - connecting to how users think; detailed design such as layout and controls; how to debug the design; rapid prototyping and evaluation techniques; the four most common places to stumble; how to build GUIs; and where to get more information. May 2002 PDF
1.0MB