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Many users haven't tried the HELPTAA command. It's the key to the TAA Productivity Tools. Use Option 22 (DSPTAACAT) on the i5 System version of the tool documentation to find just the tool you need.
The TAA Productivity Tools have supported every system release since V3R1M0. Each version of the tools is tailored to work with each new release of i5/OS. Be sure to upgrade your TAA Tools when you upgrade to a new system release.
There are now over 1,900 commands in the product. We have added a lot of great tools in the last year or so. Many of these have come from customer suggestions, so contact us if you have a need (See support for how). Here are some of the best new tools:
Click the tool NAME (below) for the full description of the tool.
| Tool Name | Description | Date added |
This is a documentation member only to help understand the basics of auditing on the system and some of the helpful TAA Tools. This provides an overview and some simple examples of how to get started with auditing. | March 21, 2008 | |
The Check Inactive Job 2 tool is a series of commands that allow the ending or discontinuing of jobs that have been inactive for a specified period of time. This allows security control when users walk away from their devices while still signed on. It may also be used to end jobs that are hung. CHKINACT2 allows for different timeout values while the CHKINACT tool has a single timeout value. | March 26, 2007 | |
The Check Minimum Release command finds objects that were created with a target release earlier than the one specified on the command and determines if the source still exists. *PGM, *MODULE, and *SRVPGM objects are checked. All *SQLPKG objects are flagged. Objects with creation data may be bypassed. The companion tool to re-create the objects is FIXMINRLS. The tool is designed to assist in conversion to V6R1M0. | September 15, 2007 | |
The Display Data Base File by Key command displays or prints records from a single format data base file in keyed sequence. The key fields appear as the first fields in the listing. Any remaining fields that fit into the 378 maximum wide print line are also listed. DSPDBFKEY is a front end to the PRTDB key which allows listing fields by name. | June 30, 2007 | |
The Display Object Description 4 command is a problem determination aid and is similar to DSPOBJD2. DSPOBJD4 allows any object description on the system to be displayed if the user has *USE authority to the TAADSPOBJ4 authorization list. 'Display only' functions for additional object level information are also provided for most object types. No data can be displayed. | September 15, 2007 | |
The Display Program 2 command displays or prints information about a program by combining information from DSPPGM, RTVOBJD, DSPPGMREF, DSPOBJAUT, the entry list parameters, and whether programs of the same name exist in any other libraries. Text descriptions are displayed for objects and users if they can be found. This simplifies searching for information about a program. | June 30, 2007 | |
The Display QHST command provides a method of searching the data from the QHST logs and displays or lists the entries. The QHST information must first be converted to a QHST2 file using the CVTQHST2 command. DSPQHST provides several search criteria such as a date range, a generic job or user name, message ID, and a scan value to scan the message text. | August 1, 2008 | |
The Fix Minimum Release command finds objects that were created with a target release earlier than the one specified on the command and replaces the object for most cases. *PGM, *MODULE, and *SRVPGM objects are checked. *MODULE and single module *PGM objects are replaced. Objects with creation data may be bypassed. All *SQLPKG objects are flagged. The tool is designed to assist in conversion to V6R1M0. | September 15, 2007 | |
The Find Job command provides an interactive display of jobs by entering job/user/status values. The job and user names may be generic and may contain wildcards. Options exist on the display for further information or for actions such as ENDJOB if authorized. FNDJOB simplifies finding a job when only part of the job name or user name is known. | September 15, 2007 | |
The Replace Job Description Library command allows a replace of an existing library in one or more job descriptions with a different library name. The replace library takes the position in the library list of the library being replaced. RPLJOBDLIB can be useful if library names must be changed. | October 15, 2008 | |
The Save File Archive tool is a series of commands that allows archiving of save files. This provides an online solution for save files to allow a restore of saved information without having to mount media. The sub tools WRKSAVFOBJ and WRKSAVFMBR may be used to allow an option for restore rather than entering complex commands. | May 15, 2008 | |
The Scan Audit Log command provides a different method of displaying or listing audit entries from the Audit Log data base file provided by the AUDLOG tool. In addition to standard selection fields such as date, time, user profile, etc, SCNAUDLOG allows a search on the entry data field. This can be particularly helpful for the 'T' Journal code (audit entries) where most of the data is in the entry data field. | March 21, 2008 | |
The Send Spooled File E-Mail command sends a spooled file in *SCS format with a brief text message to one or more recipients. The recipients are described by using a name and a corresponding E-Mail address that must exist in a MAILADRP file or by entering a specific E-Mail address. The SNDDST command is used internally. See the SNDTXTMAIL command for sending a long text message without a spooled file. | May 15, 2008 | |
The Send Text E-Mail command sends a text message to one or more recipients. The recipients are described by using a name and a corresponding E-Mail address that must exist in a MAILADRP file or by entering a specific E-Mail address. The SNDDST command is used internally. See the SNDSPLMAIL command for sending an E-Mail with an attached spooled file. | May 15, 2008 | |
The Work Object 2 command provides more options than the system WRKOBJ command. In addition to the same options as WRKOBJ, WRKOBJ2 supports options for Change/Work, DSPxxx, DSPOBJD2, and MOVOBJ. WRKOBJ2 provides specific commands for options such as CHGJOBD and DSPJOBD if a JOBD object is being displayed. | May 15, 2008 |
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