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IBM Electronic Service Age nt for iSeries and AS/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R1 (PTF SF67624 insta lled) Document Version 6.0.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 2 of 19 Table of Contents Preface...........................................................................................
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 3 of 19 Preface This guide provides an overview, installation and configuration instructions, and user information for the Electronic Service Agent Simplified Activation with PTF SF67624 installed.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 4 of 19 Chapter 1 . Introduction to Electronic Service Agent and Migratio.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 5 of 19 Helpful I n fo rmatio n Ch eck list Activation will be easier knowing the following information before the Ser vice Agent Simplified Activation is started.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 6 of 19 Chapter 2 . How do I Install and Setup Elec tronic Service Agent .
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 7 of 19 Type RSTLICPGM LICPGM(5798RZG) DEV(XXXX X) on an iSeries or AS/400e command line (where XXXXX is the n ame of the iSeries CD-ROM device) and press Enter.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 8 of 19 • Primary: Contact IBM hardware service. • Seconda ry: Contact the iSeries Support Center. 16. Either the Elec tronic Service Ag ent Main Menu or the Inventory Collection Main menu will be display ed.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 9 of 19 Chapter 3. New M e nus The initial menu that is display ed is de pendent upon the activation of Hardware Proble m Reporting.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 10 of 19 Chapter 4. Questi ons and An sw er s For more information on Electronic Servic e Agent and S ystem Manager/400, reference the FAQ docum ent from the El ectronic Servi ce Agent Web sit e at: http://publib.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 11 of 19 A6: To access the Con figu re Service Con nectio n Menu , use this command: Type GO SERVICE. Choose Inventory Collection Menu.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 12 of 19 Q9: How can I chan ge a standalone s ystem configured by the sim.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 13 of 19 Chapter 5. Simplified Act ivation in Batch Electronic Servic e Agent can be activated in a batch environment .
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 14 of 19 Appendix A. Activation Steps This table shows the panels that may be displa ye d during the simplifie d Service Age nt activation path.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 15 of 19 * Note: Additio nal panels are disp layed by the CRTS RVCFG command if *SELECT is specified. The *SELEC T value w ill allow the use r to choose a v al ue for a paramet er from a list of availab l e value s.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 16 of 19 Appendix B. Sample CL Program for Bat c h Activation /********************************************************************/ /* */ /* A sample program that illustrates how to activate */ /* Electronic Service Agent.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 17 of 19 Highway 52 N' ROCHESTER USA 55901) + LNGVER(2924) MEDPTF(*AUTOMATIC) /********************************************************************/ /* */ /* Configure the ECS and Service Agent connections.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 18 of 19 AUTOPTFMON(*YES) AUTOPTF(&DAY) + SNDCFGDTA(*NO) AUTOTEST(*YE.
IBM Electronic S ervice Agent f or iSeries and A S/400e Simplified Activation User Guide – Release V5R 1 - Revision 6.0 Page 19 of 19 Appendix C. M odem and Res ource Informatio n The Service Agent and EC S service configurations creat ed to connect to IBM using Simplified Activation are *PTP (Point-to-Point) TCP/I P Unive rsal Connection based.
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