Dawn May
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Dawn May is an IBM i consultant. She owns Dawn May Consulting, LLC in the Greater Boston area. Dawn is also a former Senior Technical Staff Member with IBM.
Prestart Job Messages
January 4, 2019
This article reviews the messages sent by various types of prestart jobs and provide examples of how to gather useful information from these messages
ArticlesInvestigate Prestart Jobs
December 6, 2018
Collection Services is always running on your system and you can use the Performance Data Investigator with Collection Services data for insights into your prestart jobs
ArticlesAccess Client Solutions Enhancements (November 2018)
November 27, 2018
IBM recently released an updated version of Access Client Solutions (ACS).
ArticlesWatches and Job Log Messages
November 5, 2018
Watches make life easier if you need to track down an intermittent error or a difficult-to-find issue in a prestart job
ArticlesThe QDFTSVR Job Description
October 25, 2018
QDFTSVR parameter settings provided by IBM with a description of why these settings are selected for prestart jobs
ArticlesQSYS2.ACTIVE_JOB_INFO Service Enhancements: QTEMP_SIZE and Much More
September 25, 2018
Several enhancements to IBM i services were announced with IBM i 7.3 TR5 and IBM i 7.2 TR9.
ArticlesIBM i Access Client Solutions: IFS Properties
September 11, 2018
Dawn May reviews the improved "Properties" feature added to the IFS support in ACS.
ArticlesWork With Active Prestart Jobs
September 5, 2018
This blog will review features of Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB) that make finding prestart jobs easier
ArticlesPrestart Jobs and Server Jobs
August 16, 2018
IBM i expert Dawn May on the user interface for displaying server jobs and how to manage your prestart server jobs
ArticlesIBM i System Supplied Prestart Job Entries
June 29, 2018
Prestart job entries that ship with the system in the QSYSWRK, QUSRWRK and QSERVER subsystems.