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Power Down/Power Up

 

 

The procedures to power down the system are usually performed after all end-of-day processing.  The power up procedures must then be performed before processing begins again.  Both procedures are usually performed by the system operator.  The necessary processing steps are explained below.

How to Power Down the AS/400

 

Sign On

Step 1.

Sign on as the user authorized to power down the system and display the System Processing Menu.

Display Initiate/Cancel

Step 2.

Select the Initiate/Cancel Monitors Menu option on the System Processing Menu.  The Initiate/Cancel Monitors Menu is displayed.  A sample of this screen appears in the End Online Processing section.  An A will appear in the status field of any monitor that is still active.  To cancel the active monitors, enter a 2 in the input field (enter a 2 or a 3 in the JIT Async Monitor input field).  When you press the ENTER key (to redisplay the screen), the status field will become blank when the request has been processed and the monitor is no longer active.

Power Down

Step 3.

Return to the Command Entry Screen.  Enter the command PWRDWNSYS OPTION(*CNTRLD) DELAY(*NOLIMIT)   RESTART(*YES).

Display Active Jobs

Step 4.

Enter the command:  AS/400:  WRKACTJOB, System/38:  DSPACTJOB.  All active jobs in the system are displayed.  The system operator must not sign off until the power down job is the only active batch or interactive job on the system.

Sign Off

Step 5.

Once all other active jobs have completed, sign off.  The system will bring itself down automatically (15-20 minutes).  When the power down is complete, the sign-on screen is displayed.

 

How to Power Up the AS/400

 

Sign On

Step 1.

Sign on as the user authorized to power up the system.

Start Subsystems

Step 2.

Start each subsystem that will be required for processing using the command STRSBS SBS(XXXX).  Common subsystems are QSPL, QBATCH, and QINTER.

Start Printers

Step 3.

Start each printer that will be used with the command STRPRTWTR DEV(XXXX) OUTQ(XXXX).  A common printer is QSYSPRT.

Display Messages

Step 4.

Check the message queue for the system operator (DSPMSG QSYSOPR).  Respond to and clear any messages, if necessary.  If any financial applications are installed, the financial message queue should be checked (DSPMSG FPMSGQ).  The messages should be cleared because FPMSGQ can become full and disrupt processing.

Begin Processing

Step 5.

Begin the normal processing.