Note: IBM Navigator for i is the strategic application for IBM i administration tasks. New administration tasks are supported only by the web application and will no longer be added to the System i Navigator Windows client application.

Cluster Resource Services plug-in: The Cluster Resource Services plug-in for System i Navigator from the High Availability Switchable Resources licensed program (IBM i option 41) was removed in IBM i 7.1.

Internet configuration tasks: Using IBM Navigator for i to perform Internet configuration tasks using the Internet Configurations option requires additional IBM i installed licensed programs and PTFS. This is a similar requirement to IBM i Access for Web. For more information, see 18.5.1, “Requirements for using IBM i Access for Web” on page 829.

Note: Do not press Enter when you use the Quick filter option, as the window updates automatically when you enter the filtering argument. If you press Enter, you discard the search argument and do not get the correct output.

Tip: You can use the Change Function Usage (CHGFCNUSG) command, with a function ID of QIBM_DB_SQLADM, to change the list of users that are allowed to perform database administration operations. The function usage controls which groups or specific users are allowed or denied authority. The CHGFCNUSG command also has a parameter (ALLOBJAUT(*USED)) that can be used to grant function usage authority to any user who has *ALLOBJ user special authority.

Tip: You might need to add the columns so that they show up, as they are not displayed by default. Select the Columns option in the Actions menu to add those columns.

Sequential reads: The sequential reads are available on the next page of the Activity tab.

Support availability: This support is available for a table, a view, or an alias.

New menu option: There is also a new menu option called “New based on...”, which you can use to build a similar procedure from an existing one.

List support: This list support is also available for Tables, Indexes, Aliases, Views, Functions, Triggers, Index Advice, Condensed Index Advice, SQL Plan Cache Snapshots, SQL Plan Cache Event Monitors, Schemas, Database Transactions, and Global Transactions.

Work with Job: From within this same interface, you can get to the corresponding job by clicking the Work with Job button.

Improved functionality: The reorganize progress in releases before IBM i 7.1 required that you find the table and select to reorganize it to see whether it is being reorganized. This process is an easier way to accomplish the same task because the Table Reorganizations option in the Database Maintenance category is now available.

Requirement: For the last three options listed, the Infoprint Server licensed program 5722-IP1) is required. Users can use the native IBM Transform Services for i (5770-TS1) licensed program to export to the IFS, but they must map a network drive to the IFS and then select the first option, as shown in Figure 17-50 on page 713.

Tip: You must follow these procedures before you can perform any disk management tasks using IBM Navigator for i or System i Navigator. For more information, see the Requirements for disk management topic in the IBM i 7.1 Knowledge Center: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_71/rzaly/rzalyplanning.htm?lang=en

Assigning physical I/O resources: Assignment of physical I/O resources to client partitions and dynamic movement of virtual I/O resources is not supported. You must power off the client partition to move the virtual I/O resources. Memory and processor resources can be added or removed when the partition is powered on, but that requires an IPL to take effect.

HMC consideration: You cannot use Virtual Partition Manager on an IBM i server that is configured using an HMC. This means that you must disconnect your IBM i server from the HMC before you can use the Virtual Partition Manager. You can only use Virtual Partition Manager on the hosting IBM i partition. PowerVM Standard or Enterprise edition is required to support four client partitions.

Attention: Collection Services can collect high-level cross-partition processor performance metrics for all logical partitions when enabled. The performance information collection must be turned on on one of the IBM i partitions to collect the data. That partition collects data from all partitions on the same server. The setting is not required on each partition. Setting is done on the HMC Console, which is shown in Figure 17-83.

Required program: IBM i 7.1 5770-PT1 licensed program Performance Tools - Manager Feature - Option 1 must be installed to use this interface.

Important: You must select bars of the same metric (the color / pattern must match) or each selection clears the previous selections.

Note: The Size Next Upgrade action to start Workload Estimator (WLE) is now updated so that the metrics for Disk Read IO (bytes) and Write IO (bytes) calculations give more accurate information.

Port Resource Names: Within the QAPMETH file, the Port Resource Name is added to the end of the file after the ETMUPF field. There is one record per line per port per interval. With the introduction of link aggregation, line names do not need to be unique within an interval. Use a Port Resource Name to uniquely associate records across intervals.

Tip: You can specify a filter to limit the metric names included in the menu. The filter facilitates your search for one specific metric without knowing its exact name. After you enter a filter, click Apply Filter to update the metric name list. After a perspective is selected, you can display it by clicking Display.

Remember: When you click Investigate Job Wait Data, the chart that is rendered includes only data that pertain to that specific job. If you click Investigate Jobs Wait Data, the chart that is rendered includes all jobs that were active during that collection.

Selected items on charts: On certain charts (for example, Waits for one job or task), you see which job, task, or thread was selected for drill down.