Re: Email Alerts from i series thru CL program

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

This is a complex problem composed of two problems.  One, how to send the 
email.  Two how to determine what subsystems are not running that should 
be.

For sending email many people start out with the IBM supplied SNDDST.  See 
if you can get that working.  Expect to get flooded with a variety of 
emails as to why you should use alternatives.

For determining what subsystems are not running that should be there are 
several ways.
1 - Use iSeries Navigator.  Management Central, Monitors, Job monitor. You 
can create a monitor for a subsystem job and if the count is zero then 
execute an i5/os command, like SNDDST.  No CL involved.

2 - List Active Subsystems (QWCLASBS) retrieves a list of active 
subsystems. 
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/i5os/topic/apis/qwclasbs.htm

3 - As much as I detest it, there is WRKSBS OUTPUT(*PRINT) and then using 
CPYSPLF to a disk file and analyzing that.  I hate using spool files in 
this way because they are often subject to change during release upgrades, 
ptf's, etc.



Rob Berendt