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Three new commands, available within the Message History component of QMessageMonitor, facilitate easy archiving, removal and printing of the message history. Thefirst, MMARCLOG, allows the user to split the message history into separate members.Data moved into other members are protected from being purged, and a backupmanagement system can be used to move the data offline. WhatÂ's more, the command canbe used while the monitor is active without interruption to availability.
This command is especially useful when the requirement is to isolate particularmessages and manage them according to pre-defined rules, such as audit journalmessages under SOX compliance conditions. In this case, audit journal messages,which are required to be available to the system, can be identified as a separatemember, saved to tape and deleted from the system, freeing valuable resource. Theresult is an  on-demand dataÂ' environment that is incredibly easy to manage, withoutthe substantial storage expense of purchasing additional disk.
By automating data manipulation in this way, operators and managers will benefitfrom a faster resolution when making queries as they are able to easily access adefined list of members. Immediate interrogation can be made based on criteria suchas audit journal, system, message queue or date.
The second command, MMARCRMV, allows users to delete previously defined memberswithin the history log. This can act as a  mini-purgeÂ' and free up valuable diskspace immediately. Members can then be added back to the file for analysis, ifrequired.
The third command, MMLOGINQ, creates a hard copy report of the results, providing asimple document of proof as to any security violations, for example.
QMessage Monitor now offers real-time FTP monitoring for outbound requests on Systemi machines. Client requests going out of the iSeries can be monitored to ensure theyare not malicious. This is of enormous benefit for those users who have to allow FTPto be open, for support staff as an example, as it now means that they can audit theactual commands that are being run both to and from the system. All requests cantrigger an appropriate escalation procedure to alert staff of the request so theycan investigate who is responsible and what the request is. A full audit trail ofthese actions enables the command to act as a valuable  proof toolÂ' shouldfraudulent use be detected.
Finally, a new addition to the existing Auto-Replies feature allows operators whohave sub-set their systems into defined groups (for example, based on geographicallocation) to set up message rules based on those groups. This saves managersconsiderable administration time by creating a single record for the group ratherthan separate auto-replies for each system.
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