Viewing IBM i5/OS messages

Learn more about viewing i5/OS® messages.

To view i5/OS messages, you can either use the Windows interface in System i® Navigator, or a character-based interface on an attached console or emulator session.

Choose the method you want to use:

View messages with iSeries® Navigator
View messages with a character-based interface

To view messages with System i Navigator:

From iSeries Navigator, expand the server with which you want to work.
Expand Basic Operations.
To display messages for the server that you selected, click Messages. This displays all the messages for your user profile. Choose from the following options:
- To reply to, delete, or view the properties for a specific message, right click the message and select the desired action.
- To send a message, right-click Messages and select Send a message.
To customize your messages view, perform these steps:
1. Right-click Messages, and select Customize this View > Include.
2. Expand Basic Operations,
3. Select Message queue and specify the name of the message queue whose messages you want to view. For example, QSYSOPR.
4. Specify the name of the library that contains the message queue. If this library is your current library, you can specify Use current library. If this library is included in your library list, you can specify Use library list.
5. Optional: Limit the messages that are displayed by entering a specific numeric value in the Lowest severity (0–99) field so that the system displays only the messages that are this severity level or higher.
6. Select one or more of the following:
  - Inquiry messages that need a reply
  - Sender's copy messages that need a reply
  - Messages that do not need a reply
  To view all messages in the message queue, select all three.
7. Click OK to save your changes, and close the Include dialog box.

Refer to the following topics for additional details about i5/OS messages.

For information about how to display the details or properties of your message, refer to Display message details.
For information about how to handle potentially severe system messages or messages that require immediate action, refer to the Display messages in the QSYSMSG queue.
For an overview of i5/OS messages, see Details: Messages.

To view messages with a character-based interface

Access the character-based interface.
Note: See Managing the HMC 5250 console for details on accessing a 5250 console session on the HMC.
From the command line, enter the Work with Message Queues (WRKMSGQ) command.
For more details on using control language (CL) commands, see the CL command finder.

Viewing IBM® i5/OS messages