In our Cheryl’s List #190 (February 24), we sent a survey to our readers to determine how extensively some of the newer z/OS technologies were being accepted. The survey is still open if you’d like to take it or see the original questions – at www.surveymonkey.com/r/RJ57FBL. Thanks so much to the 220+ people who have…
We emailed Tuning Letter 2016 No. 1 to our subscribers on May 3. This issue covered the new IBM z13s, a summary of enhancements added to z13 as part of the z13s announcement, an analysis of IBM’s LinuxONE strategy, something old and something new for SMF (a description of enhancements to SMF records in z/OS…
Here’s a Red Alert and some important dates that should be on your calendar: Immediately: zEDC Red Alert As our regular readers will know, Cheryl and I are big fans of zEDC (zEnterprise Data Compression). All of my experience with it has been positive, and all of the feedback we received from our customers has…
Readers of Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter will be familiar with Alain Maneville, from IBM France. Alain co-wrote an article about HiperDispatch for the Tuning Letter, and is also the author of the LPAR Design tool. The LPAR Design tool allows you to enter your LPAR configuration and model the impact that changes in an LPAR’s…
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In this Cheryl’s List: 1. z Systems Technology Exploitation Survey 2. SHARE 2016 in San Antonio 3. Compuware White Paper 4. HIPER APAR OA49474 5. LPARDesign Spreadsheet 1. z Systems Technology Exploitation Survey Who doesn’t love to know what their peers are up to, and how they are positioned vis-a-vis other mainframe customers? Not us,…
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1. He Does Exist! 2. Update to Tuning Letter 2015-3 3. IFASEXIT Performance and zEDC Support 4. Watson & Walker Consulting 5. Erase-On-Scratch Enhancement in z/OS 2.2 6. Updated SMF Reference Summary 7. GSE/IBM Conference in Boeblingen 8. HSM Support for zEDC 9. z/OS 2.2 Education Assistance 10. Our Calendars 11. A Thought for the…
Watson & Walker, Inc. Welcome to Cheryl’s List! If you obtained this from someone else and would like your own FREE copy of Cheryl’s List in the future, please see the information at the end of this issue. This has been an especially hectic year for Cheryl and me, resulting in this Cheryl’s List being…
1. IBM MLC Annual Price Increases 2. MIT Technology Review 3. IDCAMS Suspend/Resume for ICF Catalogs 4. DFSMSdss Data Loss APAR 5. Our SHARE Presentations 6. z/OS Software Pricing Strategies Class in Orlando 7. Three Classes Announced for Germany in November 8. Our Calendars 1. IBM MLC Annual Price Increases You may remember that back…
