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2017 Tuning Letters

Home Publications Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter Tables of Contents 2017 Tuning Letters

2017 No. 4 (106 pages)

Management Summary

User Experiences and Tips

  • Long Running D XCF,STR Commands
  • System Symbol Logging
  • How Much CPU is DB2 Using?

LPAR Design Tool

  • Introduction
  • What Can I Do With the LPAR Design Tool?
  • Using LPAR Design
  • Prerequisites
  • References
  • Summary

CPU MF Part 3 – Optimizing CPC Cache

  • Introduction
  • Optimizing Your HiperDispatch Configuration
  • References
  • Summary

z/OS 2.3 Highlights

  • z/OS 2.3 Basics
  • Selected z/OS 2.3 Enhancements
  • References
  • Summary

WLM Best Practices

  • Workload Manager
  • References
  • Summary

News

  • Red Alerts
  • Recent APARs
  • News From Techdocs
  • Social Media
  • Publications
  • Events/Conferences

Acknowledgements
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2017 No. 3 (122 pages)

Management Summary
Introduction to the New IBM z14

  • Hardware
  • New Functions
  • Performance
  • Operating System Support
  • Reference Information
  • Summary

z/OS Documentation and Library Changes
User Experiences

  • z/OS 2.3 Support for Older CPCs
  • Helpful ISPF Edit Command
  • Software Delivery Options
  • System Automation for z/OS Videoss
  • Something Borrowed, Something Blue
  • CICS and Db2 SMF Compression

IBM zBenefits Estimator

  • Getting Started
  • Reports

News

  • Red Alerts
  • Recent APARs
  • News From Techdocs
  • Social Media
  • Publications
  • Events/Conferences

Acknowledgements
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2017 No. 2 (113 pages)

Management Summary
New Watson & Walker Online Tuning Letter and Archives Website!
WLM ‘Metering and Capping’

  • Background
  • What is New in This Stage?
  • Honor Priority by Service Class
  • Limiting Real Memory Consumption
  • Recommendations
  • Futures
  • Reference Information
  • Prerequisites
  • Summary

What’s New in SMF 2.2? (Part 3)

Spark for z/OS and SMF – Part 3

  • Introduction
  • Sample Queries
  • Running Spark Programs in Batch
  • References
  • Summary

New Home for IBM Technical Bulletins

What’s New?

  • IBM to Supply Next Generation Hitachi Mainframe
  • zIT Consulting GmbH is now CA Technologies
  • BMC Considering Buyout of CA Technologoes
  • Other News

News

  • Red Alerts
  • Keeping Up-to-Date
  • Recent APARs
  • News From Techdocs
  • Social Media
  • Publications
  • Events/Conferences

Acknowledgements
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2017 No. 1 (140 pages)

Management Summary
SCRTPro – Bringing Light to the Darkness

  • Introduction
  • What is SCRTPro
  • Summary

Selecting the Best JES2 Checkpoint Mode

  • Introduction
  • General JES2 Checkpoint Data Set Overview
  • References
  • Summary

CPU MF Part 2 – Concepts

  • Introduction
  • Can You Influence Your RNI?
  • CPU MF SMF Records
  • References
  • Summary

IBM zEvent – Facebook for Your z/OS

  • Introduction
  • Technical Overview
  • Setting Up zEvent Using z/OSMF
  • Examples of How zEvent Can Help You
  • Reference Information
  • Summary

Common Data Provider for z/OS

  • CDPz Overview
  • Product Positioning
  • Considerations
  • Licensing
  • References
  • Summary

News

  • Red Alerts
  • Recent APARs
  • News From Techdocs
  • Social Media
  • Publications
  • Events/Conferences

Acknowledgements
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