1. It’s Time to Migrate to z/OS 1.4! 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2002, No. 4 Summary 3. Update to TUNING Letter 2002, No. 4 1. It’s Time to Migrate to z/OS 1.4! Today IBM issued a very exciting announcement, 202-190. This is the standard release announcement of the availability for z/OS 1.4 (September 27,…
1. Request for Data 2. SHARE in San Francisco 1. Request for Data I’m working on a parallel sysplex article for the TUNING Letter and need a good example of a report that I can’t reproduce myself (due to volume). If you can help me out, please send an email to cheryl@watsonwalker.com. I’m looking for…
1. Important Goal Mode Notice 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2002, No. 2 Summary 3. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2002, No. 3 Summary 4. Kudos for These Issues 1. Important Goal Mode Notice The first half of this item was included in our fifty-six page 2002, No. 3 TUNING Letter, but we decided that it…
1. WebSphere Notice 2. CPU Chart Updates 3. SHARE Proceedings 4. Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool 1. WebSphere Notice I am just finishing up my next TUNING Letter, a special issue on Web server tuning. While researching it, I noticed a date that everyone should be aware of: 6/30/02, the withdrawal of marketing for WAS V3.5. To…
1. New z900 Turbos 2. CPU Chart Changes 3. Back Pain 1. New z900 Turbos On April 30th, IBM announced their latest zSeries machines, the z900 Turbo series. (Announcement 102-123) There are 16 new processors that provide about a 20% improvement in speed over the original z900s. We’re now looking at about 300 MIPS for…
1. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2002, No. 1 Summary 2. Updates 3. CICS Response Time Spikes 4. CD-ROM Searching 1 . Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2002, No. 1 Summary The fifty-two page 2002, No. 1 TUNING Letter was emailed to electronic subscribers on April 3. The issue will be mailed to print subscribers on or…
1. CPU Chart Update 2. Adabas Update 3. CICS Response Time Spikes 1. CPU Chart Update I just realized that I had neglected to copy over updates for the IBM G2 through G5 processors with the latest OS/390 R10 LSPRs. That means that the February CPU Chart that you were just sent needs to be…
1. CPU Chart Correction 2. New Free Newsletters 3. Update on z800s 4. Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #7 1. CPU Chart Correction The CPU Chart that was emailed to electronic subscribers on February 28th had two typos in it. These have been corrected in the printed version, which will be mailed today. A new CPU Chart…
1. New List Server 2. We’re Back and SHARE! 3. CD-ROMs Shipped 4. IBM Announces z800s 1. New List Server As you’ve probably noticed due to recent emails from us, we’ve changed the list server software we use for Cheryl’s List. You’ve already been added to our new list, and that generated an additional email…
1. Update Here is another update for our 2001, No. 6 TUNING Letter: Normal Hollander of Candle noted that there is a typo in the URL for the Parallel Sysplex White Paper on page 11. The correct URL is: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/articles/para_sysplex.html Stay tuned!
