1. HDS Triniums 2. IBM MP3000 Status 3. SHARE in Anaheim 1. HDS Triniums On February 7th, HDS announced their newest line of Triniums based on a 262 MIPS engine. This is the fastest processor to date! I’ll have a larger description of these in my next newsletter. The models are shown below. Model CPs…
1. HFS and PDSE Update 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter, No. 6 Summary 1. HFS and PDSE Update In the last Cheryl’s List, I indicated that the PTFs for HFS and PDSE files on non-SMS-managed volumes was available, but the WSC Flash had not been issued yet. Flash10007, HFS & PDSE Support on non-Managed SMS…
1. Congratulations! 2. Amdahl’s New Processors 3. HFS and PDSE Update 4. Neat Personal News 5. Upcoming SHARE Conference 1. Congratulations! You all deserve a big hand of congratulations for the wonderful work you did getting ready for the Y2K cutover. Tom and I have long been in the group of supporters who believed that…
1. Update to Last Cheryl’s List 2. Update to PDSE 1. Update to Last Cheryl’s List In a previous Cheryl’s List, I had a reference to a new Redbook on ‘The Millennium Backup and Recovery’, SG24-5358-00. IBM has removed that manual from the Web site. It will be available only through the IBM ITSO Intranet…
1. Holiday Greetings 2. Update to Last Cheryl’s List 3. Last Y2K URL 4. Germany Goal Mode Service Offering 5. CMG Michelson Award Acceptance Speech 1. Holiday Greetings Happy holidays and a very happy new millennium! Thank you all for being so supportive this year. You’ve been terrific! It’s been quite a year for us…
1. REXX Dates 2. Late Y2K Redbook 3. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 1999, No. 5 Summary 4. HFS and PDSE on Non-SMS Volumes 5. Quickstart Policy Question 1. REXX Dates If Y2K comes and you find some of your REXX execs not working properly, you may find that the date processing logic is wrong. IBM…
1. Cheryl Wins CMG’s Michelson Award 2. Last Y2K Items 1. Cheryl Wins CMG’s Michelson Award A Note from Tom: Cheryl has just received a very high honor! Here is the notification from the Computer Measurement Group: The 1999 A. A. Michelson Award for the Advancement of Computer Systems Cheryl Watson The A. A. Michelson…
1. CMG in December 2. HFS on Non-SMS Volumes 3. SURVEY Results 1. CMG in December Installations seem to feel secure enough with Y2K that they aren’t staying away from important conferences at this time of the year. The registrations for the CMG conference scheduled in Reno for December 6-10 are higher than anticipated. Over…
1. New MP3000 Announcement 2. SURVEY 3. Funny Y2K Cartoon 1. New MP3000 Announcement On September 20th, IBM announced a new series of S/390 servers, the Multiprise 3000 (announcement # 199-240, 299-269, 299-271). This is an unusual series of processors because they will be marketed primarily by IBM business partners and because they provide a…
1. Clarification on WC=YES In our last TUNING Letter issue (1999, No. 4), we had an article on page 5 describing a technique for limiting CPU capacity. We described how a reader had set WC=YES on a single test LPAR to ensure that the LPAR took its entire weight, thus restricting that amount of capacity…
