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1992 Tuning Letters

Home Publications Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter Tables of Contents 1992 Tuning Letters

Nov/Dec 1992 (39 pages) 
MVS Overview

      • CICS Overview
      • Virtual Storage Creation

FOCUS: Tuning CICS 

        • Getting Started
        • Tuning Dispatch Priorities
        • Reducing Paging Delays
        • Reducing External I/O Delays
        • Tuning VSAM Under CICS
        • Managing CICS Load Modules
        • CICS Bibliography

Q & A

        • CICS as STC or Batch Job

MVS Measurements

        • Creating a Storage Map

Tuning Tips

        • MSO – One Last Time
        • Tuning CCCSIGUR Parameter

Feedback

      • DDCONS
      • LLA & VLF
      • Reverse Storage Isolation

Update Sheet Issued 6/93 

Sep/Oct 1992 (38 pages)
FOCUS: Batch Application Tuning – Part II 

        • Reducing CPU
        • Reducing Virtual Storage
        • Reducing Elapsed Time
        • Using Batch LSR
        • Using Hiperbatch
        • Miscellaneous

MVS Measurements

        • Enqueue Analysis

MVS Overview

        • VLF Overview
        • LLA Overview

Tuning Tips

        • Tuning Catalog & VLF
        • Tuning TSO & VLF
        • Tuning LLA

In Brief

        • RMF & SRM APAR
        • PR/SM Overhead

MVS/ESA SP 4.3

        • SMF Enhancements
        • RMF Enhancements

Q & A

        • Limit on Buffers
        • Track vs Cylinder Allocation
        • Fixed Storage Problems

Product Review

        • Strobe
        • VSAM I/O Plus
        • PMO & Quick-Fetch

Feedback

      • Fixed DP for IMS
      • SRM APAR Describes STCs

Update Sheet Issued 6/93 

August 1992 (30 pages) 
FOCUS: Batch Application Tuning – Part I 

        • Getting Started
        • Reducing I/O
        • Sort Utility: Revisited
        • Design Considerations

MVS Measurements

        • Batch Jobs

In Brief

        • Publications

Q & A

        • How to Compare CPU Values
        • Where to Find Device Class & Device Type
        • SP 4.2 Maximum Swap Size

Feedback

Update Sheet Issued 8/92 

July 1992 (12 pages) 
MVS Review

        • Time Slicing

Tuning Tips

        • Sharing the CPU
        • Defining a Sysprog LPAR
        • Common Mistakes With SP 4.2 Parameters

Q & A

        • Combining Production & Development

Feedback

      • Soaker Jobs

Update Sheet Issued 2/93

June 1992 (18 pages) 
FOCUS: Benchmarking

      • Introduction
      • Benchmarking Techniques
      • After The Fact Benchmarks
      • Benchmarking Bibliography
      • Soaker Jobs

Update Sheet Issued 7/92 

May 1992 (17 pages)
FOCUS: Variability 

        • CPU Variability
        • Calculating Capture Ratio
        • I/O Variability
        • Storage Variability
        • Elapsed Variability

Product Review

      • STOP-X37

April 1992 (24 pages)
FOCUS: Service Levels 

        • Setting Batch Service Levels
        • Setting Other Service Levels
        • Negotiating SLAs

Feedback

      • Nasty PER Traps

 March 1992 (no issue) 

February 1992 (22 pages) 
FOCUS: Service Levels 

        • Overview
        • Setting Online Service Levels
        • Setting TSO Service Levels
        • Reporting & Managing
        • Service Level Bibliography

Product Review

        • SMFUTIL

Feedback

      • More on Mounts as NSW

January 1992 (21 pages) 
Questionnaire Results
MVS Review

        • Expanded Storage
        • ESTOR Bibliography

MVS Measurements

      • Expanded Storage

FOCUS: Expanded Storage

        • Establishing ESTOR Guidelines
        • Using XA SRM Controls
        • Using SP 4.2 SRM Parameters

Product Review

        • CPExpert

Q & A

        • CICS as STC or Batch

Feedback

      • SU/SEC Rate for ES/9000
      • SRM Feedback

Update Sheet Issued 7/92 


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