1998 Tuning Letters

1998 No. 6 (40 pages)
Management Issues #20
S/390 News

• GRS Star
• MXG & CA-MICS
• CMOS & Compression
• Y2K
• Java
• Component Broker
• LE
• WSC Flashes
• The Net
• Pubs & APARs

FOCUS: Processor Upgrades

• Sizing Processors
• Migration Issues
• Upgrade Problems

Cheryl’s Updates

• Most Common Q&A’s
• TCP/IP
• ISPF Exposure
• WLM Update
• Y2K

Q&A

• LPAR Weights
• WLM Questions
• Fixed Storage Shortage

CICS Performance Tips

• COBOL, CICS & LE

Cheryl’s List #17
Supplement

CPU Chart

Updated Sheet Issued 8/99

1998 No. 5 (32 pages)
Management Issues #19
S/390 News

• OS/390
• Performance?
• SDSF
• MDF
• WLM
• DB2
• The Name Game
• WSC Flashes
• The Net
• Pubs & APARs

FOCUS: SHARE Trip Report

• WLM
• OS/390
• JES3
• JES2
• ISPF
• Miscellaneous

What’s New

• Software Pricing
• Online CF Report

Q&A

• DB2 Trace Overhead

WLM Resource Capping Intro

• Performance Modeling

CICS Performance Tips

• Shutdown Hangs

Cheryl’s List #15 & #16

1998 No. 4 (48 pages)
Management Issues #18
S/390 News

• CICS V4
• WSC Flashes
• The Net
• Pubs & APARs

FOCUS: Language Environment (LE)

• Background
• Why Convert?
• Issues
• Migrating to LE
• Technical Notes
• User Experiences
• COBOL Versions
• COBOL Performance
• LE Resources

Q&A

• STEPLIBs

What’s New

• New Processors

Parmlib Analysis

• CSVRTLxx

Cheryl’s List #13 & 14

CICS Performance Tips
• CICS & LE

1998 No. 3 (40 pages)

Management Issues #17
S/390 News

• WLM
• COBOL
• Year 2000
• WSC Flashes
• The Net
• Pubs & APARs

FOCUS: Capacity Planning

• Introduction
• Upcaptured Time
• CP Techniques
• Checklist for CP
• CP Profiles
• CP Bibliography

Parallel Sysplex

What’s New
• COBOL MLE

Parmlib Analysis

• LOADxx

Cheryl’s List #12

Update Sheet Issued 9/98

1998 No. 2 (40 pages)
Management Issues #16
S/390 News

• WLM
• CMOS & Floating Point
• SAS
• OS/390
• LE
• Year 2000
• WSC Flashes
• The Net
• Pubs & APARs

FOCUS: WLM Update

• Quickstart Track Record
• Feedback
• Quickstart Policy
• Most Common Mistakes
• New Recommendations
• APARs

What’s New

• IBM G5 Processors
• HDS Pilot
• Software Pricing
• And More

Parmlib Analysis

• Configuration Changes

Cheryl’s List #11

Supplement

• CPU Chart

Update Sheet Issued 9/98

1998 No. 1 (40 pages)
Management Issues #15
S/390 News

• WLM
• LE & PL/1
• PSLC Software Pricing
• WSC Flashes
• The Net
• Pubs & APARs

FOCUS: SHARE Trip Report 

• CICS
• DB2
• JES2
• OS/390
• Parallel Sysplex
• SmartBatch
• WLM
• Web Server
• RMF

Parmlib Analysis

• Configuration Changes
• SYS1.PARMLIB

Cheryl’s List #10

CICS Performance Tips

Update Sheet Issued 5/98