2002 Tuning Letters

2002 No. 6 (50 pages)
Management Summary 
S/390 News

• HIPER APARs 
• WLM 
• Catalogs 
• Nuggets from the Forums 
• WSC News 
• The Net 
• Publications 

Welcome to Clark Kidd 
You’ve Got MVS Mail 
Focus: User Experiences

• DB2 
• GRS 
• WLM 
• 64-bit 
• Control-R 
• Shark 
• Software Pricing 

What’s New?

• WLM 
• Software Pricing 
• New z800s 

Q & A

• Quiesce or KILLIT? 
• Page Data Set Sizing 
• WLM Report Classes 

Cheryl’s List

•  #71, 72 

Supplement:

December 2002 CPU Chart

2002 No. 5 (48 pages)
Management Issues
S/390 News

• Hiper APARs
• Tivoli APARs
• WSC News
• The Net
• Publications

Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #8

• User Experiences
• Interesting Items
• 6-Month Update
• z/OS
• This SHARE
• Soapbox Time

SHARE Trip Report (8/02)

• Important APARs
• WLM
• IDMS
• WebSphere on z/OS
• z/OS USS
• DASD
• Interesting Items

New BoxScore Release

Focus: User Experiences

• WLM Classification
• GRS on z/OS
• MQSeries CPU Rep’ting
• Moving to Fewer CPs
• SDSF DA CPU Time

What’s New?

• z/OS 1.4

Cheryl’s List

• #70

2002 No. 4 (44 pages)
Management Issues
S/390 News

• VSAM & Catalogs
• HTTP
• New Tape Support
• New WAS 4.0.1 Function
• z/OS 1.3 SMF Goodies
• WLM Items
• RACF Enhancements
• Hiper APARs
• Tidbits from the Forums
• WSC News
• The Net
• Publications

Focus: User Experiences

• z900 Cache
• ERBSCAN
• WLM Inits
• USS Error Messages
• z900 MVCL
• Performance Metrics
• 64-Bit

Under 60 MIPS Mainframes 
Cheryl’s List

•  #67, 68, 69

2002 No. 3 (56 pages)

Management Issues

S/390 News
• Important Dates
• OS/390 R10 or z/OS?
•  Interesting APARs
• WLM Notes
• CBT Files
• IBM Support Newsletter
• Tidbits From the Forums
• WSC News
• The Net
• Publications

Focus: User Experiences

• Number of Catalogs
• ERV
• Moving to Fewer CPUs
• LPAR Configurations
• 64-Bit
• NetView
• SMF Time Synch
• Stopping Jobs
• TCP/IP
• z900 Cache
• High CPU Overhead
• zFS Enabled

What’s New?

• z900 Processors
• Software Pricing
• z800 Pricing

Cheryl’s List

• #63, 64, 65, 66

2002 No. 2 (44 pages)
Management Issues
Focus: WebSphere Tuning – Part 2: HTTP Server

• Introduction
• Bibliography
• Tuning Checklist 
  • General
  • HTTP
  • Applications
  • USS
  • RACF 
  • LE 
  • TCP/IP
• Measurements 
  • SMF 103
  • Server Activity Mon
  • Web Server Stats
  • SMF 72
  • USS Options 
  • SMF 74/3
  • D OMVS,PID
  • SMF 74/6
  • Enclave Reports
  • FRCA Data
  • Other SMF Data
  • Tuning Steps

Cheryl’s List, 

• #67

2002 No. 1 (52 pages)
Management Issues
S/390 News

• Paging in 64-bit
• WSC News
• The Net
• Publications

Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #7

• User Experiences
• This SHARE
• WLM

Focus: After Goal Mode

• Checklist
• Release by Release

SHARE Trip Report

• APARs
• Miscellaneous
• Shared HFS
• DFSMS 
• Useful Sessions

Focus: Understanding the New zFS

• Introduction
• A New Option
• Aggregates
• Administrative Tools
• Sharing and Integrity
• Installing zFS
• HFS Versus zFS
• References

What’s New?

• z800 Processors
• Latest LSPRs

BoxScore and 64-bit
CICS Performance Tips

• SHARE Trip Report

Cheryl’s List

• #60, 61, 62 

Supplement:

March 2002 CPU Chart (revised April 2002)