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2004 Tuning Letters

Home Publications Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter Tables of Contents 2004 Tuning Letters

2004 No. 6 (48 pages)
Management Summary
News

        • Interesting APARs
        • Nuggets from Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications

User Experiences

        • Tape Allocation Delays
        • Incorrect WLM Data
        • WLM Overhead
        • PARMLIB Processing
        • Measuring IPL Speed
        • 2084 Crypto

Q & A

        • WLM Missing Goals
        • Multi-Period Batch
        • SMB Buffers
        • System Address Spaces
        • SMF Switch Update
        • ISRDDN Diagnostic Tool

What’s New?

        • VSAM RLS Changes
        • CICS/Batch Facility

Cheryl’s List 

        • #94

2004 No. 5 (58 pages)
Management Summary
News

        • New SMF APARs
        • MP Effects on zAAPs
        • Interesting APARs
        • Managing LPAR States
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        • On the Light Side

SHARE Trip Report 8/04

        • Important APARs
        • Miscellaneous Notes
        • WebSphere Update

Hot Flashes # 12

        • Survey Questions
        • Interesting Items
        • z990 Update

zAAP Update

        • Review
        • Ways to Use zAAPs
        • RMF Support
        • SMF Support
        • Other zAAP Changes
        • Chargeback Items

What’s New?

        • z/OS 1.6 & z/OS.e 1.6
        • z/OS 1.7 Preview
        • Pricing Update
        • G6 Withdrawn

Cheryl’s List

        • #90, 91, 92, 93

2004 No. 4 (40 pages)
Management Summary
News

        • Interesting APARs
        • Nuggets from Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        • On the Light Side

zAAP Update

        • RMF Record Changes
        • RMF Reporting Changes
        • Planning for the zAAP

User Experiences

        • Uncaptured CPU Time
        • VSAM 
        • Data Set Activity
        • SMF Buffers
        • WLM Managed Inits
        • SMF Switch
        • CICS MAXTASK
        • Console Performance
        • Listing WLM SDs
        • Scope of DISP Parm

Q & A

        • SDSF CPU Time
        • Dynamic PAVs
        • WLM Reset Behavior
        • CICS Dump Speed

2004 No. 3 (44 pages)
Management Summary
News

        • Interesting APARs 
        • FICON Update 
        • Nuggets from Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        • On the Light Side 

Focus: SMF Type 

        • CPU Fields 
        • Observed Values
        • Problems
        • Summary 

Q & A

        • Velocity Goals
        • Resource Groups
        • Uni-Processor & WLM 

What’s New?

        • DB2 Version 8 
        • OpenSSH on z/OS

Cheryl’s List 

        • #89

2004 No. 2 (58 pages)
Management Summary
Focus: LSPR Update

        • History 
        • IBM’s Sizing Tools 
        • New Workloads 
        • z900 LSPRs 
        • z990 LSPRs 
        • z890 LSPRs 
        • Bibliography 

Focus: z990 Expectations

        • BoxScore Results 
        • Reasons 
        • z900 to z990 Migration 
        • More BoxScore Results 
        • Observations 
        • Our Recommendations 

Processor Upgrades

        • Typical Problems 
        • Moving to Faster CPs 
        • Moving to Fewer CPs 

What’s New?

        • z890 
        • zAAP 
        • “Baby” Shark 
        • z990 Enhancements 
        • z/OS 1.6 Additions 
        • Other Announcements 
        • Control Block Updates 
        • ECMB Update 
        • Change in Throughput 

Cheryl’s List 

        • #87, 88 

Supplements: 

zSeries CPU Chart – Apr 2004
OS/390 CPU Chart – Apr 2004

2004 No. 1 (50 pages)
Management Summary
News

        • Interesting APARs
        • Extended CMBs
        • Statistical Humor
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications

Console Structure Update
Multilevel Security (MLS)
Cheryl’s Hot Flashes
SHARE Trip Report

        • z/OS 1.5
        • z/OS UNIX Update
        • Interesting Notes

What’s New?

        • z/OS 1.5

Cheryl’s List 

      • #85, 86


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