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2005 No. 6 (50 pages)

      Management Summary
        News

        • Now Available
        • Interesting APARs
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications

Focus:  Health Checker

        • The Prototype
        • Why a New Version?
        • The Framework
        • The Individual Checks
        • Messages and Status
        • User-Written Checks
        • Installation
        • Resources

More about SHARE

        • Training Replacements
        • Looking Back/Forward

User Experiences

        • RMF FCD Parameter
        • Dedicated Processors
        • More GDG Advice

Q & A

        • Justifying Software
        • CPENABLE

Cheryl’s List

      • #102, #103

2005 No. 5 (47 pages)
Management Summary
News

        • Goodbye Bob
        • Interesting APARs
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications

Focus:  LSPR Update

        • z/OS 1.4 vs z/OS 1.6
        • Average MIPS & CB-J
        • MIPS by Workload
        • Multi-Image MIPS
        • Larger Upgrades
        • Software Costs
        • What to do Now

Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #14

        • Survey Questions
        • Six-Month Update
        • New LSPR Values
        • Important Fixes
        • Useful Web Sites

SHARE Trip Report

        • z/OS
        • Workload Manager
        • Dynamic CPU Speed
        • zPCR

User Experiences

        • LCSS Update
        • Broken GDG Update

What’s New?

        • MIDAW Support

Cheryl’s List

      • #100, #101

2005 No. 4 (47 pages)
Management Summary
News

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

LCSS

        • Overview
        • Terminology
        • Configuration Options
        • RMF Changes
        • More Information

SDSF Update

        User Experiences

        • RMF Monitor I
        • Tape Drive Contention
        • GDG Catalog Entries
        • EXAMINE Command
        • SAS Time Values
        • Console Address Space

What’s New?

        • IBM z9-109 Server
        • z/OS 1.7 Update

Cheryl’s List

      • #98, 99

2005 No. 3 (48 pages)
Management Summary
News

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

Preview of z/OS 1.7

      • Base Control Program
      • Data Management
      • Health Checker 
      • SDSF Enhancements
      • JES2 Enhancements
      • z/OS UNIX
      • Applications
      • Security Enhancements
      • Summary

User Experiences

      • PDSE Update 
      • Invalid VSAM Statistics
      • GRS RNLs

Statements of Direction

      • For z/OS 1.7
      • Beyond z/OS 1.7

Cheryl’s List 

      • #97

2005 No. 2 (48 pages)
Management Summary
News

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

Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #13

      • Survey Questions 
      • Important APARs 
      • This SHARE 
      • Six-Month Update
      • For Laughs 

SHARE Trip Report

      • MVS Storage News 
      • APARs 
      • Networking Sessions 
      • Debugging Assembler Language 
      • IBM zSeries Program 
      • Migration to z/OS 1.6 
      • LibraryCenter 
      • Miscellaneous 

User Experiences

      • z990/z890 SU Changes 
      • PDSE CPU Utilization 
      • DB2 Feedback 
      • MSO Update 
      • VWLC 
      • Dump Performance 

What’s New?

      • Crypto Performance 

Q & A

      • CPENABLE 

Cheryl’s List 

      • #96

2005 No. 1 (49 pages)
Management Summary

      • News
      • Interesting APARs4
      • Nuggets from Forums
      • WSC News
      • The Net
      • Publications

Focus: Tuning the JES2 Checkpoint

      • Checkpoint Options
      • JES2T17A
      • SDSF

User Experiences

      • Configuring SMTP
      • Reader Feedback 

Q & A

      • DB2 CPU Time

CMG Trip Report

      • WLM Experience
      • WLM for DB2
      • WebSphere Performance

What’s New?

      • Larger Data Sets

Cheryl’s List

    • #95