2014 No. 4 (89 pages)
Management Summary
RLS-Managed Catalogs
- A Little History Lesson
- Why RLS for Catalogs?
- Is This Right for You?
- Implementation
- Next Steps
- References
- Summary
Frank’s Viewpoint
- Our Own Worst Enemies?
- Mobile – This Week’s Fad?
- Prod zEDC Users Wanted
Introduction to Mobile Workload Pricing
- Why Mobile Workload Pricing
- Another Layer of Complexity
- Cost Control
- Conclusion
- References
User Experiences
- XTIOT
- Fine Tuning
- zEDC Users
CFCC Enhancements
- CF Level 15
- CF Level 16
- CF Level 17
- CF Level 18
- CF Level 19
- CF Level 20
- Summary
- References
zPDT Overview
- What IS zPDT?
- Our Experiences With zPDT
- Conclusions
- References
News
- New Function APARs
- SMF APARs
- Performance APARs
- Sysplex/Availability APARs
- Red Alerts
- News From Techdocs
- Social Media
- Publications
Acknowledgements
Cheryl’s List #179-180
2014 No. 3 (137 pages)
Management Summary
Frank’s Viewpoint
- Techdocs
- Changing Job Scene
- Security Concerns
User Experiences
- Interesting Finds in SMF
- Page Data Set Usage
- SMF Type 14/15 Buffers
- AUTOR Update
- PDSE Update
What’s New?
- Preview of z/OS 2.2 & Futures
- z/OSMF SPE2
- z/OSMF Update
SMT and System z
- Background
- Introducing SMT
- Evaluating SMT
- SMT and System z Hardware
- SMT and z/OS, z/VM, Linux on z
- Conclusion
- References
IBM System z Batch Network Analyzer
- Recent zBNA Enhancements
- Reference
- Summary
IBM Technical Disclosure Meeting
Capping Options – Part 3
- Introduction
- Capping-Related ISV Products
- BMC Software
- zCost Management
- zIT Consulting
- Summary of Product Capabilities
- Related Products
- LPAR Capping Scenarios
- Summary
Warning Track Interrupts
- What Issue Does This Address
- Implementation
- Monitoring and Tuning
- References
- Summary
Notes from SHARE in Pittsburgh
- ALS
- Suggested APARs and Docs
- Not To Miss Sessions
- Our Sessions
News
- New Function APARs
- Performance APARs
- Parmlib APARs
- SMF APARs
- Information and DOC APARs
- Red Alerts
- News From Techdocs
- Social Media
- Publications
- Events/Conferences
Acknowledgements
Cheryl’s List
- #177-178
2014 No. 2 (166 pages)
Management Summary
Frank’s Viewpoint
- Reader Survey
- Every Cloud Has a Black Lining
- Mobile and z/OS
- Deleting TECHDOC
User Experiences
- LPAR Overhead vs Risk in LPARs With One CP
- Standalone or Internal Coupling Facility
- Impact of Flash Express on Memory Usage
Controlling ‘Large’ Pages
- 1MB Fixed Pages
- 2GB Fixed and 1MB Pageable
- How z/OS Uses Real Memory
- Preparing for Large Pages
- Monitoring and Managin
- Exploitation Prerequisites
- Reference
What’s New?
- Interesting Announcement
- Hardware Announcement
- z/OS 2.1 Enhancements
- Statements of Direction
- z/OSMF Enhancements
Problem Management Tools
- What To Do First
- Opening a PMR
- The Life of a PMR
- Additional IBM Support
Capping Options – Part 2
- Quick Intro to Soft Capping
- Defined Capacity
- Capacity Groups
- Absolute Capping
- Capacity Provisioning Manager
- Conclusion
- References
- Helpful Tool
zEDC
- Compression Functions
- Comparative Performance
- Which Products Exploit zEDC
- zEDC Setup
- Managing zEDC
- Monitoring zEDC
- References
Coupling Thin Interrupts – Part 2
- What Are Thin Interrupts?
- A Little Background
- Coupling Thin Interrupts & CFs
- Prerequisites
- Implementation
- Summary
- Reference
News
- New Function APARs
- Performance APARs
- Parmlib APARs
- SMF APARs
- Information APARs
- Red Alerts
- News From Techdocs
- Social Media
- Publications
- Events/Conferences
Acknowledgements
Cheryl’s List
- #172-176
2014 No. 1 (110 pages)
Management Summary
Welcome Frank Kyne
Parmlib Updates z/OS 2.1 – Part 2
- IGDSMSxx, IGGCATxx
- IKJTSOxx, IOEPRMxx
- IQPPRMxx, ISFPRMxx
- IXGCNFxx, JES2PARM
- LOADxx, SCHEDxx
- SMFPRMxx, TSOKEY00
Parmlib Updates for z/OS 1.13
- COUPLExx, IOEPRMxx,
- IGDSMSxx, PROGxx
Parmlib Updates in Service
- IGDSMSxx, BPXPRMxx
- IECIOSxx
Coupling Thin Interrupts
- z/OS Exploitation
- Enabling in z/OS
New Health Checks
Notes from SHARE
- Suggested APARs
- Favorite Sessions
Mainframe’s 50th Anniversary
System z Capping Options
- Introduction
- WLM Resource Groups
- Varying CPs and Weights
- Initial Capping
- Intelligent Resource Director
What’s New?
- DFSMS and zEDC
User Experiences
- MAXEVENTINTRECS Parm
- RLS-managed Catalogs
Frank’s Viewpoint
- Smarter Defaults?
- Rolling Back New Functions
- A z/OSMF Convert
- Evening News?
- Let’s Talk Scale
News
- New Function APARs
- SMF APARs
- News from Techdocs
- Social Media
- Publications
Acknowledgements
Cheryl’s List
- #170, 171