2015 No. 4 (136 pages)
Management Summary
What’s New in z/OS 2.2 (Part 2)
HiperDispatch Questions and Answers
User Experiences
- Mirroring XCF Couple Data Sets
- HiperDispatch and Capacity Groups
- SMF Log Streams and User SMF Records
- JES3 to JES2 Migration
A Holistic Approach to Capacity Planning
VSAM RLS – Configuring for Performance
zPDT Performance and Capacity
News
- Red Alerts
- Recent APARs
- News from Techdocs
- Social Media
- Publications
- Events/Conferences
Acknowledgements
Cheryl’s Lists #188
2015 No. 3 (108 pages)
Management Summary
Welcome to Alan Murphy
User Experiences
- Using Sort to Process SYS1.MAN Data Sets
- Use of 2 GB Pages
- z/OS Security
- Capacity Planning for zAware
z/OS Changes Available in Previous Releases
What’s New in SYS1.PARMLIB?
- z/OS 2.2 Enhancements in 1.13
- z/OS 2.2 Enhancements in 2.1
- z/OS Parmlib Enhancements
Top 10 Security Findings
Extended Address Volumes
What’s New in SMF – Part 1
Your Very Own Mainframe
News
- Red Alerts
- Recent APARs
- News from Techdocs
- Social Media
- Publications
- Events/Conferences
Acknowledgements
Cheryl’s Lists #185, #186
2015 No. 2 (88 pages)
Management Summary
User Experiences
- GDGFIFOENABLE/DSENQSHR
- RMF DYNALLOC
- Increased WLM CPU
- Apache HTTP Server
- High CPU for Striped Data Sets
- zEDC User Experiences
Franks Viewpoint
- Change Avoidance
- Enjoy Your Summer!
- zEDC Users
zIIP Capacity Planning
- zIIP/zAAP Overview
- zIIP Capacity Planning
- Monitoring IIPCP Time
- Resources
Preparing for VSAM RLS Implementation
- Choosing Candidates
- Understanding Prerequisites
- Sharing Control Data Sets
- SMF Considerations
- Other Considerations
- Summary of Steps
- References
- Conclusion
z13 Processor Performance
- z13 Processor Design Drivers
- z13 processors
- Analysis of LSPR Ratings
- Performance Expectations
News
- New Function APARs
- Parmlib APARs
- SMF APARs
- Performance APARs
- Health Checker APARs
- Red Alerts
- News from Techdocs
- Social Media
- Publications
- Events/Conferences
Acknowledgements
Cheryl’s List #184
2015 No. 1 (101 pages)
Management Summary
Optimizing Efficiency of COBOL V5 Load Processing
- Background
- PDSE Hiperspaces
- LLA and VLF
- Putting it All Together
- Recommendations
- References
Whats New?
- IBM z13
- z/OS 2.2 Preview
New IBM Software Pricing Options
- COBOL Binary Optimizer
- COBOL V5.2
- References
User Experiences
- TCP/IP and XCF
- Job Eviction
- zEDC Experience
- Apache HTTP Server
- COBOL V5 User Experience
- Tips for SHARE Proceedings
Franks Viewpoint
- The z Skills Gap
Erase-On-Scratch
- Why Should I Care?
- Erase-On-Scratch History
- Summary
- References
Eye Test Time
Introduction to VSAM RLS
- A Brief History of VSAM
- CICS and VSAM Interactions
- How VSAM RLS Work
- Conclusion
- References
Fixing Your Cats the Easy Way
- What Is a Fix Category
- Where Can I Find FIXCATs
- Obtaining FIXCAT Information
- Running FIXCAT Reports
- Automating the Process
- Summary
- References
News
- New Function APARs
- Parmlib APARs
- SMF APARs
- Performance APARs
- Health Checker APARs
- Red Alerts
- News from Techdocs
- Social Media
- Publications
Acknowledgements
Cheryl’s List #181-183