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Home Publications Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter Tables of Contents 2015 Tuning Letters

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


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