Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

2006 Tuning Letters

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No. 6 (43 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • Interesting APARs
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #16
  • HATS
  • Survey Questions
  • Rotting ROTs
  • Miscellaneous
Processor Capacity Basics
  • Common Questions
  • MIPS
  • Service Units
  • MSUs
  • Answers to Questions
What’s New?
  • System z Training
  • z/OS 1.8 Documentation
  • HSM Red Alert
  • Daylight Saving Time
  • HyperPAV
  • Extended Data Tapes
  • APAR Applicability
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 5 (47 pages)

Management Summary
  • Passing the Baton
  • What’s New in SMF?
  • IOPs – the ‘Shrinking Violets’ of I/O Processing
  • User Experiences and Tips
  • News You Can Use
News
  • Interesting APARs
  • Forum Nuggets
  • WSC News
  • The Net
PublicationsFocus: Workload Manager
  • EWLM Overview
  • WLM Release History
  • New Resource Groups
SHARE Trip Report
  • Planning for zAAP/zIIP
  • Bit Bucket Archive
  • Fighting Cybercrime
What’s New?
  • More Red Alerts
  • SRM Overhead
  • Improved PDF Search
  • Tape Hardware Encryption
  • CIMS and IBM Tivoli
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 4 (47 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • Interesting APARs
  • Forum Nuggets
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
ESCON/FICON Tuning
  • Channel Technology
  • Performance Behavior
  • Differences
  • Performance Examples
  • Summary
SHARE Highlights
  • Important Fixes
z/OS 1.8 Preview
  • Base Control
  • Data Management
  • Networking
  • Security
  • z/OS UNIX
  • Statements of Direction
  • Planning for z/OS 1.8
What’s New?
  • z9-BC Price Update
  • Perl for z/OS
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 3 (42 pages)

Management Summary
  • Hot Flashes #25
  • Who is Cheryl Watson? 
  • SMF Type 113s
  • z196 Power Saving Mode
  • z/OS Releases
  • IPL Avoidance
News
  • Interesting APARs
  • Forum Nuggets
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Focus: System z9 Update
  • z9 Business Class
  • z9 Enterprise Class
  • zIIP Processor
  • References
  • May 2006 CPU Chart
User Experiences
  • TPX & Mixed Case
  • HFS and zFS
  • GRS SYNCHRES & MIH
  • Data Space Corruption
  • IMS Response Time
What’s New?
  • New SOA Initiatives
  • CICS Configurations
  • DB2 9.1 Beta Program
  • Our New Address
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 2 (49 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • BPXBATCH
  • Interesting APARs
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Focus: z/OS 1.7 Migration
  • SHARE Sessions
  • Installing the Base
  • RACF Changes
  • Other Products
  • Large Data Sets
  • JES2 Migration
SHARE Trip Report
  • Useful Sessions
Cheryl’s Hot Flashes # 15
  • Survey Questions
  • Service Units
  • Assembler Help
  • Miscellaneous Notes
User Experiences
  • COBOL
  • DB2 Version 8
  • Dynamic PAVs
  • Paging Spike
  • SRB Times
  • ASM Suspend/Resume
  • Encryption Update
What’s New?
  • Family of Mainframes
  • Omegamon zMC
  • UKCMG Meeting
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 1 (47 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • Interesting APARs
  • Nuggets from Forums
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Q & A
  • Exploiting MIDAW
  • Dedicated LPARs
z/OS Training Update
What’s New?
  • zAAP Changes
  • New zIIP Processor
  • External Media Security
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
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