Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

1998 Tuning Letters

No. 6 (40 pages)

Management Issues
S/390 News
  • GRS Star
  • MXG & CA-MICS
  • CMOS & Compression
  • Y2K
  • Java
  • Component Broker
  • LE
  • WSC Flashes
  • The Net
  • Pubs & APARs
FOCUS: Processor Upgrades
  • Sizing Processors
  • Migration Issues
  • Upgrade Problems
Cheryl’s Updates
  • Most Common Q&A’s
  • TCP/IP
  • ISPF Exposure
  • WLM Update
  • Y2K
Q & A
  • LPAR Weights
  • WLM Questions
  • Fixed Storage Shortage
CICS Performance Tips
  • COBOL, CICS & LE
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries
Supplement
  • CPU Chart

Updated Sheet Issued 8/99

No. 5 (32 pages)

Management Issues
S/390 News
  • OS/390
  • Performance?
  • SDSF
  • MDF
  • WLM
  • DB2
  • The Name Game
  • WSC Flashes
  • The Net
  • Pubs & APARs
FOCUS: SHARE Trip Report
  • WLM
  • OS/390
  • JES3
  • JES2
  • ISPF
  • Miscellaneous
What’s New
  • Software Pricing
  • Online CF Report
Q&A
  • DB2 Trace Overhead
WLM Resource Capping Intro
  • Performance Modeling
CICS Performance Tips
  • Shutdown Hangs
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 4 (48 pages)

Management Issues
S/390 News
  • CICS V4
  • WSC Flashes
  • The Net
  • Pubs & APARs
FOCUS: Language Environment (LE)
  • Background
  • Why Convert?
  • Issues
  • Migrating to LE
  • Technical Notes
  • User Experiences
  • COBOL Versions
  • COBOL Performance
  • LE Resources
Q&A
  • STEPLIBs
What’s New
  • New Processors
Parmlib Analysis
  • CSVRTLxx
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries
CICS Performance Tips
  • CICS & LE

No. 3 (40 pages)

Management Issues
S/390 News
  • WLM
  •  COBOL
  • Year 2000
  • WSC Flashes
  • The Net
  • Pubs & APARs
FOCUS: Capacity Planning
  • Introduction
  • Upcaptured Time
  • CP Techniques
  • Checklist for CP
  • CP Profiles
  • CP Bibliography
Parallel Sysplex
What’s New
  • COBOL MLE
Parmlib Analysis
  • LOADxx
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

Update Sheet Issued 9/98

No. 2 (40 pages)

Management Issues
S/390 News
  • WLM
  • CMOS & Floating Point
  • SAS
  • OS/390
  • LE
  • Year 2000
  • WSC Flashes
  • The Net
  • Pubs & APARs
FOCUS: WLM Update
  • Quickstart Track Record
  • Feedback
  • Quickstart Policy
  • Most Common Mistakes
  • New Recommendations
  • APARs
What’s New
  • IBM G5 Processors
  • HDS Pilot
  • Software Pricing
  • And More
Parmlib Analysis
  • Configuration Changes
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
Supplement
  • CPU Chart

Update Sheet Issued 9/98

No. 1 (40 pages)

Management Issues
S/390 News
  • WLM
  • LE & PL/1
  • PSLC Software Pricing
  • WSC Flashes
  • The Net
  • Pubs & APARs
FOCUS: SHARE Trip Report
  • CICS
  • DB2
  • JES2
  • OS/390
  • Parallel Sysplex
  • SmartBatch
  • WLM
  • Web Server
  • RMF
Parmlib Analysis
  • Configuration Changes
  • SYS1.PARMLIB
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
CICS Performance Tips

Update Sheet Issued 5/98