Cheryl’s List #70 – August 13, 2002

1. It’s Time to Migrate to z/OS 1.4! 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2002, No. 4 Summary 3. Update to TUNING Letter 2002, No. 4 1. It’s Time to Migrate to z/OS 1.4! Today IBM issued a very exciting announcement, 202-190.  This is the standard...

Cheryl’s List #69 – July 19, 2002

1. Request for Data 2. SHARE in San Francisco 1. Request for Data I’m working on a parallel sysplex article for the TUNING Letter and need a good example of a report that I can’t reproduce myself (due to volume).  If you can help me out, please send an...

Cheryl’s List #68 – June 7, 2002

1. Important Goal Mode Notice 2. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2002, No. 2 Summary 3. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter 2002, No. 3 Summary 4. Kudos for These Issues 1. Important Goal Mode Notice The first half of this item was included in our fifty-six page...

Cheryl’s List #67 – May 24, 2002

1. WebSphere Notice 2. CPU Chart Updates 3. SHARE Proceedings 4. Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool 1. WebSphere Notice I am just finishing up my next TUNING Letter, a special issue on Web server tuning.  While researching it, I noticed a date that everyone should be aware...

Cheryl’s List #66 – May 8, 2002

1. New z900 Turbos 2. CPU Chart Changes 3. Back Pain 1. New z900 Turbos On April 30th, IBM announced their latest zSeries machines, the z900 Turbo series.  (Announcement 102-123)  There are 16 new processors that provide about a 20% improvement in speed over the...