JES2 CPU Increase in z/OS 2.2

For those of you that don’t follow IBMMAIN (Cheryl follows everything – I think the NSA follow Cheryl to reduce their own workload!), there has been some recent discussion about an issue in JES2 whereby it consumes 2-3 times as much CPU in z/OS 2.2 as in...

SHARE Presentations Added to Website

We had a great week at SHARE in Atlanta last week, and with four presentations, we were busier than usual.  We’ve just posted our presentations on our website.  If you have questions, please let us know. Session 19155 – Benchmark every week? Why? Are you...

Our SHARE Schedule in Atlanta

We’re madly finishing up the second issue of Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter and also creating our presentations for SHARE in Atlanta that starts on July 31.  Busy, busy, busy!  If you’ll be at SHARE, you can find us at the following sessions: 8/1,...

Alain Maneville’s LPAR Design Tool Updated

Readers of Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter will be familiar with Alain Maneville, from IBM France. Alain co-wrote an article about HiperDispatch for the Tuning Letter, and is also the author of the LPAR Design tool.  The LPAR Design tool allows you to enter your LPAR...