Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

1. We're back! Announcing First 2014 Watson and Walker Class 2. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2014 No. 1 3. Addendum to Tuning Letter 4. Education Survey Reminder 5. Happy 50th from SHARE 1.  We're back! Announcing First 2014 Watson & Walker Class We are delighted to announce the first of our new classes - SYS1.PARMLIB, The Heart of z/OS: Updates in z/OS 1.13 and 2.1. Based on your generous feedback, our first class will help you identify and set up many of the new functions that...

1.  Education Survey In our last Cheryl's List (#171), we asked for your feedback on classes that we are considering. Frank Kyne and I will be developing new classes, and we'd like your feedback before we decide which classes we'll present first. If you would help us out by filling out a short survey (about 5 minutes), we'd really appreciate it. We're sending out this email as a reminder in case you forgot. Even if your education plans for this year are already committed, we're still very...

1.  Education Survey 2.  Thanks to Many IBMers 3.  SHARE in Anaheim 1.  Education Survey In our last Cheryl's List (#170), we introduced Frank Kyne, who is our new Tuning Letter editor. Frank and I will also be developing new classes, and we'd like some feedback before we decide which classes we'll present first. If you would help us out by filling out a short survey, we'd really appreciate it. The survey is anonymous, but if you'd like to submit your name for a drawing, you could win a free...

1.  Introducing Frank Kyne 2.  SHARE in Anaheim 3.  About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2013 No. 4 1.  Introducing Frank Kyne We are very pleased to introduce our new employee Frank Kyne. His first job will be as our new Tuning Letter editor and author. Frank is an exceptional talent and we are excited to have him join us. He'll enhance our Tuning Letter, consulting, software, and education business. We anticipate starting our classes again in the near future! So if you're interested in...

1.   Cheryl Presents SHARE Webinar Tomorrow About CPU Fields in SMF 2.   About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2013 No. 3 1.  Cheryl Presents SHARE Webinar About CPU Fields in SMF You should have received an email announcing a no-charge webinar that is being offered by SHARE presenting Cheryl giving her presentation on CPU fields in SMF. It's at 11 am Central time on Wednesday, December 4th. If you can't make it, you can replay it at a later date (www.share.org/p/cm/ld/fid=28). 2.  About Cheryl...

1.   z/OS 2.1 PDF Documentation 2.   IBM's Enterprise2013 in Orlando 3.   GUIDE SHARE Europe UK in November 1.  z/OS 2.1 PDF Documentation The PDF documentation is currently available for z/OS 2.1, and can be found at www.ibm.com/systems/z/os/zos/bkserv/v2r1pdf/. 2.  IBM's Enterprise2013  in Orlando IBM's Enterprise2013 (previously known as IBM's Expo and zTechnical University) will be presented in Orlando on October 21-25 (www.ibm.com/systems/enterprise). Although I've missed this conference...

1.   SHARE in Boston Presentation 2.   The Charge Back Normalization Myth 1.  SHARE in Boston Presentation SHARE in Boston was my best SHARE week ever! On Monday morning during the general meeting and keynote, I received two awards - The President's Award (which came as a big surprise and a great honor) and a Best User Session award for my presentation last February. And then, on Thursday, I received a pin and award for 35 years of volunteering at SHARE. It doesn't seem like that long ago! I...

1.   About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2013 No. 2 2.   About Cheryl Watson's System z CPU Chart - July 2013 3.   SHARE in Boston 1.  About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2013 No. 2 The 69-page 2013 No. 2 Tuning Letter was emailed to paid subscribers on July 17, 2013. You may visit our website at www.watsonwalker.com to obtain subscription information and the table of contents. The following is the Management Summary from that issue, talking about just some of the contents of that Tuning...

1.   About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2013 No. 1 2.   IBM Red Alerts 1.  About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2013 No. 1 The 68-page 2013 No. 1 Tuning Letter was emailed to paid subscribers on May 21, 2013. You may visit our website at www.watsonwalker.com to obtain subscription information and the table of contents. The following is the Management Summary from that issue, talking about just some of the contents of that Tuning Letter: Exploiting the zEC12 Cheryl described the zEC12 from a...

1.   Happy New Year in March! 2.   About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2012 No. 5 3.   About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2012 No. 6 4.   IBM Alert 5.   New z/OS 101 Articles 6.   Typos 1.  Happy New Year in March! November and December were very busy months for us. We had just finished selling our office building and moving everything out to a storage unit, when we found a new home. We've since moved from a condo on Longboat Key to a smaller condo in downtown Sarasota (with a Whole Foods...