Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter
Cheryl’s List #153 – October 17, 2011
1. Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2011 No. 4 2. Neat Mainframe Study 1. Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2011 No. 4 The 55-page 2011 No. 4 Tuning Letter was emailed to paid subscribers on October 13. You may visit our website at www.watsonwalker.com to obtain subscription information and the table of contents. The following is the Management Summaryfrom that issue, talking about some of the contents of this latest Tuning Letter: The New System Programmer We know that staffs are being squeezed...
Cheryl’s List #152 – September 26, 2011
1. Tuning Letter Survey 2. Personal Note & Next Tuning Letter 1. Tuning Letter Survey Recently we sent out a survey to our Tuning Letter subscribers. While our subscribers will be getting the full results, we wanted to share these with our Cheryl's List recipients. We were pleased that the response to "How satisfied are you with the Tuning Letter?" resulted in this cool Ms. Pac-Man pie chart: We asked readers to share their comments about the Tuning Letter. Here's a typical response -...
Cheryl’s List #151 – August 26, 2011
1. Cheryl's Hot Flashes #26 2. Update on z/OSMF 3. SHARE in Orlando 1. Cheryl 's Hot Flashes #26 You probably know that I give a presentation on the last day of every SHARE confer-ence called “Cheryl’s Hot Flashes.” This was my 13th year of giving these sessions where I bring up a few tidbits from our past Tuning Letters, along with new things I’ve learned. I usually expand on the new items in the next Tuning Letter. You can find the most recent Hot Flashes at...
Cheryl’s List #150 – July 12, 2011
1. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2011 No. 3 2. IBM's New z114 Processors 3. Correction for Free Tools Program, RNIHINT 4. Looking for User Experiences 5. Subscribe Now! 1. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2011 No. 3 The 48-page 2011 No. 3 Tuning Letter was emailed to paid subscribers on July 8. You may visit our website at www.watsonwalker.com to obtain subscription information and the table of contents. The following is the Management Summaryfrom that issue, talking about...
Cheryl’s List #149 – June 3, 2011
1. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2011 No. 2 2. Analyzing SMF 113 Records 3. Upcoming Conferences 4. zPrime Conclusion 5. IBM Redbooks 6. Authors Wanted 1. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2011 No. 2 The 42-page 2011 No. 2 Tuning Letter was emailed to paid subscribers on May 3rd. You may visit our website at www.watsonwalker.com to obtain subscription infor-mation and the table of contents. The following is the first page from that issue, talking about some of the contents...
Cheryl’s List #148 – March 11, 2011
1. SMF Type 113 Records 2. SHARE in Anaheim 3. zPrime Update 1. SMF Type 113 Records In Cheryl's List #147, we described two new tools that we created to show you your Relative Nest Intensity (RNI) and workload. These are available on our website (www.watsonwalker.com and select Free Tools on the left). But we forgot to mention that the MXG 29.02 level is needed in order to provide correct information. Remember that we'd love it if you would share your results with us. Here is an updated...
Cheryl’s List #147 – February 26, 2011
1. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2011 No. 1 2. Correction to Tuning Letter 2011 No. 1 3. SHARE in Anaheim 4. SMF Type 113 Records 1. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2011 No. 1 The forty-five page 2011 No. 1 Tuning Letter was emailed to paid subscribers on February 24th. You may visit our website at www.watsonwalker.com to obtain subscription information and the table of contents. The following is the first page from that issue, talking about some of the contents of this latest...
Cheryl’s List #146 – January 17, 2011
1. Cheryl Speaking at Florida CMG Tomorrow 2. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2010 No. 6 3. Correction to Tuning Letter 2010 No. 6 4. Correction to Tuning Letter 2010 No. 5 5. IBM Red Alert 1. Cheryl Speaking at Florida CMG Tomorrow If you're near Tampa, Florida tomorrow (Tuesday, January 18), please consider stopping by an all-day free meeting. In an attempt to (re)start a Florida CMG group, the organizers have created an exciting all-day event with the following speakers: Anthony...
Cheryl’s List #145 – December 1, 2010
1. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2010 No. 5 2. Correction to Tuning Letter 2010 No. 4 3. Two Upcoming Conferences 1. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2010 No. 5 The forty-seven page 2010 No. 5 Tuning Letter was emailed to paid subscribers on November 11. You may visit our website at www.watsonwalker.com to obtain subscription information and the table of contents. The following is Tom's Management Summary page from that issue, talking about some of the contents of this latest...
Cheryl’s List #144 – October 8, 2010
1. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2010 No. 4 2. Correction to Tuning Letter 2010 No. 4 3. Cheryl Watson's CPU Charts Update 4. New Red Alert 5. New BoxScore Release 1. About Cheryl Watson's Tuning Letter 2010 No. 4 The sixty-two page 2010 No. 4 Tuning Letter was emailed to paid subscribers on October 1st. You may visit our Web site at www.watsonwalker.com to obtain subscription information. The following is Tom's Management Summary page from that issue, talking about some of the...