Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

Cheryl’s List #117 – September 4, 2007

1. Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2007 No. 4 2. Latest SHARE Proceedings Now Online 3. Index of Withdrawn z/OS Functions 4. Best User Session Award 1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2007 No. 4 The forty-five page 2007 No. 4 TUNING Letter was emailed to subscribers on August 30, 2007.  You may visit our Web site at http://www.watsonwalker.com to obtain single issues for $155 each.  The following is a summary of just some of the contents of this latest TUNING Letter:...

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Cheryl’s List #116 – July 2, 2007

1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2007 No. 3 2.  SHARE in San Diego 3.  New Latent Demand Metric 4.  Red Alert for JES2 Users Under z/OS 1.8 1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2007 No. 3 The fifty page 2007 No. 3 TUNING Letter was emailed to subscribers on June 27, 2007.  Single issues may be obtained for $155 each from our Web site at http://www.watsonwalker.com.  The following is a summary of just some of the contents of this latest TUNING Letter: The Future of...

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Cheryl’s List #115 – May 29, 2007

1. IBM Education Offerings 2. UKCMG Annual Conference in June 3. The Death of FLEX-ES 1.  IBM Education Offerings In our previous Cheryl's List (#114), we included we included an item about where to find z/OS training without spending a lot of money.  We mentioned some of the introductory z/OS sessions at SHARE, which can be downloaded for free if you cannot attend the conference.  Although attending a week of SHARE does not present the same in-depth training that can be obtained in the...

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Cheryl’s List #114 – May 1, 2007

1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2007 No. 2 2.  Potential System z9 Hardware Problem 3.  Corrections to Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2007 No. 2 4.  z/OS Training 5.  The zNextGen Project 1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2007 No. 2 The fifty-one page 2007 No. 2 TUNING Letter was emailed to subscribers on April 26, 2007.  Single issues may be obtained for $155 each from our Web site at http://www.watsonwalker.com.  The following is a summary of just some of the...

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Cheryl’s List #113 – March 7, 2007

1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2007 No. 1 2.  Time Change Reminder 3.  Important Media Manager Fix 4.  2006 TUNING Letter DVD Available 5.  SHARE Proceedings for Tampa 1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2007 No. 1 The forty-five page 2007 No. 1 TUNING Letter was emailed to subscribers on March 6, 2007.  Single issues may be obtained for $155 each from our Web site at http://www.watsonwalker.com.  The following is a summary of just some of the contents of this...

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Cheryl’s List #112 – December 15, 2006

1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2006 No. 6 2.  IBM and Yahoo Introduce Search Engine 3.  Corrections to Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2006 No. 6 4.  Interview with SHARE's President 5.  Rule of Thumb for CPU Utilization 6.  Online Computer Quiz 1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2006 No. 6 The forty-three page 2006 No. 6 TUNING Letter was emailed to subscribers on December 13, 2006.  Single issues may be obtained for $155 each from our Web site at...

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Cheryl’s List #111 – October 26, 2006

1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2006 No. 5 2.  Red Alert for HSM Users on z/OS 1.8 3.  Google Source Code Search 4.  UIC Update Performance Problem 5.  Free SMF Reference Summary 1.  Highlights of Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2006 No. 5 The forty-seven page 2006 No. 5 TUNING Letter was emailed to subscribers on October 24, 2006.  Single issues may be obtained for $135 each from our Web site at http://www.watsonwalker.com.  The following is a summary of just some of the...

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Cheryl’s List #110 – August 29, 2006

1.  Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2006 No. 4 2.  Four New Red Alerts 3.  Important CICS Fix 4.  Specialty Engine Pricing 5.  SHARE in Baltimore Proceedings Available 6.  Corrections to Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2006 No. 4 1.  Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2006 No. 4 The forty-seven page 2006 No. 4 TUNING Letter was emailed to subscribers on August 25, 2006.  Single issues may be obtained for $135 each from our Web site at http://www.watsonwalker.com.  The following is a summary of just...

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Cheryl’s List #109 – June 28, 2006

1.  Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2006 No. 3 2.  Maintenance to Enable zIIP Processors 3.  IDCAMS Performance Problem 4.  IMS Version 9 Migration Assistance 5.  SHARE in Baltimore 1.  Cheryl Watson's TUNING Letter 2006 No. 3 The forty-two page 2006 No. 3 TUNING Letter was emailed to subscribers on June 27, 2006.  Single issues may be obtained for $135 each from our Web site at http://www.watsonwalker.com.  The following is a summary of just some of the contents of this latest TUNING Letter:...

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Cheryl’s List #108 – May 10, 2006

1.  May 2006 z/OS CPU Chart 2.  Flash 10460 Renamed 3.  HIPER Workload Manager Fix 1.  May 2006 z/OS CPU Chart We have created an updated version of our popular z/OS CPU Chart that includes the new System z9 processors announced by IBM on April 27, 2006.  As with the previous chart, this one contains three sets of ratings - one based on IBM's z/OS 1.4 LSPR (Large System Performance Reference) ratings, one based on z/OS 1.6 LSPRs on a single image, and one based on z/OS 1.6 LSPRs with multiple...

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