Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

1994 Tuning Letters

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Nov/Dec 1994 (48 pages)

News of MVS
  •  RAMAC
  •  NPM
  •  SMF
  •  WSC Flashes
  •  RMF
  •  DB2
FOCUS: Software Pricing
  • Types of Software Pricing
  • Other Pricing Options
  • Pricing Announcements
  • Non-IBM Vendors
  • What to Do Now
  • Implementing MULC
CMOS Update
Sizing CMOS Processors
Q & A
  • Can Response Time be Too Good?
  • Starting a Tuning Project

Update Sheet Issued 4/95 

Sep/Oct 1994 (36 pages)

News of MVS
  • CPU Busy
  • Page Movement
  • RSU
  • MIH
  • GTF
  • JES3
Talklink Forums
Q & A
  • Multi-Period Batch
  • MAXVIRT for LLA in VLF
  • GRS Storage Isolation
FOCUS: Positioning For MVS/ESA SP 5
  • Advantages of SP 5
  • Disadvantages of SP 5.1
  • Migrate to SP 4.3 or 5.1?
  • Positioning for SP 5
  • Prepare for WLM
  • MVS SP 5.1 Bibliography
Supplement
  • SHARE Trip (8/94) (8 pages)

Update Sheet Issued 3/95

Jul/Aug 1994 (no issue)

May/June 1994 (64 pages)

News of MVS
  • Manuals
  • Catalog
  • ISPF
  • CPU Overhead
  • 3390-9
Performance Checkup – Part 3
  • I/O Worksheet
  • Virtual Storage Worksheet
  • Central Storage Worksheet
  • Expanded Storage Worksheet
  • Conclusion
Supplements
  • Performance Checkup Worksheet (16 Pages)
  • Diskette
What’s New
  • New CMOS Machines
  • MVS on a Desktop!
  • DFSORT R13
  • SyncSort R3.6
CICS Performance Tips
  • Statistics
COBOL migration

Update Sheet Issued 9/94

March/April 1994 (48 pages)

News of MVS
  • ISPF/DM
  • Free Newsletters
  • APPC
  • CPU Overhead
Further Thoughts on Part 1
Performance Checkup – Part 2
  • CPU Worksheet
  • Running MVS Under VM
  • Using a Base CPU Speed
IBM Announcements
  • Parallel Sysplex
  • Software Pricing
  • Workload Manager
  • Announcement Letters
Survey Results
Supplements
  • Performance Checkup Worksheets (8 pages)

Update Sheet Issued 9/94

Jan/Feb 1994 (36 pages)

News of MVS
  • Erratic CPU Times
  • PDSE
  • 3990-Mod 6
  • WSC Flash 9609
  • Softcopy CD-Rom
  • SMF Blocksizes
  • Slip Trap
Performance Checkup – Part 1
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
  • Configuration Worksheet
  • Service Level Worksheet
Supplements
  • Sample RMF Reports (24 pages)
  • Performance Checkup Worksheets (12 pages)

Update Sheet Issued 9/94

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