Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

1996 Tuning Letters

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No. 6 (52 pages)

Management Issues
S/390 News
  • WLM
  • DUMPSRV
  • HCD
  • CMOS
  • The Net
  • Year 2000
  • Software Pricing
  • Manuals & APARs
FOCUS: RAID
  • RAID in a Nutshell
  • Sibling pend
  • RAID Q & A
What’s New
  • Sysplex Timer
  • TCP/IP for MVS
  • TCPaccess
  • RMF Cache Reporter
Product Review
  • PerfMan
  • IAM
  • PAI/O Driver
Q & A
  • How to Tune TCP/IP
  • How to set RCCCPUT
  • MVS Overhead
  • COBOL Migration
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • IBM-Main
  • CMOS & COBOL
  • Capacity Planning Manual
CICS Performance Tips
  • VSAM (part 3)

No. 5 (36 pages)

News of MVS
  • Pubs
  • Catalog
  • DFSMS
  • S822 Abends
  • DB2
Management Issues
Ongoing Topics
  • SP 5 & OS/390
  • WLM
  • Parallel Sysplex
  • The Net
  • After Hours
  • Year 2000
  • Software Pricing
  • Manuals & APARs
What’s New
  • Multiprise 2000 Servers
  • Larger CMOS Servers
FOCUS: OS/390 Update
  • Observations
  • OS/390 R1
  • OS/390 R2
Q & A
  • Meaning of CPU Busy
New MVS Features
  • DAE Enhancements
  • DEVSERV
  • ISRFIND
  • Dynamic User Exits
  • ISRONLY

No. 4 (36 pages)

News of MVS
  • DB2
  • Pubs
Management Issues
Ongoing Topics
  • SP 5 & OS/390
  • WLM
  • Client/Server
  • The Net
FOCUS: SHARE Trip (8/96)
  • Parallel & Base Sysplex
  • APARs & Flashes
  • JES3
  • JES2
  • RAID
  • Client/Server
  • DB2
  • HCD
FOCUS: Outsourcing
  • Baseline
  • Service Level Objectives
  • Capacity Plan
  • Benchmarks
  • Reporting Plan
  • Meeting Plan
  • Right of Access
  • Penalties
Q & A
  • DB2 Capacity Planning
  • Latent Demand
  • Multiple Job Steps
CICS Performance Tips
  • VSAM (part 2)

No. 3 (52 pages)

News of MVS
  • DFSORT
  • DB2
  • CICS
  • RMF CRR
Management Issues
Ongoing Topics
  • SP 5
  • Sysplex
  • CMOS Processors
  • The Net
  • Year 2000
FOCUS: Parallel Sysplex
  • Continuous Availability
  • What’s a Coupling Facility?
  • 13 Reasons You need Parallel Sysplex
  • Costs
  • Coupling Facility
  • Data Sharing
  • Exploiters
  • Preparing
  • Summary
  • Bibliography
  • PSLC Pricing
Q & A
  • How to Set Velocities
  • How to Dump SMF
Humor from the Net
Parmlib Analysis
  • SMFPRMxx
CICS Performance Tips
  • VSAM (part 1)

Update Sheet Issued 12/96

No. 2 (44 pages)

News of MVS
  • OS/390
  • Pubs
Management Issues
Ongoing Topics
  • SP 5
  • OS/390 & MULC Pricing
  • The Net
  • CMOS Processors
  • CICS 4 & Sysplex
UNIX & POSIX for MVSers
  • History of UNIX
  • UNIX Structure
  • DCE
  • Bibliography
FOCUS: OpenEdition MVS
  • Benefits of OE
  • MVS Solutions for UNIX
  • OE Structure
  • Preparing for OE
  • Bibliography
Standard Groups
Parmlib Analysis
  • General Notes
  • IEASYSxx
CICS Performance Tips
  • Transient Data

Update Sheet Issued (7/96)

No. 1 (44 pages)

News of MVS
  • SAS
  • Capture Ratio
  • Parmlib
  • ISPF
  • VSAM
Management Issues
Ongoing Topics
  • Software Pricing
  • Year 2000
  • ISPF 4
  • PC Server S/390
  • The Net
FOCUS: SHARE Trip (3/96)
  • Change to HIPER APARs
  • MVS/ESA SP 5
  • Sysplex
  • Parallel Sysplex
  • WSC Flashes
  • CMOS Processors
  • Year 2000
  • COBOL
  • IMS
  • HCD
  • RAID
  • DFSMS
  • DFSORT
  • More Notes
Program Mgmt & PDSE
  • PDSE Overview
  • Program Management
  • PDSEs Today
  • The Future
Q & A
  • How many SMF dsns
Questionnaire Feedback
CICS Performance Tips
  • Temporary Storage
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