Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

2002 Tuning Letters

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No. 6 (50 pages)

Management Summary
S/390 News
  • HIPER APARs 
  • WLM 
  • Catalogs 
  • Nuggets from the Forums 
  • WSC News 
  • The Net 
  • Publications 
Welcome to Clark Kidd
You’ve Got MVS Mail
Focus: User Experiences
  • DB2 
  • GRS 
  • WLM 
  • 64-bit 
  • Control-R 
  • Shark 
  • Software Pricing 
What’s New?
  • WLM 
  • Software Pricing 
  • New z800s 
Q & A
  • Quiesce or KILLIT? 
  • Page Data Set Sizing 
  • WLM Report Classes 
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries
Supplement
  • December 2002 CPU Chart

No. 5 (48 pages)

Management Summary
  • Passing the Baton
  • What’s New in SMF?
  • IOPs – the ‘Shrinking Violets’ of I/O Processing
  • User Experiences and Tips
  • News You Can Use
S/390 News
  • Hiper APARs
  • Tivoli APARs
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #8
  • User Experiences
  • Interesting Items
  • 6-Month Update
  • z/OS
  • This SHARE
  • Soapbox Time
SHARE Trip Report (8/02)
  • Important APARs
  • WLM
  • IDMS
  • WebSphere on z/OS
  • z/OS USS
  • DASD
  • Interesting Items
New BoxScore Release
Focus: User Experiences
  • WLM Classification
  • GRS on z/OS
  • MQSeries CPU Rep’ting
  • Moving to Fewer CPs
  • SDSF DA CPU Time
What’s New?
  • z/OS 1.4
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 4 (44 pages)

Management Summary
S/390 News
  • VSAM & Catalogs
  • HTTP
  • New Tape Support
  • New WAS 4.0.1 Function
  • z/OS 1.3 SMF Goodies
  • WLM Items
  • RACF Enhancements
  • Hiper APARs
  • Tidbits from the Forums
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Focus: User Experiences
  • z900 Cache
  • ERBSCAN
  • WLM Inits
  • USS Error Messages
  • z900 MVCL
  • Performance Metrics
  • 64-Bit
Under 60 MIPS Mainframes
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 3 (56 pages)

Management Issues
S/390 News
  • Important Dates
  • OS/390 R10 or z/OS?
  •  Interesting APARs
  • WLM Notes
  • CBT Files
  • IBM Support Newsletter
  • Tidbits From the Forums
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Focus: User Experiences
  • Number of Catalogs
  • ERV
  • Moving to Fewer CPUs
  • LPAR Configurations
  • 64-Bit
  • NetView
  • SMF Time Synch
  • Stopping Jobs
  • TCP/IP
  • z900 Cache
  • High CPU Overhead
  • zFS Enabled
What’s New?
  • z900 Processors
  • Software Pricing
  • z800 Pricing
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 2 (44 pages)

Management Issues
Focus: WebSphere Tuning – Part 2: HTTP Server
  • Introduction
  • Bibliography
  • Tuning Checklist 
    • General
    • HTTP
    • Applications
    • USS
    • RACF 
    • LE 
    • TCP/IP
  • Measurements 
    • SMF 103
    • Server Activity Mon
    • Web Server Stats
    • SMF 72
    • USS Options 
    • SMF 74/3
    • D OMVS,PID
    • SMF 74/6
    • Enclave Reports
    • FRCA Data
    • Other SMF Data
    • Tuning Steps
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 1 (52 pages)

Management Issues
S/390 News
  • Paging in 64-bit
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #7
  • User Experiences
  • This SHARE
  • WLM
Focus: After Goal Mode
  • Checklist
  • Release by Release
SHARE Trip Report
  • APARs
  • Miscellaneous
  • Shared HFS
  • DFSMS 
  • Useful Sessions
Focus: Understanding the New zFS
  • Introduction
  • A New Option
  • Aggregates
  • Administrative Tools
  • Sharing and Integrity
  • Installing zFS
  • HFS Versus zFS
  • References
What’s New?
  • z800 Processors
  • Latest LSPRs
BoxScore and 64-bit
CICS Performance Tips
  • SHARE Trip Report
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
Supplement
  • March 2002 CPU Chart (revised April 2002)
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