Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

2005 Tuning Letters

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No. 6 (50 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • Now Available
  • Interesting APARs
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Focus: Health Checker
  • The Prototype
  • Why a New Version?
  • The Framework
  • The Individual Checks
  • Messages and Status
  • User-Written Checks
  • Installation
  • Resources
More about SHARE
  • Training Replacements
  • Looking Back/Forward
User Experiences
  • RMF FCD Parameter
  • Dedicated Processors
  • More GDG Advice
Q & A
  • Justifying Software
  • CPENABLE
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  • Blog Entries

No. 5 (47 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
News
  • Goodbye Bob
  • Interesting APARs
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Focus: LSPR Update
  • z/OS 1.4 vs z/OS 1.6
  • Average MIPS & CB-J
  • MIPS by Workload
  • Multi-Image MIPS
  • Larger Upgrades
  • Software Costs
  • What to do Now
Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #14
  • Survey Questions
  • Six-Month Update
  • New LSPR Values
  • Important Fixes
  • Useful Web Sites
SHARE Trip Report
  • z/OS
  • Workload Manager
  • Dynamic CPU Speed
  • zPCR
User Experiences
  • LCSS Update
  • Broken GDG Update
What’s New?
  • MIDAW Support
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  • Blog Entries

No. 4 (47 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • Interesting APARs
  • Nuggets from Forums
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
LCSS
  • Overview
  • Terminology
  • Configuration Options
  • RMF Changes
  • More Information
SDSF Update
User Experiences
  • RMF Monitor I
  • Tape Drive Contention
  • GDG Catalog Entries
  • EXAMINE Command
  • SAS Time Values
  • Console Address Space
What’s New?
  • IBM z9-109 Server
  • z/OS 1.7 Update
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No. 3 (48 pages)

Management Summary
  • Hot Flashes #25
  • Who is Cheryl Watson? 
  • SMF Type 113s
  • z196 Power Saving Mode
  • z/OS Releases
  • IPL Avoidance
News
  • Interesting APARs
  • Nuggets from Forums
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Preview of z/OS 1.7
  • Base Control Program
  • Data Management
  • Health Checker 
  • SDSF Enhancements
  • JES2 Enhancements
  • z/OS UNIX
  • Applications
  • Security Enhancements
  • Summary
User Experiences
  • PDSE Update 
  • Invalid VSAM Statistics
  • GRS RNLs
Statements of Direction
  • For z/OS 1.7
  • Beyond z/OS 1.7
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No. 2 (48 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • Interesting APARs 
  • Nuggets from Forums 
  • WSC News 
  • The Net 
  • Publications 
Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #13
  • Survey Questions 
  • Important APARs 
  • This SHARE 
  • Six-Month Update
  • For Laughs 
SHARE Trip Report
  • MVS Storage News 
  • APARs 
  • Networking Sessions 
  • Debugging Assembler Language 
  • IBM zSeries Program 
  • Migration to z/OS 1.6 
  • LibraryCenter 
  • Miscellaneous 
User Experiences
  • z990/z890 SU Changes 
  • PDSE CPU Utilization 
  • DB2 Feedback 
  • MSO Update 
  • VWLC 
  • Dump Performance 
What’s New?
  • Crypto Performance 
Q & A
  • CPENABLE 
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No. 1 (49 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • Interesting APARs4
  • Nuggets from Forums
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Focus: Tuning the JES2 Checkpoint
  • Checkpoint Options
  • JES2T17A
  • SDSF
User Experiences
  • Configuring SMTP
  • Reader Feedback 
Q & A
  • DB2 CPU Time
CMG Trip Report
  • WLM Experience
  • WLM for DB2
  • WebSphere Performance
What’s New?
  • Larger Data Sets
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
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