Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

2007 Tuning Letters

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No. 6 (54 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • New Function APARs
  • Interesting APARs
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
RMF Disk Monitoring
  • Monitor Controls
  • Storage Space Report
  • Disk Space Report
  • zFS Summary Report
  • zFS Activity Report
  • zFS Secondary Reports
  • Summary & References
zPCR Experiences – Part I
  • Overview
  • Version 4.5
  • In Part II
User Experiences
  • SRM Overhead
  • RSM Overhead
What’s New?
  • DS8000 Enhancements
  • Red Alert Update
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 5 (42 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
  • New Function APARs
  • Interesting APARs
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
SHARE Trip Report (08/07)
  • Data Management
  • Useful Sessions
  • IBM Support
Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #18
  • Survey Question
  • Important Fixes
  • Useful Tools
  • Publications
User Experiences
  • RSM Performance
  • Catalog Errors
  • CPU Variability
What’s New?
  • zFS Migration Update
  • IMS 9.1 Red Alert
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 4 (45 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • Interesting APARs
  • Forum Nuggets
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Focus: JES2 and z/OS 1.8
  • Initiator Balancing
  • Member Shutdown
  • Duplicate Jobnames
  • Draining JES2
  • Other Enhancements
  • References
SHARE Highlights
  • Important Maintenance
  • Other Breaking News
User Experiences
  • Encryption/Translation
  • RMF Data Portal Update
What’s New?
  • Red Alert for JES2
  • zFS Migration
  • z/OS 1.9 Announcement
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 3 (50 pages)

Management Summary
  • Hot Flashes #25
  • Who is Cheryl Watson? 
  • SMF Type 113s
  • z196 Power Saving Mode
  • z/OS Releases
  • IPL Avoidance
News
  • Component Levels
  • Interesting APARs
  • CA World 2007
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
Focus: RMF CPU Activity
  • Options
  • Report Output
  • SMF Record Changes
  • References
Health Checker Update
  • Overview
  • Activating Checks
  • Remote Checks
  • Check Control
  • Policy Management
  • Check Services
  • REXX Support
  • New Checks
User Experiences
  • Message Floods
What’s New?
  • System REXX
  • IPSec on zIIPs
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 2 (51 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • New Function APARs
  • Interesting APARs
  • z/OS 1.6 EOS
  • Forum Nuggets
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
SHARE Trip Report (02/07)
  • VSAM/Catalog Diagnosis
  • Useful Tools
  • Teaching z/OS Basics
  • z/OS Migration
  • LE Maintenance
Cheryl’s Hot Flashes #17
  • Survey Questions
  • Miscellaneous
User Experiences
  • zFS Performance Tip
  • Uniprocessors
  • zIIP Experiences
Rotting ROTs
  • Top 10 Lists
  • Knee of the Curve
  • Summary
What’s New?
  • DB2 Version 9
  • System z Enhancements
  • RMF Data Portal
  • SRM Overhead Update
  • CICS Version 3.2
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 1 (45 pages)

Management Summary
News
  • Interesting APARs
  • Forum Nuggets
  • WSC News
  • The Net
  • Publications
SHARE Highlights
  • Important Maintenance
  • Hot Flashes
  • Final DST Reminder
  • Useful z/OS Resources
IBM Migration Checker
  • What is it? 
  • Installation
  • Running Checks
  • Experiences
User Experiences
  • CPU Consumption
  • DB2 and MIDAW
  • SMF and DB2 Billing
  • New Function Errors
What’s New?
  • Catalog Red Alert
  • zNALC Pricing Option
  • LLA Performance
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
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