Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

2008 Tuning Letters

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No. 6 (40 pages)

Management Summary
Focus: SMF – Part 4
  • User Survey Results
  • Obtaining SMF Counts
  • Volume Configuration
  • Volume Activity
  • Non-VSAM Data Sets
  • VSAM Data Sets & Catalogs
  • Specialty Data Sets
  • Total Activity
  • Collection Recommendations
User Experiences
  • Cooling Problem
  • z/OS 1.9 SDSF Commands
IBM Announcements
  • OSA-Express3 & Infiniband
  • System Timer Protocol (STP) 
  • Software Price Increase
Reader Feedback
  • HyperPAV
  • HiperDispatch on z10 BC
  • z/OS 1.10 C/C++
  • z10 Compression
z/OS 101
  • Volume-related Records
  • File-related Records
  • Total I/O Activity
News
  • New Function APARs
  • HIPER APARs
  • WSC News
  • Publications
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 5 (46 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
Focus: z/OS 1.10
  • z/OS 1.7-1.10
  • z/OS 1.8-1.10
  • z/OS 1.9-1.10
  • z/OS 1.10 Only
Focus: SMF – Part 3
  • SMFPRMxx Update
  • Address Space-related Records
  • User Survey
  • Obsolete Records
  • SMF Type 6
  • SMF Type 24
  • SMF Type 26
  • SMF Type 30
  • Others
  • Recommendations
User Experiences
  • CICS APAR
  • GRS Contention
IBM Announcements
  • High Performance FICON
  • z10 BC Processors
Reader Feedback
  • HiperDispatch
z/OS 101
  • SMF Exits
  • Life of an Address Space
News
  • New Function APARs
  • HIPER APARs
  • WSC News
  • Publications
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 4 (44 pages)

Management Summary
Focus: z10 User Experiences
  • HiperDispatch
  • z10 Performance Results
  • z10 Compression
  • References
SHARE – San Jose
  • Important APARs
  • SVL Visit
  • Interesting Sessions
  • z/OS 1.9 Performance
  • Hot Flashes #20
  • This SHARE
User Experiences
  • DVIPA
  • z/OS  1.8 CPU Changes
  • z/OS 1.8 Telnet Sessions
  • zIIPs and zAAPs
Reader Feedback
  • SMF Logger
  • SMF Parameters
News
  • New Function APARs
  • HIPER APARs
  • WSC News
  • Publications
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 3 (52 pages)

Management Summary
  • Hot Flashes #25
  • Who is Cheryl Watson? 
  • SMF Type 113s
  • z196 Power Saving Mode
  • z/OS Releases
  • IPL Avoidance
Focus: SMF Update – Part 2
  • SMF Logger Update
  • SMFPRMxx Parameters
  • Recommendations
  • References
HiperDispatch
  • Background
  • z10 Hardware Design
  • z10 HiperDispatch
  • How to Use HiperDispatch
  • Performance
  • References
What’s New?
  • IBM Buys PSI
z/OS 101
  • SMF Introduction
  • MVS Commands
  • SMFPRMxx
User Experiences
  • z/OS 1.9 Experience
  • WLM Dispatching
News
  • Red Alerts
  • New Function APARs
  • HIPER APARs
  • Interesting APARs
  • WSC News
  • Publications
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 2 (58 pages)

Management Summary
z/OS Performance
  • z/OS 1.8 – 1.9 Results
  • Large Page Data Sets
  • Large Memory
SMF Update – Part 1
  • SMF Buffers
  • SMF Survey
  • SMF Intervals
  • Neat Presentation
  • SMF Logger
SHARE Sessions
  • Important APARs
  • Library Server
Cheryl’s Hot Flashes
  • Survey
  • Other Topics
z/OS 101
  • Advice for z/OS Techies
  • Linda Mooney’s Tips
  • And More
z10 Processors
  • LSPR Analysis
News
  • Red Alerts
  • New Function APARs
  • Interesting APARs
  • HIPER APARs
  • WSC News
  • Publications
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 1 (48 pages)

In This Issue
News
  • CA News
  • New Function APARs
  • Interesting APARs
  • WSC News
  • On the Web
  • Publications
Q & A
  • Linux and z/VM
  • DB2 Performance
  • Advice for New z/OS Techies
z/OS Performance
  • SoftCap Tool
  • IBM Performance Tests
  • z/OS 1.6 – 1.7 Results
  • z/OS 1.7 – 1.8 Results
  • z/OS 1.9 Results
zPCR Experiences – Part 2
  • zIIP and zAAP Benefits
  • zAAP Overhead
  • zIIP Overhead
  • Book Overhead
  • Workload Selection
  • Summary
IBM Announcements
  • New z/OS Chip
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
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