Cheryl Watson’s Tuning Letter

2013 Tuning Letters

No. 4 (60 pages)

Management Summary
User Experiences
  • Tuning Letter DVD
  • More on BCPii
  • Faster Processors? 
  • zHPF Update
More Parmlib Updates for z/OS 1.13
  • AUTORxx, COUPLExx
  • CTnccxx, DEVSUPxx
Parmlib Updates for z/OS 2.1 -Part 1
  • ADYSETxx, ALLOCxx
  • AUTORxx, BPXPRMxx
  • CEAPRMxx, CEEPRMxx
  • CLOCKxx, CNIDTRxx
  • CNGRPxx, COFVLFxx
  • CONFIGxx, CONSOLxx
  • COUPLExx
  • CUNUNIxx, DEVSUPxx
  • DIAGxx, GTZPRMxx
  • HZSPRMxx, IEASLPxx
  • IEASVCxx, IEASYSxx
  • IECIOSxx
  • Letter to IBM Editors
RMF XML
  • Introduction
  • XML Toolkit 
  • Spreadsheet Reporter
  • Other Interfaces 
What’s New?
  • PDSE
News
  • New Function APARs
  • New Function Subsystem APARs
  • SMF APARs
  • HIPER APARs
  • News from Techdocs
  • Social Media
  • Publications
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 3 (69 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: Exploiting z/OS – Part 4
  • Introduction
  • OPERLOG
  • CEA
  • CIM
Parmlib Updates for z/OS 1.13
  • Comments
  • AUTOR00
  • CEAPRMxx
  • DIAGxx
  • GRSCNFxx
  • IEAFIXxx/IEALPAxx
  • IEASYSxx
  • IKJPRM00
  • IXGCNFxx
  • LOADxx
  • MPFLSTxx
  • SMFPRMxx
IBM Education
User Experiences
  • WLM Dispatching Priorities
  • Update on COBOL 5.1
  • Security APARs
  • Mainframe Freebies
  • Liberty Profile Update
Hardware Announcements
  • zEC12 Enhancements
  • zBC12 Processors
News
  • New Function APARs
  • SMF APARs
  • Information APARs
  • News from Techdocs
  • Social Media
  • Publications 
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts
  • Blog Entries

No. 2 (69 pages)

Management Summary
Exploiting z/OS – Part 3
  • Introduction
  • BCPii
  • EAVs
z/OS 2.1 Preview
  • Benefit of Requirements
  • DASD Requirements
SMF Type 42.6
  • SMF Type 42.6
  • zFS and HFS Counts
What’s New?
  • WAS Liberty Profile
  • IBM Announcements
Parmlib Changes
  • ALLOCxx
  • IEAOPTxx
User Experiences
  • DB2 zIIP Eligible Time
  • DB2 10 Increased CPU Time
  • MIPS per MSU
zBNA
  • Background
  • How Does zBNA Work? 
  • Other Uses for zBNA
News
  • New Function APARs
  • SMF APARs
  • HIPER APARs
  • Miscellaneous APARs
  • News from Techdocs
  • Social Media
  • Publications 
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts

No. 1 (68 pages)

Management Summary
Focus: zEC12 Enhancements
  • Introduction
  • Flash Express
  • Transactional Execution
  • zAware
  • More zEC12 enhancements on z/OS 1.12
  • More zEC12 enhancements on z/OS 1.13
z/OS 2.1 Preview
  • Statements of Direction
  • Available now on z/OS 1.12
  • Available now on z/OS 1.13
SHARE Tidbits
  • “Best Session Ever”
  • The Standards
  • And Other Neat Sessions
Large Memory Pages
  • Introduction
  • Virtual to Real Address Translation
What’s New?
  • IBM Redbooks
User Experiences
  • EAVs
  • RMF and WLM Capping
  • CA Update on zIIPs/zAAPs
Outsourcing
  • Introduction
  • Baseline Measurements
  • Service Level Objectives
  • Capacity Plan
  • Benchmarks
  • Reporting Plan
  • Meeting Plan
  • Right of Access
  • Penalties
  • A Final Note
News
  • New Function APARs
  • SMF APARs
  • Information APARs
  • HIPER APARs
  • News from Techdocs
  • Social Media
  • Publications 
Cheryl’s List Blog Posts