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- z800 Processors
- Latest LSPRs
- SHARE Trip Report
- #60, 61, 62
- CMF Manuals
- CICS Migration
- IBM in the News
- Hiper APARs
- SCEERUN
- WSC News
- The Net
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- Introduction
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- Data Sources
- STK SMF
- Recommendations
- Summary
- CICS V4 vs TS Performance
- CICS TS 1.3 & SMF
- CICS and WLM
- Fewer But Faster CPs
- #59
- Hiper APARs
- Other APARs
- DSNUTILB
- JES and z/OS R2
- Linux
- DFSORT
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- WSC News
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- History
- IBM HTTP Server
- WebSphere Application Server
- Initial Performance Considerations
- Bibliography
- Overview
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- Software Pricing
- TUNING Letter Search
- #57, 58
- CICS
- WLM
- Hiper APARs
- Tidbits from the Forums
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- The Net
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- ILM
- WLC Pricing
- Value Unit Pricing
- Observations
- Things to do now
- Current Status
- Additional Notes
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- Introduction
- Finding the Data
- Softcaps in Action
- Conclusion
- What's New
- z/OS V1R2
- z/OS V1R3
- Software Management
- CICS & IMS Goals
- #56
- RMF
- WLM
- WSC News
- The Net
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- z900 Notes
- z900 Compression
- CPU Overhead
- Mysteries
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- Good Reading
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- Other Items
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- LPAR Clusters
- DCM
- CSSPQ
- CPU Mgmt: Weights
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- Defined Capacity
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- Future Expectations
- Bibliography
- What is I/O Priority?
- #54, 55
- Red Alert (Sysplex)
- Recent APARs
- OS/390 R10 & CA-MIM
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- WebSphere Notes
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- CICS Releases
- The Small Mainframe
- Java
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- z/OS R1 or OS/390 R10
- R10 Overhead
- Catalog Reorganization
- Our MIPS Versus Theirs
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- Using the TUNING Letter
- #53
- UIC in 64-bit
- Interesting APARs
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- WSC Flashes
- The Net
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- Introduction
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- Summary
- Bibliography
- Notes from Cheryl
- Cheryl's Hot Flashes #5
- R10 and z/OS
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- Loss of DB2 Defines
- z/OS R2
- #49, 50, 51, 52
- DB2 Storage
- RMF
- WLM
- OS/390 R10
- 64-bit
- ALS-1
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- The Net
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- Introduction
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- #48
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- #46, #47
- WLM Questions
- 2002 No. 6 (50 pages)
Management Summary
S/390 News
You've Got MVS Mail
Focus: User Experiences
- December 2002 CPU Chart
2002 No. 5 (48 pages)
Management Issues
S/390 News
Focus: User Experiences
Management Issues
S/390 News
Cheryl's List
Management Issues
S/390 News
Management Issues
Focus: WebSphere Tuning - Part 2: HTTP Server
Management Issues
S/390 News
CICS Performance Tips
- March 2002 CPU Chart (revised April 2002)
- 2001 No. 6 (44 pages)
Management Issues
S/390 News
CICS Performance Tips
- 2001 No. 5 (44 pages)
Management Issues
S/390 News
Q & A
Management Issues
S/390 News
Management Issues
S/390 News
- January 2001 CPU Chart update
Management Issues
S/390 News
Management Issues
S/390 News
- January 2001 CPU Chart
2000 No. 6 (32 pages)
Management Issues
S/390 News
EXPO 2000 Trip Report
Q&A
- November 2000 CPU Chart
2000 No. 5 (56 pages)
Management Issues
S/390 News
EXPO 2000 Trip Report
Q&A
- SAS Corrupted File
- High CPU/Cache
- Tidbits from IBM-Main
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
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- Confighfs Command
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- WLM in R10
- Cheryl's Hot Flashes
- HFS Commands in R9
- Parallel Sysplex
- DB2 Buffer Pools
- WSC Hot Topics
- JES2 Performance
- Misc. Notes
- #44, #45
- UNIX Prompt
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- ROTS
- CICS Signon
- New Function for LE
- Capping Overhead–NOT!
- Performance APAR
- MVS Performance Class
- RACF
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- Linux on S/390
- Architectural Level Set
- OS/390 R9
- OS/390 R10
- #43
- ADABAS in Goal
- Two Period TSO
- After Goal Mode
- Moving HFS Files
- RMF
- Parallel Sysplex
- Easytrieve
- COBOL
- I/O Avoidance
- Tidbits from IBM-Main
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
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- Recommended APARs
- Parallel Sysplex
- Hot Topics
- Misc.
- I/O Avoidanced
- BPXPRMxx non-HFS
- #41, #42
- Scheduling Environments
- MP Overhead
- WLM Poor Response
- LLA
- Page Data Sets
- Page Data Sets
- Non-SMS HFS
- Defrag
- Shark
- Easytrieve
- TCP/IP APARs
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- The Importance of HFS
- UNIX File System
- OS/390 HFS
- Performance Points
- HFS File Latching
- HFS Global Buffering
- HFS Deferred Writes
- Monitoring HFS Buffers
- BPXPRMxx HFS Parms
- #39, #40
- Capacity Planning
- WLM
- ADSM
- Domino
- HFS
- Y2K
- Killer Sort
- Crypto
- Tidbits from IBM-Main
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- Introduction
- User Experiences
- GOLC
- DB2
- #34, #35, #36, #37, #38
- New Year's Resolutions
- CA-Dispatch
- Looping Jobs
- Monitored Spaces
- Upgrade Overhead
- PDSE Update
- CA-ASTEX
- VSAM Catalogs
- CICS
- RCCCPUT
- Y2K
- OS/390 R8
- OS/390 R10
- FTP Work
- DB2
- Software Pricing
- Tidbits from IBM-Main
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- DB2
- RMF
- APARs
- #30, #31, #32, #33
- New Functions
- SHARE Notes
- RMF
- Capping Capacity
- MQSeries
- VSAM
- DB2
- OS/390 UNIX
- DLF
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- Introduction
- What Does it Cost
- What Can You Save?
- Success Stories
- How Do You Justify It?
- The Future
- Parallel Sysplex
- WLM
- HSM
- OS/390
- Domino
- Shark
- APARs
- Miscellaneous
- #27, #28, #29
- Looping Jobs
- Out of Capacity
- Y2K
- Dynamic Linklist
- TSO
- WLM
- PDSE
- RMF
- VLF
- OS/390 UNIX
- WSC Flashes
- WSC Hints & Tips
- The Net
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- Experiences
- Recommendations
- OS/390 R5 - R10
- Minimum Releases
- DFSMS/MVS
- References
- Virtual Storage
- Amdahl's List Prices
- New Processors
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- DB2
- 31-bit CICS
- OS/390 Maintenance
- IEASYSxx
- Private Region Problems
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- Preemptible SRBs
- Enclave Overview
- Exploiting Enclaves
- Application Environments
- Defining Enclaves & AEs
- Enclave Measurements
- LE Enclaves
- Monitoring Enclaves
- Managing Enclaves
- IEASYSxx Update
- What are TCBs & SRBs
- Dispatcher
- DB2
- ITSO Workshops
- WLM
- Parallel Sysplex
- Y2K
- OS/390
- WSC Flashes
- After Hours #2
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- MVS & the Web
- WLM
- Cheryl’s Hot Flashes
- Highlighted APARs
- Domino
- JES2
- Parallel Sysplex
- Paging Data Sets
- Bit Bucket
- OS/390 Coexistence
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- IVTPRM00
- WLM & HSM
- Cobol Subscripts
- AKPFREQ
- GRS Star
- MXG & CA-MICS
- CMOS & Compression
- Y2K
- Java
- Component Broker
- LE
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- Sizing Processors
- Migration Issues
- Upgrade Problems
- Most Common Q&A’s
- TCP/IP
- ISPF Exposure
- WLM Update
- Y2K
- LPAR Weights
- WLM Questions
- Fixed Storage Shortage
- COBOL, CICS & LE
- OS/390
- Performance?
- SDSF
- MDF
- WLM
- DB2
- The Name Game
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
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- WLM
- OS/390
- JES3
- JES2
- ISPF
- Miscellaneous
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- Online CF Report
- DB2 Trace Overhead
- Performance Modeling
- Shutdown Hangs
- CICS V4
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- Background
- Why Convert?
- Issues
- Migrating to LE
- Technical Notes
- User Experiences
- COBOL Versions
- COBOL Performance
- LE Resources
- STEPLIBs
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- CSVRTLxx
- CICS & LE
- WLM
- COBOL
- Year 2000
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- Introduction
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- CP Techniques
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- COBOL MLE
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- SAS
- OS/390
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- Year 2000
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- Quickstart Track Record
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- Most Common Mistakes
- New Recommendations
- APARs
- IBM G5 Processors
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- And More
- Configuration Changes
- CPU Chart
- WLM
- LE & PL/1
- PSLC Software Pricing
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
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- CICS
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- SmartBatch
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- Web Server
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- SYS1.PARMLIB
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- Catalog
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- WLM
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- IOS
- ESCON
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- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- XCF Tuning
- Tuning CFs
- LPAR Considerations
- IEASYSxx Update
- IT Service Vision
- New APAR for Catalog
- Update on RCCCPUT
- Goal Mode
- Sign-on and Security Checking
- 1991-1997 Table of Contents
- OS/390
- Catalog
- Software Pricing
- Miscellaneous
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- Performance
- BCP Changes
- WLM Changes
- OpenEdition
- Recommendations
- IBM Manuals
- High RCT Times
- COBOL & CMOS
- Quickstart Method to Goal Mode
- V4 Changes
- Catalog
- OS/390
- OpenEdition
- TCP/IP
- OSA
- Year 2000
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
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- Definition of Terms
- Why Use Vendor Claims
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- IBM's LSPR
- Amdahl's Claims
- HDS's Claims
- Why Use These Claims
- Why Yours May Differ
- What Can You Do
- IBM's Latest LSPR Ratings
- IMS
- OS/390
- Performance
- WLM
- Parallel Sysplex
- LPAR
- IEAOPTxx, Part 2
- Catalog
- WLM
- Sysplex
- OS/390
- OpenEdition
- LE
- TCP/IP
- ISPF
- DFSMS
- Miscellaneous
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- Introduction
- The Solutions
- The Impact
- Migration Considerations
- TCP/IP
- Alternate Master Catalog
- IEAOPTxx, Part 1
- Performance APARs
- Catalog
- WLM
- Sysplex
- OS/390
- OpenEdition
- Year 2000
- DFSMS
- DFSORT
- LE
- ICS
- Miscellaneous
- WSC Flashes
- The Net
- Pubs & APARs
- Definition
- Factors Affecting Velocity
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- New Processors
- CICS Transaction Server
- IP Printway
- Why Aren't CPU Models the Same Speed?
- Capture Ratios
- TRUNC (OPT)
- HCD
- LE Modules
- OS/390 Reversioning
- Storage
- WLM
- OS/390 R2
- DFMSMS
- Timer Services
- DB2
- Year 2000
- The Net
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- WLM
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- TSO & ISPF
- APARs & Flashes
- Parallel Sysplex
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- SMS
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- IECIOSxx
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- DUMPSRV
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- Year 2000
- Software Pricing
- Manuals & APARs
- RAID in a Nutshell
- Sibling pend
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- Sysplex Timer
- TCP/IP for MVS
- TCPaccess
- RMF Cache Reporter
- PerfMan
- IAM
- PAI/O Driver
- How to Tune TCP/IP
- How to set RCCCPUT
- MVS Overhead
- COBOL Migration
- IBM-Main
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- Capacity Planning Manual
- VSAM (part 3)
- Pubs
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- WLM
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- The Net
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- Year 2000
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- Manuals & APARs
- Multiprise 2000 Servers
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- Observations
- OS/390 R1
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- DEVSERV
- ISRFIND
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- ISRONLY
- DB2
- Pubs
- SP 5 & OS/390
- WLM
- Client/Server
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- Parallel & Base Sysplex
- APARs & Flashes
- JES3
- JES2
- RAID
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- DB2
- HCD
- Baseline
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- Benchmarks
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- Right of Access
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- DB2 Capacity Planning
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- VSAM (part 2)
- DFSORT
- DB2
- CICS
- RMF CRR
- SP 5
- Sysplex
- CMOS Processors
- The Net
- Year 2000
- Continuous Availability
- What’s a Coupling Facility?
- 13 Reasons You need Parallel Sysplex
- Costs
- Coupling Facility
- Data Sharing
- Exploiters
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- Summary
- Bibliography
- PSLC Pricing
- How to Set Velocities
- How to Dump SMF
- SMFPRMxx
- VSAM (part 1)
- OS/390
- Pubs
- SP 5
- OS/390 & MULC Pricing
- The Net
- CMOS Processors
- CICS 4 & Sysplex
- History of UNIX
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- DCE
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- Benefits of OE
- MVS Solutions for UNIX
- OE Structure
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- Bibliography
- General Notes
- IEASYSxx
- Transient Data
- SAS
- Capture Ratio
- Parmlib
- ISPF
- VSAM
- Software Pricing
- Year 2000
- ISPF 4
- PC Server S/390
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- Change to HIPER APARs
- MVS/ESA SP 5
- Sysplex
- Parallel Sysplex
- WSC Flashes
- CMOS Processors
- Year 2000
- COBOL
- IMS
- HCD
- RAID
- DFSMS
- DFSORT
- More Notes
- PDSE Overview
- Program Management
- PDSEs Today
- The Future
- How many SMF dsns
- Temporary Storage
- VSAM
- SRM
- RTM
- ALC
- Pubs
- SVC DUMP
- SP 5 Experiences
- Year 2000
- Introduction
- Memo to Users
- Copying Load Modules
- TSO Profiles
- Start & Return Immediate
- How many page dsns?
- DFSORT & RAMAC
- IMS
- HCD
- SRM
- SP 5 Experiences
- Year 2000
- Net News
- IEASYSxx Changes
- Sysplex Timer
- Couple Data Sets
- Connecting Links
- XCF Services
- Users of Sysplex
- Monitoring & Tuning a Sysplex
- Debugging in a Sysplex
- Preparing for Sysplex
- Bibliography
- OS/390
- SMF
- SORT
- SP 5 Experiences
- Year 2000
- Net News
- COBOL
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- Software Bundling
- CMOS from Amdahl
- Traces
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- Pubs
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- SP 5 Experiences
- Year 2000
- Net News
- WLM Classification
- A Quickstart Policy
- WLM Measurements
- New CMOS Machines
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- DFSORT R13
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- Statistics
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- ISPF
- VTAM
- JES2
- Pubs
- Fixed Frames
- SP 5 Update
- Year 2000
- Net News
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- Governors
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- ICEGENER
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- ADSM
- CICS
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- PDSE
- Priorities
- ISM/CP
- SoftAudit
- RAMAC
- NPM
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- WSC Flashes
- RMF
- DB2
- Types of Software Pricing
- Other Pricing Options
- Pricing Announcements
- Non-IBM Vendors
- What to Do Now
- Implementing MULC
- Can Response Time be Too Good?
- Starting a Tuning Project
- CPU Busy
- Page Movement
- RSU
- MIH
- GTF
- JES3
- Multi-Period Batch
- MAXVIRT for LLA in VLF
- GRS Storage Isolation
- Advantages of SP 5
- Disadvantages of SP 5.1
- Migrate to SP 4.3 or 5.1?
- Positioning for SP 5
- Prepare for WLM
- MVS SP 5.1 Bibliography
- Manuals
- Catalog
- ISPF
- CPU Overhead
- 3390-9
- I/O Worksheet
- Virtual Storage Worksheet
- Central Storage Worksheet
- Expanded Storage Worksheet
- Conclusion
- ISPF/DM
- Free Newsletters
- APPC
- CPU Overhead
- CPU Worksheet
- Running MVS Under VM
- Using a Base CPU Speed
- Parallel Sysplex
- Software Pricing
- Workload Manager
- Announcement Letters
- Erratic CPU Times
- PDSE
- 3990-Mod 6
- WSC Flash 9609
- Softcopy CD-Rom
- SMF Blocksizes
- Slip Trap
- Introduction
- Getting Started
- Configuration Worksheet
- Service Level Worksheet
- Review & Definitions
- More Controllers
- Monitoring Cache
- Controlling Cache
- Software Products
- Tuning Cache
- Cache Candidates
- Cache Bibliography
- Unnecessary Overhead
- New SRM Workload Manager
- New CPU Comparison Chart
- EMIF
- MDF
- MVS 4.3 & 9021 SEC 228150
- Tuning Logical Swap (SP 3.1.3)
- Changes in Logical Swap
- Logical Swap Experiences
- Using Hiperspaces With SAS
- Why Downsize?
- A Reasonable Approach
- Bibliography
- Inconsistent TSO Response Time
- RMF Workload Measures
- Frequency of Therapeutic IPLs
- More on Dual Copy
- Introduction
- History
- Caching Basics
- Caching Operations
- Extended Functions
- Advanced Functions
- Some Interesting Notes
- SMF Synchronization
- Virtual Storage Management
- RMF Tape Mount Monitor
- SRM FIXCIDX Parameter
- SMF Enhancements
- New Capture Time
- PR/SM Changes
- New Transaction Definition
- New Amdahl Performance Report
- CSCBs and ACF2
- More on IRA500E
- Tracking Germains
- Sort Basics
- SyncSort Basics
- DFSORT Basics
- Sort Measurements
- Sort Utilities
- An Approach to Tuning
- Analyzing Sort Activity
- Setting System Defaults
- Tuning Execution Parameters
- Tuning Storage
- Tuning Sort Work Areas
- Tuning Sort Files
- Tuning Sort Exits
- Tuning SyncSort Summary
- Tuning DFSORT Summary
- Finding Alternatives
- Sort Bibliography
- Parameter Cross-reference
- Interesting IBM Publications
- Notes From Share
- What's Maximum Region Size?
- More on LPA
- NSR Degradation
- Virtual Storage Basics
- Virtual Storage
- Interesting Manuals
- Table I - Subpools
- Using VIRTUAL=REAL
- Managing Region Size
- Tracking Common Storage
- Tuning PLPA
- Exploiting 31-bits
- Avoiding Fragmentation
- More Tips
- Controlling Hiperspaces & Data Spaces
- Virtual Storage
- Therapeutic IPLs
- Paging Increased With SP 4.2
- CICS Overview
- Virtual Storage Creation
- Getting Started
- Tuning Dispatch Priorities
- Reducing Paging Delays
- Reducing External I/O Delays
- Tuning VSAM Under CICS
- Managing CICS Load Modules
- CICS Bibliography
- CICS as STC or Batch Job
- Creating a Storage Map
- MSO - One Last Time
- Tuning CCCSIGUR Parameter
- DDCONS
- LLA & VLF
- Reverse Storage Isolation
- Reducing CPU
- Reducing Virtual Storage
- Reducing Elapsed Time
- Using Batch LSR
- Using Hiperbatch
- Miscellaneous
- Enqueue Analysis
- VLF Overview
- LLA Overview
- Tuning Catalog & VLF
- Tuning TSO & VLF
- Tuning LLA
- RMF & SRM APAR
- PR/SM Overhead
- SMF Enhancements
- RMF Enhancements
- Limit on Buffers
- Track vs Cylinder Allocation
- Fixed Storage Problems
- Strobe
- VSAM I/O Plus
- PMO & Quick-Fetch
- Fixed DP for IMS
- SRM APAR Describes STCs
- Getting Started
- Reducing I/O
- Sort Utility: Revisited
- Design Considerations
- Batch Jobs
- Publications
- How to Compare CPU Values
- Where to Find Device Class & Device Type
- SP 4.2 Maximum Swap Size
- Time Slicing
- Sharing the CPU
- Defining a Sysprog LPAR
- Common Mistakes With SP 4.2 Parameters
- Combining Production & Development
- Soaker Jobs
- Introduction
- Benchmarking Techniques
- After The Fact Benchmarks
- Benchmarking Bibliography
- Soaker Jobs
- CPU Variability
- Calculating Capture Ratio
- I/O Variability
- Storage Variability
- Elapsed Variability
- STOP-X37
- Setting Batch Service Levels
- Setting Other Service Levels
- Negotiating SLAs
- Nasty PER Traps
- Overview
- Setting Online Service Levels
- Setting TSO Service Levels
- Reporting & Managing
- Service Level Bibliography
- SMFUTIL
- More on Mounts as NSW
- Expanded Storage
- ESTOR Bibliography
- Expanded Storage
- Establishing ESTOR Guidelines
- Using XA SRM Controls
- Using SP 4.2 SRM Parameters
- CPExpert
- CICS as STC or Batch
- SU/SEC Rate for ES/9000
- SRM Feedback
- Exchange Swapping
- ISV
- Defining Exchange Swapping (SP 4.2)
- Defining Exchange Swapping (Pre 4.2)
- Summary of IPS Design
- Converting to SP 4.2
- Dedicated & Shared LPARs
- SRM Second
- Service Rate
- MPL Determination
- Determining Domains
- Setting MPL Thresholds
- Defining Domains
- Evaluating Domains
- Deleted Trace Elements
- Feedback
- PDS Blocksizes
- More on IDRC
- VSAM Comments
- Estimating ESTOR
- Tuning DASD
- ESTOR Page Movement
- Updating the ICS and IPS
- Creating an ICS
- Defining Periods
- Determining Priorities
- Assigning PGNs
- Defining Domains
- Tuning VSAM Under CICS
- General VSAM Tuning Tips
- Tuning ESDS Files
- Tuning RRDS Files
- Tuning KSDS Files
- Tuning KSDS Buffers - NSR
- Tuning KSDS Buffers - LSR
- Using Batch LSR
- VSAM Bibliography
- VSAM Basics
- VSAM LISTCAT
- SMF Records
- SMF Dumping
- Reducing Monitors
- Reducing MVS Overhead
- Tuning Applications
- Alternatives
- TSO Recovery
- Increasing Tape Blocksizes
- Using IDRC
- Increasing DASD Blocksizes
- Increasing Buffers
- Unnecessary I/Os
- Using VB Files
- I/O Measurements
- CPU Measurements
- Storage Measurements
- MVS/ESA Facilities
- Other Measurements
- SMF Records
- Uploading DB2 Tables
- TSO Recovery
- Paging & Swapping
- Paging & Swapping
- Page & Swap Data Sets
- Swapping to Page Data Sets
- Swapping to Swap Data Sets
- Combining PLPA & Common
- Unnecessary Swaps
- Amdahl's MDF
- Something Old, Something Blue
- Reblocking SMF
- What's An EXCP?
- DASD I/O Explained
- How To Measure I/O
- Reducing PEND Time
- Reducing IOSQ Time
- Reducing Disconnect Time
- Controlling Connect Time
- Fencing Loved Ones
- Limiting Baddies
- Reducing I/O Elongation
- New PR/SM APAR
- Reblocking SMF
- SRM Service Units
- Storage Isolation Overview
- Nature of PR/SM Overhead
- Computing Overhead Without a Benchmark
- Changing SRM Parameters
- PR/SM Tuning Tips
- PR/SM Bibliography
- Reducing Storage Movement
- PR/SM Overview
- UIC and Page Stealing
- Calculating Capture Ratio
- CPU Under PR/SM
- Determining CSTOR Users
- Reducing ISPF Response
- Eliminating TSO STEPLIBs
- Reducing O/P Wait Swaps
- Reducing TSO Period Swaps
- Invoking CLISTs Faster
- Reducing CLIST Response
- Consistent Response
- MVS Program Fetch
- TSO Response Time
- TSO Command Use
- SMF Reference Card
- CPU Chart
- CMF/RMF Cross-reference
- 2000 No. 4 (40 pages)
Management Issues
S/390 News
Focus: SHARE 7/00
Management Issues
S/390 News
Focus: What’s New
Cheryl’s List
Management Issues
S/390 News
Parmlib Analysis
CPU Chart Update
2000 No. 1 (56 pages)
A Note from Cheryl & Tom
Management Issues #27
S/390 News
- CPU Chart Update
1999 No. 6 (40 pages)
A Note from Cheryl & Tom
Management Issues #26
S/390 News
CPU Chart
1999 No. 5 (55 pages)
Management Issues #25
S/390 News
FOCUS: Why Parallel Sysplex?
FOCUS: Data Sharing
Notes From Conferences
Management Issues #24
S/390 News
Cheryl's List
Management Issues #23
S/390 News
What's New
Parmlib Analysis
- CPU Chart
Management Issues #22
S/390 News
1999 No. 1 (36 pages)
Management Issues #21
S/390 News
Q&A
CICS Performance Tips
1998 No. 6 (40 pages)
Management Issues #20
S/390 News
Supplement
- CPU Chart
1998
No. 5 (32 pages)
Management
Issues #19
S/390 News
1998
No. 4 (48 pages)
Management Issues #18
S/390 News
CICS Performance Tips
Management Issues #17
S/390 News
What's New
Update Sheet Issued 9/98
1998
No. 2 (40 pages)
Management Issues #16
S/390 News
Supplement
1998
No. 1 (40 pages)
Management Issues #15
S/390 News
CICS Performance Tips
Update Sheet Issued 5/98
1997 No. 6 (44 pages)
Management Issues #14
S/390 News
Parmlib Analysis
1997 No. 5 (44 pages)
Management Issues #13
S/390 News
Common OS/390 Terms
Shared Storage
Cheryl’s List #7 & #8
1997 No. 4 (60 pages)
Management Issues #12
S/390 News
Parmlib Analysis
1997 No. 3 (48 pages)
Management Issues #11
S/390 News
1997 No. 2 (64 pages)
Management Issues #10
S/390 News
Q & A
1997 No. 1 (36 pages)
Management Issues #9
S/390 News
1996 No. 6 (52 pages)
Management Issues #8
S/390 News
1996 No. 5 (36 pages)
News of MVS
Ongoing Topics
1996 No. 4 (36 pages)
News of MVS
Ongoing Topics
1996 No. 3 (52 pages)
News of MVS
Ongoing Topics
Parmlib Analysis
1996 No. 2 (44 pages)
News of MVS
Ongoing Topics
Parmlib Analysis
1996 No. 1 (44 pages)
News of MVS
Ongoing Topics
CICS Performance Tips
Nov/Dec 1995 (40 pages)
News of MVS
Ongoing Topics
Sep/Oct 1995 (52 pages)
News of MVS
Ongoing Topics
News of MVS
What’s New?
Effects of MP Serialization
CICS Performance Tips
May/June 1995 (52 pages)
News of MVS
Update Sheet Issued 2/97
March/April 1995 (52 pages)
News of MVS
Jan/Feb 1995 (48 pages)
News of MVS
Net News
BatchPipes/MVS
Year 2000
FOCUS: SHARE Trip (3/95)
HCD Hints & Tips
CICS Performance Tips
Nov/Dec 1994 (48 pages)
News of MVS
Sizing CMOS Processors
Q & A
Sep/Oct 1994 (36 pages)
News of MVS
Q & A
SHARE Trip (8/94) (8 pages)
Update Sheet Issued 3/95
Jul/Aug 1994 (no issue)
May/June 1994 (64 pages)
News of MVS
Performance Checkup Worksheet (16 Pages)
Diskette
Update Sheet Issued 9/94
March/April 1994 (48 pages)
News of MVS
Performance Checkup - Part 2
Supplements
Performance Checkup Worksheets (8 pages)
Update Sheet Issued 9/94
Jan/Feb 1994 (36 pages)
News of MVS
Sample RMF Reports (24 pages)
Performance Checkup Worksheets (12 pages)
Update Sheet Issued 9/94
Nov/Dec 1993 (46 pages)
FOCUS: Tuning Cache
Sep/Oct 1993 (no issue)
July/Aug 1993 (32 pages)
FOCUS: LPAR Update
SHARE 81.0 Trip Report (14 pages)
Update Sheet Issued 2/94
May/June 1993 (34 pages)
FOCUS: IBM Cache Overview
MVS Overview: SORT
Jan/Feb 1993 (41 pages)
MVS Overview
Q & A
Nov/Dec 1992 (39 pages)
MVS Overview
Sep/Oct 1992 (38 pages)
FOCUS: Batch Application Tuning - Part II
August 1992 (30 pages)
FOCUS: Batch Application Tuning - Part I
Update Sheet Issued 8/92
July 1992 (12 pages)
MVS Review
June 1992 (18 pages)
FOCUS: Benchmarking
May 1992 (17 pages)
FOCUS: Variability
April 1992 (24 pages)
FOCUS: Service Levels
March 1992 (no issue)
February 1992 (22 pages)
FOCUS: Service Levels
January 1992 (21 pages)
Questionnaire Results
MVS Review
December 1991 (14 pages)
MVS Review
November 1991 (26 pages)
MVS Review
RMF Part 1: Trace (4 pages)
SRM Service Objectives (6 pages)
October 1991 (18 pages)
FOCUS: Designing A New IPS (SP 4.2)
September 1991 (22 pages)
FOCUS: Tuning VSAM
August 1991 (22 pages)
Determining Workloads
Finding System Constraints
FOCUS: Reducing CPU
July 1991 (19 pages)
FOCUS: Reducing I/O
Tuning Bibliography
On a Personal Note
Feedback
Update Sheet 8/91
June 1991 (22 pages)
FOCUS: MVS/ESA Measurements
May 1991 (24 pages)
MVS Review
Update Sheet 9/91
April 1991 (26 pages)
MVS Review
Update Sheet Issued 11/93
March 1991 (22 pages)
FOCUS: Central Storage
February 1991 (28 pages)
FOCUS: PR/SM
Miscellany
Update Sheet Issued 3/91
January 1991 (16 pages)
FOCUS: Tuning TSO
Update Sheet Issued 9/95
of the TUNING Letter and are periodically reissued: