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            2011
        2011 No. 6 (40 pages)
        Management Summary
        z/OS 1.13 Parmlib Changes
        • ANTMIN00, ANTXIN00
        • BPXPRMxx, CONSOLxx
        • CSVLLAxx, DEVSUPxx
        • DIAGxx, GRSCNFxx
        • IEAOPTxx, IEASYSxx
        • IECIOSxx, IGDSMSxx
        • IGGCATxx, IXGCNFxx
        • MSGFLDxx, LOADxx
        • SMFPRMxx
        User Experiences
        • DB2 DD Accounting
        • New Facility in MXG
        • Tuning DFSORT
        • High CPU in DB2 10
        • WLM CPU Increase on z114
        • More on CPU MF
        • Link-Edit Dates
        • LookAt Tips
        z/OS 101
        • Service Levels - Part 1
        • Overview
        • Definitions
        • Philosophy
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • SMF APARs
        • Information APARs
        • ATS News
        • Publications 
        Cheryl's List 
        • #155

        2011 No. 5 (41 pages)
        Management Summary
        Focus: z/OS 1.13 Goodies Now
        • SODs
        • Available on 1.11-1.12
        • Older New Function APARS
        z/OS 1.13 Parmlib
             Changes for z/OS 1.10-1.12
        • BPXPRMxx, CEEPRMxx
        • DEVSUPxx, EXSPATxx
        • IEAOPTxx, IEASLPxx
        • IEASYSxx, IEFSSNxx
        • IGDSMSxx, PROGxx
        • SMFPRMxx
        What's New?
        • DS8000 Enhancements
        • Windows on a zBX! 
        • DB2 Analytics
        zBX Update
        • When to Use a zBX
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • SMF APARs
        • Information APARs
        • Miscellaneous APARs
        • ATS News
        • Publications 
        Cheryl's List 
        • #153
        • 154

        2011 No. 4 (55 pages)
        Management Summary
        Survey Results
        Focus: z/OSMF update
        • Latest References 
        • User Experiences
        • Resource Requirements
        • z/OSMF 1.12 Enhancements
        • z/OSMF 1.13 Enhancements
        • Implementation Recommendations
        User Experiences
        • DB2 DD Accounting
        • zHPF Update
        • Classifying Systems Tasks
        • CUNUNIxx Update
        z114 Processors
        • Introduction
        • AEWLC Pricing
        • z114 References
        • z114 Enhancements
        • Moving from z10-BC to z114
        News
        • SMF APARs
        • Information APARs
        • ATS News
        • Publications 
        Cheryl's List 
        •  #150, #151, #152

        •  
        2011 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
        Reader Feedback
        • SMFPRMxx Update
        User Experiences
        • DB2 CPU Increase in 1.12
        • Mistaken 'Z EOD'
        • HiperDispatch Batch Delays
        • IMS Problem w/RSU1103
        • Social Media
        • VTAM Fixed Storage
        • SMF Enhancements
        • Japan Earthquakes
        • Java & SMF
        • Capacity Planning Info
        SHARE Requirements
        What's New?
        • IBM is 100! 
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER & Performance APARs
        • SMF APARs
        • Information APARs
        • ATS News
        • Publications 
        Cheryl's List 
        •  #149

        •  
        2011 No. 2 (42 pages)
        FOCUS: Parmlib Changes
        • Introduction 
        • Members IEASYSxx, IECIOSxx, IEFSSNxx, IGDSMSxx
        • Member IKJTSOxx, IPCSPRxx, IVTPRM00
        • Members LNKLSTxx, LOADxx
        • Member MSGFLDxx
        • Members PFKTABxx, PROGxx
        • Members SCHEDxx, SMFPRMxx
        • Members TSOKEY00
        Parmlib Update
        • SMFPRMxx
        • IEASYSxx WARNUND
        z/OS 101
        • IBM z/OS YouTube Training
        • IBM Wildfire Workshops
        • IBM ATS Webinars
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • SMF APARs
        • Information APARs
        • WSC News
        • Publications 
        Cheryl's List 
        • #147
        • #148

        •  
        2011 No. 1 (45 pages)
        FOCUS: Parmlib Changes
        • Introduction 
        • Members DEVSUPxx, DFHSSIxx, DIAGxx
        • Member EXSPATxx
        • Members GRSCNFxx, GRSRNLxx
        • Member HZSPRMxx
        • Members IDAVDTxx, IEAAPFxx, IEACMD00, IEADMP00, IEADMR00, IEALPAxx, IEAOPTxx
        z/OS 101
        • Mean Time to Wait
        • ABCs
        Hot Flashes
        • CFs and Links
        What's New?
        • Announcements
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER & Performance APARs
        • SMF APARs
        • Information APARs
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        • #146
            2010
        2010 No. 6 (56 pages)
        Management Summary
        FOCUS: Parmlib Changes 
        • All Parmlib Members
        • Members ALLOCxx, ANTMIN00, ANTXIN00, AUTORxx, AXRxx
        • Members BLSCECT, BLSCUSER, BPXPRMxx
        • Members CEAPRMxx CEEPRMxx, CLOCKxx, CNIDTRxx, COFVLFxx, CONFIGxx, CONSOLxx, COUPLExx, CSVLLAx, CSVRTLxx, CUNUNIxx
        User Experiences
        •  SMF Negative Values
        Reader Feedback
        • CA-7 and PDSEs
        • VVDS Errors
        • VWLC
        From the Forums
        • CS Increase on z/OS 1.11
        • MIPS
        zManager Performance
        • zManager Review
        • Ensemble Overview
        • Ensemble Performance
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER & Performance APARs .
        • SMF APARs
        • Information APARs
        • WSC News
        • Publications 
        Cheryl's List 
        • #145

        •  
        2010 No. 5 (47 pages)
        Management Summary
        User Experiences
        • z/OS 1.12 Message Change
        • PFA Experiences
        • VVDS Space Map
        • Low Private Storage
        Reader Feedback
        • ALLOCxx Update
        • Solid State Drives
        From the Forums
        • High CPU in CPUPAGTM
        • Comparative Products
        • z/OS 1.12 SDSF
        • New DFSORT/ICETOOL
        • PDSE Versus PDS
        • XCF AUTOALTER
        • New Address Space
        • VWLC
        • MQ, Sysplex, MEMSTALLTIME
        • Leap Seconds
        What's New?
        • z/OS 1.12 for Programmers
        News
        • SMF APARs
        • Information APARs
        • WSC News
        Publications 
        Cheryl's List 
        •  #144

        •  
        2010 No. 4 (62 pages)
        Management Summary
        SHARE Notes
        zEnterprise
        • Overview
        • z196
        • zBX
        • IBM Smart Optimizer 
        • zManager
        z196 Processors
        • z196 Models
        • Hardware Costs
        • Specialty Processor Costs
        • Software Costs
        • Larger Upgrades
        • LSPR Analysis
        z/OS 101
        • IBM Non-z Hardware
        • IBM Non-z Software
        • More New Terms
        User Experiences
        • CICS and MSO
        • DFSMSdss on z/OS 1.11
        • DB2 Lock Structure
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER/Performance APARs
        • SMF APARs
        • Information APARs
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        • #142
        • #143

        •  
        2010 No. 3 (35 pages)
        Management Summary
        z/OS 1.11 Experiences
        • SHARE User Experiences
        • Forums
        • More Notes
        z/OS 1.12 Preview
        • SODs
        • Available Now
        • My Favorites
        • Summary
        Reader Feedback
        • zHPF
        • SVC Dump Buffers
        What's New?
        • zFuture, zNext, or z11? 
        From the Forums
        • DB2 Parallelism
        • BIG IRON Video
        • Which SVCs Are in Use? 
        • TIOT Usage by Job
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER/Performance APARs
        • SMF APARs
        • Information APARs
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        •  #141

        •  
        2010 No. 2 (47 pages)
        Management Summary
        z/OSMF
        • Introduction
        • Incident Log
        • User Experiences
        • Recommendation
        z/OS Education
        • The New Face of z/OS
        • Marist IDCP
        • z/OS Basic Skills
        • More IBM Offerings
        • Interskill Learning
        • SHARE
        • Tuning Letter
        • Other Options
        Reader Feedback
        • ALLOCxx Update
        • Java & Large Pages
        • DB2 Buffer Pools
        Health Checker & PFA
        User Experiences
        • HiperDispatch
        • Locked Out of SMP/E? 
        • BCPii
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER/Performance APARs
        • SMF APARs
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        • #140

        •  
        2010 No. 1 (69 pages)
        Management Summary
        z/OS 101
        • Virtual Storage Introduction
        • Definitions
        • VSTOR Below the Bar
        • VSTOR Above the Bar
        • Summary
        Focus: IEASYS - Part 2
        • IEASYSxx Parameters
        • Storage-Related Parms
        • All the Rest
        • Summary
        Reader Feedback
        • IEAOPTxx Update - ECMB
        Mean Time to Recovery
        • New Redbook
        What's New?
        • IBM Announcements
        • Mark's MVS Utilities
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER/Performance APARs
        • SMF APARS
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        • #138, #139

        •  
            2009
        2009 No. 6 (42 pages)
        Management Summary
        Focus: IEASYS - Part 1
        • General Notes
        • IPLing the System
        • LOADxx
        • IEASYMxx
        • IEASYSxx
        How to Influence IBM
        • SHARE Requirements
        • What Are Requirements? 
        • How to be a Voting Member
        • Viewing Requirements
        • Creating Requirements
        Reader Feedback
        • Changes in ALLOC
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER & Attention APARs
        • SMF APARS
        • Other Interesting APARs
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        • #137

        •  
        2009 No. 5 (53 pages)
        Management Summary
        APARs
        • Why Read This
        • Life & Death of a Problem
        • How to Read an APAR
        • Recommendations
        User Experiences
        • Software Pricing
        SHARE Trip Report
        Reader Feedback
        • SMF Type 99s
        • CICS Compression
        • Solid State Drives
        • Neon's zPrime
        What's New?
        • z/OS 1.10 and Earlier
        • z/OS 1.11
        Cheryl's Hot Flashes
        • z/OS iPhone Apps
        • IBM Survey
        • Mean Time to Recovery
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER & Attention APARs
        • SMF APARS
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        • #136

        •  
        2009 No. 4 (46 pages)
        Management Summary
        SMF Update — Part 6
        • User Survey Results
        • Security — Types 80-83
        • WLM — Type 99
        • CICS — Type 110-111
        • DB2 — Types 100-102
        User Experiences
        • WLM & z/OS 1.10
        Reader Feedback
        • SMF Management
        What's New?
        • zPrime
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER & Performance APARs 
        • SMF APARs
        • WSC News 
        • Publications
        • Announcements/Red Alerts
        Cheryl's List
        • #135

        •  
        2009 No. 3 (46 pages)
        Management Summary
        z/OS 101
        • Terminology
        • References
        • System Logger
        • Logstreams
        • Defining Logstreams
        • Offloading Logstreams
        SMF Update - Part 5
        • BUSIZMAX Parameter
        • Writing SMF to Data Sets
        • SMF Statistics - Type 23
        • SMF Logger Update
        • Writing SMF to Logstreams
        • Dumping SMF Data
        • Splitting GDGs
        • Logger Recommendations
        User Experiences
        • SMF Logger
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER APARs
        • Performance APARs
        • SMF APARs
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        • #134

        •  
        2009 No. 2 (53 pages)
        Management Summary
        SHARE in Austin
        • My Blog at SHARE
        • Important APARs
        • WSC Short Stories
        • Performance Hot Topics
        • z/OS 1.9 Update
        • z/OS 1.10 Update
        Hot Flashes #21
        • Survey Results
        • z/OS 1.10 Getmains
        User Experiences
        • High DB2 zIIP CPU
        • ISPF in z/OS 1.10
        Reeder Feedback
        • IEAOPTxx Correction
        • New IEAoptxx Parameter
        • Dispatching Priorities
        • Type 19 SMF Records
        • HiperDispatch APAR
        • Cooling on System z
        What’s New?
        • Predictive Failure Analysis
        • Solid State Disks
        • z/OS 1.11 Preview
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER APARs
        • Performance APARS
        • APARs from MXG Forum
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        • #130, 131, 132, 133

        •  
        2009 No. 1 (65 pages)
        Management Summary
        Parmlib Analysis: IEAOPTxx
        • Introduction
        • Parameters
        • Summary
        WLM Update
        • Free Tools
        • z/OS 1.9 Enhancements
        • z/OS 1.10 Enhancements
        • Storage Shortage Mgmt
        User Experiences
        • HiperDispatch Experiences
        Reeder Feedback
        • SMF Type 42
        • MS Outlook
        • Nice Comments
        • More zAAP Exploiters
        News
        • z/OS Information Center 
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER APARs
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        • #129
          •  
            2008
        2008 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
        Reeder 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 
        • #128

        •  
        2008 No. 5 (46 pages)
        Management Summary
        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
        Reeder Feedback
        • HiperDispatch
        z/OS 101
        • SMF Exits
        • Life of an Address Space
        News
        • New Function APARs
        • HIPER APARs
        • WSC News
        • Publications
        Cheryl's List 
        • #127

        •  
        2008 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 
        • #125, #126

        •  
        2008 No. 3 (52 pages)
        Management Summary
        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 
        • #124

        •  
        2008 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 
        • #120, 121, 122, 123

        •  
        2008 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 
        • #119

        •  
            2007
        2007 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 
        • #118

        •  
        2007 No. 5 (42 pages)
        Management Summary
        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 
        • #117

        •  
        2007 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
        • #116

        •  
        2007 No. 3 (50 pages)
        Management Summary
        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
        • #114
        • #115

        •  
        2007 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
        • #113

        •  
        2007 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
        • #112

        •  
            2006
        2006 No. 6 (43 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • Interesting APARs
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        Cheryl's Hot Flashes #16
        • HATS
        • Survey Questions
        • Rotting ROTs
        • Miscellaneous
        Processor Capacity Basics
        • Common Questions
        • MIPS
        • Service Units
        • MSUs
        • Answers to Questions
        What's New?
        • System z Training
        • z/OS 1.8 Documentation
        • HSM Red Alert
        • Daylight Saving Time
        • HyperPAV
        • Extended Data Tapes
        • APAR Applicability
        Cheryl's List 
        • #111

        •  
        2006 No. 5 (47 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • Interesting APARs
        • Forum Nuggets
        • WSC News
        • The Net

        • Publications
        Focus: Workload Manager
        • EWLM Overview
        • WLM Release History
        • New Resource Groups
        SHARE Trip Report
        • Planning for zAAP/zIIP
        • Bit Bucket Archive
        • Fighting Cybercrime
        What's New?
        • More Red Alerts
        • SRM Overhead
        • Improved PDF Search
        • Tape Hardware Encryption
        • CIMS and IBM Tivoli
        Cheryl's List 
        • #110

        •  
        2006 No. 4 (47 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • Interesting APARs
        • Forum Nuggets
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        ESCON/FICON Tuning
        • Channel Technology
        • Performance Behavior
        • Differences
        • Performance Examples
        • Summary
        SHARE Highlights
        • Important Fixes
        z/OS 1.8 Preview
        • Base Control
        • Data Management
        • Networking
        • Security
        • z/OS UNIX
        • Statements of Direction
        • Planning for z/OS 1.8
        What's New?
        • z9-BC Price Update
        • Perl for z/OS
        Cheryl's List 
        • #109

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        2006 No. 3 (42 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • Interesting APARs 
        • Forum Nuggets 
        • WSC News 
        • The Net 
        • Publications 
        Focus: System z9 Update
        • z9 Business Class 
        • z9 Enterprise Class 
        • zIIP Processor 
        • References 
        • May 2006 CPU Chart 
        User Experiences
        • TPX & Mixed Case 
        • HFS and zFS 
        • GRS SYNCHRES & MIH 
        • Data Space Corruption 
        • IMS Response Time 
        What's New?
        • New SOA Initiatives 
        • CICS Configurations 
        • DB2 9.1 Beta Program 
        • Our New Address 
        Cheryl's List #107, #108 

        2006 No. 2 (49 pages)
        Management Summary
        News

        • BPXBATCH
        • Interesting APARs
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        Focus: z/OS 1.7 Migration
        • SHARE Sessions
        • Installing the Base
        • RACF Changes
        • Other Products
        • Large Data Sets
        • JES2 Migration
        SHARE Trip Report
        • Useful Sessions
        Cheryl's Hot Flashes # 15
        • Survey Questions
        • Service Units
        • Assembler Help
        • Miscellaneous Notes
        User Experiences
        • COBOL
        • DB2 Version 8
        • Dynamic PAVs
        • Paging Spike
        • SRB Times
        • ASM Suspend/Resume
        • Encryption Update
        What's New?
        • Family of Mainframes
        • Omegamon zMC
        • UKCMG Meeting
        Cheryl's List 
        • #106

        •  
        2006 No. 1 (47 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • Interesting APARs
        • Nuggets from Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        Q & A
        • Exploiting MIDAW
        • Dedicated LPARs
        z/OS Training Update
        What's New?
        • zAAP Changes
        • New zIIP Processor
        • External Media Security
        Cheryl's List 
        • #104, #105

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            2005
        2005 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
         Cheryl's List
        • #102, #103


        2005 No. 5 (47 pages)
        Management Summary
        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 
        Cheryl's List 
        • #100, #101


        2005 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
        Cheryl's List
        • #98, 99

        •  
        2005 No. 3 (48 pages)
        Management Summary
        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
        Cheryl's List 
        • #97

        •  
        2005 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 
        Cheryl's List 
        • #96

        •  
        2005 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
        • #95

        •  
          2004
        2004 No. 6 (48 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • Interesting APARs
        • Nuggets from Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        User Experiences
        • Tape Allocation Delays
        • Incorrect WLM Data
        • WLM Overhead
        • PARMLIB Processing
        • Measuring IPL Speed
        • 2084 Crypto
        Q & A
        • WLM Missing Goals
        • Multi-Period Batch
        • SMB Buffers
        • System Address Spaces
        • SMF Switch Update
        • ISRDDN Diagnostic Tool
        What's New?
        • VSAM RLS Changes
        • CICS/Batch Facility
        Cheryl's List 
        • #94

        •  
        2004 No. 5 (58 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • New SMF APARs
        • MP Effects on zAAPs
        • Interesting APARs
        • Managing LPAR States
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        • On the Light Side
        SHARE Trip Report 8/04
        • Important APARs
        • Miscellaneous Notes
        • WebSphere Update
        Hot Flashes # 12
        • Survey Questions
        • Interesting Items
        • z990 Update
        zAAP Update
        • Review
        • Ways to Use zAAPs
        • RMF Support
        • SMF Support
        • Other zAAP Changes
        • Chargeback Items
        What's New?
        • z/OS 1.6 & z/OS.e 1.6
        • z/OS 1.7 Preview
        • Pricing Update
        • G6 Withdrawn
        Cheryl's List
        • #90, 91, 92, 93

        •  
        2004 No. 4 (40 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • Interesting APARs
        • Nuggets from Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        • On the Light Side
        zAAP Update
        • RMF Record Changes
        • RMF Reporting Changes
        • Planning for the zAAP
        User Experiences
        • Uncaptured CPU Time
        • VSAM 
        • Data Set Activity
        • SMF Buffers
        • WLM Managed Inits
        • SMF Switch
        • CICS MAXTASK
        • Console Performance
        • Listing WLM SDs
        • Scope of DISP Parm
        Q & A
        • SDSF CPU Time
        • Dynamic PAVs
        • WLM Reset Behavior
        • CICS Dump Speed

        •  
        2004 No. 3 (44 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • Interesting APARs 
        • FICON Update 
        • Nuggets from Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        • On the Light Side 
        Focus: SMF Type 
        • CPU Fields 
        • Observed Values
        • Problems
        • Summary 
        Q & A
        • Velocity Goals
        • Resource Groups
        • Uni-Processor & WLM 
        What's New?
        • DB2 Version 8 
        • OpenSSH on z/OS
        Cheryl's List 
        • #89
         
        2004 No. 2 (58 pages)
        Management Summary
        Focus: LSPR Update
        • History 
        • IBM's Sizing Tools 
        • New Workloads 
        • z900 LSPRs 
        • z990 LSPRs 
        • z890 LSPRs 
        • Bibliography 
        Focus: z990 Expectations
        • BoxScore Results 
        • Reasons 
        • z900 to z990 Migration 
        • More BoxScore Results 
        • Observations 
        • Our Recommendations 
        Processor Upgrades
        • Typical Problems 
        • Moving to Faster CPs 
        • Moving to Fewer CPs 
        What's New?
        • z890 
        • zAAP 
        • "Baby" Shark 
        • z990 Enhancements 
        • z/OS 1.6 Additions 
        • Other Announcements 
        • Control Block Updates 
        • ECMB Update 
        • Change in Throughput 
        Cheryl's List 
        • #87, 88 
        Supplements:
           zSeries CPU Chart - Apr 2004
           OS/390 CPU Chart - Apr 2004
        2004 No. 1 (50 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • Interesting APARs
        • Extended CMBs
        • Statistical Humor
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        Console Structure Update
        Multilevel Security (MLS)
        Cheryl's Hot Flashes
        SHARE Trip Report
        • z/OS 1.5
        • z/OS UNIX Update
        • Interesting Notes
        What's New?
        • z/OS 1.5
        Cheryl's List 
        • #85, 86
         
            2003
         
        2003 No. 6 (44 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • Interesting APARs
        • FICON APARs
        • Nuggets from Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        IRD Update
        FOCUS: CPU Reporting - I
        • CPU Utilization
        • Capacity Trending
        User Experiences
        • Console Performance
        • SMF Type 30 CPU Time
        • z/VM in 64-Bit
        • WLM & SYSOTHER
        • VSAM
        Q & A
        • Swappable WebSphere
        • DDF Enclaves
        • APPC Classification
        What's New?
        • Software Pricing
        Cheryl's List 
        • #83, 84

        •  
        2003 No. 5 (42 pages)
        Management Summary
        S/390 News
        • SMB Addition
        • CICS TS 2.2 Extended
        • Retain Releases
        • Important APARs
        • Red Alerts
        • Nuggets from Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        Focus: IRD CPU Management
        • LPAR Clusters
        • CPU Weight Mgmt
        • CPU Vary Mgmt
        • IRD Reporting
        • Other Considerations
        • Bibliography
        User Experiences
        • VTS
        • VSAM
        • SMF Type 42
        • Module Fetch Monitor
        • Increasing CSTOR
        • CICS Threadsafe
        • CA-MIM and GRS
        • DB2 Query Parallelism
        Q & A
        • Classification Rules
        What's New?
        • Product Withdrawals
        • Software Pricing
        • IBM SOD for z/OS
        Cheryl's List 
        • #82

        •  
        2003 No. 4 (52 pages)
        Management Summary 
        S/390 News
        • HIPER APARs 
        • Red Alerts
        • Nuggets from Forums
        • WSC News 
        • The Net 
        • Publications
        Hot Flashes #10
        • z/OS 
        • VSAM RLS 
        • Miscellaneous 
        SHARE Trip Report (8/03)
        • Console Restructure 
        • GRS 
        • Binder 
        • DFSMS 
        • VSAM Tuning 
        • z/OS
        System Managed Buffering 
        Floating Point Data 
        What's New?
        • Software Pricing 
        • WebSphere V5 
        Cheryl's List 
        • #79, 80, 81
        Supplement:
           zSeries CPU Chart - September 2003
        2003 No. 3 (62 pages)
        Management Summary
        News
        • HIPER APARs
        • CICS Tips
        • Interesting Tips
        • SQL Performance Tips
        • Adabas and WLM
        • WebSphere Update
        • LE Module List
        • DDF
        • From the Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        What's New?
        • New zSeries z990s
        • New Pricing Options
        • z/OS Releases
        • Capacity Upgrades
        • ESS Enhancements
        User Experiences
        • SMS Trace
        • Page Fixing
        • RSU Parameter
        • Erase on Scratch
        CICS Performance Tips
        • CICS and SDUMPs
        • High CPU
        Cheryl's List 
        • #76, 77, 78
        Dynamic ISPF: An Update

        2003 No. 2 (62 pages)
        Management Summary
        S/390 News

        • HIPER APARs
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        Focus: WLM Update
        • New Quickstart Policy
        • Oracle and WLM
        • User Experiences
        • The Next WLM
        SHARE Trip Report (2/03)
        • Hot Flashes #9
        • z/OS
        • Hardware
        • GRS
        • JES2
        • z/OS UNIX
        • DFSMShsm
        • Language Environment
        • Java on z/OS
        • Miscellaneous
        What's New?
        • WebSphere on z/OS
        • IBM Health Checker
        Parallel Sysplex Update
        • System-Managed Duplex
        • SHARE Items
        User Experiences
        • UNIX OBROWSE
        • Sorts
        • z/Architecture
        • CA-PMO
        CICS Performance Tips
        • The CICS OTE
        Cheryl's List 
        • #75

        •  
        2003 No. 1 (40 pages)
        Management Summary 
        S/390 News
        • IBMLink2000
        • TMON/MVS
        • HIPER APARs 
        • SMF Buffers
        • HFS 
        • Nuggets from the Forums
        • WSC News 
        • The Net
        • Publications
        Focus: WLM/SRM Update
        • Interesting APARs 
        • IEAOPTxx in Goal Mode
        • Storage Controls
        • WebSphere Tran Class
        • Stored Procedures
        Q & A
        • RSU
        • Update on MVS Email
        • Media Manager
        Cheryl's List
        • #73, 74
    2002
        2002 No. 6 (50 pages)
        Management Summary 
        S/390 News
        • HIPER APARs 
        • WLM 
        • Catalogs 
        • Nuggets from the Forums 
        • WSC News 
        • The Net 
        • Publications 
        Welcome to Clark Kidd 
        You've Got MVS Mail 
        Focus: User Experiences
        • DB2 
        • GRS 
        • WLM 
        • 64-bit 
        • Control-R 
        • Shark 
        • Software Pricing 
        What's New?
        • WLM 
        • Software Pricing 
        • New z800s 
        Q & A
        • Quiesce or KILLIT? 
        • Page Data Set Sizing 
        • WLM Report Classes 
        Cheryl's List
        •  #71, 72 
        Supplement:
          December 2002 CPU Chart


        2002 No. 5 (48 pages)
        Management Issues 
        S/390 News

        • Hiper APARs 
        • Tivoli APARs 
        • WSC News 
        • The Net 
        • Publications 
        Cheryl's Hot Flashes #8
        • User Experiences 
        • Interesting Items 
        • 6-Month Update 
        • z/OS 
        • This SHARE 
        • Soapbox Time 
        SHARE Trip Report (8/02)
        • Important APARs 
        • WLM 
        • IDMS 
        • WebSphere on z/OS 
        • z/OS USS 
        • DASD 
        • Interesting Items 
        New BoxScore Release
        Focus: User Experiences
        • WLM Classification 
        • GRS on z/OS 
        • MQSeries CPU Rep'ting 
        • Moving to Fewer CPs 
        • SDSF DA CPU Time 
        What's New?
        • z/OS 1.4 
        Cheryl's List 
        • #70

        •  
        2002 No. 4 (44 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News
        • VSAM & Catalogs
        • HTTP
        • New Tape Support
        • New WAS 4.0.1 Function
        • z/OS 1.3 SMF Goodies
        • WLM Items
        • RACF Enhancements
        • Hiper APARs
        • Tidbits from the Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        Focus: User Experiences
        • z900 Cache
        • ERBSCAN
        • WLM Inits
        • USS Error Messages
        • z900 MVCL
        • Performance Metrics
        • 64-Bit
        Under 60 MIPS Mainframes 
        Cheryl's List
        •  #67, 68, 69

        •  
        2002 No. 3 (56 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News
        • Important Dates
        • OS/390 R10 or z/OS?
        •  Interesting APARs
        • WLM Notes
        • CBT Files
        • IBM Support Newsletter
        • Tidbits From the Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        Focus: User Experiences
        • Number of Catalogs
        • ERV
        • Moving to Fewer CPUs
        • LPAR Configurations
        • 64-Bit
        • NetView
        • SMF Time Synch
        • Stopping Jobs
        • TCP/IP
        • z900 Cache
        • High CPU Overhead
        • zFS Enabled
        What's New?
        • z900 Processors
        • Software Pricing
        • z800 Pricing
        Cheryl's List
        • #63, 64, 65, 66

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        2002 No. 2 (44 pages)
        Management Issues
        Focus: WebSphere Tuning - Part 2: HTTP Server
        • Introduction
        • Bibliography
        • Tuning Checklist 
          • General
          • HTTP
          • Applications
          • USS
          • RACF 
          • LE 
          • TCP/IP
        • Measurements 
          • SMF 103
          • Server Activity Mon
          • Web Server Stats
          • SMF 72
          • USS Options 
          • SMF 74/3
          • D OMVS,PID
          • SMF 74/6
          • Enclave Reports
          • FRCA Data
          • Other SMF Data
          • Tuning Steps
        Cheryl's List, 
        • #67

        •  
        2002 No. 1 (52 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News
        • Paging in 64-bit
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Publications
        Cheryl's Hot Flashes #7
        • User Experiences
        • This SHARE
        • WLM
        Focus: After Goal Mode
        • Checklist
        • Release by Release
        SHARE Trip Report
        • APARs
        • Miscellaneous
        • Shared HFS
        • DFSMS 
        • Useful Sessions
        Focus: Understanding the New zFS
        • Introduction
        • A New Option
        • Aggregates
        • Administrative Tools
        • Sharing and Integrity
        • Installing zFS
        • HFS Versus zFS
        • References
        What's New?
        • z800 Processors
        • Latest LSPRs
        BoxScore and 64-bit
        CICS Performance Tips
        • SHARE Trip Report
        Cheryl's List
        • #60, 61, 62 
        Supplement: 
          March 2002 CPU Chart (revised April 2002)
      2001
        2001 No. 6 (44 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News
        • CMF Manuals
        • CICS Migration
        • IBM in the News
        • Hiper APARs
        • SCEERUN
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        Focus: StorageTek VSM
        • Introduction
        • General Structure
        • Data Sources
        • STK SMF
        • Recommendations
        • Summary
        Coding Without Base Registers
        CICS Performance Tips
        • CICS V4 vs TS Performance
        • CICS TS 1.3 & SMF
        Q & A
        • CICS and WLM
        • Fewer But Faster CPs
        Cheryl's List 
        • #59 

        •  
        2001 No. 5 (44 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News
        • Hiper APARs
        • Other APARs
        • DSNUTILB
        • JES and z/OS R2
        • Linux
        • DFSORT
        • Tidbits from the Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        Focus: WebSphere Tuning - Part 1
        • History
        • IBM HTTP Server
        • WebSphere Application Server
        • Initial Performance Considerations
        • Bibliography
        Application Environments
        • Overview
        • Defining Enclaves & AEs
        Going to Goal Mode
        Q & A
        • Software Pricing
        • TUNING Letter Search
        Cheryl's List
        • #57, 58

        •  
        2001 No. 4 (52 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News
        • CICS
        • WLM
        • Hiper APARs
        • Tidbits from the Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        Focus: Software Pricing
        • ILM
        • WLC Pricing
        • Value Unit Pricing
        • Observations
        • Things to do now
        • Current Status
        • Additional Notes
        • Recommendations
        • Bibliography
        WLM & Sub-CEC Charges
        • Introduction
        • Finding the Data
        • Softcaps in Action
        • Conclusion
        SHARE Trip Report (7/01)
        • What's New
        • z/OS V1R2
        • z/OS V1R3
        • Software Management
        Q & A
        • CICS & IMS Goals
        Cheryl's List
        • #56

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        2001 No. 3 (44 pages)
        Management Issues 
        S/390 News
        • RMF 
        • WLM 
        • WSC News 
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        Cheryl's Hot Flashes
        • z900 Notes 
        • z900 Compression 
        • CPU Overhead 
        • Mysteries 
        • Miscellaneous 
        • Good Reading 
        • APARs 
        • Other Items 
        • WLM APARs 
        Focus: IRD
        • LPAR Clusters 
        • DCM 
        • CSSPQ 
        • CPU Mgmt: Weights 
        • CPU Mgmt: LPs 
        • Defined Capacity 
        • Feature Availability 
        • Future Expectations 
        • Bibliography 
        Q & A
        • What is I/O Priority? 
        Cheryl's List
        • #54, 55 
        Supplement:
          January 2001 CPU Chart update
        2001 No. 2 (44 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News
        • Red Alert (Sysplex)
        • Recent APARs 
        • OS/390 R10 & CA-MIM
        • CA-PMO and PDSEs
        • WebSphere Notes
        • Tidbits from the Forums
        • WSC News
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        CICS Performance Tips
        • CICS Releases
        What's New?
        • The Small Mainframe
        • Java
        BoxScore Results
        • z900 Experiences
        Q & A
        • z/OS R1 or OS/390 R10
        • R10 Overhead
        • Catalog Reorganization
        • Our MIPS Versus Theirs
        • Shared Memory/Storage
        • Using the TUNING Letter
        Cheryl's List
        • #53

        •  
        2001 No. 1 (47 pages)
        Management Issues 
        S/390 News
        • UIC in 64-bit 
        • Interesting APARs 
        • Tidbits from IBM-Main 
        • WSC Flashes 
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        Focus:  Tuning Catalogs
        • Introduction 
        • CAS 
        • Catalog Sharing 
        • Other Factors 
        • Monitoring Catalogs 
        • Summary 
        • Bibliography 
        • Notes from Cheryl 
        Focus: SHARE Trip Report
        • Cheryl's Hot Flashes #5 
        • R10 and z/OS 
        • Miscellaneous 
        CICS Performance Tips
        • Loss of DB2 Defines 
        What's New?
        • z/OS R2 
        Cheryl's List
        • #49, 50, 51, 52 
        Supplement:
          January 2001 CPU Chart
        2000

        2000 No. 6 (32 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News

        • DB2 Storage
        • RMF
        • WLM
        • OS/390 R10
        • 64-bit
        • ALS-1
        • Tidbits from IBM-Main
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        Focus: Dynamic ISPF
        • Introduction
        • Standard ISPF
        • Dynamic ISPF
        CICS Performance Tips
        • WLM Considerations
        • LE Changes for CICS
        • CICS & VSAM Tidbits
        What's New
        • IBM LSPRs
        Cheryl's List
        • #48
        Our MIPS Versus Theirs
        EXPO 2000 Trip Report
        Q&A
        • WLM Questions
        Supplement
          November 2000 CPU Chart


        2000 No. 5 (56 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News

        • Red Alerts
        • I/O Priority
        • Tidbits from IBM-Main
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        Focus: VTS Measurements
        • Introduction
        • General Structure
        • Data Sources
        • Key Metrics
        • VTS Notes
        Focus: eServers
        • EServers
        • ZSeries
        • z/OS
        • 64-bit Addressing
        • IBM License Manager
        • Kudos
        • Observations
        What's New
        • Linux Options
        • Amdahl
        • STSI and CUoD
        Cheryl's List
        • #46, #47
        Our MIPS Versus Theirs
        EXPO 2000 Trip Report
        Q&A
        • WLM Questions
        2000 No. 4 (40 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News
        • SAS Corrupted File
        • High CPU/Cache
        • Tidbits from IBM-Main
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        Focus: confighfs
        • Confighfs Command
        • Interpreting Statistics
        What's New?
        • OS/390 R10
        • WLM in R10
        BoxScore
        Focus: SHARE 7/00
        • Cheryl's Hot Flashes
        • HFS Commands in R9
        • Parallel Sysplex
        • DB2 Buffer Pools
        • WSC Hot Topics
        • JES2 Performance
        • Misc. Notes
        Cheryl's List
        • #44, #45
        Q&A
        • UNIX Prompt
        • Finding SU/Sec
        • ROTS
        CICS Performance Tips
        • CICS Signon
        • New Function for LE 

        •  
        2000 No. 3 (28 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News
        • Capping Overhead–NOT!
        • Performance APAR
        • MVS Performance Class
        • RACF
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        SMF Type 42 Subtype 6
        Focus: What’s New
        • Linux on S/390
        • Architectural Level Set
        • OS/390 R9
        • OS/390 R10
        CF Levels
        Cheryl’s List
        • #43
        Q&A
        • ADABAS in Goal
        • Two Period TSO
        • After Goal Mode
        • Moving HFS Files
        Update Sheet Issued 9/00
           
        2000 No. 2 (36 pages)
        Management Issues
        S/390 News
        • RMF
        • Parallel Sysplex
        • Easytrieve
        • COBOL
        • I/O Avoidance
        • Tidbits from IBM-Main
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        SHARE Trip Report (3/00)
        • Recommended APARs
        • Parallel Sysplex
        • Hot Topics
        • Misc.
        HFS Notes
        • I/O Avoidanced
        UNIX Terminology
        Parmlib Analysis
        • BPXPRMxx non-HFS
        Cheryl’s List
        • #41, #42
        Q&A
        • Scheduling Environments
        • MP Overhead
        • WLM Poor Response
        • LLA
        • Page Data Sets
        Supplement
            CPU Chart Update

        2000 No. 1 (56 pages)
        A Note from Cheryl & Tom
        Management Issues #27
        S/390 News

        • Page Data Sets
        • Non-SMS HFS
        • Defrag
        • Shark
        • Easytrieve
        • TCP/IP APARs
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        Introduction to HFS
        • The Importance of HFS
        • UNIX File System
        • OS/390 HFS
        Focus: OS/390 UNIX HFS
        • Performance Points
        • HFS File Latching
        • HFS Global Buffering
        • HFS Deferred Writes
        • Monitoring HFS Buffers
        Parmlib Analysis
        • BPXPRMxx HFS Parms
        Cheryl's List
        • #39, #40
        Q&A
        • Capacity Planning
        Supplement
          CPU Chart Update
      1999
         
        1999 No. 6 (40 pages)
        A Note from Cheryl & Tom
        Management Issues #26
        S/390 News
        • WLM
        • ADSM
        • Domino
        • HFS
        • Y2K
        • Killer Sort
        • Crypto
        • Tidbits from IBM-Main
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        Data Compression
        • Introduction
        • User Experiences
        What's New?
        • GOLC
        • DB2
        Cheryl's List
        • #34, #35, #36, #37, #38
        CICS Tips
        • New Year's Resolutions
        Q & A
        • CA-Dispatch
        • Looping Jobs
        • Monitored Spaces
        • Upgrade Overhead
        Supplement
        CPU Chart

        1999 No. 5 (55 pages)
        Management Issues #25
        S/390 News

        • 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 
        FOCUS: Why Go to Goal Mode? 
        FOCUS: Why Parallel Sysplex?
        FOCUS: Data Sharing
        Notes From Conferences
        • DB2
        • RMF 
        • APARs 
        Cheryl's List
        • #30, #31, #32, #33 
        CICS Performance Tips
        • New Functions 
        • SHARE Notes

        •  
        1999 No. 4 (40 pages)
        Management Issues #24
        S/390 News
        • RMF
        • Capping Capacity
        • MQSeries
        • VSAM
        • DB2
        • OS/390 UNIX
        • DLF
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        FOCUS: Why Tune?
        • Introduction
        • What Does it Cost
        • What Can You Save? 
        • Success Stories
        • How Do You Justify It? 
        • The Future
        SHARE Trip Report (8/99)
        • Parallel Sysplex
        • WLM
        • HSM
        • OS/390
        • Domino
        • Shark
        • APARs
        • Miscellaneous
        WLM Update 
        Cheryl's List
        • #27, #28, #29
        Q&A
        • Looping Jobs
        • Out of Capacity

        •  
        1999 No. 3 (52 pages)
        Management Issues #23
        S/390 News
        • Y2K
        • Dynamic Linklist
        • TSO
        • WLM
        • PDSE
        • RMF
        • VLF
        • OS/390 UNIX
        • WSC Flashes
        • WSC Hints & Tips
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        FOCUS: OS/390 Releases
        • Experiences
        • Recommendations
        • OS/390 R5 - R10
        • Minimum Releases
        • DFSMS/MVS
        • References
        • Virtual Storage
        Our New Offering
        What's New
        • Amdahl's List Prices
        • New Processors
        • New LSPRs
        • DB2
        Q&A
        • 31-bit CICS
        • OS/390 Maintenance
        Cheryl's List #22 - #26
        Parmlib Analysis
        • IEASYSxx
        Supplement
          CPU Chart
        Update Sheet Issued 12/99
           
        1999 No. 2 (44 pages)
        Management Issues #22 
        S/390 News 
        • Private Region Problems 
        • WSC Flashes 
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        FOCUS: Enclaves
        • Preemptible SRBs 
        • Enclave Overview 
        • Exploiting Enclaves 
        • Application Environments 
        • Defining Enclaves & AEs 
        • Enclave Measurements 
        • LE Enclaves 
        • Monitoring Enclaves 
        • Managing Enclaves 
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • IEASYSxx Update 
        Q&A
        • What are TCBs & SRBs 
        • Dispatcher 
        Updated Sheet Issued 8/99 

        1999 No. 1 (36 pages)
        Management Issues #21 
        S/390 News 

        • DB2 
        • ITSO Workshops 
        • WLM 
        • Parallel Sysplex 
        • Y2K 
        • OS/390 
        • WSC Flashes 
        • After Hours #2 
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        SHARE Trip Report
        • MVS & the Web 
        • WLM 
        • Cheryl’s Hot Flashes 
        • Highlighted APARs 
        • Domino 
        • JES2 
        • Parallel Sysplex 
        • Paging Data Sets 
        • Bit Bucket 
        What’s New 
        • OS/390 Coexistence 
        • HDS Trinium 
        • Carving Up Boxes 
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • IVTPRM00 
        Bernie Pierce & WLM 
        Q&A 
        • WLM & HSM 
        • Cobol Subscripts 
        Cheryl’s List #18 - #21
        CICS Performance Tips 
        • AKPFREQ 
        Updated Sheet Issued 4/99 
      1998
         
        1998 No. 6 (40 pages)
        Management Issues #20
        S/390 News
        • GRS Star
        • MXG & CA-MICS
        • CMOS & Compression
        • Y2K
        • Java
        • Component Broker
        • LE
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        FOCUS: Processor Upgrades
        • Sizing Processors
        • Migration Issues
        • Upgrade Problems
        Cheryl’s Updates
        • Most Common Q&A’s 
        • TCP/IP
        • ISPF Exposure
        • WLM Update
        • Y2K
        Q&A
        • LPAR Weights
        • WLM Questions
        • Fixed Storage Shortage
        CICS Performance Tips
        • COBOL, CICS & LE 
        Cheryl’s List #17
        Supplement
          CPU Chart
        Updated Sheet Issued 8/99

        1998 No. 5 (32 pages)
        Management Issues #19
        S/390 News

        • OS/390
        • Performance?
        • SDSF
        • MDF
        • WLM
        • DB2
        • The Name Game
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net
        • Pubs & APARs
        FOCUS: SHARE Trip Report
        • WLM
        • OS/390
        • JES3
        • JES2
        • ISPF
        • Miscellaneous
        What’s New
        • Software Pricing
        • Online CF Report
        Q&A
        • DB2 Trace Overhead
        WLM Resource Capping Intro
        • Performance Modeling
        CICS Performance Tips
        • Shutdown Hangs
        Cheryl’s List #15 & #16

        1998 No. 4 (48 pages)
        Management Issues #18 
        S/390 News

        • CICS V4 
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        FOCUS: Language Environment (LE)
        • Background
        • Why Convert?
        • Issues
        • Migrating to LE
        • Technical Notes
        • User Experiences
        • COBOL Versions
        • COBOL Performance
        • LE Resources
        Q&A 
        • STEPLIBs
        What's New 
        • New Processors
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • CSVRTLxx
        Cheryl's List #13 & 14 
        CICS Performance Tips 
        • CICS & LE

        •  
        1998 No. 3 (40 pages)
        Management Issues #17
        S/390 News 
        • WLM 
        • COBOL
        • Year 2000
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        FOCUS: Capacity Planning
        • Introduction
        • Upcaptured Time
        • CP Techniques
        • Checklist for CP
        • CP Profiles
        • CP Bibliography
        Parallel Sysplex 
        What's New 
        • COBOL MLE
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • LOADxx
        Cheryl's List #12 
        Update Sheet Issued 9/98

        1998 No. 2 (40 pages)
        Management Issues #16 
        S/390 News 

        • WLM 
        • CMOS & Floating Point
        • SAS 
        • OS/390
        • LE
        • Year 2000
        • WSC Flashes
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        FOCUS: WLM Update
        • Quickstart Track Record
        • Feedback
        • Quickstart Policy
        • Most Common Mistakes
        • New Recommendations
        • APARs
        What's New 
        • IBM G5 Processors
        • HDS Pilot
        • Software Pricing 
        • And More
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • Configuration Changes
        Cheryl's List #11 
        Supplement
        • CPU Chart
        Update Sheet Issued 9/98

        1998 No. 1 (40 pages)
        Management Issues #15 
        S/390 News

        • WLM 
        • LE & PL/1 
        • PSLC Software Pricing 
        • WSC Flashes 
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        FOCUS: SHARE Trip Report 
        • CICS 
        • DB2
        • JES2
        • OS/390
        • Parallel Sysplex
        • SmartBatch
        • WLM
        • Web Server
        • RMF
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • Configuration Changes
        • SYS1.PARMLIB
        Cheryl's List #10 
        CICS Performance Tips 
        Update Sheet Issued 5/98

        1997

         
        1997 No. 6 (44 pages)
        Management Issues #14 
        S/390 News 
        • OS/390 
        • Catalog 
        • Parallel Sysplex 
        • WLM 
        • TCP/IP 
        • IOS 
        • ESCON 
        • Software Pricing 
        • WSC Flashes 
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        FOCUS: Tuning Parallel Sysplex 
        • XCF Tuning 
        • Tuning CFs 
        • LPAR Considerations 
        Dynamic LPA 
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • IEASYSxx Update 
        Product Review 
        • IT Service Vision 
        Cheryl's List #9 
        • New APAR for Catalog 
        • Update on RCCCPUT 
        Q & A 
        • Goal Mode 
        CICS Performance Tips 
        • Sign-on and Security Checking 
        Supplement 
        • 1991-1997 Table of Contents 


        1997 No. 5 (44 pages) 
        Management Issues #13 
        S/390 News 

        • OS/390 
        • Catalog 
        • Software Pricing 
        • Miscellaneous 
        • WSC Flashes 
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        FOCUS: OS/390 R4
        • Performance 
        • BCP Changes 
        • WLM Changes 
        • OpenEdition 
        • Recommendations 
        OS/390 R4 Content
        Common OS/390 Terms 
        Shared Storage
        Cheryl’s List #7 & #8 
        • IBM Manuals 
        • High RCT Times 
        • COBOL & CMOS 
        Q & A 
        • Quickstart Method to Goal Mode 
        CICS Performance Tips 
        • V4 Changes 


        1997 No. 4 (60 pages) 
        Management Issues #12 
        S/390 News 

        • Catalog 
        • OS/390 
        • OpenEdition 
        • TCP/IP 
        • OSA 
        • Year 2000 
        • WSC Flashes 
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        FOCUS: LSPRs and You 
        • Definition of Terms 
        • Why Use Vendor Claims 
        • How Vendors Meet Claims 
        • IBM's LSPR 
        • Amdahl's Claims 
        • HDS's Claims 
        • Why Use These Claims 
        • Why Yours May Differ 
        • What Can You Do 
        What's New 
        • IBM's Latest LSPR Ratings 
        SHARE Trip (8/97) 
        • IMS 
        • OS/390 
        • Performance 
        • WLM 
        • Parallel Sysplex 
        • LPAR 
        Goal-Based Initiator Management 
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • IEAOPTxx, Part 2 
        Update Sheet Issued 10/97 

        1997 No. 3 (48 pages) 
        Management Issues #11 
        S/390 News 

        • Catalog 
        • WLM 
        • Sysplex 
        • OS/390 
        • OpenEdition 
        • LE 
        • TCP/IP 
        • ISPF 
        • DFSMS 
        • Miscellaneous 
        • WSC Flashes 
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        FOCUS: UCB VSCR
        • Introduction 
        • The Solutions 
        • The Impact 
        • Migration Considerations 
        What's New 
        • TCP/IP 
        Tuning Tips
        • Alternate Master Catalog 
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • IEAOPTxx, Part 1 
        CICS Performance Tips
        • Performance APARs 


        1997 No. 2 (64 pages) 
        Management Issues #10 
        S/390 News 

        • Catalog 
        • WLM 
        • Sysplex 
        • OS/390 
        • OpenEdition 
        • Year 2000 
        • DFSMS 
        • DFSORT 
        • LE 
        • ICS 
        • Miscellaneous 
        • WSC Flashes 
        • The Net 
        • Pubs & APARs 
        FOCUS: WLM Velocity Goals 
        • Definition 
        • Factors Affecting Velocity 
        • Using Velocity Safely 
        What's New 
        • New Processors 
        OS/390 R3 
        • CICS Transaction Server 
        • IP Printway 
        Dynamic Linklist 
        Q & A 
        • Why Aren't CPU Models the Same Speed? 
        Cheryl's List #4, #5, #6
        • Capture Ratios 
        • TRUNC (OPT) 
        • HCD 
        • LE Modules 
        • OS/390 Reversioning 
        CICS Performance Tips 
        • Storage 


        1997 No. 1 (36 pages) 
        Management Issues #9 
        S/390 News 

        • WLM 
        • OS/390 R2 
        • DFMSMS 
        • Timer Services 
        • DB2 
        • Year 2000 
        • The Net 
        • Manuals & APARs 
        FOCUS: SHARE Trip (3/97) 
        • WLM 
        • JES2 
        • TSO & ISPF 
        • APARs & Flashes 
        • Parallel Sysplex 
        • RMF 
        • Miscellaneous 
        Tuning Tips
        • Extended Indirect Volser 
        Q & A 
        • Durations & Periods 
        Cheryl’s List #2 & #3 
        • CMOS Update 
        • WSC Flashes 
        • SMS 
        • JES2 Checkpoint 
        • Multi-Volume SYSRES 
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • IECIOSxx 

        •  
        1996

        1996 No. 6 (52 pages)
        Management Issues #8 
        S/390 News 

        • WLM 
        • DUMPSRV 
        • HCD 
        • CMOS 
        • The Net
        • Year 2000 
        • Software Pricing 
        • Manuals & APARs 
        FOCUS: RAID 
        • RAID in a Nutshell 
        • Sibling pend 
        • RAID Q & A 
        What’s New
        • Sysplex Timer 
        • TCP/IP for MVS 
        • TCPaccess 
        • RMF Cache Reporter 
        Product Reviews
        • PerfMan 
        • IAM 
        • PAI/O Driver 
        Q & A 
        • How to Tune TCP/IP 
        • How to set RCCCPUT 
        • MVS Overhead 
        • COBOL Migration 
        Cheryl’s List #1 
        • IBM-Main 
        • CMOS & COBOL 
        • Capacity Planning Manual 
        CICS Performance Tips 
        • VSAM (part 3) 


        1996 No. 5 (36 pages) 
        News of MVS 

        • Pubs 
        • Catalog 
        • DFSMS 
        • S822 Abends 
        • DB2 
        Management Issues #7 
        Ongoing Topics
        • SP 5 & OS/390 
        • WLM 
        • Parallel Sysplex 
        • The Net 
        • After Hours 
        • Year 2000 
        • Software Pricing 
        • Manuals & APARs 
        What’s New 
        • Multiprise 2000 Servers 
        • Larger CMOS Servers 
        FOCUS: OS/390 Update
        • Observations 
        • OS/390 R1 
        • OS/390 R2 
        Q & A 
        • Meaning of CPU Busy 
        New MVS Features 
        • DAE Enhancements 
        • DEVSERV 
        • ISRFIND 
        • Dynamic User Exits 
        • ISRONLY 


        1996 No. 4 (36 pages) 
        News of MVS 

        • DB2 
        • Pubs 
        Management Issues #6 
        Ongoing Topics 
        • SP 5 & OS/390 
        • WLM 
        • Client/Server 
        • The Net 
        FOCUS: SHARE Trip (8/96) 
        • Parallel & Base Sysplex 
        • APARs & Flashes 
        • JES3 
        • JES2 
        • RAID 
        • Client/Server 
        • DB2 
        • HCD 
        FOCUS: Outsourcing 
        • Baseline 
        • Service Level Objectives 
        • Capacity Plan 
        • Benchmarks 
        • Reporting Plan 
        • Meeting Plan 
        • Right of Access 
        • Penalties 
        Q & A 
        • DB2 Capacity Planning 
        • Latent Demand 
        • Multiple Job Steps 
        CICS Performance Tips
        • VSAM (part 2) 


        1996 No. 3 (52 pages) 
        News of MVS 

        • DFSORT 
        • DB2 
        • CICS 
        • RMF CRR 
        Management Issues #5 
        Ongoing Topics 
        • SP 5 
        • Sysplex 
        • CMOS Processors 
        • The Net 
        • Year 2000 
        FOCUS: Parallel Sysplex
        • Continuous Availability 
        • What’s a Coupling Facility? 
        • 13 Reasons You need Parallel Sysplex 
        • Costs 
        • Coupling Facility 
        • Data Sharing 
        • Exploiters 
        • Preparing 
        • Summary 
        • Bibliography 
        • PSLC Pricing 
        Q & A
        • How to Set Velocities 
        • How to Dump SMF 
        Humor from the Net 
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • SMFPRMxx 
        CICS Performance Tips
        • VSAM (part 1) 
        Update Sheet Issued 12/96

        1996 No. 2 (44 pages) 
        News of MVS

        • OS/390 
        • Pubs 
        Management Issues #4 
        Ongoing Topics 
        • SP 5 
        • OS/390 & MULC Pricing 
        • The Net 
        • CMOS Processors 
        • CICS 4 & Sysplex 
        UNIX & POSIX for MVSers 
        • History of UNIX 
        • UNIX Structure 
        • DCE 
        • Bibliography 
        FOCUS: OpenEdition MVS 
        • Benefits of OE 
        • MVS Solutions for UNIX 
        • OE Structure 
        • Preparing for OE 
        • Bibliography 
        Standard Groups 
        Parmlib Analysis 
        • General Notes 
        • IEASYSxx 
        CICS Performance Tips
        • Transient Data 
        Update Sheet Issued (7/96) 

        1996 No. 1 (44 pages)
        News of MVS 

        • SAS 
        • Capture Ratio 
        • Parmlib 
        • ISPF 
        • VSAM 
        Management Issues #3 
        Ongoing Topics 
        • Software Pricing 
        • Year 2000 
        • ISPF 4 
        • PC Server S/390 
        • The Net 
        FOCUS: SHARE Trip (3/96) 
        • 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 
        Program Mgmt & PDSE 
        • PDSE Overview 
        • Program Management 
        • PDSEs Today 
        • The Future 
        Q & A 
        • How many SMF dsns 
        Questionnaire Feedback 
        CICS Performance Tips 
        • Temporary Storage 

        •  
        1995

        Nov/Dec 1995 (40 pages) 
        News of MVS 

        • VSAM 
        • SRM 
        • RTM 
        • ALC 
        • Pubs 
        • SVC DUMP 
        Management Issues #2 
        Ongoing Topics 
        • SP 5 Experiences 
        • Year 2000 
        FOCUS: ISPF V4
        • Introduction 
        • Memo to Users 
        TSO Tuning TIPS 
        • Copying Load Modules 
        • TSO Profiles 
        CICS Performance Tips 
        • Start & Return Immediate 
        Q & A 
        • How many page dsns? 


        Sep/Oct 1995 (52 pages)
        News of MVS

        • DFSORT & RAMAC 
        • IMS 
        • HCD 
        • SRM 
        Management Issues #1 
        Ongoing Topics 
        • SP 5 Experiences 
        • Year 2000 
        • Net News 
        FOCUS: Sysplex 
        • 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 
        What’s New? 
        • OS/390 
        July/Aug 1995 (40 pages)
        News of MVS 
        • SMF 
        • SORT 
        Ongoing Topics
        • SP 5 Experiences 
        • Year 2000 
        • Net News 
        • COBOL 
        • Software Pricing 
        FOCUS: SHARE Trip (8/95) 
        What’s New? 
        • Software Bundling 
        • CMOS from Amdahl 
        UCBs in SP 5 
        Effects of MP Serialization 
        CICS Performance Tips
        • Traces 
        Update Sheet Issued 2/96 

        May/June 1995 (52 pages) 
        News of MVS 

        • Fixed Frames 
        • Pubs 
        • DFSMS 
        • EPDM 
        • RMF 
        Ongoing Topics 
        • SP 5 Experiences 
        • Year 2000 
        • Net News 
        FOCUS: Workload Manager 
        • WLM Classification 
        • A Quickstart Policy 
        • WLM Measurements 
        What’s New 
        • New CMOS Machines 
        • MVS on a Desktop! 
        • DFSORT R13 
        • SyncSort R3.6 
        CICS Performance Tips 
        • Statistics 
        COBOL migration 
        Update Sheet Issued 2/97 

        March/April 1995 (52 pages)
        News of MVS 

        • ADSM 
        • ISPF 
        • VTAM 
        • JES2 
        • Pubs 
        • Fixed Frames 
        Ongoing Topics 
        • SP 5 Update 
        • Year 2000 
        • Net News 
        FOCUS: Workload Manager
        • WLM Basics 
        • WLM ISPF Screens 
        • Effective Use of WLM 
        CICS Performance Tips
        • Governors 


        Jan/Feb 1995 (48 pages) 
        News of MVS 

        • Capture Ratios 
        • ICEGENER 
        • RMF 
        • ADSM 
        • CICS 
        • Pubs 
        • ISPF 
        • PDSE 
        MVS/SP 5.1 Experiences 
        Net News
        BatchPipes/MVS
        Year 2000 
        FOCUS: SHARE Trip (3/95) 
        HCD Hints & Tips 
        CICS Performance Tips 
        • Priorities 
        Product Review 
        • ISM/CP 
        • SoftAudit 

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        1994

        Nov/Dec 1994 (48 pages) 
        News of MVS 

        •  RAMAC 
        •  NPM 
        •  SMF 
        •  WSC Flashes 
        •  RMF 
        •  DB2 
        FOCUS: Software Pricing 
        • Types of Software Pricing 
        • Other Pricing Options 
        • Pricing Announcements 
        • Non-IBM Vendors 
        • What to Do Now 
        • Implementing MULC 
        CMOS Update 
        Sizing CMOS Processors 
        Q & A 
        • Can Response Time be Too Good? 
        • Starting a Tuning Project 
        Update Sheet Issued 4/95 

        Sep/Oct 1994 (36 pages) 
        News of MVS

        • CPU Busy 
        • Page Movement 
        • RSU 
        • MIH 
        • GTF 
        • JES3 
        Talklink Forums 
        Q & A 
        • Multi-Period Batch 
        • MAXVIRT for LLA in VLF 
        • GRS Storage Isolation 
        FOCUS: Positioning For MVS/ESA SP 5
        • 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 
        Supplement 
            SHARE Trip (8/94) (8 pages) 
        Update Sheet Issued 3/95

        Jul/Aug 1994 (no issue)

        May/June 1994 (64 pages) 
        News of MVS

        • Manuals 
        • Catalog 
        • ISPF 
        • CPU Overhead 
        • 3390-9 
        Performance Checkup - Part 3 
        • I/O Worksheet 
        • Virtual Storage Worksheet 
        • Central Storage Worksheet 
        • Expanded Storage Worksheet 
        • Conclusion 
        Supplements 
            Performance Checkup Worksheet (16 Pages) 
            Diskette
        Update Sheet Issued 9/94 

        March/April 1994  (48 pages) 
        News of MVS 

        • ISPF/DM 
        • Free Newsletters 
        • APPC 
        • CPU Overhead 
        Further Thoughts on Part 1
        Performance Checkup - Part 2 
        • CPU Worksheet 
        • Running MVS Under VM 
        • Using a Base CPU Speed 
        IBM Announcements
        • Parallel Sysplex 
        • Software Pricing 
        • Workload Manager 
        • Announcement Letters 
        Survey Results 
        Supplements 
            Performance Checkup Worksheets (8 pages)
        Update Sheet Issued 9/94 

        Jan/Feb 1994 (36 pages)
        News of MVS 

        • Erratic CPU Times 
        • PDSE 
        • 3990-Mod 6 
        • WSC Flash 9609 
        • Softcopy CD-Rom 
        • SMF Blocksizes 
        • Slip Trap 
        Performance Checkup - Part 1
        • Introduction 
        • Getting Started 
        • Configuration Worksheet 
        • Service Level Worksheet 
        Supplements 
            Sample RMF Reports (24 pages) 
            Performance Checkup Worksheets (12 pages) 
        Update Sheet Issued 9/94

        1993

        Nov/Dec 1993 (46 pages) 
        FOCUS: Tuning Cache 

        • Review & Definitions 
        • More Controllers 
        • Monitoring Cache 
        • Controlling Cache 
        • Software Products 
        • Tuning Cache 
        • Cache Candidates 
        • Cache Bibliography 
        In Brief 
        • Unnecessary Overhead 
        • New SRM Workload Manager 
        • New CPU Comparison Chart 
        Update Sheet Issued 4/94 

        Sep/Oct 1993 (no issue)

        July/Aug 1993 (32 pages) 
        FOCUS: LPAR Update 

        • EMIF 
        • MDF 
        • MVS 4.3 & 9021 SEC 228150 
        Tuning Tips 
        • Tuning Logical Swap (SP 3.1.3) 
        • Changes in Logical Swap 
        • Logical Swap Experiences 
        • Using Hiperspaces With SAS 
        Downsizing Dangers 
        • Why Downsize? 
        • A Reasonable Approach 
        • Bibliography 
        Q & A 
        • Inconsistent TSO Response Time 
        • RMF Workload Measures 
        Feedback 
        • Frequency of Therapeutic IPLs 
        • More on Dual Copy 
        Supplement 
            SHARE 81.0 Trip Report (14 pages) 
        Update Sheet Issued 2/94 

        May/June 1993 (34 pages)
        FOCUS: IBM Cache Overview 

        • Introduction 
        • History 
        • Caching Basics 
        • Caching Operations 
        • Extended Functions 
        • Advanced Functions 
        SP 4.3 Tuning Recommendations 
        • Some Interesting Notes 
        • SMF Synchronization 
        • Virtual Storage Management 
        • RMF Tape Mount Monitor 
        • SRM FIXCIDX Parameter 
        • SMF Enhancements 
        • New Capture Time 
        • PR/SM Changes 
        In Brief 
        • New Transaction Definition 
        • New Amdahl Performance Report 
        Feedback 
        • CSCBs and ACF2 
        • More on IRA500E 
        • Tracking Germains 

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        March/April 1993 (57 pages) 
        MVS Overview: SORT 
        • Sort Basics 
        • SyncSort Basics 
        • DFSORT Basics 
        • Sort Measurements 
        • Sort Utilities 
        FOCUS: Tuning Sorts 
        • 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 
        In Brief 
        • Interesting IBM Publications 
        • Notes From Share 
        Q & A 
        • What's Maximum Region Size? 
        Feedback
        • More on LPA 
        • NSR Degradation 
        Update Sheet Issued 6/93

        Jan/Feb 1993 (41 pages) 
        MVS Overview 

        • Virtual Storage Basics 
        MVS Measurements 
        • Virtual Storage 
        In Brief 
        • Interesting Manuals 
        • Table I - Subpools 
        FOCUS: Tuning Virtual Storage 
        • Using VIRTUAL=REAL 
        • Managing Region Size 
        • Tracking Common Storage 
        • Tuning PLPA 
        • Exploiting 31-bits 
        • Avoiding Fragmentation 
        • More Tips 
        • Controlling Hiperspaces & Data Spaces 
        • Virtual Storage 
        Bibliography 
        Q & A 
        • Therapeutic IPLs 
        Feedback
        • Paging Increased With SP 4.2 
        Update Sheet Issued 12/93

        1992

        Nov/Dec 1992 (39 pages) 
        MVS Overview

        • CICS Overview 
        • Virtual Storage Creation 
        FOCUS: Tuning CICS 
        • Getting Started 
        • Tuning Dispatch Priorities 
        • Reducing Paging Delays 
        • Reducing External I/O Delays 
        • Tuning VSAM Under CICS 
        • Managing CICS Load Modules 
        • CICS Bibliography 
        Q & A 
        • CICS as STC or Batch Job 
        MVS Measurements 
        • Creating a Storage Map 
        Tuning Tips 
        • MSO - One Last Time 
        • Tuning CCCSIGUR Parameter 
        Feedback 
        • DDCONS 
        • LLA & VLF 
        • Reverse Storage Isolation 
        Update Sheet Issued 6/93 

        Sep/Oct 1992 (38 pages)
        FOCUS: Batch Application Tuning - Part II 

        • Reducing CPU 
        • Reducing Virtual Storage 
        • Reducing Elapsed Time 
        • Using Batch LSR 
        • Using Hiperbatch 
        • Miscellaneous 
        MVS Measurements 
        • Enqueue Analysis 
        MVS Overview
        • VLF Overview 
        • LLA Overview 
        Tuning Tips 
        • Tuning Catalog & VLF 
        • Tuning TSO & VLF 
        • Tuning LLA 
        In Brief 
        • RMF & SRM APAR 
        • PR/SM Overhead 
        MVS/ESA SP 4.3 
        • SMF Enhancements 
        • RMF Enhancements 
        Q & A 
        • Limit on Buffers 
        • Track vs Cylinder Allocation 
        • Fixed Storage Problems 
        Product Review
        • Strobe 
        • VSAM I/O Plus 
        • PMO & Quick-Fetch 
        Feedback
        • Fixed DP for IMS 
        • SRM APAR Describes STCs 
        Update Sheet Issued 6/93 

        August 1992 (30 pages) 
        FOCUS: Batch Application Tuning - Part I 

        • Getting Started 
        • Reducing I/O 
        • Sort Utility: Revisited 
        • Design Considerations 
        MVS Measurements
        • Batch Jobs 
        In Brief 
        • Publications 
        Q & A 
        • How to Compare CPU Values 
        • Where to Find Device Class & Device Type 
        • SP 4.2 Maximum Swap Size 
        Feedback 
        Update Sheet Issued 8/92 

        July 1992 (12 pages) 
        MVS Review 

        • Time Slicing 
        Tuning Tips 
        • Sharing the CPU 
        • Defining a Sysprog LPAR 
        • Common Mistakes With SP 4.2 Parameters 
        Q & A 
        • Combining Production & Development 
        Feedback 
        • Soaker Jobs 
        Update Sheet Issued 2/93

        June 1992 (18 pages) 
        FOCUS: Benchmarking

        • Introduction 
        • Benchmarking Techniques 
        • After The Fact Benchmarks 
        • Benchmarking Bibliography 
        • Soaker Jobs 
        Update Sheet Issued 7/92 

        May 1992 (17 pages) 
        FOCUS: Variability 

        • CPU Variability 
        • Calculating Capture Ratio 
        • I/O Variability 
        • Storage Variability 
        • Elapsed Variability 
        Product Review 
        • STOP-X37 


        April 1992 (24 pages)
        FOCUS: Service Levels 

        • Setting Batch Service Levels 
        • Setting Other Service Levels 
        • Negotiating SLAs 
        Feedback 
        • Nasty PER Traps 


         March 1992 (no issue) 

        February 1992 (22 pages) 
        FOCUS: Service Levels 

        • Overview 
        • Setting Online Service Levels 
        • Setting TSO Service Levels 
        • Reporting & Managing 
        • Service Level Bibliography 
        Product Review 
        • SMFUTIL 
        Feedback 
        • More on Mounts as NSW 


        January 1992 (21 pages) 
        Questionnaire Results 
        MVS Review 

        • Expanded Storage 
        • ESTOR Bibliography 
        MVS Measurements 
        • Expanded Storage 
        FOCUS: Expanded Storage
        • Establishing ESTOR Guidelines 
        • Using XA SRM Controls 
        • Using SP 4.2 SRM Parameters 
        Product Review
        • CPExpert 
        Q & A
        • CICS as STC or Batch 
        Feedback
        • SU/SEC Rate for ES/9000 
        • SRM Feedback 
        Update Sheet Issued 7/92 

        1991

        December 1991 (14 pages) 
        MVS Review 

        • Exchange Swapping 
        • ISV 
        FOCUS: IPS Design 
        • Defining Exchange Swapping (SP 4.2) 
        • Defining Exchange Swapping (Pre 4.2) 
        • Summary of IPS Design 
        • Converting to SP 4.2 
        Miscellaneous 
        • Dedicated & Shared LPARs 


        November 1991 (26 pages) 
        MVS Review 

        • SRM Second 
        • Service Rate 
        • MPL Determination 
        FOCUS: IPS Design
        • Determining Domains 
        • Setting MPL Thresholds 
        • Defining Domains 
        • Evaluating Domains 
        Miscellaneous 
        • Deleted Trace Elements 
        • Feedback 
        • PDS Blocksizes 
        • More on IDRC 
        • VSAM Comments 
        • Estimating ESTOR 
        • Tuning DASD 
        • ESTOR Page Movement 
        Supplements 
            RMF Part 1: Trace (4 pages) 
            SRM Service Objectives (6 pages)

        October 1991 (18 pages)
        FOCUS: Designing A New IPS (SP 4.2)

        • Updating the ICS and IPS 
        • Creating an ICS 
        • Defining Periods 
        • Determining Priorities 
        • Assigning PGNs 
        • Defining Domains 
        Miscellaneous 
        • Tuning VSAM Under CICS 


        September 1991 (22 pages) 
        FOCUS: Tuning VSAM 

        • 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 
        MVS Review 
        • VSAM Basics 
        MVS Measurements
        • VSAM LISTCAT 
        • SMF Records 
        Feedback
        • SMF Dumping 
        Update Sheet Issued 2/94 

        August 1991 (22 pages) 
        Determining Workloads 
        Finding System Constraints 
        FOCUS: Reducing CPU 

        • Reducing Monitors 
        • Reducing MVS Overhead 
        • Tuning Applications 
        • Alternatives 
        Feedback
        • TSO Recovery 


        July 1991 (19 pages) 
        FOCUS: Reducing I/O 

        • Increasing Tape Blocksizes 
        • Using IDRC 
        • Increasing DASD Blocksizes 
        • Increasing Buffers 
        • Unnecessary I/Os 
        • Using VB Files 
        I/O Product Bibliography 
        Tuning Bibliography 
        On a Personal Note 
        Feedback 
        Update Sheet 8/91 

        June 1991 (22 pages) 
        FOCUS: MVS/ESA Measurements

        • I/O Measurements 
        • CPU Measurements 
        • Storage Measurements 
        • MVS/ESA Facilities 
        • Other Measurements 
        MVS Review 
        • SMF Records 
        Feedback 
        • Uploading DB2 Tables 
        • TSO Recovery 
        Update Sheet 5/92 

        May 1991 (24 pages) 
        MVS Review 

        • Paging & Swapping 
        MVS Measurements 
        • Paging & Swapping 
        FOCUS: Tuning Paging & Swapping 
        • Page & Swap Data Sets 
        • Swapping to Page Data Sets 
        • Swapping to Swap Data Sets 
        • Combining PLPA & Common 
        • Unnecessary Swaps 
        Miscellaneous 
        • Amdahl's MDF 
        • Something Old, Something Blue 
        • Reblocking SMF 
        Feedback 
        Update Sheet 9/91 

        April 1991 (26 pages)
        MVS Review 

        • What's An EXCP? 
        • DASD I/O Explained 
        MVS Measurements
        • How To Measure I/O 
        FOCUS: Tuning DASD 
        • Reducing PEND Time 
        • Reducing IOSQ Time 
        • Reducing Disconnect Time 
        • Controlling Connect Time 
        RMF Report JCL 
        Update Sheet Issued 11/93 

        March 1991 (22 pages)
        FOCUS: Central Storage

        • Fencing Loved Ones 
        • Limiting Baddies 
        Other Tips 
        • Reducing I/O Elongation 
        • New PR/SM APAR 
        • Reblocking SMF 
        MVS Review
        • SRM Service Units 
        • Storage Isolation Overview 
        Update Sheet Issued 12/96 
         

        February 1991 (28 pages) 
        FOCUS: PR/SM

        • Nature of PR/SM Overhead 
        • Computing Overhead Without a Benchmark 
        • Changing SRM Parameters 
        • PR/SM Tuning Tips 
        • PR/SM Bibliography 
        FOCUS: Central Storage 
        • Reducing Storage Movement 
        MVS Review
        • PR/SM Overview 
        • UIC and Page Stealing 
        MVS Measurements 
        • Calculating Capture Ratio 
        • CPU Under PR/SM 
        • Determining CSTOR Users 
        Feedback 
        Miscellany 
        Update Sheet Issued 3/91 

        January 1991 (16 pages) 
        FOCUS: Tuning TSO 

        • Reducing ISPF Response 
        • Eliminating TSO STEPLIBs 
        • Reducing O/P Wait Swaps 
        • Reducing TSO Period Swaps 
        • Invoking CLISTs Faster 
        • Reducing CLIST Response 
        • Consistent Response 
        MVS Review 
        • MVS Program Fetch 
        MVS Measurements 
        • TSO Response Time 
        • TSO Command Use 
        Miscellany 
        Update Sheet Issued 9/95 


           
        The following supplements were provided with different issues 
        of the TUNING Letter and are periodically reissued: 
         
        • SMF Reference Card 
        • CPU Chart 
        • CMF/RMF Cross-reference 

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