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Cheryl Watson
on Videotape

Advanced MVS 
Performance & Measurement

Tuning your MVS system can produce many benefits, such as improving response time, reducing system resources, extending the life of your machine, and keeping your users happy. In this fast-paced video course, you'll discover the tricks and techniques used by performance analysts to measure, manage, tune, and control their systems. This unique class provides you with a vendor-independent view of how to get the most out of your MVS system, with minimal effort. All MVS systems are covered in the course, with an emphasis on MVS/ESA SP 4.2 and SP 4.3, both LPAR and non-LPAR. Differences in earlier releases will be discussed as needed. 

This is a video tape of an actual 4.5 day class held in late 1995. The course is designed to let you learn from your own reports and parmlib members, so that the analysis you perform will assist you in tuning your own system. A series of worksheets is used to analyze data from your system. 

Because SMF, RMF, and CMF are the basis of most data collection efforts, we review how these facilities should be managed to obtain the most information with the least amount of overhead. A detailed discussion of SMF data for address space analysis is also provided. Even if you use other post-processing products, this course provides an understanding of the data elements that are available from them. RMF parameters and other parmlib members are also reviewed for optimization. RMF's Monitor III and CMF's Workload Delay Monitor provide invaluable help in determining if (and where) system constraints are occurring. This course provides recommendations on how to use these two products as well. 

You'll finish this video with an understanding of the status of the system resources in your installation, a list of things to change when you return, and a plan for tracking and monitoring your system in the future. After all, if you can predict performance problems before they occur, you'll never have to "fight fires" again! 

Take a look at the topics and decide now to put Cheryl Watson on your team!

Course Topics

    • SMF Review 
    • SMF Parameters Affecting Performance
    • SMF Address Space Activity Analysis
    • RMF & CMF Review
    • RMF & CMF Parameters Affecting Performance
    • System Analysis: Methodology
    • Configuration Analysis
    • Service Level Objectives
    • CPU Analysis: CPU Definitions, Analysis by System, Workload & Address Space 
    • I/O Analysis: Description of an I/O, I/O Definitions, Analysis by System, Workload & Address Space 
    • Storage Analysis: Types of Storage, Analysis by System, Workload & Address Space 
    • SRM Analysis
    • SMF Configuration & Operational Data 
Contents: 20 VHS video tapes and one notebook with all original class material. 

Fee: $1500 USD

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