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Cheryl's List #33 -
November 22, 1999

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1. CMG in December
2. HFS on Non-SMS Volumes
3. SURVEY Results

1. CMG in December

Installations seem to feel secure enough with Y2K that they aren't staying away from important conferences at this time of the year. The registrations for the CMG conference scheduled in Reno for December 6-10 are higher than anticipated. Over 1000 people have pre-registered for the conference, which has over 100 sessions devoted to performance, capacity, and chargeback issues.

Tom and I have decided to catch the action this year at CMG. Please look us up if you have a chance. See you there!

2. HFS on Non-SMS Volumes

In our 1999, No. 3 issue (page 20), I stated: "DFSMS releases after 1.5 will be OS/390 exclusive. Prior to this release, HFS files had to reside on SMS-managed volumes. With DFSMS 1.5 and R7, they do not need to be SMS-managed." I neglected to mention that this support was not made available in the initial release of R7. This facility is only supported with PTFs that will not be made available until 1Q2000 (possibly January). IBM will issue a system center flash that will provide the APAR numbers.

3. SURVEY Results

Many, many, thanks to everyone who took the time to respond to our survey. Here are some pretty interesting answers. Note that things won't always add up to 100%; some people provided multiple answers; others didn't respond to all questions.

1. Are you running any system, even test, in goal mode?

190 responses; 57% are in goal mode

2. If not in goal mode, what is the PRIMARY reason?

45% - not enough staff or time

21% - waiting until after Y2K

18% - concerned about potential problems with goal mode

18% - see no apparent benefit

16% - other

(Note: This was a VERY interesting response since in question 3a, 47% of the sites implemented goal mode within two weeks and 18% took less than a week!)

2a. If not in goal mode, are you using a WLM service policy for managing DDF or to collect information for CICS or IMS transactions?

7% - DDF

7% - CICS or IMS

5% - DDF AND (CICS or IMS)

3a. How long did it take to convert your first (test) system?

18% - less than a week; some said hours or one day (especially when using my Quickstart Policy!)

13% - one week

16% - >1 to 2 weeks

26% - >2 to 4 weeks

11% - >4 to 8 weeks

17% - >2 months to 12 months

3b. How long did it take to convert the next system?

45% - less than one week; most were hours, not days

28% - 1 to 2 weeks

11% - >2 to 4 weeks

15% - over 4 weeks

3c. What is the largest benefit that goal mode gives you?

Increased throughput, better control, better reporting, operators like it better, better management

3d. What was the largest problem in going to goal mode?

Understanding WLM, waiting for PTFs, getting management approval

3e. Which facilities have you implemented in goal mode?

61% - OMVS

49% - DDF

35% - ASCH

26% - Application environments

24% - DB2 (sysplex queries)

20% - WLM managed initiators

16% - Stored Procedures

12% - IWEB

11% - MQ

1% - SOM

0% - LSFM

0% - CB (CORBA)

3f. Are you running goal mode with multiple systems using the same policy?

67% - Yes

3g. Are you using region velocities or response goals for CICS/IMS?

55% - velocities

45% - response goals

4. Are you running a production sysplex (either base or parallel)?

56% - Yes

5. Are you running a production parallel sysplex?

49% - Yes

6. Which parallel sysplex facilities are being used?

(unfortunately, the survey neglected to list VTAM Generic Resource)

31% - logger (console or logrec)

25% - GRS Star

23% - JES2 Checkpoint

22% - shared tape

22% - DB2

18% - logger for CICS

17% - RACF

14% - XCF Star (I don't think everyone understood that this is the term for using XCF in the coupling facility)

10% - IMS

8% - VSAM RLS

5% - ECS (Enhanced Catalog Sharing)

1% - Oracle

0% - Adaplex

7. DB2 status?

73% - installed in production

4% - installed in test

7% - plan to install within next year

15% - no plans to install within next year

8. MQSeries status?

36% - installed in production

1% - installed in test

10% - plan to install within next year

47% - no plans to install within next year

9. WebSphere status?

11% - installed in production

21% - installed in test

19% - plan to install within next year

49% - no plans to install within next year

10. Domino Notes status?

(Note: I forgot to qualify with S/390; so some of these answers are for other platforms)

9% - installed in production

9% - installed in test

9% - plan to install within next year

74% - no plans to install within next year

11. Business Intelligence (warehousing) status?

(Note: I forgot to qualify with S/390; so some of these answers are for other platforms)

24% - installed in production

1% - installed in test

5%- plan to install within next year

64% - no plans to install within next year

12. Are you running production work on UNIX System Services (not including TCP/IP and WebServer)?

19% - Yes (SAP, Notes, ADSM, custom applications, many others)

13. What is the most current level of MVS or OS/390 running in your site?

0% - older than SP 5.2

3% - SP 5.2

0% - OS/390 R1

2% - OS/390 R2

8% - OS/390 R3

7% - OS/390 R4

17% - OS/390 R5

39% - OS/390 R6

20% - OS/390 R7

4% - OS/390 R8

14. What is the earliest level of MVS or OS/390 still running in your site?

1% - older than SP 5.2

7% - SP 5.2

2% - OS/390 R1

7% - OS/390 R2

12% - OS/390 R3

13% - OS/390 R4

20% - OS/390 R5

24% - OS/390 R6

7% - OS/390 R7

1% - OS/390 R8

15. What size site(s) have you been describing (in total MIPS)?

3% - 1 - 50

17% - 51 - 200

24% - 201 - 500

55% - over 500

That’s all for now. Stay tuned!

Cheryl Watson

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