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1. SHARE Session Highlights for NYC
2. Another zAAP Clarification

1.  SHARE Session Highlights for NYC

Brian Peterson and Skip Robinson, SHARE MVS Program Managers, recently posted the following item on IBM-Main.  We think it's a great summary of z/OS topics available during the week, especially for those people who are relatively new to SHARE.

Greetings to all!  It's time to start thinking about the Summer SHARE, August 15-20, 2004 in New York City.  We have an excellent slate of sessions, and a bevy of willing speakers.  All we need is you!  We hope you'll be able to attend, and please look us up if you do.  Check out http://www.share.org for registration details.

Introductory Sessions
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You've just joined the ranks as a new sysprog, or perhaps you've just picked up some new job responsibilities.  Of course, you always get to support everything you previously had.  How do you get up to speed quickly on the new stuff?  Why SHARE, of course!

2582 Introduction to RMF Data Collection and Reports Analysis
2602/3/4 and 2612/3/4 ISPF Boot Camp
2632 Dynamic ISPF: How to Eliminate All Those Datasets in the Logon Proc
2633 Configuring ISPF for Fun and Profit
2661 Introduction to JES2 for New Systems Programmers
2671 SDSF for New Users
2851 Introduction to Parallel Sysplex
2853 GRS 101: Non-Sysplex Ring, Sysplex Ring and Star
2856 Introduction to HCD
2913 WebSphere for Dummies
2915 Basic UNIX Shell Commands for the z/OS Systems Programmer
3010 DFSMS Basics: SMS in a Nutshell
3011 DFSMS Basics: Getting Started with DFSMSdss
3012 DFSMS Basics: Getting Started with DFSMShsm
3013/4 DFSMS Basics: The ABCs of DFSMSrmm
3015 DFSMS Basics: The ABCs of ABARS
3016 DFSMS Basics: VSAM Basics
3017 DFSMS Basics: ICF Catalog Management
3020 How SMS Volume Selection Works

System Programmer Topics
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In an OCO world, where can you go to learn about how things really work?  Why, SHARE of course!  Here is a sample of the down and dirty sessions we offer:

2625/6 ISPF Hidden Treasures
2627 ISPF Panels
2664 Exploiting New JES2 Interfaces
2712 Becoming Bi-JESual
2815 z/OS Recovery for Assembler Applications
2821 Problem Determination With Dumps: IPCS Tools For Problem Resolution
2824 Tricks With Tapes
2825 z990 and z890 zAAP - What it Can Do for You
2829 z/OS Virtual Storage Mystery Tour
2834 64-Bit - Sharing Virtual Storage Above 2G
2835 How Do You Do What You Do When You're a CPU? Second Edition
2843/4 Planning, Tuning, and Managing XCF Signalling Resources
2848 Changes in MVS Device Allocation Serialization
2852 The Dynamics of z/OS
2855 Contents Supervision and LLA
2858 Bronzeplex: Building a Minimal Parallel Sysplex
2860 A Look at Serialization Techniques
2881 Now Playing at a Screen Near You - z/OS 1.4 Console Restructure
2885 A Systems Programmer Productivity Tool Bag
2889 MVS Serviceability Forum
2894 A z/OS System Programmer's Guide to Migrating to a z990 Server
2932 Differences Between HFS and zFS
2937/8 Diagnosing Problems in a UNIX System Services Environment
3022 Introducing the New Sequential Data Set
3027 DFSMS System Data Mover Recent Enhancements

Getting to the latest z/OS
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If you are considering migrating to z/OS or upgrading from a previous release, SHARE is the place to get the latest information to help plan your migration.  Highlighted sessions include:

2516 Managing z/OS Processor Storage in a 64-bit Environment
2655 JES2 z/OS 1.5 Product Update
2672 SDSF Security Changes in z/OS 1.5
2721 JES3 z/OS 1.5 Product Overview
2728 z/OS V1R4 and V1R5 JES3 Migration User Experiences
2839 Taking the 64-Bit Plunge: High Dive Act or Wading Pool Stroll? - A User Experience
2868 z/OS 1.5 User Experience
2870 Migrating to z/OS - Preparation Can Be Priceless
2871 Migrating from OS/390 2.10 to z/OS 1.4 - The Last Hurrah
2872 Migrating to z/OS 1.6 - Getting to the Latest Release
2879 ServerPac: Enhancements for z/OS 1.4/1.5

Goal Mode
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Are your systems running in WLM Goal Mode?  Once you IPL z/OS 1.3 or above, you will be!  Come to SHARE and learn how to implement and refine your Goal Mode policy.  Whether you're still running Compatibility Mode, or have been running Goal Mode for years, at SHARE you will learn valuable tips and techniques for making your systems run even better.

2536 Successful WLM Goal Mode Conversion User Experience
2538 How's That Work? WLM Goal Mode Batch Workloads
2539 Cheryl Watson's GoalTender - How to Manage WLM
2540 WLM - The Latest and Greatest
2541 z/OS WLM - The Basics Every Performance Analyst Should Know
2542 Workload Manager Managed Batch Initiators
2543 How's That Work? WLM Goal Mode STC Workloads
2544 WLM and Enclaves - Unleashed
2545 Workload Manager Bits & Pieces
2546 WLM: Top 10 Mistakes / Questions
2547 Understanding WebSphere for z/OS Performance Using RMF, WLM and other Tools
2548 WLM - Understanding Execution Velocity to Establish and Maintain Goals
2549 WLM Best Practices - Meet the Panel of Experts
2551 Using RMF: Understanding the WLM Workload Activity Report
2553 Using RMF: CICS, WLM and the RMF Workload Activity Report

zSeries Processors
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z/Architecture and the new z990 Processor are big news from IBM, and SHARE has the latest information.  To increase your knowledge of z/Architecture and the latest z990 Processor, consider the following sessions:

2831 zSeries Connectivity Snapshots - C, E, F, I, O
2838 What's New in z/OS
2842 FICON Express - The Answer For Your zSeries SAN Requirements
2845 HCM Update: eServer zSeries z990 Support in HCM
2846/7 IBM eServer zSeries 890 Overview
2892 Introducing the z990: Processor, Memory, and System Structure
2893 Introducing the z990: Channel Subsystem, I/O, and HMC
2894 A z/OS Sysprog's Guide to z990 Migration
2895 HCD Update: z990 Support in HCD

Hands-on Lab
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In the SHARE "hands-on lab" you will have a unique opportunity to take the controls and actually perform installation and customization activities on a live system under the supervision of an instructor.  Here's a sample of the topics offered:

2555 RMF PM Hands-On Lab
2556 RMF Spreadsheet Reporter - Hands-On Lab
2557 DMTF CIM for eServer Monitoring - Hands-On Lab
2822/3 Problem Determination with Dumps: IPCS Techniques Hands on Lab
2854 Understanding and Using the GRS Monitor Tool - Hands-On Lab
2857 HCD Lab - Get Your Hands On It
2866 Migrate From a z900 to a z990 Using HCM Hands-On Lab
2995 WebSphere Performance Analyzer Lab
2996 WebSphere Application Server wsadmin Scripting Lab
2997 UNIX System Services Tools and Toys Hands-On Lab

Don't Miss
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In addition to the sessions above, consider these "don't miss":

2400 MVS Program Opening and z/OS Keynote Presentation (You can't be that tired already on Monday morning!)
2509 Cheryl Watson's Hot Flashes
2514 WSC Short Stories and Tall Tales
2537 Are the z990s Underperforming?
2680 JES2: Esprit de Corps
2817 Bit Bucket
2861 Fully Wired Hot Topics
2878 z/OS SysProg Goody Bag
3070 The Bank of New York and the Impact of September 11, 2001

There will be literally hundreds more sessions presented at SHARE in New York City.  For additional information, please visit the SHARE website
http://www.share.org.  We hope to see you in New York!

2.  Another zAAP Clarification

This is a correction to a correction!  In our last Cheryl's List, we included the following item:
 

In our TUNING Letter 2004 No. 2, page 49, we were discussing the IFACROSSOVER parameter for zAAP processors.  We incorrectly stated "You might want to set it to NO if you don't want Java work to increase the CPU processing that will be used for setting WLM charges."  In fact, if WLM software capping is effective, no zAAP work will be dispatched on the standard CPs unless no zAAP processor exists.


A slightly modified version of this statement also appeared as a footnote to the zAAP Update article in TUNING Letter 2004 No. 4, page 15.  We published these corrections because of a statement in the WSC white paper WP100417, which discusses zAAP capacity planning issues.  In that paper, it says: "When the cap is limiting capacity, WLM will not allow standard CPs to process zAAP eligible work."  Robert Vaupel and Horst Sinram, both of IBM Boebligen, have pointed out that this is not true.  If WLM software capping is in effect, the zAAP work can be dispatched on standard CPs, but at a lower dispatch priority than discretionary.

Stay tuned!

Cheryl Watson

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