What is Performance?
What is performance?; the performance issues; performance related activities; performance management; a transaction; transaction delay time components; measuring delays; MVS tuning and the Systems Programmer; three kinds of tuning; corrective tuning; preventive tuning; negative tuning; knowing your system.
z/OS Data-In-Memory
Data spaces and hiperspaces in MVS; Data Space & Hiperspace use in MVS; VLF, LLA, DLF and Hiperbatch; VLF and DLF; what is VLF?; setting up VLF; VLF macros; example of VLF parameters; what is LLA?; running LLA in MVS; LLA module staging; example of LLA parameters; Data Lookaside Facility and Hiperbatch; using DLF and Hiperbatch; the DLF Connect/Disconnect exit; Coupling Facility exploitation; IBM software that uses Coupling Facility; VSAM Record Level Sharing; CICS VSAM file accessing applications.
Input/Output Processing
Why I/O processing?; what is I/O?; MVS support for I/O processing software; MVS and I/O processing; Application I/O; the application program; the DD statement; going to the Access Method; the Access Method; getting the …