Author Archives: Martin Packer

(Originally posted 2012-05-12.) With just over a week to go I’ve got my presentation materials in for this great conference: IBM System z Technical University 21-25 May in Berlin. I hope to see many friends – old and new (old and young) 🙂 there.   For the record my three sessions are: zZS08 – IContinue reading “IBM System z Technical University 21-25 May, Berlin”

(Originally posted 2012-04-29.) If you think this title is obscure bear in mind the original working title was "Send In The Hobgoblins". 1 🙂 When I started to write – actually before the "mind mapping" stage – it was going to be all about inconsistency in the way bits of systems are named. You'll seeContinue reading “He Picks On CICS”

(Originally posted 2012-04-12.) I was pleased when Julian Bridges (who I worked with in IBM Global Services for a number of years) told me he had access to a z/OS Release 13 system. He agreed to write a blog post on the enhancements to the ISPF editor in Release 13 and this is that blogContinue reading “Guest Post – z/OS Release 13 ISPF Editor Enhancements”

(Originally posted 2012-03-25.) As previously discussed I’m often in a situation of trying to make sense of a set of job-related SMF data. Even though it may be your own installation’s data, you’re probably confronted with what I like to call “a journey of discovery” occasionally, too. I’m always looking for what I can discernContinue reading “You Might Just Be A Clone If…”

(Originally posted 2012-03-23.) You’d think it would be pretty simple to draw a line. Right? This post discusses an enhancement I’d like to make to my current reporting – and I’m pretty sure that technically I can do it. The question is whether I should. Consider my current "Memory by address space within Service Class"Continue reading “Drawing The Line”

(Originally posted 2012-03-22.) Don’t reach for your dictionary to look up the single word in the title: I just made it up. 🙂 But I hope it’ll make sense as a term once you’ve read this post. Once in a while I like to post on Social Media. Looking back it seems to be aboutContinue reading “Whocasting?”

(Originally posted 2012-03-14.) It’s not often I write a blog post that’s essentially a link to a web page. But on this occasion I will. Here’s the link: Packer Advocates the Human Side of Social Business. I hope you also read Willie Favero’s similar piece: Favero Shares His Secrets for Social Media Success. I don’tContinue reading “C’mon In The Water’s Lovely :-)”

(Originally posted 2012-03-10.) I’ve just published this presentation on Slideshare. You can get it from here. Normally I’d give a presentation at least once before publishing it. Unfortunately the event I was going to present it at earlier this week was cancelled. So I’m experimenting a little by publishing it first. As with all presentationsContinue reading “Published on Slideshare: I Know What You Did Last Summer”

(Originally posted 2012-03-08.) Now with free map :-), this is the concluding part of a four part series on batch parallelisation, with especial focus on cloning. In previous parts I discussed: Motivation Classification Issues This part wraps up with thoughts on implementation. I’m going to break it down into: Analysis Making Changes Monitoring While thereContinue reading “I Said “Parallelise” Not “Paralyse” Part 4 – Implementation”

(Originally posted 2012-03-04.) Part 1 and Part 2 were, in my opinion a little abstract. But I think they needed to be: They set the scene for why parallelising your batch can be important. They gave some vocabulary and semantics to help structure our thoughts. Now we need to go a little deeper. Let’s startContinue reading “I Said “Parallelise” Not “Paralyse” Part 3 – Issues”