Author Archives: Martin Packer

(Originally posted 2007-05-02.) I’ve just submitted my three presentations for this great conference: Much Ado About CPU Memory Matters in 2007 DB2 Data Sharing Performance For Beginners UKCMG is – for me – a great chance to catch up with customers, vendors and others in the industry. Its prime focus is Performance – multiplatform inContinue reading “UKCMG Conference, June 25-27, Whittlebury Hall, Northants”

(Originally posted 2007-04-27.) Hmmm: IBM press release on the gameframe. I’d like to see a lot more detail on this before I go “whoopie!” but it does sound like an intriguing idea. It would be the first “specialty” engine to actually feature different hardware. Reminds of me of the 3090 Vector Facility but it’s reallyContinue reading “Gameframes”

(Originally posted 2007-04-26.) I was pleasantly surprised to see my conference evaluations so soon – given the European System z Technical Conference was only last week. Very professional to have the feedback straight away. All the people who filled in the evaluation forms – and that exceeded 50% of the attendees in every session –Continue reading “What I Learned From My Conference Evaluations”

(Originally posted 2007-04-26.) Here’s a salutary item from the BBC: The legacy of Guernica.

(Originally posted 2007-04-20.) Marna Walle: Recent Installation Enhancements and Directions Marna gave a very good presentation, covering a wide range of topics in this area. Here are some highlights – at least from MY perspective: In z/OS R.7: z/OS R.7 UNIX introduced Dynamic Service Activation for SELECTED corrective PTFs. Only works for PTFs marked asContinue reading “European System z Technical Conference – End of Day 5”

(Originally posted 2007-04-19.) Parwez Hamid: System z9 BC GA2 and System z9 EC GA3 Update Available from 11 May, Driver Level 67 provides the BC GA2 / EC GA3 enhancements. The current one is 63. Parwez set the expectation the upgrade can be done non-disruptively if you plan carefully. Common to BC and EC machines:Continue reading “European System z Technical Conference – End of Day 4”

(Originally posted 2007-04-18.) Me: Memory Matters in 2007 I was pleased that about 60 people attended this presentation. Connie Beuselinck: System z9 OSA-Express2 Update and Performance Benchmarks Network Traffic Analyzer was announced today for QDIO problem determination. It’s exclusive to z9 and OSA-Express2. QDIO Diagnostic Synchronisation (also announced today) allows z/OS to signal to OSA-Express2Continue reading “European System z Technical Conference – End of Day 3”

(Originally posted 2007-04-17.) I just started talking to the original developer of the IFASMFDP SMF Dump Program about adding more record selection sophistication to it. I can promise absolutely nothing but are there any requirements any of you have for the SMF Dump Program?

(Originally posted 2007-04-17.) Paul Rogers: z/OS Releases 8, 9 and Beyond This is very much an overview presentation. Other sessions go into more detail. Paul provided a salutary reminder that z/OS Release 6 goes out of service at the end of September. We’re now supporting only the current release and the 2 previous ones. APARContinue reading “European System z Technical Conference – End of Day 2”

(Originally posted 2007-04-17.) It’s been really nice meeting with so many acquaintances. The highlight of Day 1 was undoubtedly Pat Artis presenting on HyperPAVs. As I have a couple of foils on HyperPAVs from the DB2 perspective on Thursday it’s going to be nice not to have to explain them in too much detail –Continue reading “System z Tech Conference – End of Day 1”