Author Archives: Martin Packer

(Originally posted 2005-02-20.) Well, now I’m on the agenda at these two conferences I’m confronted with the task of actually getting 4 presentations out the door by March 4th. Thankfully Three are updates of existing presentations, varying in effort quite considerably. Two are shared between the two conferences Of course it doesn’t help that theContinue reading “Time to get creative”

(Originally posted 2005-02-18.) It’s going to sound like the only thing I talk about is DFSORT. While that isn’t entirely true I am currently updating my “What’s New With DFSORT?” foils. And it made me think about processing SMF data… In our internal analysis processes we chuck SMF data around quite a bit, whether subsettingContinue reading “DFSORT Processing SMF Records”

(Originally posted 2005-02-17.) Would you like to see updates to my blog without having to visit the site on the off chance? If so, read on. Pardon my patronising essentially mainframe people by describing basic web technology but… If you want to get notified when my blog changes you might like to take an RSSContinue reading “RSS Feed”

(Originally posted 2005-02-17.) I’ve had a long and happy association with DFSORT. So here’s a link to a document describing the most recent enhancements, which came out in December. http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sort/mvs/pdug/ There was also another significant set of changes in February 2003. They are described here: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sort/mvs/uq90053 As I previously mentioned I’ll be presenting “What’s NewContinue reading “Not Your Grandfather’s DFSORT”

(Originally posted 2005-02-17.) I’m presenting on a couple of topics at the UKCMG annual conference. This, down the years, has been a great conference and one I look forward to immensely. http://www.ukcmg.org.uk/conference.html My topics are about CPU and DB2 Memory.

(Originally posted 2005-02-17.) I’m fortunate to be presenting at this excellent conference. Here’s the URL: http://www-306.ibm.com/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=page&c=a0006121 There are many fine presentations on the agenda. My presentations are in the areas of DB2 Memory, CPU Management, “Modern” DB2 Applications’ performance, and DFSORT. All of these are significantly updated from previous conferences, and the CPU one isContinue reading “zSeries and Storage Technical Conference, Innsbruck, Austria 11-15 April 2005”

(Originally posted 2005-02-17.) For me that isn’t really the question – I’ve been blogging inside IBM for about a year now. And the benefits are well-known to me. So welcome to my customer-facing blog. I do like to mention client situations. But (especially as I’m helping develop IBM’s blogging guidelines in this area) I’d likeContinue reading “To blog or not to blog?”