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- On Demand Teleconference: Managing Large Objects with DB2 for z/OS
- This teleconference explains how the IBM® DB2® Administration Tool and IBM DB2 Utilities Suite for z/OS® can help you manage LOBs efficiently and effectively. We'll cover the types of activities that a DBA performs to manage a DB2 environment with LOBs and discuss some common administrative functions.
- Tags: Teleconference, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-08-06
- Expedite Your IPL and Shutdowns of z/OS Using BMC MAINVIEW for AutoOPERATOR Component Total Object Manager (TOM)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how "One button" concept will expedite both IPL and shutdown - this is just one of the new features introduced in MAINVIEW Total Object Manager 2.1 a component of MAINVIEW AutoOPERATOR. The attendee will discover how to optimize the overall automation by taking...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., IBM z/OS, BMC MAINVIEW, It Management, It service Management
- Webcasts 2009-06-10
- Stop Wasting MIPS for DB2 on z/OS
- It has always been important to get the most value from the mainframe, but the current economic climate adds extra pressure to keep costs down. One can reduce costs by tuning SQL, one of the largest consumers of CPU. The attendee of this webcast will learn techniques for identifying which...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Performance, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2, Performance Management, It Management, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It service Management, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-06-02
- z/OS SAS Deployment: This Isn't Your Father's Install Anymore!
- In SAS 9.2, the deployment process is very different from previous releases. Starting with SAS 9.2, the overall deployment process is now uniform across all host architectures. The purpose of this paper is to give one a basic understanding of the new deployment process with an emphasis on deployment to...
- Tags: Deployment, SAS Institute, IBM z/OS, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2009-04-06
- Microsoft and Red Hat agreement and the next generation datacenter
- Microsoft and Red Hat have come to an agreement allowing virtualization technology from each company to support virtual machines containing the others operating environment. My colleagues Mary-Jo Folley see Microsoft and Red Hat sign virtualization pact and Paula Rooney (see It’s true: Microsoft and Red Hat cooperate on virtualization) have...
- Tags: Data Center, Red Hat Inc., IBM z/OS, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., IBM OS/400, IBM Corp., Generation Datacenter, Virtualization, Data Centers, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, Apple Mac OS, Storage Management, Servers, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- Exploiting IBM zIIP Processors to Reduce z/OS Monitoring Costs
- The primary reason this is so attractive and cost-effective is not just the cheaper hardware, but also much cheaper software, since typically, processing capacity associated with specialty engines is not "counted" as overall z/OS MIPS/MSUs capacity by IBM or ISVs, and is therefore exempt from many related charges such as...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Processor, Monitoring, IBM z/OS, IBM Corp., Utility Computing, It Management, Operating Systems, Servers, It service Management, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2009-02-12
- Transparently Encrypting Data in Mainframe z/OS and Open Systems to Achieve End-to-End Data Protection
- In a world of ever increasing large scale data breaches the mainframe z/OS environment is not immune. But securing credit card, social security and other types of sensitive numbers or data has been huge challenge, especially in large mixed environments that include both mainframe z/OS and open systems. It can...
- Tags: Data Protection, Compliance, IBM z/OS, Mainframes, Utility Computing, Servers, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- An Analyst's View of BMC DB2 for z/OS Administration Tools
- The presenter of this webcast discusses his findings on how BMC Database Administration for DB2 provides real business value to those who make it a key part of their mainframe systems management strategy. The attendee will hear how the BMC products improve availability, performance, and productivity whilst reducing risk and...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Administration, IBM z/OS, Tool, It Management, It service Management
- Webcasts 2008-12-03
- What's New for BMC MAINVIEW for z/OS, BMC CMF Monitor, and BMC MAINVIEW Sysprog Services
- This webcast will acquaint the latest releases and will include such topics as extended zIIP/zAAP support, CMFMON History, added actions, reductions in resource consumption, and plans for sunsetting some obsolete functions.
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Monitor, IBM z/OS, BMC MAINVIEW, It Management, It service Management
- Webcasts 2008-10-08
- Introduction to Hiperdispatch Management Mode With z101
- HiperDispatch was introduced with IBM's z10 server, and is available via PTFs on z/OS V1R7, z/OS V1R8, and z/OS V1R9. HiperDispatch was designed to minimize the z10 hardware performance degradation caused by processor cache misses, and maximize the amount of CPU processing power associated with any single logical processor. To...
- Tags: IBM z/OS, Computer Management Sciences, Hiperdispatch, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-09-10
- WebSphere Process Server for z/OS V.6.1: WPS "Easy" Network Deployment Configuration
- There are many different ways to configure WebSphere Process Server WPS on z/OS. One can configure a standalone server using Cloudscape Derby or with DB2 tables for the persistence. This is a good way to get started. However, for a production environment, one needs a Network Deployment ND configuration for...
- Tags: IBM WebSphere, Network, IBM z/OS, Systems Management, It Services, Utility Computing, Servers, Network Administration, Operating Systems, Databases, Hardware, Networking, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-09-10
- Migrating SMF From Data Set Recording to Log Stream Logging
- Beginning with z/OS V1R9, the System Management Facility SMF can be configured to use System Logger to write records to log streams. This paper gives an overview of the benefits of migrating SMF to log streams, reviews performance considerations and will describe a migration process using the z/OS Integration Test...
- Tags: Performance, IBM z/OS, Stream, IBM Corp., Utility Computing, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-07-29
- Selecting System z Operating Environments: Linux or z/OS?
- This paper provides an introduction to the multi-OS mainframe environment and helps one select whether to deploy workloads to z/OS or Linux on System z. Using customer scenarios based on various goals, the paper shows how to select the strongest operating environment to meet those goals. System z is architecturally...
- Tags: Environment, IBM z/OS, Linux, Mainframes, Operating Systems, Utility Computing, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-06-18
- PeopleSoft Enterprise Payroll 8.9 Using DB2 V9 for z/OS on an IBM z Platform
- There were two objectives of this benchmark project. The first was to exercise the DB2 V9 z/OS code with the standard Large Model PeopleSoft Payroll workload. The second objective, which was of high interest to the PeopleSoft Users Group community, was to see how well these batch processes scale on...
- Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Payroll, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-06-01
- SAP Transaction Banking: IBM System z DB Server Using DB2 V9.1 for z/OS Large Database Measurements
- The SAP TRansaction BanKing TRBK application has evolved significantly over time. Not only does it provide significantly more function for banks, it now exploits functions such as Unicode and SAP's NetWeaver. These measurements, as well as the previous TRBK measurements, show that both the posting and balancing workloads can exploit...
- Tags: Measurement, Workload, SAP AG, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., Banking, Enterprise Software, Databases, Financial Services, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-23
- Configuring and Clustering IBM WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS
- The purpose of this paper is to provide a step-by-step description of how to configure IBM WebSphere Portal Server Enable for z/OS V6 in a cluster. It explains how to configure a WebSphere Network Deployment cell and cluster for WebSphere Application Server V6. It also provides useful spreadsheets to help...
- Tags: IBM WebSphere, Clustering, IBM z/OS, IBM Corp., Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-05-20
- Introduction to HiperDispatch Management Mode with z10
- HiperDispatch was introduced with IBM's z10 server, and is available via PTFs on z/OS V1R7, z/OS V1R8, and z/OS V1R9. HiperDispatch was designed to (1) minimize the z10 hardware performance degradation caused by processor cache misses, and (2) maximize the amount of CPU processing power associated with any single logical...
- Tags: IBM z/OS, CPExpert, HiperDispatch, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Processors, Software, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2008-04-27
- WebSphere Process Server/WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus for z/OS V6.1 Network Deployment Configuration Lab
- This paper provides customization that allows the user to execute it in own environment. The detailed script takes the user through the various manual steps needed to complete a Network Deployment WebSphere Process Server/WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus for z/OS V6.1 configuration. By providing installation-specific values as input, the user is...
- Tags: IBM WebSphere, Network, IBM z/OS, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-04-04
- WebSphere Process Server/WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus for z/OS V6.1: Network Deployment Configuration Lab
- IBM WebSphere Application Server WAS, a software application server, is the flagship product within IBM's WebSphere brand. WAS is built using open standards such as Java EE, XML, and Web Services. This paper is intended to help to configure WebSphere Process Server WPS or WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus WESB for...
- Tags: IBM WebSphere, Network, Application Server, IBM z/OS, IBM Corp., WAS, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Utility Computing, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-03-27
- DB2 9 and z/OS XML System Services Synergy Update
- DB2 9 is a hybrid data server with integrated pureXML technology to natively manage XML data with unprecedented reliability, availability, scalability and performance. DB2 9 pureXML exploits z/OS XML System Services for high-performance parsing with improved price performance utilizing IBM eServer zSeries specialty engines. DB2 9 has XML data type...
- Tags: XML, IBM z/OS, IBM DB2, IBM Corp., DB2 9, Databases, Enterprise Software, Servers, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- White papers 2008-03-26
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