Things continue to change. A more recent starting point http://www.share.org/EventDocuments/tabid/323/Default.aspx?document=proc eedings/SHARE_in_Seattle/S2860GD121239.pdf
http://tinyurl.com/p74xtr 2860 - z/OS Internals: The Dispatcher Speakers: Greg Dyck (IBM Corporation) This session will give a high level view of how the z/OS dispatcher works. The topics will include: How work is selected, and where zAAP eligibility and priorities come into play Fair share dispatching, and why it came about How timeslicing is performed and managed The concept of work preemption, when it is done and how it is managed The SHARE processings http://www.share.org are a gold mine. SHARE in Denver is coming in August! http://www.share.org/Events/UpcomingConference/tabid/349/Default.aspx Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO System z Performance and Availability Management mailto:[email protected] (office) 301.986.3574 (cell) 301.996.1318 "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 2:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Z/OS Dispatcher Documentation Hi, There does not seem to be any decent documentation on the workings of the z/os Dispatcher. >From Some Old Documentation I have in my MVS/XA or MVS/ESA days I have the following: ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
