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Apply to attend today: http://searchStorage.com/r/0,,8479,00.htm?/?Offer=surplusad ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHY IS PROD WORK AT LOWER PRIORITY THAN NON-PROD? | by Steve Samson Dear Ask the Expert, All five production ADABAS (ADAPROD*) servers are running at a lower dispatch priority (DP) than all other ADABAS servers. I know that DP is dynamic, but why is production work running at a lower DP than non-production work? >> CLICK for Steve's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid513048_tax285125,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHAT FACTORS COULD AFFECT DB2 BATCH PERFORMANCE? | by Craig Mullins Dear Ask the Expert, After migrating from DB2 4.1 to 5.1, all DB2 batch jobs have excessive run times. What types of performance factors could affect DB2 batch performance? >> CLICK for Craig's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid513034_tax293066,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHAT HAPPENS IN THE RESTART STEP IN JCL? | by Jim Keohane Dear Ask the Expert, What are the details of the RESTART step in a JCL? >> CLICK for Jim's expert response: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid513065_tax285123,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS ::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WHITE PAPERS | Web Services Eager to expand your business to the Internet, or dreading the prospect? 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This Featured Topic offers some tips and tricks to help ensure z/OS 1.4 will run smoothly for you. >> CLICK for the full Featured Topic: http://search390.techtarget.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid10_gci874875,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= HOW WOULD YOU PREPARE FOR 64-BIT PROCESSING? | Discussion forum Search390.com user "64bitjourney" posted the following in the Upgrading to zSeries forum and needs your advice: "We will be converting to 64-bit soon in our journey to z/OS. We are OS/390 r2.10 with regular COBOL processors. Do we need any new processors, recompiles or parameters to get to 64-bit processing?" >> CLICK to post a response: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.1dcfcc41/7!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TAKE OUR POLL | Search390.com Thousands of IT workers are losing their jobs. 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