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SEARCH390.COM | Tech Update
November 17, 2004
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IN THIS ISSUE | Today's Highlights
1. FEATURES AND TOP STORIES
- Article: Mainframe Mishap: Making a small problem a huge one
- Featured Topic: Multi-platform job skills
- Featured Tip: When is it time to get out of tech?
2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS
- Expert advice: VM command reference guides
- Expert advice: Weighing in on LPARs
- The Missing Link: Postal carriers do e-Bay's bidding
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ARTICLE | Mainframe Mishap: Making a small problem a huge one
We have all done it. When trying to solve a small problem, we end up
causing a disaster. In this latest Mainframe Mishap, Jim Wilson
recounts just such a story.
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SEARCH390.COM FEATURED TOPIC | Multi-platform job skills
It is a multi-platform world. Heterogeneous can describe many a data
center. This week's Featured Topic explores multi-platform job skills
mainframers should have.
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TIP | When is it time to get out of tech?
Where do people with tech skills go when they want to leave the tech
industry?
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VM COMMAND REFERENCE GUIDES | Ask the Expert
A Search390.com user asked Dave Jones, our VM system and application
programming expert:
"I am a novice VM user. Is there a VM command reference guide I can
use?"
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WEIGHING IN ON LPARS | Ask the Expert
A Search390.com user asked Gerhard Adam, our systems management
expert:
"We are running z/OS V1.4 on a z890 (2086-6160). We have four LPARs
(A, B, C, and D) and their respective "weights" are: 29, 43, 14 and
14. SYSB is our "production" LPAR, hence the higher value. These
numbers have evolved from "olden" times. In the Workload Management
manual, it states: "You give each logical partition an initial LPAR
weight, along with a minimum and maximum weight." On the HMC
Customize Image profile screen, the value is listed under "Logical
Processor Assignment" as a "Not dedicated central processor" value of
43, for instance. The box next to "Enable workload manager" is NOT
checked and there is no value next to minimum and maximum. What is
the essence of this box, enabling WorkLoad Manager? Is it a Parallel
Sysplex kind of thing? Policy changes or do we simply have to check
the box? Our CIO is requesting that the production LPAR be given more
weight. We would like to enable the minimum and maximum values."
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THE MISSING LINK | Postal carriers do e-Bay's bidding
You've never been able to touch eBay before. But those days are over
-- eBay is going glossy! Yes, the online auctioneer is adding real
pages to go with the Web pages, cranking out a 32-page color catalog
just in time for the holiday shopping season. You may be thinking
"That's so 1982 L.L. Bean," but eBay hopes this is the way to drum up
even more business. You'll still buy stuff off the Web site. (USA
Today)
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technology? Check out our complete archive of Missing Links:
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