Re: PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749"

2008-05-24 Thread Traylor, Terry
-hs-mstg (602) 977-5154 -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749" >You would want to P

Re: PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749"

2008-05-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>You would want to PAGEDEL before using TDMF to swap the volume to another >device address. Why? We never did. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to

Re: PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749"

2008-05-24 Thread Traylor, Terry
Of Martin Packer Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 6:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749" If I read the bit about PAGEDEL correctly it occurs to me the ESQA issue is minimised if the data set to be removed is empty (or almost so) at th

Re: PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749"

2008-05-24 Thread Ted MacNEIL
>If I read the bit about PAGEDEL correctly it occurs to me the ESQA issue is >minimised if the data set to be removed is empty (or almost so) at the time the PAGEDEL is issued. It strikes me one wouldn't typically remove a data set at a busy time. So I'm wondering if this is a big deal. I'm not

PAGEDEL - Was "Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749"

2008-05-24 Thread Martin Packer
If I read the bit about PAGEDEL correctly it occurs to me the ESQA issue is minimised if the data set to be removed is empty (or almost so) at the time the PAGEDEL is issued. It strikes me one wouldn't typically remove a data set at a busy time. So I'm wondering if this is a big deal. Or is thi

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-05-21 Thread Knutson, Sam
PTFs are available. Interesting note about PAGEDEL and use of ESQA. Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO System z Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 "Think

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-04 Thread Edward Jaffe
Shane wrote: But what if customers *do* go back to single (*really* big) page datasets per volume ???. I don't think anyone is suggesting customers reduce the number of page data sets in their configuration. But with the subject APAR, they can now make them larger than 4G. (Actually, they

Re: page data sets and HiperPAV (was: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749)

2008-03-04 Thread Zaromil Tisler
On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 12:31:01 +0100, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote: <- snip -> >Yes, as I understood too, it is fully managed by the hardware, not by >WLM. So this means that ASM may have to compete for exposures. >Possibly/hopefully ASM's I/O priority will give it the needed advantage. >Othe

Re: page data sets and HiperPAV (was: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749)

2008-03-04 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Barbara Nitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Kees, > > >I am not sure who Hiperpavs react on ASM I/O, but currently ASM > >*reserves* PAV exposures with WLM, so ASM will never be bothered by PAV > >management issues, which could result in undesired bad ASM perf

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-04 Thread Martin Packer
How to configure page data sets is an interesting question. I've just been involved in a customer situation where significant paging was a problem. Unfortunately it's still too fresh to really talk about it. But I can see this new function is a good excuse to blog about paging. And I already ha

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-04 Thread Martin Packer
I've asked for clarification on HyperPAVs and ASM. I'll post the gist of the response when I get it. What's not clear is whether the I/O patterns warrant it, never mind whether it's supported. Martin Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wale

page data sets and HiperPAV (was: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749)

2008-03-04 Thread Barbara Nitz
Kees, >I am not sure who Hiperpavs react on ASM I/O, but currently ASM >*reserves* PAV exposures with WLM, so ASM will never be bothered by PAV >management issues, which could result in undesired bad ASM performance. My recollection of HiperPAV presentations is fuzzy, but as far as I remember, i

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-04 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Barbara Nitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > >I wonder if customers will now be inclined to use "big" (as we currently > >know it) volumes solely for one page dataset. Rather than perhaps having > >separate datasets (each eligible for PAV exposures) from differe

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-04 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 09:25 +0100, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote: > > > If you don't dedicate volumes to 1 pgds, you now have better > > performance too than in the SECP situation. > > No argument there Kees. > But what if c

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-04 Thread Barbara Nitz
>I wonder if customers will now be inclined to use "big" (as we currently >know it) volumes solely for one page dataset. Rather than perhaps having >separate datasets (each eligible for PAV exposures) from different >systems on a large (logical) volume. Means a lot less page datasets, >with signifi

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-04 Thread Shane
On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 09:25 +0100, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote: > If you don't dedicate volumes to 1 pgds, you now have better > performance too than in the SECP situation. No argument there Kees. But what if customers *do* go back to single (*really* big) page datasets per volume ???. And then t

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-04 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
ED]>. > > . > > > Hi, > > > > > > An interesting APAR noted in SHARE session 2815 Real Storage Manager's > > - > > > Functional Evolution for Scalability and Performance. OA20749 is still > > > open. > > > > > > Large Pa

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-04 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Shane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 02:47 -0500, Jim Mulder wrote: > > > > Is there any information about the solution? E.g. how many PAV's does > > > ASM reseve for the large pgds? 1 per nn slots? > > > > Nothing has changed with re

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-04 Thread Shane
On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 02:47 -0500, Jim Mulder wrote: > > Is there any information about the solution? E.g. how many PAV's does > > ASM reseve for the large pgds? 1 per nn slots? > > Nothing has changed with regard to ASM's use of PAV. I had presumed this to be the case. I wonder if customers

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-03 Thread Jim Mulder
x27;s > - > > Functional Evolution for Scalability and Performance. OA20749 is still > > open. > > > > Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749 > > > > * OA20749 for z/OS V1.8 and V1.9 will remove the 4G limit for paging > > datasets - The maximum size for a paging da

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-03 Thread Jim Mulder
inframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rob Schramm > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:45 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749 > > Sam, > > I am curious about the unintended affect of OA20749. Do you know if

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-03 Thread Knutson, Sam
Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Schramm Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:45 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749 Sam, I am curious about the unintended affect of OA20749. Do you know if it "in general" remove the restriction of n

Re: SPAM: Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-03 Thread Rick Fochtman
--- I am curious about the unintended affect of OA20749. Do you know if it "in general" remove the restriction of non-SMS VSAM being limited to 4GB? I would tend to doubt that. A PAGE file more closely resembles a BDAM file,

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-03 Thread Rob Schramm
Sam, I am curious about the unintended affect of OA20749. Do you know if it "in general" remove the restriction of non-SMS VSAM being limited to 4GB? Regards, Rob Schramm Senior Systems Engineer Sirius Computer Solutions --

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-03 Thread Sivakumar, Manikandan
Pushparaj, Samuel S Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 7:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749 Hello Can anyone help me in configuring remote drives for the PM2 configurations? Regards, Sam. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-03 Thread Pushparaj, Samuel S
Datasets APAR OA20749 Hi, An interesting APAR noted in SHARE session 2815 Real Storage Manager's - Functional Evolution for Scalability and Performance. OA20749 is still open. Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749 * OA20749 for z/OS V1.8 and V1.9 will remove the 4G limit for paging datasets

Re: Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-02 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Knutson, Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. .. > Hi, > > An interesting APAR noted in SHARE session 2815 Real Storage Manager's - > Functional Evolution for Scalability and Performance. OA20749 is still > o

Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749

2008-03-02 Thread Knutson, Sam
Hi, An interesting APAR noted in SHARE session 2815 Real Storage Manager's - Functional Evolution for Scalability and Performance. OA20749 is still open. Large Page Datasets APAR OA20749 * OA20749 for z/OS V1.8 and V1.9 will remove the 4G limit for paging datasets - The maximum size