Understanding Workload Manager (WLM)

Duration: 3 Days

Method: Instructor led, Hands-on workshops

Price: $1950.00

Course Code: MF5060

Audience

This class is intended for experienced systems programmers and performance analysts with a basic understanding of WLM definitions.

Description

This class is a lecture-workshop for experienced systems programmers and performance analysts with a focus on WLM controls and operation. The course will explore the decision-making processes employed by WLM and how they can be monitored and evaluated.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Topics

I. Service Class Definitions:
- Importance Levels
- Execution Velocity
- Response Time Goals
- Performance Index
- Classification Rules
II. Setting Exception Conditions
- Resource Groups
- CPU/storage Critical Settings
III. Service Coefficients and Options
- Service Coefficients
- I/O Priority Management
- Dynamic Alias Management
IV. Applications Environment
- Specifying and Managing Application Environments
- Server Limits for Application Environment
V. Scheduling environments
- Specifying Scheduling Environments
- Managing Resource States
VI. WLM Managed Initiators
VII. Intelligent Resource Director
- LPAR CPU Management
- Dynamic Channel Path Management
- Channel Subsystem Priority Queuing
VIII. Workload Licensing Limits
IX. SMF Type 99 Records