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.

Mainframe Training Audience

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

Mainframe Training Course duration

3 days

Mainframe Training Course outline

Service class definitions
	Importance levels Execution velocity Response time goals Performance Index Classification rules
Setting exception conditions
	Resource groups CPU/storage critical settings
Service coefficients and options
	Service coefficients I/O priority management Dynamic alias management
Applications environment
	Specifying and managing application environments Server limits for application environment
Scheduling environments
	Specifying scheduling environments Managing resource states
WLM managed initiators
Intelligent Resource Director
	LPAR CPU Management Dynamic Channel Path Management Channel Subsystem Priority Queuing
Workload licensing limits
SMF type 99 records