z4Live

- Optimizing sysplex performance and availability
- z/OS Considerations
- Hints and tips for major subsystems

This IBM Redbooks publication pulls together diverse information regarding the best way to design, implement, and manage a Parallel Sysplex in order to deliver the levels of performance and availability required by your organization.

- Coordinated Timing Network configuration
- Operations and migration scenarios
- Server Time Protocol implementation examples

Server Time Protocol (STP) is a server-wide facility that is implemented in the Licensed Internal Code (LIC) of IBM® System z10® and IBM System z9®, and IBM eServer™ zSeries® z990 and z890 servers.

- Addresses increasing complexity, rising costs, and infrastructure constraints
- Describes key functional elements and features
- Discusses a smart infrastructure for the data center of the future

Recently we have seen an explosion in applications, architectures, and platforms.

- Server Time Protocol concepts and definitions
- Planning for recovery from various failures
- Restoring STP configuration after a POR

Server Time Protocol (STP) is a server-wide facility that is implemented in the Licensed Internal Code (LIC) of the IBM® System z10®, IBM System z9®, and IBM eServer™ zSeries® z990 and z890 servers.

- Reaping the benefits of data-sharing your OLTP and DW databases
- Facilitating resource management for co-located workloads
- Exploiting DB2 client attributes with Cognos

As business cycles speed up, many customers gain significant competitive advantage from quicker and more accurate business decision-making by using real data.

- Explains virtualizing and managing the infrastructure for complex workloads
- Describes the zEnterprise System and related features and functions
- Discusses hardware and software capabilities

The popularity of the Internet and the affordability of IT hardware and software have resulted an in explosion of applications, architectures, and platforms.

IBM® has extended the role of the System z10® family of servers by incorporating a piece of infrastructure based on the IBM BladeCenter®.

- Manage all DB2 objects with SMS
- Exploit the storage servers architecture
- Use tapes and virtual tapes for best price performance

This IBM Redbooks publication will help you tailor and configure DFSMS constructs to be used in a DB2 9 for z/OS environment.

- Install IMS Open Database and its prerequisites
- Implement Java client access to IMS and DB2 data
- Integrate Mash up Center with IMS Open Database

IMS™ Version 11 continues to provide the leadership in performance, reliability, and security that is expected from the product of choice for critical online operational applications.

- Understand the business value of a Smart Analytics Cloud
- Understand the Smart Analytics Cloud architecture
- Implement and manage your own Smart Analytics Cloud

This IBM Redbooks® publication presents a Smart Analytics Cloud.