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Anchor link to content further down the page.Planning and migration
Anchor link to content further down the page.Running in Goal Mode
Anchor link to content further down the page.Philosophy
Anchor link to content further down the page.Service definition controls
Anchor link to content further down the page.Specific functions

Planning and migration
Link to content in Adobe PDF format The Washington Systems Center's "WLM Migration Guide and Checklist, Version 3.1" (June 2003, 351KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format Compatibility to Goal Mode Migration Considerations (July 2000, 28KB)

Standard link The Washington Systems Center's Sample Service Definition (Updated June 06, 2003)

Link to content outside of ibm.com Cheryl Watson's Articles, including "Why Go to Goal Mode?" and "Getting to Goal Mode"

Standard link Cheryl Watson's WLM Quickstart Service Definition

Running in Goal Mode
Link to content in Adobe PDF format Workload Management Overview (February 2002, 131KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format WLM Operational Considerations (July 2000, 57KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format Understanding WLM RMF Reports (July 2000, 51KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format Workload Manager - Interpreting New WLM Measurements (August 1996, 222KB)

Philosophy
Link to content in Adobe PDF format z/OS Workload Manager: How It Works and How to Use It (April 2004, 697KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format Workload Management Overview (February 2002, 131KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format Dynamic Workload Balancing and Resource Management (2.47MB)
Hot Topics Newsletter, August 2000, providing a good general overview of WLM in goal mode and other articles on goal mode value, migration, and features added in OS/390 R10.

Standard link Adaptive Algorithms for Managing a Distributed Data Processing Workload (from IBM Systems Journal)

Service definition controls
Link to content in Adobe PDF format Effective Use of MVS Workload Manager Controls (November 1995, 212KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format WLM Resource Groups (July 2000, 34KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format Overview of Subsystem Types for Work Classification (December 1999, 44KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format Velocity Goals: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You (February 1999, 115KB)

Specific functions
Standard link The Intelligent Resource Director  (All the latest news!)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format Preemptible SRBS: Understanding, Exploiting, and Managing Them (July 1996, 123KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format WLM Resource Affinity Scheduling (September 1997, 111KB)

Link to content in Adobe PDF format WLM: Managed Initiators Updated version with new section on Setting Goals for Batch Jobs (October 2002, 248KB).

Link to content in Adobe PDF format Goal-Based Initiator Management (July 2002, 170KB)
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