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Use this page to view and download documents covering the following topics:

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)

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)