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IBM i Performance Tuning - I: IBM i Structure, Tailoring and Basic Tuning
This classroom course of two days explains how to balance the workload on the IBM i system to ensure optimum performance. Specifically, this course explains how to manage workloads, measure system...
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This classroom course of two days explains how to balance the workload on the IBM i system to ensure optimum performance. Specifically, this course explains how to manage workloads, measure system performance, and tune the operating system to meet processing requirements. Hands-on exercises give you the opportunity to use the system functions that are available for controlling workload and tuning system performance. Evaluation criteria presented in this course are based on the latest information available from IBM development labs.
Skills Gained
- Manage jobs by:
- Setting the appropriate system values
- Modifying subsystem descriptions to fit the workload
- Controlling batch jobs
- Tailoring job descriptions to fit processing needs
- Create unique environments for running jobs by:
- Creating subsystems for special applications
- Directing jobs to run in these subsystems
- Developing job descriptions for special jobs
- Tune the performance of the system by:
- Setting up pools and activity levels to handle jobs
- Tailoring execution parameters for job priorities
- Evaluating current performance using information provided by the system
- Changing system values and parameters as the workload changes
Who Can Benefit
This is an intermediate course is designed for data processing managers, programmers, and analysts.
Prerequisites
You should be able to:
- Start and stop the operating system
- Start and stop subsystems
- Manage job, message, and output queues
- Describe security concepts and create user profiles
Course Details
Day 1
- Introduction/class administration
- Unit 1 - Work management
- Exercise 1 - Job and subsystem information
- Unit 2 - Creating a work environment
- Exercise 2 - Creating your own subsystem description
- Exercise 3 - Special work management functions
Day 2
- Unit 3 - Shipped system objects
- Exercise 4 - System values and network attributes
- Unit 4 - Job structure and execution logic
- Unit 5 - Storage management
- Unit 6 - System tuning
- Summary
Schedule
2 options available
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May 28, 2025 - May 29, 2025 (2 days)
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Sep 4, 2025 - Sep 5, 2025 (2 days)
Live Virtual | 9:30AM – 5:30PM EDT Language English Select from 1 options below Live Virtual |9:30AM – 5:30PM EDT- Enroll
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Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?
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Reviews
This course gave me a clearer understanding of the AWS cloud architecture.
Brandon was a great instructor. The virtual course materials and labs provided were very informative.
the interface was super easy to use and the instructions to get ready for the course was also very simple and easy to understand.
Course was great and informative. The instructor had a good flow and was very personable.
Quick to sign-up to course, and was able to garner some information from the course.
