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Last Updated: Jan 05, 2005

Bad system performance equals low productivity. And you don't want that. This week we give you 10 tips to help you monitor and improve performance.	>>	Dos and don'ts for using WRKACTJOB
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>>	Three basic system tools to help you tune your iSeries TIP :The three basic performance management tools -- WRKSYSSTS, WRKDSKSTS and WRKACTJOB -- come with OS/400. Unfortunately, they ...
>>	How to get the most from WRKACTJOB TIP :WRKACTJOB is one of the most frequently used commands on the iSeries, yet few of us have taken the time to discover all the ...
>>	How to track response times with the WRKACTJOB tool TIP :Using the Work with Active Jobs screen you can see detailed performance data for each job listed.
>>	Using the WRKDSKSTS command to increase performance TIP :Still running OPM programs? The Work With Disk Status (WRKDSKSTS) command can tell you a lot about your system -- information ...
>>	Monitor your job TIP :Site expert John Kohan provides a way to determine when a batch job is in a "MSGW" (Message Wait) status in QBATCH.
>>	Use CPU utilization guideline values to monitor high-priority (interactive) jobs TIP :Monitor CPU utilization for critical apps and get performance warnings in advance.
>>	Replace Performance Monitor commands in OS/400 V5R1 TIP :The OS/400 Performance Monitor feature was replaced with Performance Monitor feature. Learn all about it here.
>>	Quickly identify performance problems using V5R2 Display Performance Data Graphics TIP :The new graphics support displays graphs for such things as 5250 transaction count and total CPU utilization.
>>	Performance problem solved TIP :Look at performance with a green-screen graphic tool.
>>	Managing system performance using iSeries Navigator TIP :Sue Townsend answers questions on using iSeries Navigator to monitor and improve iSeries performance.

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