VM Performance Documents
z/VM Performance Publication
This book, which contains performance guidelines and tuning information, is part of the VM Library.
- z/VM 7.4 (order number: SC24-6301-74)
- z/VM 7.3 (order number: SC24-6301-73)
- z/VM 7.2 (order number: SC24-6301-11)
- z/VM 7.1 (order number: SC24-6301-05)
- z/VM 6.4 (order number: SC24-6208-11)
- z/VM 6.3 (order number: SC24-6208-04)
- z/VM 6.2 (order number: SC24-6208-02)
- z/VM 6.1 (order number: SC24-6208-00)
- z/VM 5.4 (order number: SC24-6109-05)
- z/VM 5.3 (order number: SC24-6109-03)
- z/VM 5.2 (order number: SC24-6109-01)
- z/VM 5.1 (order number: SC24-6109-00)
- z/VM 4.4 (order number: SC24-5999-03)
- z/VM 3.1 (order number: SC24-5952-00)
VM Performance Reports
The performance reports contain performance measurement results. There is one combined report for z/VM and a separate report for each VM/ESA release.
IBM z/VM performance products documentation
- z/VM 7.4: Performance Toolkit Reference (order number: SC24-6303-74)
- z/VM 7.4: Performance Toolkit Guide (order number: SC24-6302-74)
- z/VM 4.3: Performance Reporting Facility (VMPRF) Guide and Reference (order number: SC24-6027-02)
Monitor Record Information
White Papers, RedBooks, etc.
- VM/ESA Storage Management with Tuning Guidelines - Some of this redbook went out of date with z/VM, but there is still some good background material in this book.
- What's new in Performance Toolkit for VM in z/VM 5.1
- Linux on IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Performance Toolkit for VM
Additional performance documents
- Large Systems Performance Reference page - Processor capacity sizing information
- LPAR vs. VM Preferred Guests - While not strictly a performance presentation, this paper by Romney White covers the differences between LPAR and VM Multiple Preferred Guest support.
- Performance Related Presentations - A collection of Bill Bitner's presentations from SHARE, WAVV, and IBM technical conferences.
- The Economic Value of Rapid Response Time - This article details the importance of good response time.