Mainframe Capacity Planning

Summary

This course introduces the subject and methods of capacity planning. It provides the student with information pertinent to the topic of performance management and how this information can be transformed into a vehicle for forecasting capacity requirements.

Prerequisites

Students attending this course should have experience with operating systems and have some exposure to performance management, specifically WLM and/or Performance tools such as RMF, etc. This course is not mathematically rigorous and therefore has no additional requirements for such experience.

Duration

2 Days/Lecture & Lab

Audience

This course is designed for performance analysts, systems programmers, technical managers and anyone who wants a better understanding of the principles of capacity planning and forecasting

Topics

• Introduction to Capacity Planning
• Capacity Planning Business Considerations
• System Components of Performance
• Establishing a Performance Baseline
• WLM Metrics
• Forecasting Methods
• Applications Capacity Planning and Scalability

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