PeopleSoft V8 on zSeries using sysplex data sharing and enterprise storage systems / [Viviane Anavi-Chaput ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anavi-Chaput, Viviane.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

PeopleSoft software.

Business enterprises--Computer networks.

Business enterprises.

Database management.

IBM Database 2.

Physical Description:

xii, 134 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, MN : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

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Chapter 1. Benefits of zSeries sysplex data sharing for PeopleSoft

1.1 Why Parallel Sysplex and data sharing for PeopleSoft

1.1.1 Continuous availability

1.1.2 Processor scalability

1.2 Parallel Sysplex architecture

1.3 DB2 data sharing architectures

1.3.1 Data sharing configurations for high availability and scalability

1.3.2 How many data sharing groups?

1.3.3 How many data sharing members?

Chapter 2. Performance considerations: implementing PeopleSoft with Parallel Sysplex data sharing

2.1 Sysplex performance

2.1.1 CF performance monitoring and tuning

2.1.2 WLM policies

2.1.3 RMF Monitor III - Work Delay Monitor

2.1.4 RMF post processor reports

2.1.5 RMF Spreadsheet Reporter

2.2 Data sharing performance

2.2.1 Local buffer pool performance

2.2.2 Group buffer pool performance

2.2.3 Dynamic statement cache

2.2.4 Lock performance

2.2.5 DB2PM statistics batch report

2.2.6 Table space partitioning

2.2.7 Managing DBM1 virtual storage

2.2.8 Configuring DB2 sort pool and workfiles

Chapter 3. DB2 Connect architectures for PeopleSoft

3.1 PeopleSoft connectivity architecture

3.2 DB2 Connect EE configurations with PeopleSoft

3.2.1 Direct connection configuration

3.2.2 Connection server configuration

3.3 DB2 Connect EE thread pooling techniques

3.3.1 Connection pooling

3.3.2 Connection concentrator

3.3.3 Connection pooling versus connection concentrator

3.3.4 Sysplex-aware connections

3.4 Networking considerations: VIPA

Chapter 4. DB2 Connect EE setup

4.1 PeopleSoft test environment

4.2 DB2 Connect EE configuration

4.2.1 Using CCA

4.2.2 Using CLP

4.3 Application server domain configuration.

4.4 Validating Sysplex awareness setup in DB2 Connect

4.4.1 DRDA trace

4.4.2 Test program to check load balancing

Chapter 5. Functional test of load balancing

5.1 Application workload used for the test

5.2 Monitoring load balancing

5.3 Monitoring failover

Chapter 6. Volume tests of load balancing

6.1 Load balancing: CPU saturation

6.2 Load balancing: additional member

Chapter 7. ESS performance considerations for PeopleSoft

7.1 Introducing ESS

7.1.1 The IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server Model 800

7.2 Parallel Access Volume

7.2.1 PAV Characteristics

7.2.2 Dynamic and static PAVs

7.3 FlashCopy

7.3.1 Characteristics

7.3.2 Database cloning

7.4 I/O priority queuing

7.5 FICON

Appendix A. PeopleSoft data sharing configuration (option 1): customer example

Customer configuration

Why data sharing?

Designing PeopleSoft in a data sharing environment

Partitioning schemes

Data sharing issues

Appendix B. Test program to validate load balancing

Appendix C. FlashCopy using Mainstar MS/VCR

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Index

Back cover.

Notes:

At head of title: International Technical Support Organization.

"March 2004."

"SG24-6093-00."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

80245391