Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- 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 -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other publications -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Help from IBM -- Index -- Back cover.