Kees, I don't have a general list of tips/pitfalls, but the z13s has a lot of new features and options as compared to your z196 you probably should look at IBM-MAIN and other sources of information to help you set them up, if you are going to.
Some of the new capabilities are: Simultaneous MultiThreading - To exploit this, you will need to have software that can use SMT-2 and you will have to do the appropriate setup in the software to make use of this. This should be easy to set up, but it is up to the OS to make use of this. Also, SMT-2 can be used on an LPAR-by-LPAR basis. z Storage Class Memory - You can have z/OS use this for paging store and this will improve overall z/OS performance as compared to using paging store on a DASD. zAware - This can be used to better monitor z/OS and zLinux and hopefully spot problems before they become severe. zEDC Migration of OSA/SF to the HMC Absolute Capping of LPARs and Absolute Capping of LPAR Groups - This feature can be very useful in ensuring an LPAR or group of LPARs doesn't use more processing power than specified by the absolute cap regardless of the weights of the active LPARs. The interaction of absolute capping, absolute group capping and LPAR weights and "classic" capping can be somewhat complicated and I could answer specific questions if you have them. System Activity Display (SAD) is no longer supported for z13/z13s. Monitors Dashboard is the only way to view system activity on the SE/HMC for a z13s, however, it is still available on the HMC for older systems. A new "Energy Optimization Advisor" to help you understand system energy use and make limited recommendations on ways to reduce it. System Events was updated for 2.13.1 Lots of new and updated IO More Security, including the elimination of the use of Java applets for HMC functions There are more changes, but I've listed some of the larger changes / new features above. If I knew what specific new features you plan on using, then I would be willing to help answer any questions you have. Tom ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
