Brian, A few urls that might help, some are very old but might jar other thoughts: http://www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/z890.html http://www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/prgvse.html http://www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/2gstorag.html http://www.vm.ibm.com/perf/tips/os390per.html
One does need to be careful with some of the SMF records. I do not have my list handy, but there are some that would need to be adjusted and others that are just fine when z/OS is on VM. Which ones do you typically use? Bill Bitner - VM Performance Evaluation - IBM Endicott - 607-429-3286
