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BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV)

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add 64bit interface to iarqdump or equivalent

the documented interface iarqd aka. iarqdump allows one to skip un-instantiated pages in the 31bit region; i have a need to do the same for 64bit storage ranges; perhaps you could document it for use. many thanks
over 2 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 2 Delivered

USS Fork Process Causes Demotion of 1M Pages

APAR OA41307 caused RSM to demote 1M pages to 4K pages when invoking the COPYSRVH function during fork processing. This is a potential performance problem and negates the advantages of large pages
over 3 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 1 Delivered

SVC DUMP generation causes an application time-out error

Before this, SVC DUMP generation from an address space has caused WLM time-out under our WebSphere Application Servers. SVC DUMPs generated tend to grow its size as customer system environments expand. Once SVC DUMP is generated, DUMPSRV puts DUMP...
over 9 years ago in z/OS / BCP_Storage Management (inc. RSM/ASM/VSM/DIV) 2 Delivered