Tune the WAS for z/OS runtime

To optimize performance, review the following steps involved in tuning the WAS for z/OS runtime.

• Review the WAS for z/OS configuration
  

• Internal tracing tips for WebSphere for z/OS
  

• Location of executable programs tips for z/OS
  

• Security tuning tips for z/OS

Subtopics

• Review the WAS for z/OS configuration
  WebSphere Application Server provides tunable settings for its major components to enable you to make adjustments to better match the runtime environment to the characteristics of the application.

• Internal tracing tips for WebSphere for z/OS
  WebSphere Application Server traces can be extremely helpful in detecting and diagnosing problems.

• Location of executable programs tips for z/OS
  If we choose to not put most of the runtime in LPA, you might find that the processor storage gets a bigger workout as the load increases.

• Workload management (WLM) tuning tips for z/OS
  We can use the administrative console to provide the job control language (JCL) PROC name for the servant and the JCL Parm for the servant and thereby set up a dynamic application environment. Even if you set up a dynamic application environment, set the WLM goals for the environment.

Security tuning tips

Web server plug-in tuning tips