MVMUA 121, October 18, 2004
Location/Directions:NYC
Metropolitan VM Users Association 121
October 18, 2004
Information Builders Corporate Headquarters
24th Floor - 2 Penn Plaza
7th Ave, and 32nd St.
New York City, New York
(Right above Penn Station)
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Meeting Opening - Bill Munson
9:15 AM Jonathan Land - NYC - The SPAM Letters
The book offers readers a brilliant and
Entertaining collection of correspondences Jonathan
Initiated with spammers across the globe.
It is quite a fun read, and Jonathan is extremely witty.
The book originated as a website, thespamletters.com
This book will be given away at the meeting.
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Reed Mullen - IBM - z/VM update
What's New with z/VM V5.1 and Beyond?
Catch the latest breaking news on z/VM product
enhancements in this session.
The value of z/VM for Linux on zSeries will
receive particular attention.
A look to the future of z/VM development will
also be provided.
11:30 AM LUNCH break
There are plenty of places for LUNCH close to IBI
1:00 PM Connie Beuselinck - IBM - Connectivity Snap Shots
zSeries Connectivity Snapshots - EI, EI, O
It's in the acronyms and they continue to grow and multiply. This session
will cover all of the connectivity options on the newest mainframe models.
What are your options? ESCON, FICON Express, Coupling Links, OSA-Express,
PCI Cryptographic features, as well as ETR (External Time Reference). What
are the requirements as the technologies are refreshed? We'll discuss all
of the features that use I/O resources and complement the processing power
of the zSeries with greatly increased I/O bandwidth and connectivity.
Featured will be the I/O subsystem structure and the configuration
flexibility. We'll show you some spanned channel examples, too.
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM Damian Osisek - IBM -
z/Architecture Overview and z/VM 64-bit Internals:
z/VM operates in an architectural mode, called
z/Architecture, that provides 64-bit real and virtual
addressing and arithmetic operations. This presentation
gives a brief overview of the architecture, focusing on
the differences from its predecessor, ESA/390, and
explains how VM exploits z/Architecture to deliver new
features and functions.
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM Dave Jones - Computer Associates -
Using VM:Operator to Monitor Linux Guests
For some sites, moving to Linux on the zSeries means adding VM to your
enterprise. For others, it just means a new use for an existing
platform. Through the use of your existing CA VM management tools, this
session will discuss how you can leverage your existing VM:Operator
product to assist you in administering and managing your Linux
environment.
4:30 PM Questions and Answers and the IBM give away's.
5:00 PM thank you very much.