MVMUA Meeting 123

MVMUA 123, Apr. 11, 2005

Metropolitan VM Users Association 123

April 11, 2005

Information Builders Corporate Headquarters
24th Floor - 2 Penn Plaza
7th Ave, and 32nd St.
New York City, New York
(Right above Penn Station) Note: You have to follow the security guidelines for IBI.

9:00 AM Continental Breakfast

10:00 AM Meeting Opening - Bill Munson

10:15 AM Martha McConaghy - Marist College - z/VM 5.1. Early Experiences
This presentation is directed to those who are looking to either install or upgrade to z/VM 5.1.0. It will include an overview of the new features of the release and important updates that have come out since it became generally available in Oct. 2004. Marist was part of the early support (testing) program for z/VM 5.1.0 and Martha will relate some of their experiences with it.

11:30 AM LUNCH Break
There are plenty of places for LUNCH close to IBI

1:00 PM Ed Arnold, Al Kline - IBM - SYSPLEX setup with z/VM 4.4.
The z/VM virtual Coupling Facility support, which was made available in VM/ESA 2.3, simulates a hardware coupling facility for running a guest sysplex. This presentation shows how one installation has set up this function.

2:15 PM Coffee Break

2:30 PM Tony Tomarchio - ADUVA - Aduva ONstage
Aduva, one of the select ISVs included in IBMs "Chiphopper" announcement, will be providing a technical product overview of Onstage. Aduva Onstage provides complete systems management for Linux servers and desktops across multiple hardware platforms. Learn how to improve the systems management of your Linux on z/VM environment from a single console which can also manage your distributed servers and desktops. A demo is also planned.

4:00 PM Questions and Answers and the IBM give away's.

4:30 PM Thank you very much.

Back

9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast
10:00 AM	Meeting Opening - Bill Munson
10:15 AM	Martha McConaghy - Marist College - z/VM 5.1. Early Experiences This presentation is directed to those who are looking to either install or upgrade to z/VM 5.1.0. It will include an overview of the new features of the release and important updates that have come out since it became generally available in Oct. 2004. Marist was part of the early support (testing) program for z/VM 5.1.0 and Martha will relate some of their experiences with it.
11:30 AM	LUNCH Break There are plenty of places for LUNCH close to IBI
1:00 PM	Ed Arnold, Al Kline - IBM - SYSPLEX setup with z/VM 4.4. The z/VM virtual Coupling Facility support, which was made available in VM/ESA 2.3, simulates a hardware coupling facility for running a guest sysplex. This presentation shows how one installation has set up this function.
2:15 PM	Coffee Break
2:30 PM	Tony Tomarchio - ADUVA - Aduva ONstage Aduva, one of the select ISVs included in IBMs "Chiphopper" announcement, will be providing a technical product overview of Onstage. Aduva Onstage provides complete systems management for Linux servers and desktops across multiple hardware platforms. Learn how to improve the systems management of your Linux on z/VM environment from a single console which can also manage your distributed servers and desktops. A demo is also planned.
4:00 PM	Questions and Answers and the IBM give away's.
4:30 PM	Thank you very much.