MVMUA Meeting 122

MVMUA 122, Jan. 24, 2005

Metropolitan VM Users Association 122

January 24, 2005

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	David Jones - CA - Accessing the LINUX file system from VM Linux and it's support of mission critical applications on z/VM has become an important part of many z/VM sites. With this has come the need for existing (and new) VM applications to be able to access Linux-based data quickly and easily. This presentation will focus on three ways VM-based applications can read and write data that resides on Linux file systems. The three methods we'll discuss today are the following: 1) CMS NFS client connected to a Linux NFS server 2) The Plumber's Workbench for Linux 3) The E2 ext2fs access package for CMS We'll discuss the setup and configuration details for each of these methods as well as where they work best and any gotchas that might come up. Demos of all three methods in operation will be given as well. David's presentation 1,222K You can download a viewer for Microsoft PowerPoint here
10:15 AM	Coffee Break
10:30 AM	David Boyes - Sine Nomine Associates - Building LINUX "Appliances" with z/VM and Open Source Software The viability of Linux as a base for useful tools is clear and well-established. The problem is where to start and how one can take the number of tools and gadgets available for Linux and use those tools to solve particular problems that we've all lived with for ages, but never had a good way to solve using the standard z/VM or other system tools without either spending a fortune, or coding until our bosses wonder about our sanity. This talk outlines basic requirements and processes for creating a Linux-based appliance on VM, takes inventory of the VM-specific tools that are available in the Linux world and illustrates a couple of examples of assembling helpful appliances that actually fix some longstanding z/VM issues. Bring ideas and questions -- maybe we'll build a few appliances during the meeting... David's presentation 147K You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader here.
11:30 AM	LUNCH Break There are plenty of places for LUNCH close to IBI
1:00 PM	David Boyes - Sine Nomine Associates - A Better Network Mousetrap A Better Network MouseTrap: Building Better Network Infrastructure for Shared Linux/CMS Environments (new!) This presentation takes a peek at some of the significant network enhancements, and proposes a reference architecture for combining CMS and Linux infrastructure within the same system. We discuss a network architecture and IP addressing scheme that makes use of VSWITCHes, VLANs, and Linux-based firewall capability and guest LAN segments that allows easy expansion of CMS and Linux services. David's presentation 222K You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader here.
2:00 PM	Coffee Break
2:15 PM	Steve Wilkins - IBM - z/VM in a SCSI Environment This session will provide an overview of the new z/VM native support for SCSI disks and how it can be used to install, IPL, and run your z/VM system in a SCSI-only environment. z/VM V5.1 supports SCSI FCP disk logical units (SCSI disks) for both system and guest use. SCSI disks can also be used as emulated 9336 Model 20 FBA disks. Guests that support FBA disks (such as CMS, GCS, and VSE) also can use SCSI disks through the emulated-FBA support, without requiring their own SCSI support. VM's SCSI support allows a Linux server farm to be deployed on z/VM in a configuration that includes only SCSI disks. ECKD disks are no longer required. Installation of z/VM from DVD to a SCSI disk, IPL from a SCSI disk using SAPL and z/VM system dumps to a SCSI disk are supported. DDR services using SCSI disks are supported when DDR is running under CMS. Steve's presentation 192K You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader here.
3:15 PM	Coffee Break
3:30 PM	Steve Wilkins - IBM - z/VM Device Support Overview The speaker will provide an overview of current device support available on z/VM 5.1.0. This presentation will cover Channel, Disk, Tape, and OSA technologies available for VM system I/O and guest operating systems running under z/VM. This presentation is well suited for an audience new to z/VM. Steve's presentation 230K You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader here.
4:30 PM	Questions and Answers and the IBM give away's.
5:00 PM	Thank you very much.

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