MVMUA Meeting 139

Metropolitan VM Users Association 139

Tuesday

October 20th, 2009

Brown Brothers Harriman
12th Floor
525 Washington BLVD
Jersey City, NJ 07310

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8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM	Bill Munson - Brown Brothers Harriman & CO. - Meeting Opening
9:45 AM	Jim Newell - IBM - Managing z/VM & Linux Performance with OMEGAMON XE With the growth of z/VM and Linux on System z, many system administrators are looking for System Management solutions on z/VM and Linux for System z. They expect solutions on z/VM and Linux for System z to have similar Systems Management capabilities to what they have in the z/OS environment. While similar in nature, these tools must assist in managing the unique challenges of virtual servers compared to servers on dedicated hardware. This presentation will focus on how OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux monitors the unique challenges of Linux on System z as well as z/VM. Additionally, scenarios showing the benefits of integration with other IBM management software for z/VM will be introduced. Jim's presentation 8,365K Visit our viewers page to download a viewer.
10:45 AM	Coffee Break
11:00 AM	Bill Bitner - IBM - z/VM Memory Management: Three Views This session will provide some background on z/VM memory management from three views. The first view will be the limits associated with z/VM memory support. There are theoretical limits and practical limits. We'll discuss how to tell the difference. The second view will be what's changing in z/VM memory management. We'll look at what's new in this space. The final view will be walking through a case study that illustrates aspects of how we look at memory management in z/VM. Bill's presentation 725K Visit our viewers page to download a viewer.
12:00 AM	LUNCH Break -
1:00 PM	Phil Smith - Voltage Security, Inc. - Enterprise Encryption 101 We've all seen the seemingly weekly news about yet another data breach: millions of credit card numbers, SSNs, or other personal information exposed. Encryption is the technology that minimizes the cost of such data breaches, by making the "leaked" data useless to the thief. So more and more sites are investigating encryption, some even before a breach occurs. But where do you start with this technology? How do you make a sensible choice among dozens of vendors, between hardware and software? Where and when do you encrypt data, and is that sufficient? What about emerging standards and legislation, such as PCI DSS, Red Flag, GLBA, SB1386, Directive 95/46/EC, et al.? Come hear about a implementing encryption from a business perspective -- what you need to worry about and how to approach it. This is not a comparison of encryption technologies per se, but rather a look at the issues surrounding them. While the presenter works for an encryption vendor, this is a general presentation, with minor content at the end that discusses the Voltage SecureData product as an example. Phil's presentation 1,865K 4-up version of the same presentation 918K Visit our viewers page to download a viewer.
2:00 PM	Coffee Break
2:15 PM	Alan Altmark - IBM - Security Zones on z/VM In multi-tier network applications, there is usually the concept of "demilitarized zones", or DMZs, that each contain a set of servers. Each DMZ is separated from others by firewalls and by access policies to ensure that there is no unwanted user access or flow of data. Learn in this presentation how to properly build virtual DMZs and to integrate virtual servers into your existing DMZs. We will also discuss using the RACF Security Server on z/VM to prevent a "red zone" server from connecting to a "green zone" network or "green zone" data... Alan's presentation 298K Other presentation 571K Visit our viewers page to download a viewer.
3:15 PM	Coffee Break
3:30 PM	Alan Altmark - IBM - z/VM Platform Update "Introducing zVM 6.1" This presentation will highlight the new functions available with z/VM V6.1, IBM's newest version of advanced server virtualization support for IBM System z. Building on the functionally rich base of z/VM Version 5.4, z/VM V6.1, previewed on July 7, 2009, further enhances the economic attractiveness of consolidating workloads on the mainframe. Find out how z/VM V6.1 on IBM System z10 advances the art of enterprise virtualization. The speaker will also provide an overview of future z/VM support ("statements of direction") included in the z/VM V6.1 preview announcement. Alan's presentation 235K Visit our viewers page to download a viewer.
4:30 PM	Meeting adjourned and thanks to BBH

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