MVMUA 108, Apr. 23, 2001
Location:
Information Builders Corporate Headquarters
27th Floor - 2 Penn Plaza
7th Ave, and 32nd St.
Right above Penn Station
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Metropolitan VM Users Association 108
April 23, 2001
Information Builders Corporate Headquarters
27th Floor - 2 Penn Plaza
7th Ave, and 32nd St.
Metropolitan VM Users Association 108
April 23,2001
Information Builders Corporate Headquarters
27th Floor - 2 Penn Plaza
7th Ave, and 32nd St.
Right above Penn Station
The time will be from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Meeting Opening - Bill Munson
z/VM 3.1.0 and LINUX the 2 hottest topics going.
Today We have 4 IBM Speakers from Endicott
and a presentation on turbolinux.
9:15 AM Turbolinux for the S/390
In this 1 hour presentation we'll go over some of the features
of the Linux for S/390 distribution by Turbolinux that can be
used in the Enterprise workspace. The talk will present the
latest updates and patches that are available for the product
to better support what S/390 customers are trying to do.
The presentation will include an overview of the Turbolinux
installation under a VM Session, use of IBM tools such as the
hypervising features of VM, extensive support options available
from Turbolinux, and a chance for questions, answers, and input
from the audience.
Hervey Allen
Sales Engineer
TurboLinux, Inc.
8000 Marina Blvd., Suite 300
Brisbane, CA 94005
email: hallen@turbolinux.com
phone: 01.650.228.5142
10:15 AM Break
10:30 AM Using RSCS In The New Millennium
An overview of RSCS functions will be covered with an
emphasis on the TCP/IP capabilities of the latest release.
The TCP/IP capabilities, which will be covered, include
TCPNJE support, TN3270E printer support, LPR and LPD support,
and the recent addition of SIFT/UFT support.
Additional topics for the LPR and LPD support will include
use of the PPS EXEC, LPRXFORM configuration file,
and exit configuration files.
Les Geer
IBM PVM/RSCS/DirMaint/DFSMS Support and Linux Development
lesgeer@us.ibm.com
http://www.ibm.com/s390/vm/devpages/geer
11:30 AM LUNCH break
1:00 PM What is LINUX? Why, Why, Why, and Why?
Len's presentation will discuss What is Linux, Why is Linux
so popular and its trends, Why is Linux Needed Today, Why Linux
for S390 & zSeries, Why VM for Linux, Customer References,
Total Cost of Computing, and some S/390 and zSeries HW info.
Copy of Len's presentation
Warning this file is over 3 meg
Leonard J. Santalucia
Senior Consulting Certified Sales and IT Specialist
Americas eServer Linux Technical Sales and Marketing
Tieline 340-5957 <> Outside 212-493-5957 <> Fax 212-493-5957
Cell 917-856-4493 <> Pager 800-946-4645 PIN 1480600
Internal: Leonard Santalucia/New York/IBM
email: LSantalu@us.ibm.com
Visit: http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver
and http://www.ibm.com/linux
2:30 PM Break
2:45 PM z/VM Performance Tools
For z/VM 3.1.0 both RealTime Monitor VM/ESA (RTM VM/ESA)
and VM Performance Reporting Facility (VMPRF) were updated
with new releases. RTM underwent a great deal of change
and VMPRF has several new reports, as well as improvements
to installation and service. I will be talking about the
new releases of both products.
Bruce Dailey
VM and Linux development, IBM S/390 Software
Endicott, NY
e-mail:daileybc@us.ibm.com
4:00 PM VIF - what is it?
The S/390 Virtual Image Facility for LINUX (VIF) provides
an environment that lets you create and manage
multiple Linux images on a single S/390 or zSeries
platform. This presentation introduces you to the VIF
concepts and structure, installation and configuration
overview, and recent improvements to the product.
Carol Kudritz
VM Platform Management and VIF Development
(607) 752-5686, t/l 852
5:00 PM Questions and Answers on any and all subjects.
5:30 PM thank you very much.
PLEASE remember our NEW meeting location at Information Builders