MVMUA 113, July 22, 2002
Location:NYC
Metropolitan VM Users Association 113
July 22,2002
Information Builders Corporate Headquarters
27th Floor - 2 Penn Plaza
7th Ave, and 32nd St.
New York City, New York
(Right above Penn Station)
The time will be from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM.
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Meeting Opening - Bill Munson
Today We have 1 Speaker from IBM, 1 Speaker
from Sinenomine, 1 Speaker from Velocity Software,
and 1 Speaker BEA Systems.
9:15 AM SAMBA as a file and print server
Mike MacIsaac - IBM - Poughkeepsie
Samba as a file and print server
Although the material was created using z/VM and
Linux on zSeries, this presentation will discuss
Samba from a generic point of view. It will present
the basics quickly in order to get to some relatively
advanced topics such as winbind, ACLs and automatically
downloading Windows printer drivers.
The outline is as follows:
Introduction to Samba
Brief history of Samba
Samba services, executables and documentation
Installation of Samba
Via Linux install, RPMs and source code
Configuration and customization of Samba
The Samba configuration file
Starting and stopping Samba
Permissions
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Authenticating users
Using Samba and winbind
Sharing files read/write in a team
Setting up and using SWAT
Printing with Samba
Performance and tuning
Mikes presentation 150K
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10:15 AM Break
10:30 PM Managing Multiple Linux Instances on z/VM
Phil Smith the 3rd - Sinenomine
Although the concept "Linux on the Mainframe" provides
an excellent business case and is beginning to make
proliferate in enterprise data centers, it is tempered
by different administrative challenges for the inexperienced
or unwary. Some of these challenges of running Linux
on z/VM include network configuration, integration
with existing process frameworks, managing user accounts
across instances, change management, attempting to
minimize DASD usage, and scheduling issues.
In addition to discussing these challenges in detail,
this session will offer some potential solutions to
effectively manage and optimize Linux on z/VM.
Phils presentation 215K
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11:30 AM LUNCH break
1:00 PM Open Source: The Business Case
Phil Smith the 3rd - Sinenomine
We've all heard how Open Source programs are the
answer to all our computing TCO woes.
But like home cancer remedies, "Make Money Fa$t!!!",
and Enron retirement plans, most folks find themselves
somewhat skeptical of such too-good-to-be-true claims.
Yet we hear of success stories, and all of us can
see that Open Source code -- particularly Linux --
is in the news, and garnering the attention of upper
management.
So what is the real story? Is Open Source a panacea?
When does it make sense -- always? never? sometimes?
How can you possibly make intelligent,
you-bet-your-job decisions about it?
This session will discuss the value of Open Source.
While centered around a formal presentation,
the goal is an interactive exchange of ideas and experiences
which will enable a realistic appraisal of the
pros and cons of using Open Source in the enterprise.
Whether you have experiences to share or are considering
sticking a toe into the Open Source pool, come, share,
Phils presentation 586K
You can download a viewer for Microsoft PowerPoint here
and learn!
2:00 PM Break
2:15 PM Measuring and Tuning Linux for S/390 Servers
Barton Robinson - Velocity Software
Performance data now exists that allows you to manage your
Linux server performance. Using this data also helps you
plan platform changes such as moving workloads from an
Intel platform to an S/390 platform.
Managing Linux performance on an S/390 under z/VM with
shared memory, shared processor and even shared DASD
provides a different set of challenges as compared
to managing performance for dedicated Intel servers.
This presentation will look at some Linux performance
Issues and technology used to analyze and manage Linux
performance - either for dedicated servers or under VM.
Please visit Bartons web site for more information.
3:15 PM Break
3:30 PM BEA's Weblogic Server
Eric Gudgion - BEA Systems Inc.
BEA's WebLogic Server is the leading J2EE application
server. Customers have started to use Linux on z/VM
for deploying applications, an overview of architectures
used will be given.
Erics presentation 585K
You can download a viewer for Microsoft PowerPoint here
4:30 PM Questions and Answers and the IBM give away's.
5:00 PM thank you very much.