MVMUA 134, July 16th, 2008
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Metropolitan VM Users Association 134 Wednesday Wednesday
July 16th, 2008
Marist College
3399 North Road
Donnelly Hall - room 237
Poughkeepsie, New York
Directions to Marist College
9:00 AM Continental Breakfast
9:30 AM Meeting Opening - Bill Munson - Brown Brothers Harriman & CO.
9:45 AM Romney White - IBM - New Features of the z/VM 5.3 Control Program
The latest releases of z/VM include many enhancements to the z/VM Control
Program. These include additional support for Linux guests, virtual networks,
and guest connectivity, as well as technological enhancements for IBM System z
servers. This session will describe the newest features of the z/VM Control
Program and how to use them.
Romney's presentation 6,839K
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10:45 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM Romney White - IBM - z/VM Live Guest Migration
z/VM Live Guest Migration moves a running guest from one z/VM system to another
with at most a brief interruption to its service. From the guest's perspective,
nothing significant changes in its environment. This session describes z/VM's
approach to creating this capability, explains the motivation for developing it,
and includes a technology demonstration.
Romney's presentation 954K
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12:00 PM LUNCH Break
Lunch will be provided by MARIST College
1:00 PM Sue Baloga - IBM - VMSES support, RSU and SDO delivery
Were you aware that the z/VM operating system could be delivered electronically?
We will look at the electronic deliverables for z/VM including methods for
requesting them and what to do with them once they are received. We will also
review the z/VM service philosophy and automation in VMSES/E for service tasks.
There is no need for concern when you enter a restart record if you understand
the data sources behind the automation.
Sue's zVM Operating System eDelivery presentation 2,393K
Sue's Service Automation and Electronic Service presentation 2,033K
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2:00 PM Coffee Break
2:15 PM Dr. Klaus Goebel - IBM - z/VSE Systems Manager
z/VSE Trends & Directions and Modernization Strategy
This session focuses on the recent announcements in and around z/VSE V4. It covers
z/VSE status, content, future strategy, interoperability, SOA solutions, as well
as the benefits of an hybrid environment incorporating the best of z/VSE, z/VM, and
Linux on System z. The presentation also reviews attractive new software pricing
introduced exclusively for z/VSE V4 on IBM System z9 and z10 server technology. It
includes examples of z9 EC and z9 BC customer success stories made possible by IBM's
renewed emphasis on VM/VSE environments.
Klaus's presentation 1,815K
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3:45 PM Questions and Answers and the IBM give away's.
4:00 PM thank you very much.