MVMUA 137, April 21st, 2009
Metropolitan VM Users Association 137
April 21st, 2009
Insurance Services Office
545 Washington BLVD
Jersey City, NJ 07310
Note: You have to RSVP our president if you will be attending.
Directions to ISO
9:00 AM Continental Breakfast - provided by Insurance Services Office
9:30 AM Meeting Opening - Bill Munson - Brown Brothers Harriman & CO.
9:45 AM Tracy Dean - IBM - Introduction to IBM Solutions for Managing z/VM and LINUX
This session will provide a high level overview of the IBM systems and Storage
management solutions for z/VM and Linux on System z:
Operations Manager for z/VM, Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM, Tape Manager for z/VM,
and Archive Manager for z/VM
Tracy's presentation 1,346K
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10:15 AM Coffee Break
10:30 AM Tracy Dean - IBM - Using IBM Operations Manager for z/VM
In this session, we'll dive into the details of automation using Operations Manager for z/VM,
including console viewing, console message trapping, scheduling, spool monitoring, system
event monitoring, etc. Live demos will show:
How to automatically take action based on messages on z/VM service machines, on Linux guest
consoles, and in Linux syslog data
How to view and interact with live consoles and the system log, for both monitoring and
debugging purposes
How to monitor and manage spool file usage
How to respond to system events
How to schedule one-time or recurring events
Tracy's presentation 2,811K
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12:00 PM LUNCH Break
Lunch will be provided by MVMUA
1:00 PM Nick Said - ISO - Experiences Using IBM Operations Manager
This presentation shows what ISO is doing with the IBM Solutions for Managing z/VM and LINUX on System z.
Nick's presentation 878K
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1:45 PM Tracy Dean - IBM - Using IBM Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM
In this session, we'll discuss and demo the various levels of backup and restore capabilities
available in Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM. The speaker will cover product installation
requirements, configuration tips, and overall product structure. In addition, live demos will
show various options for backing up a z/VM system and its Linux guests, including automation
of the process using Operations Manager for z/VM.
Tracy's presentation 2,460K
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3:15 PM Coffee Break
3:30 PM Brian W Hugenbruch - IBM - Using the new CMS-based SSL Server
zVM 5.4 introduced the CMS-based SSL server, which replaces previous Linux-hosted offerings.
This presentation will provide information on environmental set-up and configuration, gathering
statistics, new details about certificate management, and adjusting application settings in
order to use this new server.
Brian's presentation 3,386K
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4:30 PM Questions and Answers and the IBM give away's.
5:00 PM thank you very much, and thanks to Insurance Services Office