Week of June 22^nd, 2014

Presenter: VM Workshop Volunteer Committee
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 08:00 to 17:00
Location: Academic Classroom Building - ground floor foyer
Sponsor: VM Workshop
Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

Make a stop at the VM Workshop "Registration Table" in the Academic Classroom Building foyer your first stop from 08:00 AM until about 17:00 on Thursday and Friday.

     (13:00 EDT, Saturday is the targeted end of the Closing Session - depending on the number questions and long, tearful goodbyes.)

The Registration Table is where you can check in, pick up your complimentary tote bag containing:

• your name tag
• the 1-page Session GRID
• and if you registered before the deadlines for each:
  • ... your included "Aggie" debit card pre-loaded with $65 to be used for FOOD/DRINK PURCHASES on campus. Sorry, students, not for you - what do you want for only $10?
    
    Please, do not use the Aggie card for books, mementos, etc. - only FOR FOOD/DRINK consumed at the workshop. We are a non-profit organization of VM Community volunteers, working hard to keep expenses as low as humanly possible so that self-funding individuals without employer reimbursements can afford to attend, too.
    
    After all, the home 'boss' may be more demanding than the 'office' manager! All VM Workshop income is used directly for VM Workshop expenses, no one receives any form of pay.
  • ... your your included Thursday Evening Gala Reception Dinner Banquet Ticket,
  • ... your included Polo shirt (regular attendees) or T-shirt (student attendees),
• if you registered after the deadlines, ask if we have a spare of anything you missed out on by registering after the deadlines.

The Registration Table is also a good place to have questions about the workshop itself answered.

Internet Required: No

Presenter: N/A
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 08:00 to 09:00
Location: Cafeteria building
Sponsor: VM Workshop
Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

Check in at the VM Workshop: Registration Table first - in the foyer of the Academic Classroom Building, right next to the parking structure, see:

http://www.vmworkshop.org/sites/www.vmworkshop.org/files/2014%20VM%20Workshop%20buildings%20-%20annotated%20close%20up%20map%20v2.jpg

When you check in at the Registration Table, the VM Workshop tote bag will contain an "Aggie" debit card pre-loaded with $65 to be used for FOOD/DRINK PURCHASES on campus. Sorry, students, not for you - what do you want for only $10?

Please, do not use the Aggie card for books, mementos, etc. - only FOR FOOD/DRINK consumed at the workshop. We are a non-profit organization of VM Community volunteers, working hard to keep expenses as low as humanly possible so that self-funding individuals without employer reimbursements can afford to attend, too. After all, the home 'boss' may be more demanding than the 'office' manager! All VM Workshop income is used directly for VM Workshop expenses, no one receives any form of pay.

Internet Required: No

Presenter: VM Workshop Volunteer Committee
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 27, 2014 - 08:00 to 17:00
Location: Academic Classroom Building - ground floor foyer
Sponsor: VM Workshop
Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

Make a stop at the VM Workshop "Registration Table" in the Academic Classroom Building foyer your first stop from 08:00 AM until about 17:00 on Thursday and Friday.

     (13:00 EDT, Saturday is the targeted end of the Closing Session - depending on the number questions and long, tearful goodbyes.)

The Registration Table is where you can check in, pick up your complimentary tote bag containing:

• your name tag
• the 1-page Session GRID
• and if you registered before the deadlines for each:
  • ... your included "Aggie" debit card pre-loaded with $65 to be used for FOOD/DRINK PURCHASES on campus. Sorry, students, not for you - what do you want for only $10?
    
    Please, do not use the Aggie card for books, mementos, etc. - only FOR FOOD/DRINK consumed at the workshop. We are a non-profit organization of VM Community volunteers, working hard to keep expenses as low as humanly possible so that self-funding individuals without employer reimbursements can afford to attend, too.
    
    After all, the home 'boss' may be more demanding than the 'office' manager! All VM Workshop income is used directly for VM Workshop expenses, no one receives any form of pay.
  • ... your your included Thursday Evening Gala Reception Dinner Banquet Ticket,
  • ... your included Polo shirt (regular attendees) or T-shirt (student attendees),
• if you registered after the deadlines, ask if we have a spare of anything you missed out on by registering after the deadlines.

The Registration Table is also a good place to have questions about the workshop itself answered.

Internet Required: No

Presenter: N/A
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 27, 2014 - 08:00 to 09:00
Location: Cafeteria building
Sponsor: VM Workshop
Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

Check in at the VM Workshop: Registration Table first - in the foyer of the Academic Classroom Building, right next to the parking structure, see:

http://www.vmworkshop.org/sites/www.vmworkshop.org/files/2014%20VM%20Workshop%20buildings%20-%20annotated%20close%20up%20map%20v2.jpg

When you check in at the Registration Table, the VM Workshop tote bag will contain an "Aggie" debit card pre-loaded with $65 to be used for FOOD/DRINK PURCHASES on campus. Sorry, students, not for you - what do you want for only $10?

Please, do not use the Aggie card for books, mementos, etc. - only FOR FOOD/DRINK consumed at the workshop. We are a non-profit organization of VM Community volunteers, working hard to keep expenses as low as humanly possible so that self-funding individuals without employer reimbursements can afford to attend, too. After all, the home 'boss' may be more demanding than the 'office' manager! All VM Workshop income is used directly for VM Workshop expenses, no one receives any form of pay.

Internet Required: No

Presenter: Mike Walter
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 09:00 to 10:00
Location: Auditoria 107
Sponsor: VM Workshop
Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

>>> General Session <<<

This Opening Session will:

• welcome all attendees to the fourth recent-vintage VM Workshop,
• explain the history of the VM Workshop, and of Edgar Beargen (the VM mascot; like Tux - the Linux mascot),
• provide details (building topology, etc.) to help you navigate your way through the rest of the workshop,
• explain the Session Grid - pointing out 'highlight' sessions,
• share the potential 2015 VM Workshop site locations, letting you think about/discuss them before asking for your opinion at Saturday's Closing Session,
• answer any workshop-related questions you may have,
• alert you to the value of nightly discussions (hotel guests are welcome, too!) in the dorm commons area,
• acknowledge the 2014 VM Workshop sponsors, whose financial contributions make possible...
  • the very low-cost registration fee,
  • the Thursday evening Gala Reception and Banquet Dinner,
  • the $65 debit card for meals
  • (please return the cards before leaving the workshop, so we can use the remaining balance to purchase trinkets for the 2015 VM Workshop),
  • the custom polo shirts,
  • the workshop tote bag, and... its contents,
  • and, whose sessions provide valuable technical content.
• acknowledge the generous VM Workshop Volunteer Committee members, without whom the workshops would not be possible,
• Improvise, Adapt, Overcome!

>>> General Session <<<

Internet Required: No

Presenter: Christopher T. von Koschembahr
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 09:00 to 10:00
Location: Auditoria 107
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

>>>KEYNOTE Address<<<

2013/2014 VM Workshop Chairman's personal comment:

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Unlike the "Keynote Address" at many other conferences, this one is not so general as to mean nothing specific, thereby eliminating the possibility that the speaker could ever be considered to be wrong. Surely you've attended those keynote snoozers berore? In the Chairman's 14 years of attending previous 'Linux on System z' TCO/TCA (Total Cost of Ownership/Total Cost of Acquisition) presentations, this speaker has far and away the 'best of breed' TCO presentation to justify 'Linux on System' z as a business case, bringing new issues to bear, to be shared with your senior management when you get 'back home'. This session is definitely worth attending... perhaps with your taking of copious notes!

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The IBM Eagle teamed has worked with over 350 customers around the world in the last 7 years, to look at the "IT Economics" of choices they are considering - whether that is moving workloads off or consolidating workloads onto system z, or trying to determine where to place a new workload. In the end, our goal is to help customer avoid costly mistakes, and at the same time identify ways to lower their costs - providing them a business from which they can make a financially-based IT decision.

In this real-time, dynamic, collaborative session, Christopher, who leads this Practice for the Americas, will explain the methods they use, several customer examples, and take questions. And, believe it or not, he will use NO Powerpoint!

>>>KEYNOTE Address<<<

Internet Required: No
A/V remarks: Whiteboard or paper flip chart

Event: 2014 VM Workshop
Presenter: N/A
Session Date and Time: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 10:00 to 18:00
Location: Academic Classroom Building - room T.B.D. on-site
Sponsor: VM Workshop Volunteer Committee
Description:

Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Bill Bitner
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 10:15 to 11:15
Location: Auditoria 109
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:
No time to read official IBM announcement letters and statements of direction? You have the time, but you have questions on what the marketing material means?

This fast moving session will survey all the latest news on z/VM. The focus will be on z/VM 6.3, the newest release of z/VM that became available on July 26,2013. z/VM 6.3 brings improvements in scalability, efficiency, and systems management.

Some additional enhancements were announced in February 2014, such as CPU Pooling. Those will also be covered in this session.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-zVM_PlatformUpdate-BillBitner
Internet Required: No

Presenter:

• Filipe Miranda
• Dustin Harman

Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 10:15 to 11:15
Location: Auditoria 108
Sponsor:

• Red Hat
• Sine Nomine Associates

Technical Level: Moderate technical skills required
Description:
During the first 30 minutes: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update for System z [972], by Filipe Miranda

Are you a current user of Red Hat Enterprise Linux or would you like to know more about the latest update level? This session will include highlights of the changes, enhancements and new features included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 which is based on the current public beta.

Skill level: Moderate technical skills required

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During the second 30 minutes: Performing Actions on File Events [953], by Dustin Harman

The inotify API for Linux provides a powerful mechanism for monitoring file events. This presentation will focus on real world applications of the inotify API and example code snippets. I will discuss how to perform a desired action when certain file events occur as well as some common issues you may run into when relying on this information in your own programs.

Skill level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc)

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-RedHatForSystem_zUpdate-FilipeMiranda.pdf
VMWorkshop2014-PerformingActionsOnFileEventsWithInotify-DustinHarman.pdf
Internet Required: No

Presenter: Scott Courtney
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 10:15 to 11:15
Location: Auditoria 107
Sponsor: Sine Nomine Associates
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:
XEDIT is the 3270 full-screen file editor used on z/VM. If you maintain a z/VM system, even for use by guest virtual machines (be they Linux on System z, z/OS, z/VSE, or others), at some point you'll need to use XEDIT, even if only minimally. Learning a little about XEDIT now should make the transition much, much easier when you come face-to-screen with 'foreign' 3270 green screen.

The speaker, Scott Courtney, came from an intensive *nix Admin background, discovering that he could not only learn to use XEDIT, but to actually enjoy doing so. This introduction to XEDIT, which also includes material written by Phil Smith III (and used by permission of the author) will focus on getting the *NIX administrator or other mainframe-newcomer up to speed with what you need to know about XEDIT.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-IntroducingXEDIT-ScottCourtney
Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Dave Jones
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 10:15 to 11:15
Location: Room 208 - 2nd floor
Sponsor: ITC
Technical Level: Moderate technical skills required
Description:
This session will cover how to install, configure and use the IBM terminal server for 'Linux on System z'.

The Terminal Server is part of the s390-tools package and permits normal access to other zLinux guests running on the same z/VM system, even if they are not connected to a working TCP/IP network. This permits the use of common Linux tools like vi, Emacs, and nano, to be used even in the event of a network failure.

Other uses for the terminal server include centralizing access to large 'Linux on System x' penguin farms and segregating administrative network traffic from user traffic to enhance security will be discussed as well. A terminal server Linux appliance built on Gentoo will be available.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-IBM_TerminalServerFor_zVM_Linux-DaveJones
Internet Required: No

Presenter: Marty Deitch
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 10:15 to 11:15
Location: Auditoria 109
Sponsor: Vicom Infinity
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

>>>LIVE DEMO<<<

SURF/SCON Consolidation Demo

This session will demonstrate the use of two capacity planning tools used to size zLinux consolidation configurations. These tools, SURF (Server Utilization Resource Facility) and SCON (Server Consolidation Tool for System/z) work together to reduce and analyze distributed server utilization files. The result of this analysis is a z/IFL configuration which can support the consolidation of multiple distributed servers. The presentation will be in the form of a demo, showing the use of these tools using actual utilization data.

Marty Deitch

mdeitch@vicominfinity.com

>>>LIVE DEMO<<<

Internet Required: No

Presenter: Boaz Krelbaum
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 10:15 to 11:15
Location: Auditoria 108
Sponsor:

• Intellinx Ltd.
• Vicom Infinity

Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

Intellinx introduces a unique way to combat the insider threat within any type of organization.

Intellinx is an innovative and unique software product for tracking end-user activity in internal business applications in heterogeneous platforms including System z.

Intellinx introduces a new dimension in auditing and fraud detection - the ability to record the interaction of all end-users with all the central applications, zoom-in on specific suspicious user activity and replay every screen accessed and every keystroke within an application as if looking over the end-user's shoulder.

Intellinx business rule engine tracks end-user behavior patterns triggering alerts on suspicious events in real-time.

Internet Required: No

Presenter: Tracy Dean
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 10:15 to 11:15
Location: Auditoria 107
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

This presentation is aimed at the moderate REXX programmer who wants to gain further insight into better REXX programming techniques.

The session will focus on the Complier vs Library, coding techniques for both z/OS and z/VM, hints and tips, key instructions (like PARSE, STORAGE, CONSOLE, etc.), accessing control blocks, dynamic interfaces, troubleshooting, compound variables vs Data Stack, EXECIO / Stream I/O functions, ways to exploit REXX 'power tools', and different programming styles for REXX.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-REXX_LanguageCodingTechniques-TracyDean
Internet Required: No

Presenter: Richard Lewis
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 11:45 to 13:45
Location: Room 208 - 2nd floor
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

>>>This is Part 1 of a 2-Part Hands-On Lab<<<

Warnings:

• this lab begins at 11:45, before the standard lunch period has ended, leaving you only 30 minutes for lunch.
• this lab runs uninterrupted for 2 hours, take breaks as you need them.

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If you are new to z/VM or experienced with z/VM this workshop has something for you. You can choose one of three options:

1. z/VM 6.3 SSI Installation and Configuration,
2. z/VM 6.3 non-SSI to SSI Migration, or
3. z/VM 6.2 to z/VM 6.3 Upgrade In Place


If you are new to z/VM you will have the opportunity to install z/VM 6.3 into a two member Single System Image cluster. We will also cover some VM basics to help get you oriented to the operating system. No previous z/VM experience is necessary.

If you are an experienced z/VM system programmer and have already installed z/VM in a non-SSI environment, then you will have the opportunity to go through all of the steps to migrate the latest release of z/VM already installed as a non-SSI VM system to be a single member SSI cluster, and then clone that single member to create a second member for your cluster. You may also choose to take an already installed non-SSI z/VM 6.2 system and use the new z/VM 6.3 upgrade in place procedure.

This session is intended for both beginners in z/VM and those who may have familiarity with z/VM but need a refresher. In this lab you will actually install the latest level of z/VM into a two node Single System Image (SSI) cluster (i.e. create two z/VM systems joined together in a single system image). This will allow you to experience firsthand the install process with the very latest release of z/VM. Following installation you will perform the system programming configuration steps to make this SSI cluster of z/VM systems ready for a production workload. You will customize the shared 'SYSTEM CONFIG' file, experience adding system owned volumes dynamically to your cluster, configure TCP/IP along with defining a virtual switch for Linux virtual machine connectivity. You will also configure the directory maintenance virtual machines, and the performance toolkit. You will create virtual machines to run the programmable operator for event processing. Lastly you will have a Linux guest to prepare for cloning and use z/VM facilities to clone that base and create two operational Linux virtual machines, moving them using live guest relocation among the members of your cluster. At the end of the workshop you will have an SSI cluster of the latest release of z/VM running Linux virtual machines, simulating a production environment.



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>>>This is Part 1 of a 2-Part Hands-On Lab<<<

Warnings:
• this lab begins at 11:45, before the standard lunch period has ended, leaving you only 30 minutes for lunch.
• this lab runs uninterrupted for 2 hours, take breaks as you need them.
Internet Required: No

Presenter: Chip Davis
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 11:45 to 13:45
Location: Auditoria 109
Sponsor: Aresti Systems
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

>>> This is Part 1 of a 2-part REXX Hands-On Lab - bring your own laptop.

PreReq: Wednesday evening's 'Prepare and Test Your Laptop for non-IBM Hands-On Labs' [991]

Warnings:

• this lab begins at 11:45, before the standard lunch period has ended, leaving you only 30 minutes for lunch.
• this lab runs uninterrupted for 2 hours, then without a break, Part 2 begins and runs for 2 more uninterrupted hours until 15:45. Take breaks as you need them.

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If you've heard that Rexx is the greatest thing since aglets but you're not sure if it has one 'X' or two, this is for you.

A brief lecture will cover the absolute minimum of Rexx concepts for you to begin solving lab exercise problems. While no explicit Rexx knowledge is assumed, we expect that you are passingly familiar with the idea of an If-Then-Else construct, and that a Do-loop repeats a group of statements, and that you really should give a variable a value before you try to use it for something. If not, you will be working in a team of two; try to pick a lab partner who is.

Facility with XEDIT will be a time-saving plus (see "lab partner").

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>>> This is Part 1 of a 2-part REXX Hands-On Lab - bring your own laptop.

PreReq: Wednesday evening's 'Prepare and Test Your Laptop for non-IBM Hands-On Labs' [991]

Warnings:

• this lab begins at 11:45, before the standard lunch period has ended, leaving you only 30 minutes for lunch.
• this lab runs uninterrupted for 2 hours, then without a break, Part 2 begins and runs for 2 more uninterrupted hours until 15:45. Take breaks as you need them.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-REXX_HandsOnLab-ChipDavis
Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Richard Lewis
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 11:45 to 13:45
Location: Room 208 - 2nd floor
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

Linux on System z Installation Hands-On Lab - Part 1 of 2 [981]

Warnings:

• this lab begins at 11:45, before the standard lunch period has ended, leaving you only 30 minutes for lunch.
• this lab runs uninterrupted for 2 hours, then without a break, Part 2 begins and runs for 2 more uninterrupted hours - take breaks as you need them.

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Linux on System z has generated a lot of excitement among IBM System z customers. However, for many this is a new and strange environment. This Hands-On Lab will provide an opportunity to install and configure Linux on System z in a z/VM virtual machine. The hands-on portion of this workshop will be self-paced, and result in a 'Linux on System z' guest system running Apache, Samba, DNS (BIND), a firewall and the KDE desktop.

The goal is to equip each attendee with the skills required to return home and install 'Linux on System z' using the distributions from SUSE -or- Red Hat.

Attendees may choose to install either Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) -or- SUSE SLES to an FCP attached SCSI device on the IBM lab system. They can also then create two additional, multipath FCP attached SCSI devices and join them in a Logical Volume

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Linux on System z Installation Hands-On Lab - Part 1 of 2 [981]

Warnings:

• this lab begins at 11:45, before the standard lunch period has ended, leaving you only 30 minutes for lunch.
• this lab runs uninterrupted for 2 hours, then without a break, Part 2 begins and runs for 2 more uninterrupted hours - take breaks as you need them.

Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: David Boyes
Session Date and Time: Wednesday, June 25, 2014 - 12:00 to 18:00
Location: Auditoria 109 until 20:00, thn McNeil Hall, Room 6202
Sponsor: Sine Nomine Associates
Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

IBM provides 15 laptops for attendee shared use during IBM's Hands-On-Labs. Non-IBM labs require a laptop or tablet running a Microsoft "Remote Desktop Protocol" (MS RDP) client. RDP clients are included as part of a default Windows install, and are usually included even on customized large company laptop "standard builds". RDP clients are available on non-Windows systems as a 3rd-party application (Linux desktops can use the "rdesktop" application included in most major Linux distributions. A free RDP client for MacOS (digitally signed by Microsoft) is available in the Apple App Store. RDP clients for iOS or Android devices are available in the Apple App Store or Google Play store; some free, some paid.)

If you have a Windows system, you can test to see if you already have a RDP client installed from the Window 'Start' button by:

1. clicking on the 'Start' button, then
2. clickng on the 'Run...' tab on the right side, and
3. n the "Open" pop-up entering: mstsc.exe

-or-

1. Opening a 'DOS box'/'Comand Prompt' window,
2. typing: mstsc.exe
3. pressing: Enter

If a pop-up appears reading "Remote Desktop Connection", then a RDP client is installed.

If a RDP client is not already installed, you should:

• check with your employer to have it installed before departing, or
• ask if we can install it for you.

If neither, perhaps someone else willl 'buddy' up with you on their laptop for a non-IBM Hands-On Lab.

Internet Required: Yes

Presenter:

• Brian Jagos
• Jack Slavick

Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location: Auditoria 197
Sponsor: CA Technologies - company of the month
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

>>>OPEN PANEL DISCUSSION<<<

Come listen to experienced z/VM sysprogs and perhaps 'Linux on System z' admins describe some common freeware utilities ('free' - always a popular point with today's corporate management) used by sites...

• to help automate z/VM system task automation,
• to help make your job easier, make you more productive,
• to improve user support and server reliability, and
• to help you sleep better at night (i.e. why wake up, and logon to enter a command when a free utility can do that for you?).

Watch as the Session Chairman try to keep the discussion on target, moving the session along, and wrapping up in only 60 minutes.

>>>OPEN PANEL DISCUSSION<<<

Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: David Kreuter
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location: Auditoria 108
Sponsor:

• VM Resources, Ltd.
• Vicom Infinity

Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

IBM Wave for z/VM is a systems management and automation product that gives you at a glance functionality to manage z/VM LPAR, and Linux virtual machine acreage. In this presentation David will show the use of IBM Wave from installation to setup to graphically managing systems and networks.

Presenter: David is known to us in the VM Workshop community. With over 30 years of z/VM experience David is really just a 3270 kind of guy but he is smitten with IBM Wave.

Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: John J. Wolfgang
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location: Auditoria 109
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

In todaybs world, data is vital to the functioning of any enterprise. Thus storing, accessing, securing, and protecting that data is paramount to an entity's survival.

The purpose of this session will be to introduce and provide an overview of storage system data replication technologies that enable that critical data protection. It will start by defining disaster recovery, high availability, and the typical terms associated with these concepts. It will then teach the underlying concepts of the major types of disk and tape replication available in the industry today. Finally, it will delve into use cases for the various technologies to show when the different methods and combinations of those methods are best used to achieve desired levels of protection for your data.

Internet Required: No

Presenter: Rick Troth
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location: Auditoria 107
Sponsor: Velocity Software, Inc.
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

zSSL is a drop-in SSL for zVWS, Velocity's web server. Secure networking is increasingly vital. zSSL makes it easy.

In this session, we will present installing and configuring zSSL. We will explain the underlying crypto technology in plain language, and discuss important related security practices and issues.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-zVWS_zSSL_TopicsInSSL_zVM-RickTroth.pdf
VMWorkshop2014-zVWS_zSSL_TopicsInSSL_zVM-RickTroth.ppt
VMWorkshop2014-zVWS_zSSL_TopicsInSSL_zVM-RickTroth.odp
Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Jim Horne
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 12:30 to 13:30
Location: Auditoria 108
Sponsor: Lowes
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

All reporting is not created equal. It is not enough simply to publish data, you must make sure what you publish has meaning. Newspapers have been doing this for centuries. The concepts of Who, What, When, Where, Why and How are as valid in technical and management reporting as they are in journalism.

This paper will explore using those ideas to help make your reporting as effective as possible.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-EffectiveReporting-JamesHorne
Internet Required: No

Presenter: Bill Bitner
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 13:45 to 14:45
Location: Auditoria 197
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

How many of us get a little nervous trying something new? Maybe the first day of school or first day at a new company? Was it a confusing day or did you have someone help you out? Pointing the way and orienting you in the right direction?

This session is meant to keep the person who is new to z/VM from having those same butterflies on their first day at the keyboard. The session will help you understand the various channels for information and help on the z/VM product. This will include some examples of the HELP facility in z/VM, a brief tour of the z/VM library and utilities to access the library, as well as pointers and discussion about various web sites and mailing lists that have proven helpful over the years.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-FindingYourWay-BillBitner
Internet Required: No

Presenter:

• Brian Jagos
• Jim Vincent - in a ghostwriter role

Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 13:45 to 14:45
Location: Auditoria 108
Sponsor:

• CA Technologies
• Nationwide Insurance

Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

At some point, even if you install z/VM to support 'Linux on System z' virtual machines or other guests (z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, etc.), your z/VM system will need a 'patch' (PTF), or a 'patch bundle' (RSU - Recommended Service Upgrade).

The speaker, Brian Jagos of CA Technologies, is a long-time z/VM'er known for consulting with CA customers on CA's z/VM products. CA's z/VM product maintenance uses VMSES/E as its foundation. With the consent of the original author, Brian will present materials previously written and presented by Jim Vincent of Nationwide Insurance (one of the pre-eminent 'Linux on System z' poster children).

Jim's session abstract reads: "This session will be an introduction to VMSES/E and the tools that comprise the service process of z/VM. VMSES/E is used to install and to service VM and its components as well as some optional program products for the VM platform. No advanced knowledge of VMSES/E or VM service is assumed."

Internet Required: No

Presenter: David Kreuter
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 13:45 to 14:45
Location: Auditoria 109
Sponsor:

• VM Resources, Ltd.
• Vicom Infinity

Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

David will give an update on how his architecture for zvm620 is working in ongoing z/VM620 situations. The highlights of the architecture will be discussed along with the real shop use of the architecture. Deployment and operational strategies will be discussed along with lessons learned. David is a friend of the Workshop and looks forward to seeing everyone in Carolina!

Smokin' hot keywords: z/VM Linux RACF DIRMAINT REXX PIPEs OSA Hipersocket LPAR SSI LGR

Internet Required: No

Presenter: Bill Bitner
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 13:45 to 14:45
Location: Auditoria 108
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

By now you have probably heard that z/VM 6.3 has increased the supported limit for real memory to 1 TB. How did we do that? What changes are there to configuration? How does it perform?

You might have these questions, and this session has answers. Whether you need 1TB or only 16GBs, this session will help you understand what has changed in z/VM 6.3 and how those changes will affect your systems.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-zVM6_3MemoryMgmtChanges-BillBitner
Internet Required: No

Presenter:

• Tim Kessler
• Rich Smrcina

Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 13:45 to 14:45
Location: Auditoria 107
Sponsor: Velocity Software, Inc.
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

This session will show you how you can use the zOPERATOR and zALERT components of zVPS to act upon exceptional conditions in zVM and on z/Linux servers. Actions can be created by zOPERATOR based on console messages.

zALERT can create actions based on the value of over 4000 different metrics. Actions include: message, email, execute command or EXEC, write to file or send an SNMP trap. In addition, zOPERATOR creates a scrollable, searchable console creating daily log files for a user-specified number of days. Individual messages can be colored, highlighted and held to ensure your operator does not miss important messages.

This session will also cover the new features of the zVPS Installer, which includes new automatic installation options to significantly reduce the installation time of the Velocity Software products.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-AutomatedOperationsAndMonitoring-TimKessler.pdf
VMWorkshop2014-AutomatedOperationsAndMonitoring-TimKessler.ppt
Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Richard Lewis
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 13:45 to 15:45
Location: Room 207 - 2nd floor
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

Linux on System z Installation Hands-On Lab - Part 1 of 2 [982] Warnings:

• Part 1 of this lab ran from 11:45-13:45 without a break, then
• at 13:45, without a break, this Part 2 begins and runs uninterrupted for 2 more hours - take breaks as you need them

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'Linux on System z' has generated a lot of excitement among IBM System z customers. However, for many this is a new and strange environment. This Hands-On Lab will provide an opportunity to install and configure 'Linux on System z' in a z/VM virtual machine. The hands-on portion of this workshop will be self-paced, and result in a 'Linux on System z' guest system running Apache, Samba, DNS (BIND), a firewall and the KDE desktop.

The goal is to equip each attendee with the skills required to return home and install 'Linux on System z' using the distributions from SUSE -or- Red Hat.

Attendees may choose to install either Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) -or- SUSE SLES to an FCP attached SCSI device on the IBM lab system. They can also then create two additional, multipath FCP attached SCSI devices and join them in a Logical Volume

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Linux on System z Installation Hands-On Lab - Part 1 of 2 [982] Warnings:

• Part 1 of this lab ran from 11:45-13:45 without a break, then
• at 13:45, without a break, this Part 2 begins and runs uninterrupted for 2 more hours - take breaks as you need them

Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Chip Davis
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 13:45 to 15:45
Location: Auditoria 109
Sponsor: Aresti Systems
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

>>> This is Part 2 of a 2-part REXX Hands-On Lab - bring your own laptop.

PreReq: Wednesday evening's 'Prepare and Test Your Laptop for non-IBM Hands-On Labs' [991]

Warnings:

• Part 1 of this lab ran from 11:45-13:45 without a break, then
• at 13:45, without a break, this Part 2 begins - running uninterrupted for 2 more hours until 15:45. Take breaks as you need them.

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If you've heard that Rexx is the greatest thing since aglets but you're not sure if it has one 'X' or two, this is for you.

A brief lecture will cover the absolute minimum of Rexx concepts for you to begin solving lab exercise problems. While no explicit Rexx knowledge is assumed, we expect that you are passingly familiar with the idea of an If-Then-Else construct, and that a Do-loop repeats a group of statements, and that you really should give a variable a value before you try to use it for something. If not, you will be working in a team of two; try to pick a lab partner who is.

Facility with XEDIT will be a time-saving plus (see "lab partner").

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PreReq: Wednesday evening's 'Prepare and Test Your Laptop for non-IBM Hands-On Labs' [991]

Warnings:

• Part 1 of this lab ran from 11:45-13:45 without a break, then
• at 13:45, without a break, this Part 2 begins - running uninterrupted for 2 more hours until 15:45. Take breaks as you need them.

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Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-REXX_HandsOnLab-ChipDavis
Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Richard Lewis
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 14:00 to 16:00
Location: Room 208 - 2nd floor
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

>>>This is Part 2 of a 2-Part Hands-On Lab<<< Warning: this lab runs uninterrupted for 2 hours, take breaks as you need them.

If you are new to z/VM or experienced with z/VM this workshop has something for you. You can choose one of three options:

1. z/VM 6.3 SSI Installation and Configuration,
2. z/VM 6.3 non-SSI to SSI Migration, or
3. z/VM 6.2 to z/VM 6.3 Upgrade In Place

If you are new to z/VM you will have the opportunity to install z/VM 6.3 into a two member Single System Image cluster. We will also cover some VM basics to help get you oriented to the operating system. No previous z/VM experience is necessary.

If you are an experienced z/VM system programmer and have already installed z/VM in a non-SSI environment, then you will have the opportunity to go through all of the steps to migrate the latest release of z/VM already installed as a non-SSI VM system to be a single member SSI cluster, and then clone that single member to create a second member for your cluster. You may also choose to take an already installed non-SSI z/VM 6.2 system and use the new z/VM 6.3 upgrade in place procedure.

This session is intended for both beginners in z/VM and those who may have familiarity with z/VM but need a refresher. In this lab you will actually install the latest level of z/VM into a two node Single System Image (SSI) cluster (i.e. create two z/VM systems joined together in a single system image). This will allow you to experience firsthand the install process with the very latest release of z/VM. Following installation you will perform the system programming configuration steps to make this SSI cluster of z/VM systems ready for a production workload. You will customize the shared 'SYSTEM CONFIG' file, experience adding system owned volumes dynamically to your cluster, configure TCP/IP along with defining a virtual switch for Linux virtual machine connectivity. You will also configure the directory maintenance virtual machines, and the performance toolkit. You will create virtual machines to run the programmable operator for event processing. Lastly you will have a Linux guest to prepare for cloning and use z/VM facilities to clone that base and create two operational Linux virtual machines, moving them using live guest relocation among the members of your cluster. At the end of the workshop you will have an SSI cluster of the latest release of z/VM running Linux virtual machines, simulating a production environment.

>>>This is Part 2 of a 2-Part Hands-On Lab<<< Warning: this lab runs uninterrupted for 2 hours, take breaks as you need them.

Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Michael MacIsaac
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 15:00 to 16:00
Location: Auditoria 108
Sponsor: Innovation Data Processing, makers of the FDR line of products
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

z/VM Single System Image (SSI) and Live Guest Relocation (LGR) allow you to migrate Linux systems, but this moves the running systems' memory and CPU to different LPARs. What about the disk?

This presentation will describe a solution that also allows you to migrate Linux systems' DASD volumes to different disk hardware. It will start at a high level, then drill down into specific examples. It will also describe real-world customer scenarios utilizing this solution.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-NondisruptivelyMigratingGuestsInTheirEntirety-MichaelMacIsaac.pdf
Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Dave Jones
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 15:00 to 16:00
Location: Auditoria 107
Sponsor: ITC
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

>>>LIVE DEMO<<<

This session will cover a number of the important topics that new users should know about the CMS environment in order to be able to avoid trouble, get out of trouble, and stay out of trouble. The session will cover such topics as:

• What's an RSU and a PTF?
• Where to get very useful tools.
• The IBMVM and Linux-390 lists.

If time permits, we'll also take time to address any CMS related issues brought up by the attendees.

>>>LIVE DEMO<<<

Presentation Handouts: VMWorkshop2014-CMS_Admin-Bootcamp-DaveJones.pdf
Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Lowell Higley
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 15:00 to 16:00
Location: Auditoria 109
Sponsor: CA Technologies
Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

In many organizations System z competes directly with VMware distributed systems for Linux workloads. The objective of this workshop is to take an objective look at how well z/VM competes with VMware for Linux workloads. Specifically, this session will strive to:

• Evaluate the buying/implementation criteria being used to compare mainframe and the distributed platforms. What is the criteria? Is the criteria bias towards one platform or the other? How can the criteria be "right sized" to be more objective?
• Review the available mainframe tools for virtualization management under z/VM in comparison to VMware tools. Are there missing mainframe tools for VMware parity? If so, what are they?

This session is intended to be a dialogue among peers to share experiences including wins and defeats, theories, and other relevant discussion.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-CompetingWithVMware-LowellHigley_MichaelMelillo.pdf
Internet Required: No

Presenter:

• Introduction and closing by Len Santalucia of Vicom Infinityi
• Michael Melillo of CA
• Lowell Higley of CA

Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 15:00 to 16:00
Location: Auditoria 107
Sponsor:

• Vicom Infinity
• CA

Technical Level: General familiarity with concepts (general tech background OK)
Description:

CA will provide updates on multiple new product offerings and capabilities that promote Linux on z, including:

• Cloud Storage for System z - a new technology that leverages the IFL to allow customers to backup and archive mainframe data to inexpensive off-platform storage targets, such as EMC, NetApp and the Amazon storage clouds.
• AppLogic for System z b CA will talk about the next release of their infrastructure and application automation platform for Linux on z, with a specific focus on how AppLogic can integrate with other enterprise systems to enable Linux on z to participate in a cross-enterprise private cloud.
• Guest Manager b a new capability built on top of AppLogic and products from the CA VM Manager Suite; Guest Manager provides a modern, web-based systems management capability for all z/VM guests.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-CA_InvestmentsLinuxSystem_z-MichaelMelillo_LowellHigley.pdf
Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Jeff Broderick
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 15:00 to 16:00
Location: Auditoria 108
Sponsor: Mainline Systems, Inc.
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

Discussion and presentation surrounding an enterprise implementation of collaborative lifecycle management for controlling, managing and deploying change across the enterprise. Key to that strategy is Linux on System z as a highly available, reliable, recoverable environment.

Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Monte Bauman
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 16:15 to 17:15
Location: Auditoria 109
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

This session will update the audience on new news and information regarding IBM System z server and systems including announcements, trends, and directions.

Internet Required: No

Presenter: Phil Tully
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 16:15 to 17:15
Location: Auditoria 107
Sponsor: ADP
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

The ADP implementation of z/VM and Linux has grown from 200 servers in January 2010, to approximately 3000 servers today. This is a conversation about how we got here.

Internet Required: No

Presenter: Don Vosburg
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 16:15 to 17:15
Location: Auditoria 108
Sponsor: SUSE
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

What's going on with SUSE on System z these days? Highlights of the current features you need - like shared filesystems, patching and management, System z-specific features, and more.

We will also have a sneak preview of SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 - to be released this fall.

This session will include live demonstrations and time for your questions.

Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Mike Riggs
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 16:15 to 17:15
Location: Auditoria 107
Sponsor: Supreme Court of Virginia
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

A user experience detailing the continuing growth of 'Linux on System z' while maintaining continuity with zVSE, zVM and other platform systems. Gain insight on how a funds-limited Judicial branch of state government is leveraging all possible resources to manage, grow and support state wide judicial application systems.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-LinuxSystem_zBringingTheFutureToJustice-MikeRiggs
Internet Required: No

Presenter: Rick Troth
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 16:15 to 17:15
Location: Auditoria 108
Sponsor: Velocity Software, Inc.
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

Virtualization is all about shared resources. Sharing filesystems across virtual machines brings unique benefits. You can share a little or a lot.

This session will discuss several options for sharing Linux filesystems and will demonstrate use of zPRO for quick and efficient creation of clones which share substantial content.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-FilesystemSharingCloningWith_zPRO-RickTroth.pdf
VMWorkshop2014-FilesystemSharingCloningWith_zPRO-RickTroth.ppt
VMWorkshop2014-FilesystemSharingCloningWith_zPRO-RickTroth.odp
Internet Required: Yes

Presenter: Bruce Hayden
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 16:15 to 17:15
Location: Auditoria 109
Sponsor: IBM
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

You might have been familiar with the steps required to clone a z/VM system in the "old days" but a few things have changed with z/VM 6.2 and 6.3! The z/VM system identifier is now used in several new places that must be updated, along with the usual volume labels, system configuration files, network configuration, and directory or security managers if those are in use.

In this session, we will discuss the steps you need to perform to clone a single system and even to clone an entire SSI cluster. The cloned system could be a first or second level test system or a new production system.

Presentation Handouts:
VMWorkshop2014-EverythingAboutCloning_62_63-BruceHayden.pdf
Internet Required: No

Presenter: Prof. Cameron Seay
Session Date and Time: Friday, June 27, 2014 - 16:15 to 17:15
Location: Room 208 - 2nd floor
Sponsor: North Carolina A&T State University
Technical Level: Minimal technical skills required (basic system navigation, etc.)
Description:

Since its incorporation into the System z platform in the 1990s, 'Linux on System z' has steadily grown in popularity. It is now responsible for a large portion of the new customers coming to the System z platform. 'Linux on System z' is deployed via the z/VM operating system. z/VM was originally created to provide multiple production and development images on the same physical system. With the advent of logical partitioning on the mainframe (using the Processor Resource/System Manager technology) the days of z/VM (then just called VM) seemed to be coming to an end. However, several insightful IBM employees saw opportunity with the advent of virtualizing Linux, and saw in z/VM a good tool for the job. The reasons 'Linux on System z's appropriateness for such a task are numerous and directly related to the platform : stability, massive I/O processing, security, scalability. This presentation will give an overview of the 'Linux on System z' program at NC A & T State University in Greensboro, NC. Linux plays a prominent role in the A & T mainframe program. Topics discussed include: open source software on Linux; the IBM-WAVE management software; analytics software for 'Linux on System z'; a sample curriculum for the platform and others.

Internet Required: No

Presenter: Mike Walter, on behalf of the VM Workshop Volunteer Committee
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 18:00 to 21:00
Location: Smith Technology Center, building 53 on the Campus Map
Sponsor:

• All of the 2014 VM Workshop company 'Sponsors':
• Enterprise Systems Media, IBM, Innovation Data Processing, Mainline Information Systems, RedHat, Sine Nomine Associates, SUSE, Velocity Software, Inc., and Vicom Infinity

Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

Be sure to attend the Thursday Evening Gala Reception and Dinner Banquet to open this VM Workshop in style and camaraderie as part of the friendly and welcoming VM Community.

Entertainment will be provided by attendees themselves via the infamous and historical (sometimes hysterical) Ugly Hawaiian Shirt Contest. Be sure to bring and wear your worst Ugly Hawaiian Shirt for voting by the assembled masses, to be eligible for some incredible rewards. It just wouldn't be a VM Workshop without this contest.

Internet Required: No

Presenter: Mike Walter, on behalf of the VM Workshop Volunteer Committee
Session Date and Time: Thursday, June 26, 2014 - 21:00 to 23:30
Location: Dorm Building, VM Workshop 'Hospitality Suite"
Sponsor: VM 'Worksop'
Technical Level: No technical skills required
Description:

Gather in the VM Workshop "Hospitality Suite" (the living room of an unoccupied 4-bedroom dorm suite) in the dorm building where many attendees are lodging.

Share snacks, adult beverages (due the legal and liability reasons: Students will NOT served alcohol under any circumstances!), tall tales, geek-speak, jokes, system programmer war stories, True Operator Stories, and other real-life social networking from before that term was usurped by 'the kids'.

Internet Required: Yes