The next meeting of the NY Metro NaSPA Chapter will be on Tuesday, 22 March in room 1219 at the IBM Building at 590 Madison Avenue, New York City, from 10:00 AM until 4:30 PM. We have a full-day of great sessions focusing on the new z196 and the latest z/OS releases including:
"zManager", Jeff Frey, IBM Fellow, IBM Corporation Few announcements have created the buzz that last year's z196 and zBX announcement. These ?System of Systems? integrate IBM?s leading technologies to dramatically improve productivity of today?s multi-architecture data center, creating the world?s fastest and most scalable enterprise system with unrivalled reliability, security, and manageability. Key to this announcement is the Unified Resource Manager, zManager. In this session, IBM Fellow and zManager architect describes the zManager. "An Introduction to z/OSMF", Anuja Deedwaniya, Senior Technical Staff Member, z/OS System Design The IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) provides a web-based graphical interface for system programmers on z/OS. z/OSMF will make the day to day operations and administration of the mainframe z/OS systems easier to manage for both new and experienced system programmers. This session will provide an overview of the IBM z/OS Management Facility. In this session, Anuja describes the functions, features and focus areas for the latest release and provides the potential benefits for the system programmer and a glimpse of what is coming next. This session is useful to systems programmers and their managers who will be using (or are considering using) the z/OS Management Facility. "BCPii for Dummies", Steve Warren, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Corporation This session goes thru a complete BCPii setup, including step by step installation and configuration instructions, including configuration of the support element, security definitions and BCPii address space. Real coding examples will also be given. Included in the presentation will be a quick BCPii update for z/OS 1.12. "GRS: Scalability,Performance and CPU Utilization", Bryan Childs, Senior Software Engineer, GRS Design and Development, IBM Poughkeepsie GRS is a key component of the z/OS environment. This session discusses enhancements to both ENQ and latch processing over the past several years and will include practical tips in managing the GRS Complex. Pre-registration is requested and recommended as it simplifies getting into the building and helps us get the room set up correctly. Please RSVP to mar...@us.ibm.com as soon as is possible if you are thinking of attending. The meeting is open to non-NaSPA members and is free. Please pass this invitation on to your colleagues! Thanks!!! - Mark Mark Nelson, CISSP®, CSSLP® z/OS Security Server (RACF) Design and Development IBM Corporation 2455 South Road MS/P388 Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 435-7758, tie line 8+295-7758, fax (845) 432-9589 mar...@us.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
