For those on IBMVM, LINUX390, IBMMAIN who are interested in an hour of no-charge education via webcast.
Two LVC's coming up on Wed May 28 and Thurs. May 29. Here's the May 28 info.... The next Live Virtual Class (LVC)/Webcast is scheduled for Wednesday, May 28th at 11:00 AM EDT. There is no charge to participate in this technical education session. Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 11:00 AM EDT US & Canada WEBCAST: High Availability for Linux on IBM System z Servers Speaker: Scott Loveland, IBM Customer Test Chief Architect Systems/Product Assurance Engineering Professional Abstract: Linux virtual servers are increasingly being used to support critical applications in IBM System z and zSeries server environments. As the mission becomes more important; so does the need to ensure its supporting infrastructure is highly available. But how? z/OS system programmers know the best practices for eliminating single points of failure for their systems; but may be unsure how to translate those techniques to the Linux world. Admins coming from a distributed Linux background may wonder how a virtualized environment on zSeries changes the game. And both groups may ponder how to best marry the Linux and z/OS worlds to maximize availability. Wonder no more. This session will cover a set of high availability architectures for Linux virtual servers (LVS); in the context of serving data to WebSphere applications (though WebSphere itself won't be the main focus). We'll discuss: 1. Single points of failure in an LVS environment; probabilities of each; and the relative cost to eliminate them -- with examples of how to do so 2. The power of virtualization to minimize degradation of service in the wake of failures; and to reduce the need for large clusters of redundant servers 3. How software running on Linux virtual servers can work cooperatively with a Parallel Sysplex and z/OS data sharing groups 4. Sample architecture specifics; including architectural decisions and tradeoffs; configuration options; and product technologies used Date: Wed - May 28, 2008 Time: 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (New York), 10:00 AM Central Daylight Time London 4:00 PM, Frankfurt 5:00 PM, Moscow 7:00PM Duration: 75 minutes How to attend: Connect to the Live Virtual Class (LVC) session using the following URL: URL: https://asp22.centra.com:443/GA/main/00000148c02f00000119890365ca8e2f OR Connect from the z/VM Website at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/education/lvc You can connect to the LVC session up to 10 minutes prior to the start of the session. You do not have to pre-register to attend the webcast, but you will need to enter your email to join the call. The REPLAY will be available on the web using the same "connect" URL approximately 4 hours after the event. If you are unable to connect to the Live Virtual Class session, you can download the presentation from the z/VM LVC website the day before the webcast and listen to the audio portion of the session via telephone using the following: Teleconference Information Call info: 1 - 888-240-4148 Toll: 1 - 719-234-0214 Passcode: 893049 Note: use of the telephone connection does not provide capability for you to ask questions during the session. Replays: As a reminder, the 2007/2008 sessions are available for replay from the z/VM website at: http://www.vm.ibm.com/education/lvc Please direct any questions to Julie Liesenfelt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Pam C (on behalf of Julie) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html