Here is the meeting invite I received Ken Porowski AVP Systems Software CIT Group E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The next meeting of the NY Metro NaSPA Chapter will be on Tuesday, 17 June 2008 in room 1219 at the IBM Building at 590 Madison Avenue, New York City, from 10:00 AM until 4:30 PM. We have an *outstanding* day planned, with some of the best speakers in the industry. Sessions for the day include: * "The System z10 I/O Subsystem", Connie Beuselinck, IBM System z Connectivity Product Planning There's a new mainframe host bus, InfiniBand, that was introduced with z10 EC. It is an integral component of the I/O subsystem helping to avoid bandwidth bottlenecks. With a unique set of physical resources supporting Parallel Sysplex, Security, Storage Area Networks, and Local Area Networks your enterprise has the flexibility to configure your system for maximum availability to facilitate virtualization and satisfy your Service Level Agreements. We'll show you what's new and what is strategic to your z/OS enterprise. We have new capabilities for FICON, FCP, coupling, and the local area network. We'll give you a "virtual" tour. * "A z/OS System Programmer's Guide to Migrating to a new IBM System z10 EC Server", Greg Daynes, z/OS Installation Deployment Architect The latest generation of IBM System z servers builds on the inherent strengths of the System z platform and delivering new technologies that can offer improvements in price/performance for key workloads as well as enabling a new range of hybrid solutions. It further extends System z's leadership in key capabilities with the delivery of expanded scalability for growth and large scale consolidation, availability to help reduce risk and improve flexibility to respond to changing business requirements and improved security. Come hear about how to upgrade to a IBM System z10 Enterprise Class (z10 EC) server! This informative session will describe the software required to run on a new server (including cryptographic software) and any migration or exploitation actions required to use the new server. This session will be of interest to systems programmers and their managers who will upgrade to a IBM System z server. * "What you need to know about z/OS UNIX Commands", Garth Godfrey, z/OS UNIX Development You know that z/OS UNIX provides the critical infrastructure for running TCP/IP, WAS, Java and more, but you wish you were more productive using the UNIX shell command interface. In this session, the speaker will cover the shell facilities that allow you to combine commands in powerful ways, and z/OS-unique enhancements. He will also discuss login profiles, cron daemon set up, system management and security facilities. * SMP/E 3.5: Simplifying PSP Buckets and Other Goodies, Greg Daynes, z/OS Installation Deployment Architect Have you ever installed a software product and wanted SMP/E to ensure all service recommended in the product's Preventive Service Planning Bucket was also installed? Have you ever prepared to install new hardware and wanted an easy way to install required software service? Did you ever want an easy way to tell SMP/E to install coexistence service or cross-product dependencies for a new z/OS release? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then you just might be a system programmer. You should come to this session to hear how SMP/E will be enhanced to help automate and simplify those tasks. This support is available with z/OS V1.10 (September 2008). It is also available as part of SMP/E 3.5 (September 2008) which can be installed on top of all supported z/OS releases. * "Replacing Sysplex Timers: Migrating to Server Time Protocol in the Poughkeepsie Development Lab", Kieron Hinds z/OS Integration Test This session will cover actual migration experiences with STP in the Poughkeepsie Development Lab. It will present a background of the z/OS Integration Test team and their lab environment, along with their semi-annual publication "IBM System z Platform Test Report for z/OS and Linux Virtual Servers". The session leader will walk through the migration planning, implementation and problems areas found during the migration. Explicit network configurations and migration scenarios will be covered to move the z/OS Integration Test Parallel Sysplex environment from time synchronization using the IBM 9037-002 Sysplex Timer to one using STP. 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] as soon as is possible if you are thinking of attending. We have a very full day planned, so please arrive early so we can start promptly at 10:00 AM. The meeting is open to non-NaSPA members and is free. Please pass this invitation on to your colleagues! Thanks!!! - Mark Mark Nelson, CISSP z/OS Security Server (RACF) Design and Development IBM Corporation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
