The first quarter meeting of the Chicago Area VM (and Linux)
Enthusiasts will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2008.
The Final Agenda is included below.
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Meeting Location:
This quarter's meeting will be held at the Hewitt Associates 'East
Campus' located at 100 Half Day Road, in Lincolnshire, IL. We will
meet in the 100-M3 Conference Room, just off the cafeteria.
If you have not attended a meeting at this location before, or you
are not familiar with the area,
<http://cavmen.home.comcast.net/hewittb99.html>Click here for
additional information on directions, maps, lodging and dining.
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Attendance:
We would like to request a count of expected attendees by the Monday
before the meeting, so that we may plan appropriately for arranging
the facilities, and for refreshments and lunch, should one of the
vendors wish to provide them. If you are planning to attend, PLEASE
send an E-Mail by that date to
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject line of
"Meeting Attendance".
This is meant to be a facilities planning aid and should not be
interpreted as a registration requirement. If you suddenly become
available at the last minute, please feel free to attend even if you
have not responded.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.
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Cell Phone Policy:
All electronic devices (cell phones, Blackberry's, etc.) if switched
on must be kept in silent mode during the meeting. If you need to
make or receive a call, you must quietly leave the meeting room to do
so. There is a large quiet area outside of the meeting room that is
ideal for this.
Any intentional or repeat violations of this policy will result in
that individual being escorted from the premises and potentially
excluded from future meetings.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this matter.
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Final Meeting Agenda:
9:00 AM z/VM Performance Update
The newest releast of z/VM was generally available on June 29, 2007
and has significant improvements to performance and capacity. This
session will describe some of the key performance related changes in
the release and how they may apply to your system. Customer workloads
on z/VM have continued to grow this decade. The newest release of
z/VM was designed to keep you from out growing your z/VM system. The
design includes improved scalability in: processor, real memory,
networking, and disk I/O. In each of these areas; we'll describe how
the system capacity has been increased.
The speaker will be Mr. Bill Bitner of the IBM Corporation.
10:30 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM z/VM: If the Sky is the Limit, How High is the Sky?
The earlier z/VM Performance Update discussed extending some limits.
This session will take a more in depth look at just how large or wide
or tall can you grow a z/VM system. The session will also discuss the
type of data you can look at to evaluate how close your system is to
those limits. As we look at different subsystems (processors, memory,
etc.), we will discuss theoretical and practical limits. Included
will be a brief look at some of the ways IBM tests these limits.
The speaker will be Mr. Bill Bitner of the IBM Corporation.
12:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM Administration and Vendor Announcements
2:00 PM Linux under z/VM Performance Analysis Case Studies
This presentation will show Case studies in measuring Linux under
z/VM performance. All examples will use ESALPS as the measurement facility.
The speaker will be Mr. Barton Robinson of Velocity Software.
3:15 PM Coffee Break and Prize Drawing
3:30 PM Managing Linux under z/VM using ESALPS
Managing Linux on a mainframe requires capacity planning, performance
analysis, chargeback, and operational support. This presentation
presents the technologies employed by Velocity Software's ESALPS.
The speaker will be Mr. Barton Robinson of Velocity Software.
4:45 PM Free-for-All
Members will attempt to answer any reasonable VM or hardware related
questions. If you are having a problem and want to find out if others
are experiencing it, or you are installing new hardware or software
and want to find out what types of problems others have experienced,
here is the place to find out.
Members are encouraged to bring ideas for future presentations and
speakers to this meeting.
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Please check the WEB site for Map and Directions:
http://cavmen.home.comcast.net
In addition, you will also find extensive information available on
dining and lodging in the Hewitt Associates area.
Additional information about the CAVMEN group, and other VM related
items of interest are available on our web site.
There is no charge for admission to meetings.
Meeting attendance is open to anyone, and advance registration is not required.
I look forward to seeing all of you at the meeting.
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Mark M. Suchecki
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CAVMEN Coordinator
Voice: (847) 518-0058
FAX: (847) 518-0083
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://cavmen.home.comcast.net
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