The fourth quarter meeting of the Chicago Area VM (and Linux)
Enthusiasts will be held on Thursday, November 13, 2008.
A fourth session has been added to the agenda. The sequence of
presentations has also changed. Please review the final agenda 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 Lower Level Conference Room in Building 98.
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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Final Meeting Agenda:
9:00 AM z/VM Platform Update: Introducing z/VM 5.4
Advancing the Art of Server Virtualization.
This presentation will highlight the new functions available with
z/VM V5.4, IBM's advanced server virtualization solution for IBM
System z. z/VM V5.4, generally available since September 12, 2008,
offers enhanced virtualization capabilities which include: dynamic
memory upgrade, flexible specialty engine configuration support, and
virtual server scalability enhancements. Find out how z/VM V5.4 can
help clients further leverage their System z infrastructure for
improved business results.
The speaker will be Rex Johnson of the IBM Corporation.
10:30 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM Performance Management Solutions in the z/Linux Environment
IBM has greatly enhanced OMEGAMON's monitoring capability in the z/VM
environment, in addition to providing full monitoring capability on
z/Linux. In this session we will briefly discuss the current state of
the product, touch on features added in the latest release, and
provide a live demonstration of OMEGAMON. The demonstration will
feature custom application views available using the Tivoli
Enterprise Portal GUI, along with ability to automatically take
action when problem conditions are found.
The speaker will be Wayne Bucek of the IBM Corporation.
12:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM Administration and Vendor Announcements
1:45 PM Linux on z Update
The speaker will present a brief update of recent developments in the
Linux under z/VM area.
The speaker will be Khaylen Kingsley of the IBM Corporation.
2:00 PM Red Hat System z Update
Red Hat will provide an update of the existing and planned RHEL
exploitation of the System z hardware, provisioning & patch
management. We will discuss current upstream development efforts, and
time pending we will review the architecture of the Bank of New
Zealand, which was the first production z10 in the Southern Hemisphere.
The speaker will be Shawn Wells of Red Hat.
3:15 PM Coffee Break and Prize Drawing
3:30 PM Installing a Novell SLES 10 Starter System without a Net(work)
Multiple customers wishing to install Linux on System z have been
frustrated by their own network firewall security rules preventing
access from a z/VM mainframe to a CD-drive from which to load a Linux
installation CD. Other customers have been frustrated by difficulties
coordinating access to a separate Linux or UNIX systems elsewhere on
their site network. Still others fear the 'newness' of the Linux
environment, not knowing how to answer installation questions.
This session will feature a live demonstration of a new Novell SLES
10 Starter System installation which requires nothing more than an
existing z/VM system with a working 'FTPSERVE' server (supplied with
z/VM), and a PC with internet access with which to download files from Novell.
The speaker will be Mike Walter of Hewitt Associates.
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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