The second quarter meeting of the Chicago Area VM (and Linux)
Enthusiasts will be held on Thursday, April 23, 2009.
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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:cav...@comcast.net>cav...@comcast.net 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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Meeting Agenda:
9:00 AM Automating Operations on z/VM and Linux on System z using IBM
Operations Manager for z/VM
In this session, we'll dive into the details of automation using
Operations Manager for z/VM, including console viewing, console
message trapping, scheduling, spool monitoring, system event
monitoring, etc. Live demos will show:
* How to automatically take action based on messages on z/VM
service machines, on Linux guest consoles, and in Linux syslog data
* How to view and interact with live consoles and the system log,
for both monitoring and debugging purposes
* How to monitor and manage spool file usage
* How to respond to system events
* How to schedule one-time or recurring events
The speaker will be Tracy Dean of the IBM Corporation.
10:30 AM Coffee Break
11:00 AM Backing Up and Restoring z/VM and Linux guest data
using IBM Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM
In this session, we'll discuss and demo the various levels of backup
and restore capabilities available in Backup and Restore Manager for
z/VM. The speaker will cover product installation requirements,
configuration tips, and overall product structure. In addition, live
demos will show various options for backing up a z/VM system and its
Linux guests, including automation of the process using Operations
Manager for z/VM.
The speaker will be Tracy Dean of the IBM Corporation.
12:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 PM Administration and Vendor Announcements
1:45 PM Mainframe Virtualization and Linux - CA's Strategy
This presentation covers CA's Strategy for Linux on System z and its
development priorities. The presentation will also discuss common
customer challenges and how they are being addressed by CA, as well
as other virtualization and Linux topics.
The speaker will be Milt Whitham of CA, Inc.
3:15 PM Coffee Break and Prize Drawing
3:30 PM VM:Operator r3 Update
This presentation will introduce new features provided with CA
VM:Operator r3 (Beta Program under way). This release delivers many
significant enhancements to VM:Operator, including infrastructure
changes that permit use of TCP/IP. Two significant features that were
added to VM:Operator and leverage this new capability are LINUX
SYSLOGD and Remote VM:Operator Support. This session will also
discuss several other enhancements which were made in response to
customer requests.
The speaker will be Brian Jagos of CA, Inc.
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: cav...@comcast.net
Web: http://cavmen.home.comcast.net
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