CAVMEN Meeting on Thursday, October 18, 2007 - Updated Abstracts

[Chicago Area VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts]

The fourth quarter meeting of the Chicago Area VM (and Linux) 
Enthusiasts will be held on Thursday, October 18, 2007.


The Final Agenda with updated abstracts is included below.


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Meeting Location:

NOTE:  We are NOT meeting in the same room that we met in last quarter!

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, 
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 
[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.


--


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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Meeting Agenda:

9:00 AM z/VM Device Support Overview

Come to this presentation to hear an overview of current device 
support available on z/VM Version 5. The speaker will discuss Disk, 
Tape, and OSA technologies available for VM system I/O and guest 
operating systems running under z/VM. This presentation is also well 
suited for an audience new to z/VM.


The speaker will be Mr. Eric Farman of the IBM Corporation.

10:30 AMCoffee Break

11:00 AMIntroduction to the IBM System Storage DS6000

This presentation brings you up to date on the IBM System Storage 
DS6000, an affordable storage solution specifically designed to help 
medium and large enterprises simplify their storage infrastructures, 
support business continuity, and optimize information life cycle 
management. The DS6000 provides both SCSI and FICON attachment, 
enabling it to serve the needs of your z/OS, z/VSE, z/VM and Linux 
operating systems.


The speaker will be Mr. Eric Farman of the IBM Corporation.

12:30 PMLunch Break

1:30 PM Administration and Vendor Announcements

2:00 PM A Starter System for Novell SLES

Almost a year ago, a discussion started on the Linux-390 mailing list 
about the difficulty of getting the first Linux system in a System Z 
environment working, and the complexity of coordinating all the 
CD/DVD, network and other resources to get a working system. After a 
long effort, SNA has collaborated with Novell to provide a supported 
starter system for SLES 10 SP1 that can be installed with CMS tools 
(no CD/DVD needed). The talk will describe the system, the 
assumptions and design decisions we made in the process of creating 
the starter system, and information on getting the system from the 
Novell web site.


The speaker will be Dr. David Boyes of Sine Nomine Associates.

3:15 PM Coffee Break and Prize Drawing

3:30 PM Open Source Backup

As Linux moves into the production environment, the question of 
backup and restore capability for individual files and applications 
has become more critical; the full-volume dump tools available in 
z/OS and z/VM have a number of difficulties that make them unpleasant 
to use for backup of running systems in production. There are a few 
commercial solutions, but there are also sophisticated open source 
solutions available to provide file level and image level backup for 
running Linux systems in combination with a little help from CMS and 
z/VM. The talk will describe some of the commercial landscape 
options, and describe several of the open source options available. 
We'll look closely at Bacula and see how to implement it in a 
production environment.


The speaker will be Dr. David Boyes of Sine Nomine 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 

Who's the real Virtual machine

[Davis, Larry]

Nice Article

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9791273-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2
547-1_3-0-20

Larry Davis

Re: D/R Code

[Fran Hensler]

We have two FLEX-ES systems on opposite ends of the campus.

The DR system does not have as many tape drives as the production
system.  The production system has a drive at 0591 but the DR system
does not.

In the AUTOLOG1 DIRECT I haveDEDICATE 0591 0591

When AUTOLOG1 starts up it does a   CP Q V 0591   and if it doesn't
exist I know I am on the DR machine.

AUOTLOG1 also has write access to TCPMAINTs 198 disk.  If I am not
on the production machine then an EXEC on AUTOLOG1 changes the IP
address in PROFILE TCPIP, DETACHES 198 and then AUTOLOGs TCPIP.

If 0591 exists I know I am on the production machine so I just DETACH
it and continue with the production startup.

/Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania USA for 44 years
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1.724.738.2153
"Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock"

Re: D/R Code

[Alan Altmark]

On Thursday, 10/04/2007 at 12:55 EDT, Thomas Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> I also hope that IBM (Chuckie in particular) will not frown upon us 
using
> the SET PRODUCT commands for enabling/disabling customer functions.

Chuckie will not frown.  He's not aware of any "IBM use only" admonitions.

> Maybe if the documentation (unoffical fiction as it is) were to make its 
way
> into some customer's hands, a requirement could be written that matches
> fairly well and then be submitted to the appropriate User Groups.

I would rather the community come to its own conclusions as to what is 
needed, rather than using something the elves wrote.

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

Re: D/R Code

[Arty Ecock]

Hi,

   I believe CERN had an implementation of CP Global variables (perhaps some of
 Dick Newson's goodies?)  A "CP SET VARIABLE" command would be very useful.

Cheers,
Arty

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:27:29 -0500 you said:
>I always wanted a CP version of GLOBALV.  The SET part would be privilege=
>d=20
>of course, but the GET part would not be.  That way you could set=20
>variables in CP that could be retrieved by any virtual machine, like I'm=20=
>
>running a DR test, don't do that!
>
>--=20
>Dale R. Smith
>
>"Answers are easy.  It's asking the right questions which is hard."
>- Doctor Who
>
>On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:37:52 -0400, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>=
>=20
>wrote:
>
>>It seems something worthy of requirement.  The mechanism you describe ha=
>s
>>been invented, but it sits on a shelf on the Island of Misfit Toys,
>>unloved, waiting for someone ... anyone ... to take an interest.
>>
>>I should point out that SET PRODUCT conveniently comes with Diag 0x27C
>>(privclass ANY) to enable apps to find out if ENABLE or DISABLE has been=
>
>>set, as well as retreive the DESCRIPTION of the product.
>>
>>So, right now, yes, SET PRODUCT is the closest thing you have to a
>>system-wide name/value mapping function.
>>
>>Alan Altmark
>>z/VM Development
>>IBM Endicott

Re: D/R Code

[Dale R. Smith]

I always wanted a CP version of GLOBALV.  The SET part would be privilege
d 
of course, but the GET part would not be.  That way you could set 
variables in CP that could be retrieved by any virtual machine, like I'm 

running a DR test, don't do that!

-- 
Dale R. Smith

"Answers are easy.  It's asking the right questions which is hard."
- Doctor Who

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:37:52 -0400, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 
wrote:

>It seems something worthy of requirement.  The mechanism you describe ha
s
>been invented, but it sits on a shelf on the Island of Misfit Toys,
>unloved, waiting for someone ... anyone ... to take an interest.
>
>I should point out that SET PRODUCT conveniently comes with Diag 0x27C
>(privclass ANY) to enable apps to find out if ENABLE or DISABLE has been

>set, as well as retreive the DESCRIPTION of the product.
>
>So, right now, yes, SET PRODUCT is the closest thing you have to a
>system-wide name/value mapping function.
>
>Alan Altmark
>z/VM Development
>IBM Endicott
>
=

Re: Simple Rexx question

[Ian S. Worthington]

It shouldn't be.  It should "WTF?'

Rexx is a mighty fine language in almost every way, but its treatment of case
has been, iirc, the subject of some annoyance in previous discussions.

(NB 1 Do I get the impression that work on mainframe REXX has practically
ceased?  Mooted new features have never appeared, Object Rexx has never made
it to the mainframe.  It has a somewhat 'abandoned' feel to it these days.)

(NB 2 If you haven't been paying attention the OpenRexx folks have made
sterling progress and v 3.2 is expected out the end of this month.  Just need
a CMS port now and I'll be really happy.)

ian
... 

-- Original Message --
Received: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 07:25:44 PM BST
From: "Edward M. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: Simple Rexx question

> Thanks to you all that responded!  My response is 'DOH!!!' 
>  
> Ed Martin
> Aultman Health Foundation
> 330-588-4723
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ext. 40441
> 
> 
> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Peter Rothman
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:11 PM
> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Subject: Re: Simple Rexx question
>  
> Not sure why it works this but try
> TEMP = DATE('B','27 May 1996',) 
> May vs MAY
> 
> 
> 

Hillgang to be rescheduled

[Neale Ferguson]

All,
 Sorry for the last minute notice but due to some scheduling problems
we're going to have to postpone the next Hillgang meeting. I'll be back
with a new date as soon as I can.

Neale

Re: Simple Rexx question

[Edward M. Martin]

Thanks to you all that responded!  My response is 'DOH!!!' 
 
Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ext. 40441


From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Peter Rothman
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:11 PM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Re: Simple Rexx question
 
Not sure why it works this but try
TEMP = DATE('B','27 May 1996',) 
May vs MAY

Re: D/R Code

[Thomas Kern]

I thought that SET PRODUCT would be a bit more flexible than just the sin
gle
GATEWAY value that I am currently using. 

I also hope that IBM (Chuckie in particular) will not frown upon us using

the SET PRODUCT commands for enabling/disabling customer functions.

Maybe if the documentation (unoffical fiction as it is) were to make its 
way
into some customer's hands, a requirement could be written that matches
fairly well and then be submitted to the appropriate User Groups. 
 
/Tom Kern
/301-903-2211


On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:37:52 -0400, Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 wrote:
>It seems something worthy of requirement.  The mechanism you describe ha
s
>been invented, but it sits on a shelf on the Island of Misfit Toys,
>unloved, waiting for someone ... anyone ... to take an interest.
>
>I should point out that SET PRODUCT conveniently comes with Diag 0x27C
>(privclass ANY) to enable apps to find out if ENABLE or DISABLE has been

>set, as well as retreive the DESCRIPTION of the product.
>
>So, right now, yes, SET PRODUCT is the closest thing you have to a
>system-wide name/value mapping function.
>
>Alan Altmark
>z/VM Development
>IBM Endicott

Re: D/R Code

[Alan Altmark]

On Wednesday, 10/03/2007 at 12:43 EDT, Thomas Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> This is where it would be nice to be able to set (via SYSTEM CONFIG) an
> arbitrary name with an arbitrary value and be able to query it from any
> virtual machine. But without that we have to usurp other functions. I 
use
> the GATEWAY value, setting it in the system config based on which CPU I 
ipl
> on. Perhaps even the PRODUCT enable/disable statements could be used to 
add
> our own pseudo-PRODUCTs and enable then in our home system config, but
> disable in our DR system config. Then once things get straight at DR,
> manually issue the PRODUCT enable commands and xautolog the appropriate 
guests.

It seems something worthy of requirement.  The mechanism you describe has 
been invented, but it sits on a shelf on the Island of Misfit Toys, 
unloved, waiting for someone ... anyone ... to take an interest.

I should point out that SET PRODUCT conveniently comes with Diag 0x27C 
(privclass ANY) to enable apps to find out if ENABLE or DISABLE has been 
set, as well as retreive the DESCRIPTION of the product.

So, right now, yes, SET PRODUCT is the closest thing you have to a 
system-wide name/value mapping function.

Alan Altmark
z/VM Development
IBM Endicott

Re: Simple Rexx question

[Peter Rothman]

Not sure why it works this but try



TEMP = DATE('B','27 May 1996',)





May vs MAY



   
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Hello Everyone,





  I have been working with REXX but I am not getting this very simple
REXX.





  This is TDATE EXEC.





/* REXX TDATE EXEC */


TEMP = DATE('B','27 MAY 1996',)


SAY TEMP


exit





This is the results.





tdate


 2 +++ TEMP = DATE('B','27 MAY 1996',)


DMSREX475E Error 40 running TDATE EXEC, line 2: Incorrect call to routine


Ready(20040); T=0.01/0.01 11:50:32





  What am I doing wrong?  (it has to be simple!)





Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ext. 40441

Re: Simple Rexx question

[McKown, John]

The default for input in "N". That is MIXED case.
 
TEMP=DATE('B','27 May 1996')
 
will work. Note that is "May" and not "MAY". They are not the same!
 
 
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From: The IBM z/VM Operating System
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward M. Martin
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:54 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Simple Rexx question


Hello Everyone,
  
  I have been working with REXX but I am not getting this
very simple REXX.
 
  This is TDATE EXEC.
 
/* REXX TDATE EXEC */  
TEMP = DATE('B','27 MAY 1996',)
SAY TEMP   
exit 
 
This is the results.
 
tdate

 2 +++ TEMP = DATE('B','27 MAY 1996',)

DMSREX475E Error 40 running TDATE EXEC, line 2: Incorrect call
to routine 
Ready(20040); T=0.01/0.01 11:50:32

 
  What am I doing wrong?  (it has to be simple!)  
 
Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ext. 40441
 

Re: Simple Rexx question

[Doug Breneman]

Please change 'MAY' to 'May'. 

 say  DATE('B','27 May 1996',) 
728805 

Doug Breneman z/VM Development  IBM Endicott

Thursday, October 04, 2007 12:01 PM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
cc: 
From: "Edward M. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Simple Rexx question


Hello Everyone,
  
  I have been working with REXX but I am not getting this very simple REXX.
 
  This is TDATE EXEC.
 
/* REXX TDATE EXEC */  
TEMP = DATE('B','27 MAY 1996',)
SAY TEMP   
exit 
 
This is the results.
 
tdate 
 2 +++ TEMP = DATE('B','27 MAY 1996',)
DMSREX475E Error 40 running TDATE EXEC, line 2: Incorrect call to routine 
Ready(20040); T=0.01/0.01 11:50:32
 
  What am I doing wrong?  (it has to be simple!)  
 
Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ext. 40441
 

Simple Rexx question

[Edward M. Martin]

Hello Everyone,
  
  I have been working with REXX but I am not getting this very
simple REXX.
 
  This is TDATE EXEC.
 
/* REXX TDATE EXEC */  
TEMP = DATE('B','27 MAY 1996',)
SAY TEMP   
exit 
 
This is the results.
 
tdate

 2 +++ TEMP = DATE('B','27 MAY 1996',)

DMSREX475E Error 40 running TDATE EXEC, line 2: Incorrect call to
routine 
Ready(20040); T=0.01/0.01 11:50:32

 
  What am I doing wrong?  (it has to be simple!)  
 
Ed Martin
Aultman Health Foundation
330-588-4723
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ext. 40441
 

Re: CA VMBACKUP

[Dave Jones]

Hello, Ray.

If you already have the necessary infrastructure for FDR on z/OS 
installed (and it sounds like you do), then FDR Upstream for Linux works 
well.


Mrohs, Ray wrote:

No, we did nightly rsync copies of the Oracle database areas only, and
then backed up the copies to tape. 


My current site has a heavy z/OS presence and they are using FDR. I'm
looking into FDR/Upstream zLinux for file level backups. Does anyone
have experience with that and their associated products like Rescuer?   


Ray Mrohs
U.S. Department of Justice
202-307-6896
 



--
DJ
V/Soft

Re: D/R Code

[RPN01]

The code I use is:

/* Identify which system we're running on */
'Pipe CP Q GATEWAY' ,
'| Specs word 2 1' ,
'| Var SYSNAME'

Fairly concise and seems to cover most of the possibilities.

We run a CSE complex from a single SYSRES, so the system IDs are vastly
important. AUTOLOG1 checks, and performs differently on the individual
systems, and various other home-grown tools also have system-specific
behavior. Our SYSTEM CONFIG accounts for the two paired production LPARs,
two paired test systems, and an ³other² to catch any additional CPUids that
might fall our way Such as a disaster recovery site.

-- 
   .~.Robert P. Nix Mayo Foundation
   /V\RO-OE-5-55  200 First Street SW
 / ( ) \  507-284-0844   Rochester, MN 55905
^^-^^   - 
"In theory, theory and practice are the same, but ³Join the story...
Ride Ural.²
 in practice, theory and practice are different."

 


On 10/4/07 5:42 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 
> How about having the AUTOLOGx userid's PROFILE EXEC issue a 'CP QUERY USERID
> AUTOLOGx' command, parse the output for the system id you're running on, and
> test whether you're running on your normal system or another (disaster
> recovery) system and act accordingly.

Re: CA VMBACKUP

[Mrohs, Ray]

No, we did nightly rsync copies of the Oracle database areas only, and
then backed up the copies to tape. 

My current site has a heavy z/OS presence and they are using FDR. I'm
looking into FDR/Upstream zLinux for file level backups. Does anyone
have experience with that and their associated products like Rescuer?   

Ray Mrohs
U.S. Department of Justice
202-307-6896
 

> -Original Message-
> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Austin, Alyce (CIV)
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 2:02 PM
> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Subject: Re: CA VMBACKUP
> 
> Are you using TSM to backup Linux at the file level too (so, you don't
> have to log off the Linux images to back it up)?
> 
> If so, are you happy with it?
> 
> Thanks,
> Alyce
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Mrohs, Ray
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:29 AM
> To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> Subject: Re: CA VMBACKUP
> 
> In the past, we have used HiDRO to do full volume backups of 
> EVERYthing,
> including page, temp, spool, and logged off Linux images. Then for DR
> simply restore the entire system and avoid the separate format and
> allocation steps otherwise required. If VM spool files are 
> critical then
> use VMSPOOL to back up that area separately, in case anything 
> gets lost
> during FORCE IPL processing. There may be good reasons for 
> not doing it
> this way, but it worked well for us.  
> 
> Ray Mrohs
> U.S. Department of Justice
> 202-307-6896
>  
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System 
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Munson
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 8:59 AM
> > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
> > Subject: Re: CA VMBACKUP
> > 
> > Alyce,
> > 
> > As others have said
> > 
> > 1) VM:Backup - HiDRo - for ALL full volume backups, except 
> page packs.
> > 2) VM:Backup - for ALL cms file backups, including RES packs.
> > 2) VM:Spool - to back up ALL spool files
> > 
> > good luck
> > 
> > Bill Munson
> > VM System Programmer
> > Office of Information Technology
> > State of New Jersey
> > (609) 984-4065
> > 
> > President MVMUA
> > http://www.marist.edu/~mvmua
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Alyce Austin wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > If anyone is using VMBACKUP to backup and restore volumes,
> > > are you including the RES and SPOOL volumes too?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Alyce
> > > 
> > 
> 

Re: D/R Code

[pfa]

How about having the AUTOLOGx userid's PROFILE EXEC issue a 'CP QUERY 
USERID AUTOLOGx' command, parse the output for the system id you're 
running on, and test whether you're running on your normal system or 
another (disaster recovery) system and act accordingly.

CAVMEN Meeting on Thursday, October 18, 2007

[Chicago Area VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts]

The fourth quarter meeting of the Chicago Area VM (and Linux) 
Enthusiasts will be held on Thursday, October 18, 2007.


The Final Agenda is included below.   An additional note with updated 
abstracts will be sent out shortly.



--


Meeting Location:

NOTE:  We are NOT meeting in the same room that we met in last quarter!

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, 
Click here for 
additional information on directions, maps, lodging and dining.



--


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 
[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.


--


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.


--


Meeting Agenda:

9:00 AM z/VM Device Support Overview

Come to this presentation to hear an overview of current device 
support available on z/VM Version 5. The speaker will discuss Disk, 
Tape, and OSA technologies available for VM system I/O and guest 
operating systems running under z/VM. This presentation is also well 
suited for an audience new to z/VM.


The speaker will be Mr. Eric Farman of the IBM Corporation.

10:30 AMCoffee Break

11:00 AMIntroduction to the IBM System Storage DS6000

This presentation brings you up to date on the IBM System Storage 
DS6000, an affordable storage solution specifically designed to help 
medium and large enterprises simplify their storage infrastructures, 
support business continuity, and optimize information life cycle 
management. The DS6000 provides both SCSI and FICON attachment, 
enabling it to serve the needs of your z/OS, z/VSE, z/VM and Linux 
operating systems.


The speaker will be Mr. Eric Farman of the IBM Corporation.

12:30 PMLunch Break

1:30 PM Administration and Vendor Announcements

2:00 PM A Starter System for Novell SLES

The abstract for this topic is pending.

The speaker will be Dr. David Boyes of Sine Nomine Associates.

3:15 PM Coffee Break and Prize Drawing

3:30 PM Open Source Backup

The abstract for this topic is pending.

The speaker will be Dr. David Boyes of Sine Nomine 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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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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CAVMEN Coordinator

Voice:  (847) 518-0058
FAX:(847) 518-0083
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web:http://cavmen.home.comcast.net
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Jeff Beck is out of the office.

[Jeff Beck]

I will be out of the office starting  10/04/2007 and will not return until
10/17/2007.

I will be out of the office Thrusday 10/4 and will return Wednesday 10/17.
Please contact Matthew Yates at 1-301-803-1745 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] in my
absence. Thank you.