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CAVMEN - Chicago Area
VM (and Linux) Enthusiasts
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October 19, 2006 Meeting
Preliminary Agenda:
9:00 AM
| z/VM Performance Update
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| The speaker will cover new developments in the z/VM performance area. Topics
will include the latest z/VM releases and performance-related service. We will also
look at some performance development in the area of Linux guest support.
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| The speaker will be Dr. Brian Wade of the IBM Corporation.
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10:30 AM
| Coffee Break
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11:00 AM
| Automating Application Startup under Linux
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| The creation of automatic startup scripts for applications on Linux is poorly-documented
and fraught with some peril in the early SUSE and RedHat releases. In this presentation,
we'll go over what happens during Linux startup, the SysV init script structure that is
used by most Linux distributions, and how to create scripts that can be safely integrated
into the Linux startup process to start your applications at boot time. We'll look at
automating and transforming some vendor-supplied startup processes for Oracle and
DB2, and providing a flexible framework for building easily configurable startup scripts
for new applications.
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| The speaker will be Dr. David Boyes of Sine Nomine Associates.
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12:30 PM
| Lunch Break
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1:30 PM
| Administration and Vendor Announcements
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1:45 PM
| Update on z/VM Systems and Storage Management Products from IBM
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| The focus of this session will be Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM V1.2,
announced and available in August 2006. The speaker will also review
anything new in Tape Manager and Operations Manager since their V1.2
releases in February 2006. A live demo will be included.
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| The speaker will be Ms. Tracy Dean of the IBM Corporation.
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2:30 PM
| z/VM and Linux on System z Performance Monitoring - An Update on How and
With What Products
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| z/VM is critical to the growing use of Linux on System z. Managing this
environment requires insight into resource consumption at the z/VM level
and at the Linux guest level. IBM's product offerings provide an integrated
way to monitor (and manage) these performance characteristics. This
presentation will discuss the current offerings and the new IBM OMEGAMON XE
on z/VM and Linux, which IBM preview announced in August 2006.
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| The speaker will be Mr. Mac Holloway of IBM/Tivoli.
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3:30 PM
| Coffee Break
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3:45 PM
| Integrating IBM Solutions for System and Performance Management of z/VM and
Linux on System z.
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| Management, including automation, often spans products and activities.
These exist within a larger automation infrastructure and product set. This
session will introduce scenarios that involve the integration of IBM z/VM
system and performance management products, including IBM Operations
Manager for z/VM and the recently announced IBM OMEGAMON XE on z/VM
and Linux.
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| The speakers will be Ms. Tracy Dean and Mr. Mac Holloway of IBM.
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4:45 PM
| Free-for-All
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| 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.
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Members are encouraged to bring ideas for future presentations
and speakers to this meeting.
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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,
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for additional information on directions, maps, lodging and dining.
Attendance:
Our host site has requested a count of expected attendees by the Monday
before the meeting, so that they can plan appropriately for refreshments, etc.
If you are planning to attend, PLEASE send an E-Mail by that date to
CAVMEN@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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