IBM Enterprise 2014 - Technical University Abstract Guide

The Infrastructure for Cloud, Data & Engagement

October 6–10The Venetian | Las Vegas, NV

Technical University Abstract GuideAs of July 30, 2014

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Application Infrastructure and Development

AIX Performance Optimization of the Enterprise SAP Landscape Built on IBM PureFlex SystemDamir Rubic Lecture (Intermediate)

Explore the key SAP and IBM PureFlex/Storage performance optimization attributes. Learn best practices collected from many customer engagements and test cloud landscapes built in the IBM Advanced Technical Support SAP Solutions Lab. Discover how optimal orchestration of these elements increases the synergy of the complex SAP systems and elevates SAP system performance. Review all the hardware and software layers supporting the execution of SAP generated system load. The core of the lecture material is based on the tuning attributes related to SAP ECC solution, Oracle/DB2 database layer and PowerVM/VMware based on the PureFlex platform.

AIX Creating Real-Life Performance Optimization in the SAP Landscape with IBM Storage SystemsDamir Rubic Lecture (Intermediate)

Get an overview of the IBM Storage and IBM PowerVM specific architectural elements that are traversed by the I/O requests initiated in the SAP application layer. The main architectural building blocks included are IBM FlashSystem, DS8000, SVC and AIX/VIO operating system. With every I/O related layer traversed, several optimization points are discussed including the performance tools needed to identify where the service response time is lost if a performance anomaly occurs. The session reviews the tools for monitoring and optimizing the performance of the involved I/O stack elements. The presentation is based on real-life performance optimization engagements supporting the enterprise IBM/SAP landscapes.

AIX Implementing SAP HANA on IBM Power Platform—Experiences and Lessons LearnedDamir Rubic Lecture (Intermediate)

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AIX EPIC Cache—Reference Architecture on IBM Power SystemsJerry Petru Lecture (Advanced)

Today’s competitive corporate environment requires the IT departments in the Healthcare arena to be nimble, with the ability to respond quickly to capacity changes through the use of innovative methods to reduce time to market for new applications and systems. Escalating costs related to datacenter capacity and administrative costs are driving the

need to utilize technology in new ways to maximize the company’s IT investment. This session reviews in detail the reference architecture that EPIC has a great deal of comfort with IBM Power Systems. It includes highly available, scalable, and manageable Cache DB and EPIC service delivery environment running on IBM Power Systems with AIX.

AIX Top 10 Reasons to Run Oracle Database Software on IBM Power Systems vs. Oracle ExadataRalf Schmidt-Dannert Lecture (Intermediate)

This session compares and contrasts IBM Power Systems and Oracle Exadata as the solution to host Oracle databases. It is organized around ten themes ranging from cost and solution flexibility to integration into client environments and management. The goal of this technical session is to help decision makers understand how to select server hardware for the deployment of Oracle databases.

AIX Configuring IBM AIX for Dump Imaging and Using the AIX Kernel Analysis Tool for System Dump Analysis Scott “Tex” Nance Lecture (Advanced)

This session is the first in a series of lectures designed to teach you how to perform key dump analysis tasks. Each of these dump analysis topics is divided into two parts delivered in two 75 minute, back-to-back lectures. Dump Analysis I presents information on supported options for configuring AIX to capture dump imaging information and how to use the AIX Kernel Analysis (kdb) tool to perform dump analysis. This session covers the kdb tool and some of the associated sub-commands used to perform general dump analysis. You also learn how to determine the fundamental cause of a system crash. This session gives you a common dump analysis methodology and a checklist that you can use when analyzing system dump images. You also get the use of a case study for practical application.

AIX Unraveling the Mysteries of Detailed System Dump Analysis—Stack Analysis Scott “Tex” Nance Lecture (Advanced)

Dump Analysis II presents you with the steps used to perform practical dump stack analysis. This session covers some general steps required to examine the kernel stack including a fundamental understanding of the linkage conventions used when making function calls. We also walk through an actual PMR based dump image while performing primary stack analysis in an attempt to discover the fundamental reason for the crash.

AIX Unraveling the Mysteries of Detailed System Dump Analysis—Program InterruptsScott “Tex” Nance Lecture (Advanced)

Dump Analysis III presents you with the steps used to perform detailed stack analysis and to uncover the challenges presented when analyzing code 700 Program Interrupt related dumps. We use several PMR based case studies to walk through the process of analyzing these complex dump images.

AIX Dump Analysis Lab Session—Unraveling the Mysteries of Dump Analysis Scott “Tex” Nance Lab (Advanced)

This hands-on lab lets you apply the information you’ve gained from attending the dump analysis sessions. This lab is divided into three parts and explores the steps required to perform complex dump analysis. In the first part, you extract files from a snap package and perform basic analysis on the dump image. The second part covers the techniques used for stack analysis and the third part examines a dump caused by program interrupts.

IBM i IBM i Application Trends and DirectionsAlison Butterill Lecture (Basic)

RPG, COBOL, PHP, Ruby, Java, Rational, WebSphere, etc, etc. New tools, new technologies, and new languages are coming forward at an incredible rate. What are these? How do they tie together? IBM i is uniquely positioned in the industry to allow developers to take advantage of the new advancements while capitalizing on their existing investments. This session reviews some of the hottest industry trends and the latest announcements from IBM.

IBM i RPG Freeform and IBM Rational Developer for i Alison Butterill, Tim Rowe Lecture (Basic)

IBM evolves the RPG language to make it reflect the requirements of modern programmers providing capabilities such as RPG Free Format and RPG Open Access to name but two. Modern programmers also demand a modern programming environment. The eclipse based Rational Developer for i provides that modern productive environment. Together, the new RPG language and the latest development tools combined with the integrated functions of the operating system make the programming world of IBM i remarkable.

IBM i IBM i Samba Functions Jesse Gorzinski Lecture (Basic)

IBM i 7.1 TR 8 includes multiple Samba enhancements. Ever wanted to use your IBM i system as a file server for Windows and Linux clients? Come find out about the enhanced performance and security enhancements available.


IBM i Integrating Java and RPGJesse Gorzinski Lecture (Intermediate)

What happens when you mix industry-dominating Java technology with the power of RPG applications? If you’re thinking “something awesome,” you are right! Quite often, Java and RPG can combine to provide seamless and efficient business solutions. For instance, cryptography, web, or UI requirements might drive the need for Java into existing RPG applications. This session discusses various techniques for combining the best of two worlds.

IBM i Access Your IBM i, Any Language, Anywhere with XMLSERVICE Jesse Gorzinski Lecture with Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Learn about XMLSERVICE, which allows the use of any language and any platform to access IBM i. In fact, it is the technology behind both the PHP and Ruby toolkits. This session shows you several useful tricks!

IBM i Get a Grip on Your System and Applications Jesse Gorzinski, Tim Rowe Lecture with Hands-on Lab (Basic)

Ever wonder if your system values are the same from week to week or system to system? Need to compare the authority info for libraries or directories? Application Runtime Expert (ARE) gives you a comprehensive tool for comparing and validating just about anything between systems in your environment. It also lets you compare attributes on the same systems at different points in time. Learn how ARE can help you re-think how you maintain your server and the applications running on your server. Take your system and application knowledge and turn it into an automated tool that can verify your entire system landscape. This includes a new enhancement that gives you the option to schedule a verification on a repeatable basis!

IBM i Hands-on Mobile WorkshopMike Pavlak Hands-on Lab (Basic)

The workshop explores a mobile application with special focus on MVC, Content Delivery, jQuery and Responsive Design. The attendee will correct issues and enhance a mobile application and see it run on their laptop as well as a mobile device that has internet access.

IBM i PHP Web Security in an Insecure WorldMike Pavlak Lecture (Basic)

The security of many business applications running natively on IBM i has been thought out several years ago in many cases. Introducing PHP into the IBM i environment can cause folks to start asking questions about access, security and authentication. In this session we will discuss application security, PHP IFS and Root file system access and several options to authenticate to a PHP application running natively on IBM i. This is a must see session for anyone who is looking to go live with PHP and/or a web technology on IBM i.

IBM i PHP and RPG Integration ExamplesMike Pavlak Lecture (Basic)

In this session we will explore several examples of how PHP scripts can use the Open Source Toolkit to access RPG Business Logic. Implementation of the toolkit will be reviewed along with examples of simple RPG program calls, RPG Subprocedure calls, complex interfaces like data structures, stored procedures and more.

IBM i Upgrading Roundtable Pete Massiello, Alison Buterill, Mark Olson, Tracy Smith Lecture (Basic)

Questions about upgrading your environment to IBM POWER8 or IBM i 7.2? This session is for you. Come for an informal discussion of your specific environment.

IBM i Application Modernization for i Roundtable—What You Always Wanted to Know and Never Dared AskTim Rowe, Alison Butterill, Trevor Perry, Mike Pavlak, Jesse Gorzinski Lecture (Intermediate)

If you want to ask questions about modernization approaches and best practices for implementing specific techniques when modernizing, then come to this session. Get an informal discussion of your specific environment.

IBM i “What Can i Do?” An IBM i Developer’s Introduction to Everything!Trevor Perry Lecture (Basic)

Many IBM i developers have not stepped out of their PDM comfort zone. They may code well in RPGIV, use ILE correctly, and build amazing applications. IBM, however, has moved on, delivering modern integrated development tools, enhancements to our core languages and much more capability in the IBM i operating system and database. The IBM i community is beginning to take advantage of these new capabilities. This session touches on a wide swath of relevant topics while increasing the confidence level of the IBM i developer. If you are wondering where to start, this lecture will show you how. It covers a range of available tools, languages, technologies and more, that are available on IBM i.

IBM i RPG Open Access—A Developer’s ExperienceTrevor Perry Lecture (Basic)

RPG Open Access (RPGOA) has been called “the future of RPG on IBM i.” Yet we have been told there are myths around RPGOA. A standards committee has been established to guide the community to a consistent approach to RPGOA development and communication. But it has yet to gain traction. Looking back to the introduction of RPGOA, the confusion and lack of information persists. This session explains RPGOA, starting

with a basic explanation and overview. It describes several customer implementations and theorizes on possible future uses for RPGOA. This session also introduces you to resources to help you build your own RPGOA handlers to extend your existing applications and build modern IBM i applications from scratch.

Linux Light up perfomance of your LAMP apps with a stack optimized for Power Alise Spence, Andi Gutmans, Antonio Rosales Lecture (Basic)

Learn about how infrastructure matters for LAMP applications! Building on the POWER8 with CAPI and partnering with our OpenPower partners and leaders in the open source community, we have created the “killer stack”. Providing exceptional throughput with Mellanox HighSpeed Fabric with RoCD/RDMA, Ubuntu Linux, MariaDB, PHP and Canonical’s JuJu Charms—this stack brings together continuous delivery with exceptional performance—all at a competitive price point. Come to this session to see it in action!

Linux on Power EnterpriseDB With IBM POWER LinuxJerry Petru Lecture (Advanced)

This session if for IT managers and architects who are challenged in today’s business environment to lower their total cost of ownership around their organizations IT spend while remaining competitive in a rapidly evolving market. While open source can provide flexibility along with compatibility, the database must maintain secure. EnterpriseDB’s open source based database, Postgres Plus Advanced Server, is now available on IBM PowerLinux Systems, bringing a cost-effective, enterprise-class solution to CIOs and IT managers. This session focuses on security, scalability and performance and how it enables the migration of Oracle to IBM POWER Linux with EnterpriseDB.

Power Software Introduction to WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 Thomas Alcott Lecture (Intermediate)

WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 provides multiple application server options for development and production environments with differing qualities of service, ranging from the “fit for purpose” Liberty profile to the full WebSphere profile. This session discusses the various application programming models available in WebSphere Application Server, use of the Liberty profile in development and production deployment, as well as enhancements to the full WebSphere profile. This session is targeted at developers, administrators, architects and managers.


Power Software WebSphere Application Server, Performance Monitoring and TuningThomas Alcott Lecture (Intermediate)

This session provides a brief introduction to the performance monitoring architecture in WebSphere Application Server. It identifies the key metrics, both OS and WAS provided, critical for measuring and monitoring system health, and the use of these metrics in practice as part of a performance tuning and monitoring process. While significant performance and throughput gains can be achieved from tuning, critical application development practices are also be covered, as well as the relationship between performance tuning and capacity planning.

Big Data and Analytics AIX Experiences of Coca Cola Using IBM DB2 and IBM Power SystemsChetan Chaturvedi, Andrew Juarez (Coca Cola) Customer Testimonial (Intermediate)

Learn how Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) has been able to leverage IBM’s DB2 database versions on Power to improve its SAP ECC 6.0 system over time. These changes have led to both real performance and savings improvements. During the session, we review CCBCC’s past and present ECC 6.0 landscape to show how we have evolved the infrastructure and database software over time. Most of the session focuses on how we were able to reduce the database size, improve performance and save resources by upgrading to DB2 10.1/Power. The session concludes with a review of some early testing results with IBM’s newest version DB2 10.5 with BLU.

AIX Why IBM DB2 and IBM Power Systems Are the Right Choice for SAP ClientsChetan Chaturvedi, Jason Vor (Fossil) Customer Testimonial (Intermediate)

Performance gains with DB2/Power are better than any other option available. We discuss how Fossil decided on DB2/Power.

IBM i Build Web and Mobile Reports Fast with DB2 Web Query InfoAssistDoug Mack Hands-on Lab (Basic)

Gain valuable hands-on experience walking through the web based report builder called InfoAssist, part of DB2 Web Query. The lab shows you how easy it is to build standard reports, OLAP reports, and reports designed for mobile devices. Free yourself from Query/400 after learning the power in DB2 Web Query.

IBM i Transforming Your Data For AnalyticsDoug Mack Lecture (Intermediate)

Getting bad data out of your analytical business intelligence solution defeats the purpose of having a solution to make better business decisions. And yet, data transforming and cleansing is often overlooked in the process of choosing tools or rolling out a BI application. This session covers data transformation options including metadata, data replication and ETL—based on IBM i solutions.

IBM i Taking Analytics Mobile with DB2 Web Query and More!Doug Mack Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

One of the more recent features added to DB2 Web Query is the mobility support. Sync your mobile device up with your favorite dashboards, or use the mobile app to organize and access reports offline. Leverage the REST Web Services and application extension to customize the user interface to reporting functions or schedule the reports to run in the background!

IBM i Opening Up Your IBM i Data to Web and Mobile ApplicationsJim Bainbridge Lecture (Advanced)

Whether due to competitive pressures or a need to modernize and streamline processes, companies are faced with the challenge of providing remote SQL based access to data stored in DDS defined databases which are traditionally maintained by high level language programs using record level access. This session focuses on IBM’s best practices for allowing stateless web and mobile device access to legacy databases with little or no impact to the high level language programs. IBM’s database modernization process can add new capabilities using “surrogates” and bridging techniques to minimize impacts to existing applications. These new capabilities allow for stateless transactions, optimistic locking, and improved security/auditing.

IBM i Modernize Your Applications—Advanced SQL Set ProcessingJim Bainbridge Lecture (Advanced)

To process big data, your applications needs to be efficient. In this session, we look at changing your application-centric view where your programs do the data processing to think in terms of sets. SQL is a very powerful “set at a time” language where one statement or request can define and manipulate multiple data sets. In this session, we explore the various ways in which to accomplish this. Concepts such as common table expression, derived table, subquery and views are examined in the context of solving a realistic business problem.

IBM i Update on DB2 for IBM i Including 7.2 Database Jim Bainbridge Lecture (Intermediate)

Come and find out how the latest DB2 for IBM i features can help your IBM i databases and applications take a giant leap forward. The key enhancements for IBM i 7.2 as well as recent technology refresh content are also be covered.

IBM i The Science and Art of Indexes for DB2 for IBM iJim Bainbridge Lecture (Intermediate)

Good database performance and design depends on a solid understanding of indexes and column statistics: their usage, structure, and maintenance requirements. DB2 for IBM i provides a robust set of indexing choices as it pertains to query optimization. In this session, you can learn why indexes are important to the query optimizer for statistics and how to determine what columns in a table are the best candidates for new indexes. You also explore binary radix and encoded vector indexes and how each is used. Discover how to proactively and reactively leverage database statistics to get the best SQL performance and understand the tools for analyzing your indexing strategy. You also examine the latest DB2 for SQL Index capabilities.

IBM i Move OPNQRYF to Industry Standard SQL Jim Bainbridge Lecture (Intermediate)

Years after OPNQRYF first shipped on IBM System/38 severs, IBM delivered SQL as an application development tool on AS/400. SQL has since become the defacto industry standard for all RDBMS platforms. While functional and powerful, OPNQRYF is a proprietary, non-SQL interface and is supported only on IBM midrange systems. In this evolving world of system openness, the days of relying on your green-screen application to provide the sole access to your data are nearing the end. Almost every non-5250 client application that accesses information from DB2 for i platform will use an SQL interface. A good first step in standardizing your IBM i applications is to convert OPNQRYF commands to use industry standard SQL.


Linux on Power Drive Greater Business Value from Unstructured Big Data and Analytics for Competitive AdvantageBob Friske, Gina King Lecture (Basic)

Today we are in the midst of a technology shift which is driving both growth and innovation. The rise of mobile, social and big data aren’t simply remaking computing, they are remaking businesses. With this comes an exponential growth of data that requires faster innovative analytics solutions that enable organizations to gain a competitive advantage by reshaping the value they deliver. Join this session and hear first-hand how companies are delivering actionable insights using Apache Hadoop, InfoSphere BigInsights (Hadoop) and InfoSphere Streams on Power Linux servers to analyze structured and unstructured data at a massive scale.

Linux on Power NC State University Analyzes Unstructured Big Data to Deliver Greater Business ValueBob Friske, Michael Kowelenko (NC State) Customer Testimonial (Basic)

NC State University, one of the largest technical colleges in the Southeast, teaches students how to look at business problems, analyze them, and come to a decision-based understanding of where they’re going to go with a new business. Hear how NC State University uses the IBM Power Systems Linux platform to manage big data and IBM Content Analytic Studio on the cloud to develop a smarter computing environment that uses the appropriate technologies based on the questions they are trying to answer.

Linux on Power Demistify Big Data AnalyticsEric Aquaronne, Ian Jarman Lecture (Advanced)

Get a clear understanding of what is inside big data and operational analytics in terms of the involved tools and standards: Open Hadoop, Map/Reduce, Open. This session clarifies the functional blocks and acronyms so you get comfortable starting your journey in this technology. Learn how to map your business needs to the functional business blocks and to the IBM products portfolio. Examine what is “community code” and “supported code.” Finally, look at the systems technologies choices for your real implementations (Servers, Storage, Appliances, Cloud, etc.) Explore the pros and cons of your possible choices and discover where IBM is investing and our long term view.

Linux on Power Demonstrating IBM POWER8 BigInsights and Streams to Solve Big Data ProblemsLoic Fura, Dustin Vanstee Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

Learn how to use IBM Streams, IBM BigInsights and POWER8 technology to solve big data problems at scale. This presentation and demo helps you understand how big data technology works, and

provides a simple concrete use case of where it might be employed. The use case focuses on how to monitor short and long term network security events on a cluster of servers. Gain an understanding of where it’s appropriate to use IBM Streams and BigInsights and how they can be solutioned on IBM POWER8 hardware. The intersection of IBM software and hardware technologies forms a compelling argument that big data and POWER8 are the right fit for the job.

Linux on Power IBM PowerVM—AIX and Linux VirtualizationRichard Bleistein Lecture (Intermediate)

Attend this session to obtain the skills required to install Red Hat on Power with virtualization. The session focuses on Linux and AIX virtualization on Power with PowerVM and compares the configuration, monitoring and verification on both platforms. Emphasis is placed on common commands used to verify virtualization of memory, processors, network, vscsi and npiv storage technologies across both operating systems. In addition, the process of installing Red Hat Linux on Power is presented.

Linux on Power Big Data and IBM POWER8: Deriving Insights FasterRuviano Marinez, Sally Touscany Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

Big data analytics solutions on IBM Power Systems help businesses gain new insights with scalable, powerful offerings. The combination of IBM InfoSphere BigInsights software to analyze data-at-rest and InfoSphere Streams software to analyze data-in-motion provides the most robust set of analytic capabilities for big data, bringing analytics to the data rather than the other way around. In this session, the IBM Competitive Project Office demonstrates that the POWER8 scale out architecture has been built with new innovations to accelerate analytic workload performance even further compared to the scale out Intel solutions on Ivy Bridge EP servers. This session also includes a live demo of IBM BigInsights.

Power Hardware BlueCross BlueShield of Tenn. Gains 1000 times Faster Business Insights with IBM DB2 on Power SystemsBob Friske, Bob Venable (BCBS of Tenn) Customer Testimonial (Basic)

Almost every company today is trying to reduce risk and lower costs. One way companies are doing this is by upgrading their business analytics infrastructure to a more cost effective platform. See how BCBS of Tennessee put their data to work and gained over 1000X faster business insights, while reducing DBA and IT complexity by moving up to IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration on Power Systems for Cognos.

Power Hardware Fiserv Saves $8 Million While Helping Banks Attract, Retain and Grow Profitable RelationshipsBob Friske, Chris McAuliffe (Fiserv) Customer Testimonial (Basic)

Fiserv was able to make real-time business decisions and predict outcomes faster with IBM Cognos and SPSS on IBM Power Systems. Turning 20 billion raw transactions into actionable insights across 16,000 financial institutions. Join us and learn how Fiserv saved $8 million while helping banks attract, retain, and grow profitable relationships with clients.

Power Hardware Gain a Competitive Advantage of IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration and IBM PureFlex System on IBM POWERBob Friske, Jim Tuckwell (PureFlex) Lecture (Basic)

The IBM PureFlex System combines compute, storage, networking and virtualization capabilities under a single, unified management console into an infrastructure system that is expert at sensing and anticipating resource needs for your enterprise. Join this session to learn how customers like Bank of Maldives, PROGAS and Dyna Front are leveraging PureFlex System on POWER to simplify deployment of DB2 in-memory analytics, simplify data management, achieve enterprise class RAS, gain higher efficiency with corresponding lower TCO, and accomplish this with no changes to SAP applications.

Power Hardware Gain a Competitive Advantage with IBM Cognos and SPSS Optimized for IBM Power SystemsBob Friske, Michael Tabron Lecture (Basic)

Watson’s success in the Jeopardy! challenge was inspiring, but the business impact of optimized systems design is just beginning. With smarter analytics solutions optimized on IBM Power Systems, you can put game-changing innovative technologies to work and ensure that you find the answers for your business needs. Join this session and hear first-hand how companies are able to gain 82x performance improvements at a fraction of the cost of other solutions using new IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration on Power Systems for business analytics. This session includes client case studies across several industries to better illustrate the benefits they gained.


Power Hardware IBM PureData System for Operational Analytics for Fastest Time to Value and Maximum ROIBob Friske, Michael Tabron Lecture (Basic)

IBM PureData System for Operational Analytics, part of the IBM PureSystems family, is an expert integrated data system that is designed and optimized specifically for the demands of an operational analytics workload. The system is a complete, out-of-the-box solution for operational analytics that provides both the simplicity of an appliance and the flexibility of a custom solution. Designed to handle 1000+ concurrent operational queries, it delivers mission-critical reliability, scalability and outstanding performance. Join this session and learn how companies have been able to leverage this expert integrated system to deliver business analytics faster, with higher quality and superior economics.

Power Hardware Modernizing Infrastructure for Big Data and Analytics with Power SystemsLinton Ward, Piyush Chaudhary Lecture (Basic)

IBM’s new Cognitive Insight Engine for big data and analytics can enable faster business insights and greater flexibility to respond to changing business needs. This session will provide the benefits and technical details of this new system based on POWER8 servers in a cohesive solution to provide this system can enable a significant reduction in infrastructure, faster time to results, dynamic reallocation of resources and simpler to manage. It provides an analytics computational grid that enables consolidation of analytic capabilities on a single cluster much as virtualization has enabled consolidation for server systems. IBM Platform Computing Symphony provides converged cluster management, multi-tennancy and efficient resource allocation. The system also decouples the deployment and allocation of storage from that of server resources to provide more efficient and more flexible infrastructure. further improvement in infrastructure efficiency and manageability is achieved by leveraging the Elastic Storage Server for Ethernet-based storage. this session will provide example deployment patterns and client examples to illuminate the capabilities of this system.

Power Software Platform of choice for SAP OLTP and OLAP workloads Bob Friske Lecture (Basic)

IBM Power Systems, now featuring the new POWER8 processor recognized as the world’s first processor designed specifically for big data, has become the servers of choice among clients and software vendors alike for running today’s most demanding data-intensive transactional and business analytics workloads. Learn how clients can leverage the long-standing successful technology partnership between SAP and IBM while gaining choice and flexibility...for their SAP OLTP and OLAP workloads.

Power Software Getting Started With Big Data: Developing a Hadoop Platform for Test and DevelopmentFrancis (Jayme) Manning Lecture (Intermediate)

With the continued expansion of unstructured data at an ever increasing rate, it becomes more necessary to turn that data into information that provides a business advantage. In that respect, Hadoop has grown to be one of the more popular mechanisms to support this type of analysis. This session walks through the development of an initial platform for test and development of the Hadoop ecosystem. This focuses on the integration of both AIX and Linux on Power in the development of the analytic environment. Examine the pros and cons of where to host the various components of the ecosystem.

Cloud Computing and Virtualization

AIX Maximize Your IBM AIX Enterprise Edition Investment with IBM Tivoli MonitoringDevaughn Rackham Lecture (Basic)

This session provides an introduction to IBM Tivoli Monitoring and the Power agents that are provided as part of AIX Enterprise Edition. If you’re looking for a capacity planning and reporting tool for your Power environment, then ITM is for you! Topics covered include a high-level overview of the ITM architecture and detailed capabilities of the agents shipped with AIX Enterprise Edition, including the AIX Premium agent, Unix OS agent, VIOS Premium agent, HMC Base Agent, and CEC Base Agent. A high level overview of the Tivoli Performance Analyzer and Tivoli Common Reporting is also be covered.

AIX IBM Tivoli Monitoring Usage ScenariosDevaughn Rackham Lecture (Basic)

Go over the nuts and bolts of customizing your ITM environment. Topics include customizing the ITM workspace, defining monitors and automation for common situations (filesystem space, CPU and memory usage, etc), and using the Tivoli Warehouse data and the Tivoli Performance Analyzer for capacity planning.

AIX IBM Tivoli Common ReportingDevaughn Rackham Lecture (Basic)

Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) is a Cognos- based reporting tool, included in AIX Enterprise Edition, that uses the Tivoli Data Warehouse data to build customizable resource usage and capacity planning reports. This session provides an overview of TCR functions and takes you through the steps of running and customizing Unix OS and System P reports. Learn how to use the Query Studio, installed with TCR, to create ad-hoc reports. Management will be thrilled with the types of reports that they can get!

AIX Customizing the IBM Tivoli Monitoring WorkspaceDevaughn Rackham, Fred Robinson Hands-on Lab (Basic)

Sign on to a fully configured ITM environment and follow the steps to accomplish specific tasks within ITM. These tasks include customizing the ITM workspace, using the historical data to create graphs of resource usage over time, and customizing situations (monitors) to create alerts and run automation when critical resource usage thresholds are exceeded.

AIX Getting the Most Out of the Virtual I/O Server Shared Ethernet AdapterLinda Flanders Lecture (Intermediate)

This session covers different ways a Virtual I/O Server Shared Ethernet adapter (SEA) can be configured, monitored, and tuned. We discuss 10 GB adapters, SEA threading, link aggregation, failover and load sharing modes, quality of service options, attributes to tune, implementing jumbo frames, and using tools to monitor activity.

AIX Preparing for IBM PowerVM Live Partition MobilityLinda Flanders Lecture (Intermediate)

Explore the latest configuration requirements and considerations for relocating logical partitions from one physical server to another using Live Partition Mobility. The requirements for the management console, the Power Systems server, the Virtual I/O Servers, and the mobile partition are discussed. Included are considerations for dual VIOS environments, multi-path I/O, and options available only on the management console command line.


AIX Implementing Virtual I/O Server Shared Storage PoolsLinda Flanders Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

Examine the configuration of Virtual I/O Server Shared Storage Pools, also known as VIOS clusters or VIOS storage groups. Learn how to create multiple-node VIOS storage groups, manage shared storage pools, provision storage for client partitions using thin and thick provisioning, and mirror the shared storage pool. Functions such as Storage Mobility and Storage Snapshot/Rollback are also be covered. This presentation includes a lecture and demonstration.

AIX Live Partition Mobility and NPIV LabThierry Huche Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) is a fibre channel industry standard method for virtualizing a physical fibre channel port. This port is used by Logical Partitions as Virtual Fibre channel adapter through the Virtual I/O Server. Live Partition Mobility takes advantage of NPIV to allow migration of Partition with Physical Fiber Adapter using a virtual Fibre Channel as temporary adapter during the migration.

AIX Active Memory Expansion with Oracle on IBM POWER7 LabThierry Huche Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Learn how to configure an AIX LPAR on POWER7 to use Active Memory Expansion (AME). You enable LPAR to use AME . You also learn how to use the amepat tool to view current and recommended configurations. You also use Oracle Workbench to simulate the workload.

IBM i Operating and Maintaining PowerVM VIOS with IBM iGary Konicek Lecture (Intermediate)

After you implement PowerVM VIOS to virtualize storage and networking on your Power System, the next consideration is maintaining and administering your VIOS environment. This session reviews key operations to keep your VIOS running successfully and backing it up properly. Since it is common for IBM i customers to have minimal experience with AIX, we focus on the key commands and interfaces that you can use to get the job done without becoming an AIX expert.

IBM i VIOS 101Gary Konicek, Bob Schuster Lecture with Hands-on Lab (Basic)

Have you heard about this thing called a Virtual I/O Server and wonder what all the fuss is about? Come to this session for an introduction to VIOS. Explore scenarios of where it can add value to your IBM i installation and learn how to get started with VIOS.

IBM i Cloud Solutions for IBM iVess Natchev, Kyle Wurgler Lecture (Intermediate)

Join us for a deep dive into how IBM’s cloud solutions help address real-world IBM i challenges in the datacenter. We discuss architecture, requirements and functionality.

Linux on Power Next Generation Data Centers Run with Linux on IBM Power SystemsAnirban Chatterjee, Possible client Lecture (Basic)

Data centers are changing. More apps are moving to the cloud. More data is created in a day than in any decade of the last millennium. And more users demand that their cloud-hosted, data-sifting applications respond in real time. Data centers must deliver greater efficiency for clouds, richer analytics capabilities for data, and faster (even speculative) responses for users. This session explores the roles that Power and Linux will play in next generation data centers. We discuss the latest developments in Linux on the Power platform, the value of Power to those who desire efficient, flexible, and powerful platforms, and how innovations from the OpenPOWER Foundation will transform how hyper-scale data centers are built.

Linux on Power Demystify OpenStackEric Aquaronne, Ian Jarman Lecture (Advanced)

Get a clear understanding of what is in the OpenStack that is used in IBM products. OpenStack, Cloud Stack, Cinder, Dove, Swift, Tosca, Community Edition—We clarify that “cloud” of acronyms and make you comfortable starting your journey in this technology. Learn how to map your business needs to the functional business blocks and to the IBM products portfolio. Also examine what is “community code” and “supported code.” Finally, you examine where IBM is investing, what is our long term view, and why we are doing this to help you increase your IT flexibility.

Linux on Power IBM PowerKVM with Kimchi—Spicy but SweetJames Nash Lecture with Demo (Basic)

Learn more about the new Kimchi interface used with PowerKVM. The session discusses the various administrative tasks that can be performed through the web interface. Some hidden treasures are also shown via the command-line. Understanding this new interface can help you quickly become proficient with the Linux-only servers. A demo shows the interface and easy ways to deploy VMs into your environment.

Linux on Power Exploring Network Virtualization Trends Kavitha Baratakke Lecture (Basic)

Learn about the different network virtualization technologies available on the POWER platform (both Linux/AIX) and get an overview of the pros and cons of each technology from a utilization, performance and mobility perspective.

Linux on Power IBM PowerKVM Lab—Deploy Linux VMs as KVM Guests on IBM POWER8Loic Fura, Dustin Vanstee Hands-on Lab (Basic)

Be among the first to deploy KVM guests on Power with PowerKVM. Discover how easy it is to deploy different Linux distributions as KVM guests on POWER8.

Linux on Power Managing KVM with Open Source Projects and Closed Source ProductsTony Gargya Lecture (Intermediate)

KVM provides a superior foundation for huge multi-tenant, cloud data centers. After giving an overview of why KVM, this session explains how KVM integrates with different open source tools and technologies to manage KVM. Since KVM is an open source hypervisor, there is also a choice in management tools. This talk focuses on management of KVM via open source projects and closed source products. The target audience is system administrators, data center managers and system integrators intending to deploy KVM-based environments. This presentation can help data center folks to evaluate and hopefully encourage the usage of KVM in their areas and give feedback on critical items they see missing.

Linux on Power Open Virtualization with KVMTony Gargya Lecture (Intermediate)

The open source Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor has advanced to the point where it now competes directly with leading commercial virtualization solutions. After giving an overview of why KVM, this session explains how the various components in KVM such as Kernel, qemu and libvirt, all come together to provide a complete open hypervisor ‘stack’. The talk also describes how the KVM hypervisor integrates with its ecosystem consisting of tools such as oVirt and OpenStack. Finally, we give an outlook into the near future.


Power Hardware IBM Advanced PowerVM Provisioning Toolkit v3—Captureframe and Createframe DemoBill Wilhelm Demo (Advanced)

This demonstration session is a companion to the captureframe/createframe lecture. It provides a demo of applying the provisioning toolkit to capturing and re-deploying existing systems and their provisioned design to new target systems.

Power Hardware IBM Advanced PowerVM Provisioning Toolkit v3—Buildframe DemoBill Wilhelm Demo (Intermediate)

This demonstration session is a companion to the buildframe lecture. It offers a demo of applying the provisioning toolkit to building out a new Power frame with both VIO servers and clients.

Power Hardware IBM Advanced PowerVM Provisioning Toolkit v3—Captureframe and Createframe Bill Wilhelm Lecture (Advanced)

The IBM Advanced PowerVM Provisioning Toolkit has continued to evolve new capabilities and syntax for its primary automated provisioning component, buildframe. This lecture explores in detail the two newest additions to the toolkit: captureframe and createframe. Together, these programs provide the ability to capture a designated group of systems and automatically express that captured information in a form suitable for deployment with buildframe. These three scripts are collectively known as the Advanced PowerVM Provisioning Toolkit v3—a workbench for automating provisioning, migration and DR-type solutions.

Power Hardware IBM Advanced PowerVM Provisioning Toolkit v3—Buildframe DiscussionBill Wilhelm Lecture (Intermediate)

The principal component of the IBM Advanced PowerVM Provisioning Toolkit is known as buildframe. Since its inception, buildframe has been successfully applied at dozens of customer sites to assist them with provisioning net-new Power frames and their VIO Servers as well as automated deployment of new VIO clients to existing frames. The buildframe program has continued to evolve new capabilities including enhanced syntax and a Graphical User Interface. This lecture provides a detailed look at the buildframe program and the richness of its design syntax as applied to VIO Servers and clients. A later session demonstrates applying the buildframe program to provision VIO servers and a number of clients to a net-new Power frame.

Power Hardware Multiple Shared Processor Pools in IBM Power SystemsChris Hales Lecture (Intermediate)

With virtualization becoming ubiquitous in server estates, the facility of Multiple Shared-Processor Pools (MSPPs) in the Power Systems severs is an important capability in the extensive PowerVM portfolio. Using MSPPs can make capacity management and administration easier, and contain software license exposure. After a short primer on PowerVM partitioning and processor scheduling, the co-inventor of the MSPP technology takes you through the basic concepts, the implementation and configuration of MSPPs, and some considerations/decision-points when architecting virtualized services with MSPPs.

Power Hardware LPAR Isolation Architecture Used in IBM PowerVM SystemsChris Hales Lecture (Intermediate)

The secure isolation of partitions is a cornerstone of the exceptional capabilities offered by PowerVM on POWER8 systems. Chris begins by introducing some basic microprocessor architecture primitives such as compute and memory organization, virtual memory and cache implementation, and I/O organization with direct memory addressing. Using these primitives, Chris focuses on PowerVM and the POWER8 microprocessor architecture. He explains the design and overall philosophy behind the secure implementation of virtualization, privileged domains, memory addressing modes and page translation tables, caches, and special PowerPC architecture instructions/registers. He goes on to describe DLPAR actions, micropartitioning (including associated virtual processors, cache, threads, and the partition table), VIO Server deployment and Active Memory Expansion.

Power Hardware Server Virtualization: The Platform for Cloud EnterprisesRuviano Martinez, Sally Touscany Lecture (Intermediate)

In this session, the IBM Competitive Project Office shares the results of a detailed study that compares POWER8 to Intel 4-socket Enterprise servers for an Enterprise Cloud environment. Virtualization efficiencies, security workload densities, simplicity of use and management, and costs are compared to demonstrate that the newly announced POWER8 architecture has greater efficiencies at less cost than Intel solutions.

Power Software Virtualization Leadership on IBM Power SystemsAnirban Chatterjee, Possible client Lecture (Basic)

With the launch of the mainframe 50 years ago, IBM has a firmly established pedigree in the area of state-of-the-art virtualization technology. No other vendor can match the uptime characteristics, efficiency, security, and flexibility offered by the virtualization offerings on the Power Systems platform. In this session, we discuss the leadership capabilities of IBM PowerVM in the context of industry

offerings. We also take a look at PowerKVM, a new virtualization option for Power customers that provides interesting opportunities for cleaner, more open data center management.

Power Software What’s New in IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack 4.1Bill Miller Lecture (Intermediate)

Are you burdened by long Power virtual machine deployment times? Check out what’s new, and other features, in the newly renamed Cloud Manager with OpenStack product that was released in June. We discuss Power Systems LPAR management (capture/deploy/control) through OpenStack and PowerVC.

Power Software LPAR Management with IBM PowerVC 1.2.1 and IBM Cloud Manager 4.1Bill Miller, James Nash Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

This double lab session walks you through the process of capturing, resizing, and adding/removing a LUN using an existing AIX or Linux LPAR through PowerVC. You also deploy the captured image and migrate (LPM) the deployed instance using Cloud Manager with OpenStack.

Power Software Installing and Customizing IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack Using IBM PowerVCBill Miller, James Nash Lecture (Basic)

Get the details on how to deploy the Cloud Manager with OpenStack 4.1 using PowerVC. You also look at the customization of Cloud Manager 4.1 to manage Power Systems LPARs.

Power Software Part I: IBM Power Systems Processor Virtualization—Concepts and ConfigurationCharlie Cler Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation provides an overview of how the PowerVM virtualized processor environment operates. Topics discussed include: (1) The relationship between processing units, virtual processors, and logical processors (SMT), (2) LPAR configuration guidelines for virtualized processors and processing units, (3) Multiple shared processor pool overview, and (4) Tips on how to improve server utilization.


Power Software Part II: IBM Power Systems Processor Virtualization—Capacity Planning and Software LicensingCharlie Cler Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation provides information on how to work with an operational PowerVM virtualized processor environment. Topics discussed include: (1) A review of the virtualized processor environment settings (shared processor pool, processing units, virtual processors, and logical processors), (2) Understanding the nuances of server and LPAR utilization in a virtualized environment, and (3) Software licensing models.

Power Software Architecting Virtualized Environments: A Business PerspectiveCharlie Cler Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation shows you how to maximize the use of Power Systems virtualization features in your environment. See a variety of ways to architect solutions that improve use of your server assets for development, production, high availability, and disaster recovery environments. Implementation examples are provided for live partition mobility, memory sharing, shared processor pool environments, and Power Enterprise Pools with mobile activations.

Power Software VIO Updates—Features You May Have MissedJames Nash Lecture (Intermediate)

The VIO server has been continually enhanced for the last decade. Often a new feature or function is introduced but goes unused because few people know about it. The session focuses on new features added in the last 18 months. It also includes a few nuggets that might be a little older. Best practices are always a good idea but determining what is “best” can be subjective. The pros and cons of various customer approaches are discussed.

Power Software Live Partition Mobility—Moves How Fast?James Nash Lecture with Demo (Basic)

Live Partition Mobility is certainly a proven technology. It has also been enhanced over the past year to become even more functional. This session starts with some of the basic requirements and moves into how to lay out servers to best leverage this tool that is quickly becoming a critical piece of the maintenance strategy. There is also a demo showing how we can quickly migrate all partitions off a server.

Power Software Software Licensing in a Virtualized EnvironmentJay Kruemcke Lecture (Intermediate)

Understand how software vendors charge for virtualized environments.

Power Software IBM PowerVC Trends and DirectionsJay Kruemcke Lecture (Intermediate)

This Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) session explores how PowerVC can enable private clouds on Power Systems and what is coming in the future.

Power Software IBM Worklight Foundation Integration in a Power Systems EnvironmentRick Saltness, Randy Ruhlow Lecture (Basic)

This session focuses on Worklight in a Power Systems environment. Explore integration techniques with back end application and data using the Worklight adapter framework. Examine Power Systems infrastructure considerations and sample topologies that support Worklight Foundation Server installations.

Power Software Enabling Cloud with IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStackThierry Huche Demo (Intermediate)

This exercise covers the concepts of deploying an instance in IBM SmartCloud Entry. Learn how to deploy a workload using IBM SmartCloud Entry and how to work with request approvals as an administrator.

Power Software IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack on IBM Power Systems DemoVess Natchev, Kyle Wurgler Demo (Intermediate)

Join us for this demonstration of how Cloud Manager with OpenStack can help your address real-world challenges. Get a chance to ask questions about IBM’s entry cloud solution.

Power Software IBM Power Cloud Solution ComparisonVess Natchev, Kyle Wurgler Lecture (Basic)

Join us for an in-depth comparison of how different cloud solutions on Power Systems can help you address real-world challenges. We address capabilities, requirements and planning.

Power Software IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack on IBM Power Systems Deep DiveVess Natchev, Kyle Wurgler Lecture (Intermediate)

IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack (CMO) on Power provides Power Systems clients with a rapid entry into cloud computing. Join us for a deep dive into how CMO helps address real-world challenges in the datacenter. We discuss architecture, requirements and functionality overview.

Power Software SAP Landscape Virtualization Manager on IBM Power Systems Deep DiveVess Natchev, Kyle Wurgler Lecture (Intermediate)

SAP Landscape Virtualization Manager (LVM) provides Power Systems and PureFlex clients with a single focal point for management and visibility of their SAP landscapes. SAP LVM is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) cloud solution that enables you to quickly clone, copy and refresh SAP instances. Join us for a deep dive into how LVM helps address real-world challenges in the datacenter. We discuss architecture, requirements and functionality.

Power Software PowerVC Deep DiveVess Natchev, Kyle Wurgler Lecture (Intermediate)

PowerVC is IBM’s virtualization and rapid provisioning solution for Power Systems. Join us for this deep dive covering architecture, capabilities and best practices based on our experience from client implementations.

Power Software Hybrid Cloud with IBM Power SystemsVess Natchev, Kyle Wurgler Lecture (Intermediate)

Hybrid cloud is a rapidly growing area on Power Systems. Join us for a technical overview of IBM’s solutions for on-premise and off-premise hybrid cloud on Power Systems.


High Availability AIX Dissecting a IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM AIX Enterprise Edition ClusterMichael Herrera Lecture (Advanced)

This session examines what a 3 node Enterprise Edition (EE) cluster configuration looks like and outlines how the integration with copy services works. The session revolves around San Volume Controller copy services integration. We also review some of the EE specific new features including linked vs. stretched clusters, tie breaker disks, split | merge policies and site specific Imps.

AIX Designing a IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM AIX High Availability SolutionMichael Herrera Lecture (Intermediate)

Examine solution design best practices for clustered PowerHA environments on AIX. The topics include different considerations for new deployments including licensing considerations, topology designs and key architectural requirements. We also discuss different approaches to address local high availability and disaster recovery requirements.

AIX IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM AIX Common Administrative TasksMichael Herrera Lecture (Intermediate)

This session goes through some of the elusive cluster features and command line enhancements available within the cluster software. The session is based on client scenarios and questions received from the field including the flow of AIX and cluster upgrades, dynamic cluster operations, user and script maintenance, and cluster management plus many other topics.

AIX What’s New in IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM AIXMichael Herrera Lecture (Intermediate)

Join us to discuss the most recent updates in the V7 release. We highlight the key differences between a pre-V7 cluster and a new deployment and how the CAA based releases provide higher resiliency. We also explore several new features.

AIX Availability Strategies on IBM Power SystemsMichael Herrera Lecture (Intermediate)

This is a high level overview of the different strategies our clients use on Power servers to meet their high availability requirements. The different areas covered include server virtualization, Live Partition Mobility, rootvg replication, NIM, clustering, capture / deploy strategies and many others.

AIX Configuring a IBM PowerHA SystemMirror 7.1 clusterMichel Passet Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

This lab lets you configure a two-node PowerHA SystemMirror cluster using the recently release 7.1 code.

AIX IBM PowerHA for IBM AIX Trends and DirectionSteve Finnes Lecture (Basic)

Explore the latest product offering capabilities including content from the October announcement. The session includes a look at the product roadmap going forward.

IBM i What’s New in PowerHA for IBM i—Advanced FeaturesAllyn Walsh Lecture (Advanced)

PowerHA for IBM i continues to be the strategic HA solution for mission critical workloads. Advanced options are now available to exploit a wide range of external storage offerings that can address entry level through enterprise class requirements. from Hyperswap, or LUN Level switching, to SVC-Split cluster or Metro-Global Mirror. PowerHA integrates a wide spectrum of solutions for all requirements.

IBM i BRMS Integration in a PowerHA Environment Using PowerHA Tools for IBM i: IASP Copy Services ManagerBrandon Rau Lecture (Intermediate)

IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i provides a complete high availability solution for IBM i environments. There are multiple replication technologies available within the PowerHA product, offering a solution for any type of disk storage. PowerHA provides local high availability solutions to protect against either planned or unplanned outages, and can also provide solutions for disaster recovery and offline backups. PowerHA Tools for IBM i—IASP Copy Services Manager fully automates the FlashCopy procedure and also provides ‘hooks’ to integrate BRMS. This lecture covers these options.

IBM i IBM PowerHA SolutionsBrandon Rau, Jenny Dervin Lecture (Basic)

IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i and PowerVM Enterprise Edition provides a complete high availability solution for IBM i environments. There are multiple replication technologies available within the PowerHA product, offering a solution for any type of disk storage. PowerHA provides local high availability solutions to protect against either planned or unplanned outages, and can also provide solutions for disaster recovery and offline backups. This session covers ALL the possible PowerHA environments and solutions that can meet the needs

and requirements of ANY business. The session builds from simplistic to complex environments including PowerHA tools for IBM i benefits and value add. We also position application availability solutions like Live Partition Mobility and HyperSwap.

IBM i Enabling Highly Available Web Applications with IBM iGeorge Weaver Lecture (Intermediate)

IBM i has a rich history of providing a highly available infrastructure for all types of workloads. IBM i clustering and switched disk technologies can provide additional capabilities that help minimize downtime. WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment edition provides application server load balancing and failover capabilities. This session shows how to leverage these technologies to build a highly available, highly scaleable web application infrastructure.

IBM i IBM i Availability UpdateJenny Dervin Demo (Intermediate)

Come to this session and get an overview of the availability enhancements in IBM i BRMS and PowerHA.

IBM i Independent ASPs—The Basics and Getting Familiar with IASP Lab Jenny Dervin, Brandon Rau Hands-on Lab (Basic)

Independent Auxiliary Storage Pools (IASPs) are used in PowerHA environments and can also be used to segment business units, applications, or geographies within one partition instead of needing multiple partitions. Learn how IASPs work and their uses in this session. This presentation covers the basics on definitions and creation and discusses how users and programs can access data within the IASP.

IBM i Getting Familiar with IASPs LabJenny Dervin, Brandon Rau, Allyn Walsh Hands-on Lab (Basic)

Independent Auxiliary Storage Pools (IASPs) are a key technology for PowerHA as well as a useful tool for system availability, consolidation, and archiving on IBM i. This lab contains a set of exercises illustrating how to access data in an IASP, as well as some considerations when writing applications in an IASP environment.

IBM i PowerHA for IBM i LabJenny Dervin, Brandon Rau, Allyn Walsh Hands-on Lab (Basic)

This lab includes a complete setup of a PowerHA for IBM i environment and a planned switch to the backup system. This lab can be attended on its own or in conjunction with the IASP lab.


IBM i PowerHA for i Roundtable—What You Always Wanted to Know and Never Dared AskJenny Dervin, Brandon Rau, Allyn Walsh, Steve Finnes Birds of a Feather (Intermediate)

This session is an interactive session to exchange questions and best practices in a PowerHA for IBM i environment. Come and meet the experts!

IBM i IBM PowerHA for IBM i Trends and DirectionsSteve Finnes Lecture (Basic)

Get an overview of PowerHA on IBM i for both customers and business partners with a particular focus on IBM storage options. We also cover the new CBU options designed for clustering and hosting environments.

Power Hardware Live Partition Mobility (LPM) Evacuation ToolBob Foster Lecture (Basic)

Discover the capabilities of a Lab-based Services tool that allows a customer to evacuate some or all partitions from a Managed System to one or more Managed Systems and then return the partitions to the same Managed System. The tool determines how to place the partitions so that they will fit in the selected Managed Systems. The tool returns the partitions to their original partition ids and virtual adapter slot numbers. It moves partitions based on best practices for LPM and gives the customer the option of performing Dynamic Platform Optimization after the LPM operations. This is a java-based GUI.

Installation, Administration and Migration

AIX PowerVP discovery LabAlexander Paul Hands-on Lab (Basic)

This lab gives an introduction on how PowerVP provides a better understanding about Power Systems utilization by pushing performance data from the firmware into a nice GUI. With access to a lab environment, you can study the performance characteristics of a server yourself and learn about how to use the different hardware drill down options. Different setup scenarios are discussed including the configuration of a VIO-Server as a collector for partition data.

AIX IBM AIX and Linux: A Perfect Partnership for Developing IBM Power Based SolutionsFrancis (Jayme) Manning Lecture (Intermediate)

Power systems support both the AIX and Linux operating environments, but most implementations tend to focus on one platform or the other. This session shows how the integration of both the AIX and Linux operating environments in the same infrastructure can improve the capabilities of both platforms. Technologies featured in this presentation include NIM, NIMOL (NIM on Linux), Virtualization, and Open-Source integration. Join us and learn several techniques that can be used to perform both initial builds and recovery of Power-based platforms from both an AIX and Linux perspective.

AIX When Did They Do That?Grover Davidson Lecture (Intermediate)

Features and functionality that are highly useful but are either new to AIX, or old but little known, are discussed.

AIX VIOS Best Practices, Care and FeedingJaqui Lynch Lecture (basic)

This session will cover best practices setup for VIO Servers. There will be discussion on setup, ongoing maintenance and upgrades as well as backup techniques. Additionally we will cover monitoring VIO servers, FBO (File backed optical), useful commands and some additional material.

AIX Open Source Software on IBM AIX—Status Quo and Best PracticesMichael Perzl Lecture (Intermediate)

This session discusses the current situation of running open source software on AIX and all aspects around it, e.g., what open source repositories exist, implications of using open source software, etc. Also discussed are technical details and best practices of the RPM build process of open source software which are specific to AIX.

AIX Implementing Active Memory Sharing and Deduplication on PowerRichard Bleistein Lecture (Intermediate)

Get the skills required to virtualize memory on Power with AMS and AMD. The virtualization of memory provides the ability to stage a large number of partitions on a server with a very small memory footprint with little or no performance impact. Learn how to design, create, monitor and tune a Power server utilizing virtual memory. Additional topics such as LPM and AMS on Linux are also presented.

AIX VSCSI, NPIV, FCoE—Implementation and ConfigurationRichard Bleistein Lecture (Intermediate)

Learn how to implement VSCSI and NPIV technology on Power. This session covers the virtualization of storage adapters available under Power. The discussion includes the design, creation, implementation, benefits, and drawbacks of VSCSI, NPIV and FC0E. Performance monitoring, redundancy, Live Partition Mobility considerations, and adapter tuning suggestions are presented for all supported fibre adapters on Power.

AIX Memory Affinity and Dynamic Platform Optimizer on IBM Power SystemsRichard Bleistein Lecture (Intermediate)

Learn how to manage, monitor and control Memory Affinity. This session covers the importance of maintaining Memory Affinity, the tools available to monitor current affinity settings and how Dynamic Platform Optimizer is used to change Memory Affinity configurations.

IBM i WebSphere Liberty Profile for IBM i Version 8.5.5 Administration LabGeorge Weaver Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

The WebSphere Liberty Profile provides a lightweight, highly composable, dynamic application server environment. This open lab helps familiarize you with administering a WebSphere Liberty Profile on the IBM i platform. The lab exercise lets you customize and run a pre-built application profile. Other topics include basic administration, problem determination and performance analysis of a Liberty profile running on IBM i. Additionally, applying fixes to an existing server is covered.

IBM i WebSphere Application Server for IBM i Version 8.5.5 Administration LabGeorge Weaver Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

This open lab contains exercises to help familiarize you with many aspects of WebSphere Application Server 8.5 administration. Topics include profile creation, administration, security, problem determination and performance analysis. It also familiarizes you with the administration tools.


IBM i Tips and Tricks to Improve System Performance and Save Disk SpacePete Massiello Lecture (Basic)

What can you do to stop the rampant growth of data eating up disk space while improving system performance? Come to this session to find out how to make the most out of your existing configuration by leveraging the many optimization and cleanup techniques that are a part of IBM i, including reorganization of physical files, sharing of access paths, and using the DISKTASK command. Pinpoint how to reduce your disk I/O by reorganizing files and clean up your system using the Retrieve Disk Information (RTVDSKINF) and Retrieve Directory Information (RTVDIRINF) commands. Learn how sharing access paths can reduce disk utilization and memory faulting. Know your options for reorganizing your files while your users continue to access them.

IBM i What You Need to Know When Upgrading to IBM i 7.2Pete Massiello Lecture (Intermediate)

When doing an upgrade to i5/OS, there is more work involved in the planning of the upgrade than in the actual upgrade itself. When you have done the planning, the actual upgrade is simple. We cover planning tips, pre-requisites, and post-installation requirements. Your upgrade isn’t complete until this last step is done. While this presentation focuses on upgrading to 7.2, we also cover 6.1 and 7.1.

IBM i IBM i Hosting IBM i Pete Massiello Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

Learn how to set up IBM i to host another IBM i partition. IBM i provides virtual disk storage for other IBM i partitions. Come see how you can create a partition without any hardware required. Review the step by step process of what is required to create these virtual partitions. You can create a 7.2 partition for testing while continuing to run 7.1 or 6.1.

IBM i Application Runtime Environment (ARE) and LabTim Rowe Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Do you have multiple systems or partitions of IBM i? Are you wondering how to keep them in synch from a configuration viewpoint? Are you looking for tools to help you troubleshoot the environment? ARE is a cost effective way to assist in those efforts. This is a dual session where Application Runtime Environment is discussed and then you are able to try it for yourself in self-directed labs.

IBM i IBM i Navigator as You Have Never Seen It BeforeTim Rowe Lecture with Demo (Basic)

The IBM i Web Navigator has recently undergone a dramatic transformation. We take a look at this new Navigator interface using a live demo to show you how quickly and easily you can manage your IBM i from your favorite web browser. There are many new features that have been added including PTF Management, System and Message Monitors, Batch Model, as well as many enhancements that provide a very modern web experience.

IBM i IBM i Navigator Introduction and LabTim Rowe, Dawn May Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Have you been using iSeries Navigator from a Windows desktop? Do you want to get your hands on the IBM i browser interface to see what you’re missing? This is a dual session where iSeries Navigator is discussed and then you are able to try it for yourself in self-directed labs.

IBM i Test Drive IBM i Access for WebWayne Bowers Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

This lab provides first-hand experience using IBM i Access for Web. IBM i Access for Web runs on IBM i and simply requires a browser on the desktop. It offers very robust capability even when compared to natively installed connectivity products. In this session, you learn how to convert your spooled printer output to PDF on-the-fly, create a database query, and format the results as an Excel document. You use a search function to find and run a CL command, customize a 5250 session and create shortcuts to the session, learn how an administrator can manage the product, and much more. This lab is self-directed. You set your own pace and choose which exercises you want to undertake.

IBM i IBM i Access: Use the New 5250 EmulatorWayne Bowers Lecture (Intermediate)

While the modernization of applications is an important initiative for many on IBM i OS, the “green screen” 5250 emulator environment is still key for most companies. Therefore, it is important for you to see the future in the new IBM i Access “green screen.” During the session, we focus on the full function 5250 emulator capabilities of IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS). This client provides connectivity and interaction with the IBM i OS from a platform independent Java client, which means this client product is supported on various operating systems like Windows, Linux and Mac. Join us for a brief introduction to the entire IBM i ACS product, followed by an in-depth survey of the 5250 display and print emulator.

Linux on Power Installing Linux on IBM Power SystemsAndrew Goade Lecture with Demo (Basic)

Installing Linux on Power may seem like a challenging task. However, it is quite simple. In this session, we demystify where you can install Linux, how it is licensed, and what tools IBM provides to make the install easier. We also install Linux on a virtual machine (LPAR) as a demonstration.

Linux on Power Linux on IBM Power: Best Practices in Virtualized EnvironmentsMichael Perzl Lecture (Intermediate)

This session discusses Linux on Power best practices in virtualized environments. Specific consideration is given to dual Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) configurations. We focus especially on system design and discuss multipathing options for storage and network and their implications on Linux on Power. Netbooting Linux on Power and automatic installation options are also discussed in detail.

Linux on Power IBM PowerKVM—Deep DiveMichael Perzl Lecture (Intermediate)

Go beyond the basics of PowerKVM hosting guest Linux instances to explore advanced features of the KVM hypervisor. This session looks at live migration, imaging cloning, image snapshot, and clustering of KVM hosts.

Linux on Power Part I: Linux on IBM POWER for AIX People—Simple Configurations and InstallationNigel Griffiths Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

Assuming you know AIX and HMC—What is the simplest way to try some Linux on Power but have full disk and network redundancy, DR capability and actually install? Do you know how to avoid classic Linux “tricky” areas for a quick success? Which of the 6 Linux Distro’s is best? Watch this demo on how to install to get on the network, set the date and time, and create a user. See part 2 on what to do next.

Linux on Power Part II: Linux on IBM POWER for AIX People—Ten Linux Killer AppsNigel Griffiths Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

So you have Linux on Power running (see part 1). What are the top most interesting things you could try next that would take just an hour? Nigel demos some of his favorites: nmon, VNC for X Windows, Apache webserver, PHP for a wiki webserver, Samba for backing up you PC, wget, WireShark, compiling (GCC, ncurses, make and nmon compile), Firefox, Ganglia, LPAR2rrd, MySQL (MariaDB) or Postgresql. If you have other Linux Killer Apps, let me know.


Linux on Power How Power Linux is Developed and Optimized for IBM Power SystemsRon Gordon Lecture (Intermediate)

This session explains the development process of the Linux Kernel and the Power Systems Linux Distributions and how they are optimized to support the features of Power Technology.

Linux on Power Planning and Managing Linux on IBM Power SystemsRon Gordon Lecture (Intermediate)

Review a practical guide for planning and managing Linux on Power Systems. Topics include distributions, performance, installation, backup, and management tools.

Linux on Power Install Linux on IBM Power Systems—As Easy As 1,2,3 (Lab)Sebastien Chabrolles Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Linux is the world’s fastest growing operating system. IBM Is focused on providing a NEW winning solution: Linux on Power Systems. Come and see how to install a Linux distribution onto Power hardware and how to configure it properly to benefit from Power advanced features such as micro-partitioning, simultaneous multi-threading, live partition mobility and others.

Linux on Power Network Install of Linux on IBM Power SystemsSteven Knudson Hands-on Lab (Advanced)

Configure network installation resources on a Red Hat or SuSE instance, including configuration of boot image, kickstart automation for Red Hat, autoyast automation for SuSE, for the network install of other Linux instances on POWER LPARs.

Linux on Power Filesystems, LVM and Graphical Desktop for Linux on IBM Power SystemsSteven Knudson Hands-on Lab (Advanced)

Create disk partitions and filesystems on a Power Linux instance, remove them, and make similar configuration of LVM and filesystems on the same Linux system. Configuration of graphical desktop in Linux is also completed.

Linux on Power Graphical Install of Linux on IBM Power SystemsSteven Knudson Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Install the Linux distribution of your choice, Red Hat or SuSE, starting in ascii mode, and switching to graphical mode in VNC. Complete several customization elements including network configuration, disk multipathing, and installation of the IBM Service and productivity tools for PowerLinux servers.

Power Hardware Welcome to HMC Scanner and LPAR2RRD ToolsJerry Petru Lecture (Intermediate)

This session reviews the HMC Scanner and LPAR2rrd tools. Learn where you can find them and how to download, install and use them. Discover how the tools can help with planning and managing the growth of your topology. A review of case study output demonstrates the usefulness and ease of these powerful free tools.

Power Hardware Chewy Call Home Web Experience for IBM Power and Storage SystemsJulie Craft Lecture (Basic)

”Chewy” brings it all “home” for our Power and Storage clients! This new application provides inventory information based on your Call Home data. It allows managing your inventory based on machine type and serial number, grouping your systems, exporting data and showing event details. It also allows you to add systems to your inventory, even if you are not the current owner for Call Home notifications. This is an excellent way to allow you to maintain an inventory of your systems and get quick views of events. The tool is very flexible and we are excited to present it to our clients!

Power Hardware Service Request Hands-On LabJulie Craft, Dennis Heideman Hands-on Lab (Basic)

This lab focuses on using Service Requests for opening both software and hardware problem reports. Get a quick overview of the changes coming to Service Request and then have the opportunity to log in with your IBM Web ID to open problems, view PMRs opened by others in your team, list all the PMRs you have opened, customize your profile and search on entitled products. This is an excellent opportunity to work with the electronic support representatives to provide input on new features and future direction (chat, texting, etc).

Power Hardware IBM Electronic Support Problem Reporting—Software and Hardware Finally Together as They Should BeJulie Craft, Dennis Heideman Lecture (Basic)

The current hardware problem reporting tool, ESC+, will be integrated into the software problem reporting tool, Service Request, to create one tool that does it all! The presentation focuses on specific functions added to SR for this merger and ease of use enhancements made in the last year. Join us for some deep dive details into the SR tool and all the tricks to make registration and opening your problem tickets easy and pain free!

Power Software What’s New and Exciting in IBM Electronic Support!! Julie Craft Lecture (Basic)

It has been another exciting year for IBM electronic support and we would like to share all of our enhancements with you to be sure you are getting the most from your support experience. Tools covered in this lecture include Fix Central, Service Request, Support Portal, My Notifications, Fix Level Recommendation Tool (FLRT) and many more. We also include a quick introduction to ‘Chewy’—our Call Home Web Experience. If you are a Power, System z or storage administrator, you don’t want to miss this informative session!

Power Software IBM Electronic Support Engagement—Mobile Service Request, Support Portal, Twitter, Blogs and WikisJulie Craft Lecture with Demo (Basic)

Get details on all the ways that you can use the IBM electronic support tools from a mobile and social perspective. We present new mobile apps as well as enhancements to Service Request that makes working with IBM Support easier and save you time. We also want to hear from you on ways that we can improve our interfaces to enhance your experience. Join us as we all follow along on our mobile devices!

Power Software IBM PowerVC DemonstrationNigel Griffiths Demo (Intermediate)

Spend an hour viewing PowerVC’s newer features for rolling out Virtual Machines in a fast and consistent manner and then managing them through a VM life-cycle. This demo includes Shared Storage Pools for instant VM Mobility, simplification and DR options. See the SSP session for more.


Power Software VIOS Shared Storage Pool 4 DemonstrationNigel Griffiths Demo (Intermediate)

This demo works with a larger VIO Shared Storage Pool and shows pool maintenance, rapid provisioning and more advanced configurations you can build with SSP including DR, mobility, data moving, and painless migrating off older hardware. It is time to lower administrative manpower to run Power, increase RAS, LPM use and flexibility and even add DR for production workloads. There are also benefits for Linux on Power.

Power Software 32 Productivity Tools for Management and Performance of IBM Power SystemsRon Gordon Lecture (Intermediate)

This session reviews 32 of the latest tools that provide advanced management and performance functions on Power Systems. This tool set generally applies to AIX, IBM i and Linux.

Mobile Computing and Social Business

IBM i Mobile to Go, Overview of Mobile Technologies on IBM iTim Rowe, Alison Buterill Lecture (Basic)

Android, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, tablet, and on and on. So many mobile devices, so many applications. Employees want to work 24X7! They want access to email, to development, to data, to the system. They want to use their own interface from wherever they happen to be! How can you deliver the right interface to the right person at the right time? What is available to make the job easier? We explore the various IBM i solutions that can help you deliver on the request to “Make Mine to Go”.

IBM i Test Drive IBM i Mobile AccessWayne Bowers Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Mobile access to your IBM i is becoming increasingly necessary. Managing your IBM i systems and providing user access from any mobile devices, cell phones and tablets are becoming a business requirement. To address these needs, on April 28, 2014 IBM announced the Technology Preview of the IBM i Mobile Access Solution. This lab offers a guided, self-paced, interaction with the solution. You can explore the 5250 interface, run SQL Queries, interact with Printed Output and the IFS and much more. Maybe you can take the lab from your own mobile device!

IBM i IBM i Mobile Access: Manage IBM i OS from Your PhoneWayne Bowers Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

Mobile access to your IBM i is becoming increasingly necessary. Managing your IBM i systems and providing user access from any mobile devices, cell phones and tablets are becoming a business requirement. To address these needs, on April 28, 2014 IBM announced the Technology Preview of the IBM i Mobile Access Solution. This session introduces the solution and explains how to obtain and deploy it. It also includes a demo of its capabilities.

Power Software The MobileFirst Portfolio: IBM’s End-to-end Solution for the Enterprise MobileApp Development LifecycleIan Robinson Lecture (basic)

The emerging era of enterprise mobile apps is radically different from traditional software delivery, leading many CIOs and IT managers to wipe the slate clean and redefine their enterprise application strategies, driven by the rapid growth and popularity of smartphones and tablet devices among end users. This session describes IBM’s MobileFirst portfolio, which is an industry-leading set of products and capabilities designed to support the entire mobile app lifecycle, from design and development through to testing, integration, optimization and deployment. Using real MobileFirst client examples, this session also highlights where IBM System z, Power Systems and PureSystems can play an essential role in supporting an enterprise mobile strategy.

Power Software Deploying Enterprise Mobile Solutions with IBM Power Systems and Worklight FoundationIan Robinson Lecture (basic)

Much of the media attention on mobile technology focuses on the rich diversity of mobile client devices. Yet behind every great enterprise mobile app is a critical back-end infrastructure that often goes largely unnoticed. However, it is that critical part of the solution that delivers the performance, security, resilience, and enterprise data integration that makes mobile apps compelling for end users. This session explains how IBM Power Systems and Worklight Foundation provide a robust and reliable infrastructure for the delivery and optimization of world-class enterprise mobile apps, both for employees (B2E) or consumers (B2C).

Power Software New Capabilities for Native and Hybrid Mobile App Development in IBM Worklight 6.2Ian Robinson Lecture (basic)

With the release of Worklight 6.2, IBM enhanced its enterprise mobile application development platform to better support multiple mobile programming models, including native, hybrid and web apps intended for the broadest set of client devices. This session provides details of the new and improved capabilities of Worklight Foundation 6.2, and includes examples of innovative mobile apps deployed by IBM clients across a variety of industry segments and regions. This session also introduces new additions to the MobileFirst portfolio, including Worklight Application Scanning and Worklight Quality Assurance.

Power Software Planning Your Mobile Enterprise Strategy: Future Directions in Enterprise Mobile Application DevelopmentIan Robinson Lecture (basic)

During the next 12-18 months, a new generation of mobile devices—including smartphones, tablets, wearables and other technologies comprising the ‘Internet of Things’—will be adopted in large numbers by consumers and employees, introducing considerable challenges and opportunities for enterprise IT managers and application developers. This session reviews the latest mobile trends and highlight where IBM MobileFirst software and services can help enterprise IT strategists prepare for transforming their organizations into mobile enterprises.

Power Software Drive Your Enterprise to Mobile Devices with IBM Power SystemsTerri Lundak Lecture (Basic)

Does your company need to address mobile opportunities more quickly than your current infrastructure allows? Need to drive innovation? Leverage mobile technology more strategically? Or are Compliance and Security your main concerns? The world is shifting to take advantage of mobile to solve it’s business problems. Companies do not have time for a long drawn out approach to a Mobile strategy. IBM Power Systems can enable you to capitalize on Mobile opportunities today with Websphere/Worklight and 100s of really cool ISV mobile apps ready and optimized on Power Systems. Come see what Power can do for you.


Performance AIX IBM DB2 vs. Oracle from a Technical and Financial PerspectiveBrett Murphy Lecture (Intermediate)

Compare the features of IBM’s DB2 AESE product vs. Oracle’s line of Enterprise products. See the differences and hear how similar and easy it is for Oracle shops to learn and migrate to DB2. If the technical details do not convince you, look at a real-world example showing the financial savings of DB2 as it outperforms Oracle on Power. Because DB2 outperforms Oracle, it requires fewer licenses. DB2 also includes more features and products in its license price compared to paying separately for Oracle products, thus contributing to a lower cost of ownership. Be amazed as it all comes together to show why DB2 is an excellent alternative to Oracle that delivers tremendous savings back to your business.

AIX The Four Dimensions of IBM POWER7 and IBM POWER7+ AffinityEarl Jew Lecture (Intermediate)

The four dimensions of Power7/7+ affinity are NUCA, NUMA, thread migration and vCPU time-slice fragmentation. This session describes these dimensions and how they influence the performance of your workloads on Power7/AIX systems.

AIX Part I: The Hidden Meaning in the Ranges, Ratios and Relationships of IBM AIX:vmstat -sv countersEarl Jew Lecture (Intermediate)

AIX:vmstat -sv reports the historical/cumulative count of system events since the LPAR was last rebooted. This session describes how these counters can specifically characterize the workload averaged over the days-uptime. By understanding the ranges, ratios and relationships of these counters, one can discern the indications for proactive remedial tactics to improve overall performance and throughput (offered in Part III).

AIX Part II: Understanding IBM AIX:vmstat/mpstat/iostat Real-Time Command OutputEarl Jew Lecture (Intermediate)

The executing workload on any Power/AIX system can be purposefully monitored for key real-time indications in vmstat, mpstat and iostat output. This session describes these formulaic indications for determining remedial tactics (offered in Part III) to improve overall performance and throughput.

AIX Part III: Remedial Tactics for Performance Tuning IBM Power/AIX WorkloadsEarl Jew Lecture (Intermediate)

This session describes the suite of remedial tactics for improving the performance and throughput of Power/AIX workloads. The indications for the use of these tactics are described in Part I and Part II of this series.

AIX When Bad Things Happen to Good SystemsGrover Davidson Lecture (Intermediate)

A number of somewhat common but important issues that affect AIX performance are covered here along with the solutions to resolve them.

AIX Tips for Improving TSM Performance on IBM AIXGrover Davidson Lecture (Intermediate)

Learn how to improve TSM performance on AIX.

AIX Part I: IBM AIX Performance—CPU and MemoryJaqui Lynch Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation describes a recommended set of starter tunables to be used on any AIX system and goes into the details of how to determine the settings for those tunables and how to set them. It looks at the general performance tuning approach and tuning memory in particular. Topics around file systems, HBA settings and queue_depth settings are explored along with file system layout, concurrent I/O and Asynchronous I/O. During the session differences between AIX v5.3, v6.1 and v7 for the settings are explained. Part 1 will cover memory and CPU.

AIX Part II: IBM AIX Performance—I/O and Performance ToolsJaqui Lynch Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation will cover I/O performance, performance tools and some Oracle tips. Real data will be used to illustrate the various points being made.

AIX Part III: IBM AIX Performance Tuning—Network PerformanceJaqui Lynch Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation will provide an overview of setting tunables for the Network in AIX, tips for 10Gb networking, and will also provide tips on how to analyze a network performance problem in AIX.

AIX IBM AIX Performance Health Check LabMichel Passet Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

If you suspect a performance problem on your AIX Power server, what do you check? What tools do you use? How do you fix it? This lab explores some frequent performance bottlenecks such as disks layer and memory. You can also talk with an AIX performance expert ... the speaker!

AIX Using Topasnmon to Investigate Performance Issues in Oracle Database EnvironmentRalf Schmidt-Dannert Lecture (Advanced)

This session describes the use of topasnmon to efficiently collect, analyze and correlate AIX and Oracle database performance data. Topasnmon parameters and the use of “callback hooks” to trigger Oracle database snapshots are discussed. The lecture also covers the typical data analysis process, correlating both topasnmon and Oracle performance data (AWR), to efficiently determine performance bottlenecks and next steps of action.

AIX IBM AIX and Oracle: Executing a Successful Oracle on IBM Power Systems Proof of ConceptRebecca Ballough Lecture (Intermediate)

Ever wonder what steps are involved in designing and executing an Oracle performance Proof of Concept (POC)? We talk about planning, setup, execution, and monitoring to ensure a successful POC.

AIX IBM POWER8 Running OLTP Applications Delivers Record PerformanceRuviano Martinez, Sally Touscany Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

In this session, the IBM Competitive Project Office discusses and demonstrates the optimization capabilities and benefits of DB2 running on POWER8 and Oracle DB running on POWER8 and compares this to the Oracle Exadata solution running on Intel. This session gives you greater insight on why POWER8 provides the best price and performance solution for running transactional applications.


AIX IBM DB2 BLU Acceleration and IBM POWER8: A Game Changer for Analytic WorkloadsRuviano Martinez, Sally Touscany Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

DB2 BLU Acceleration and POWER8 enables faster and less complex analytic queries and reporting using dynamic in-memory columnar technologies. In this session, the IBM Competitive Project Office discusses and demonstrates the advantages of POWER8 architecture that is built for analyzing vast amounts of data and delivering results quickly, securely and cost effectively. We show POWER8 is much faster and less costly than an equivalent Intel solution. Performance is further maximized when DB2 BLU Acceleration and IBM Cognos Business Intelligence are integrated to run on POWER8 architecture. This session also includes a live demo of DB2 BLU Acceleration.

AIX New Performance Features for IBM PowerVM, IBM POWER7 and IBM POWER8Steve Nasypany Lecture (Advanced)

This session discusses new performance-related topics for POWER7 and POWER8 systems. A review of AIX Virtual Processor dispatch and SMT behavior is provided, along with a discussion of best practices, and tuning and migration advice for customers moving from POWER5/POWER6 or POWER7 systems to POWER8. Performance aspects of Single-Root I/O Virtualization, VIOS Performance Advisor and HMC 8 Capacity utilization reporting are also reviewed.

AIX IBM PowerVM Dynamic Platform Optimizer and IBM PowerVPSteve Nasypany, Tracy Smith Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

Explore the concepts of memory affinity in POWER7 and POWER8 systems and the use of the PowerVM Dynamic Platform Optimizer to provide the best performance for highly virtualized environments. A review and demo of the new PowerVP 1.1.2 virtualization tool and usage for frame monitoring with i, AIX and Linux virtual machines is also provided.

IBM i Navigating IBM i Performance: Tools and Best PracticesDawn May Lecture (Intermediate)

IBM i has a very rich set of performance tools, but it can be confusing to understand all the capabilities that are available, when to use each, and what the best practices are for performance management. This presentation will review all of the performance tools that are part of the IBM i operating system, including an overview of recent enhancements. It will also cover the life-cycle of performance management on IBM i—from baselines, to monitoring, reporting, diagnostics and trending and what tools you use to accomplish each task. It also includes best practices for managing the performance of your IBM i.

IBM i Manage Work Better with Better Work ManagementDawn May Lecture (Intermediate)

The IBM i 7.2 release includes some significant enhancements for managing temporary storage on IBM i; the management of temporary storage is now more robust and there are additional ways to determine what jobs are consuming temporary storage. In addition, over the past two years, IBM has made enhancements to the work management capabilities of IBM i via PTFs. This presentation will review those changes, which include workload groups, better inactive job management, improved management when the job tables get full, as well as more control when jobs reach their storage or CPU limits. This presentation will also review best practices for managing work—jobs and related output—to keep your system running its best.

IBM i What’s New with the IBM Navigator for i Performance Tasks Dawn May Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

IBM has made significant enhancements to IBM i Navigator over the past two years and with the 7.2 release. This presentation reviews the latest features added to the performance tasks and the performance data investigator, and reviews the enhancements made in 7.1 via PTFs and in the 7.2 release. These enhancements include the ability to visualize IBM i DB2 metrics, performance reports, various new perspectives (graphs) of performance data, as well as the capability to model batch workloads with the Batch Model capability added in 7.2. If you are not familiar with the performance tasks, you should attend “Introduction to the IBM i Performance Data Investigator” before joining this session.

IBM i Understanding Key Factors in IBM i POWER8 Performance TuningDawn May, Mark Olson Lecture (Intermediate)

Just upgrading to faster hardware alone may not give you all the benefits provided in the new POWER8 system enhancements. This session takes you through some of the performance related enhancement that were made, and how to influence your environment to take advantage of these enhancements. Let’s make sure you understand how to get the most out of your IBM i POWER8 system.

Linux on Power IBM POWER8 Running Java Applications Delivers Record PerformanceRuviano Martinez, Sally Touscany Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

In this session, the IBM Competitive Project Office compares the technical enhancements of POWER8 and how they are optimized to deliver record performance of the entire stack (hardware and middleware) for Java applications. The Power S824 scale-out system is compared in detail to the Intel scale-out system based on the Xeon E5-2600 v2 (“Ivy Bridge EP”) server for total system Java throughput. The session also includes a live demo of a web application performance test between POWER8 and Intel Ivy Bridge.

Linux on Power Getting Started with IBM AIX and Linux Performance on IBM POWER8Steve Nasypany Lecture (Intermediate)

Beginner or intermediate users can get the skills for performance problem resolution with AIX or Linux on Power. Various flavors of Linux are covered. This session explores CPU, memory, I/O resources, and issues to consider. Leave this lecture with a high level of comfort performing analysis on different PowerVM or PowerKVM POWER8 operating environments.

Power Hardware IBM’s Systems and Technology Group Lab Services Capacity Planning ToolMichael Quaranta Lecture with Demo (Basic)

The Power Capacity Planning Tool was designed to give helpful insights to Power Systems capacity and guide right-sizing based on statistical analysis and IBM best practice recommendations from the experience of IBM Lab Services Power performance consultants. This session discusses the tool, provides case studies and includes a real-time demonstration.

Power Software Network Performance Optimization for Virtualized IBM Power Systems with IBM AIXAlexander Paul Lecture (Intermediate)

This session is a practical tuning guide about network performance on virtualized IBM Power Systems with AIX. The speaker explains performance characteristics with benchmark results from POWER8 and POWER7 systems and provides tuning tips and insights from real projects to make the most effective usage of Virtual Ethernet switching and Virtual I/O Servers in 1 and 10 Gigabit data center networks. The performance characteristics of Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) on Power Systems are also discussed.


Power Software Performance Monitoring of IBM Power Systems with Ganglia—Update and Best PracticesMichael Perzl Lecture (Intermediate)

Get an introduction to the open source performance monitoring tool Ganglia (http://ganglia.info) and how it can be used to monitor Power Systems LPARs running AIX and Linux. We focus on the extensions for POWER5/6/7 specific metrics for AIX and Linux on Power like shared processor statistics, AMS (Active Memory Sharing) and AME (Active Memory Expansion). In addition, best practices gained from many installations and a detailed demo of the new Web 2.0 GUI are given.

Professional Development IBM i Promoting the Value and Future of IBM i to Your Business ExecutivesTrevor Perry Lecture (Intermediate)

This session shows you how IBM i can be presented to the business in order to raise visibility, preserve your investment in the platform, and ensure that business applications are developed using the right tools. Join us and take away information that can be used to educate your own business about the platform, its planned future, how it fits the requirements of your business, and how to leverage IBM i in your business. Your organization has a strong heritage with IBM i and the total cost of ownership of IBM i consistently proves to be a better proposition. With IBM i on Power, the future of your business can be more agile, scalable and sound. Come and learn how to sell that proposition to your business executives.

Security AIX Multi-tenancy of Security Zones in IBM PowerVMRosa Davidson Lecture (Advanced)

With clouds, multi-tenancy is one of the hot topics. This session covers only a limited aspect of the multi-tenancy: hosting security zones in a single virtualized frame under PowerVM. Several VLAN topologies are also reviewed.

AIX IBM PowerSC Security and ComplianceRosa Davidson Lecture (Intermediate)

With PowerSC 1.1.3 last October 2013, we introduced Security and Compliance for PowerLinux. In order to standardize both operating systems, differences from the previous versions have been introduced. We review these differences and we talk about the technical challenges to harden an operating system.

AIX Implementing IBM AIX Security FeaturesSebastien Chabrolles Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

This lab lets you choose which of these AIX security features to explore: RBAC, Encrypted File systems, Trusted Execution, Configure long passwords, AIX 7 enhancements or AIXpert. Many of these features require the entire lab session to complete.

AIX Security Guidelines for Cloud Security on IBM Power SystemsStephen Dominguez Lecture (Basic)

Cloud computing is a form of distributed computing that is yet to be standardized. There are a number of factors to be considered when migrating to cloud services, and organizations need to clearly understand their needs before they can determine if and how they will be met by a particular solution or provider. This session provides guidance on the use of cloud technologies and considerations for maintaining security controls in cloud environments. This guidance builds on that provided in the Security Guidelines for Virtualization on Power session and is intended for organizations using, or thinking of using, providing, or assessing cloud technologies as part of a sensitive data or mission critical application environment.

AIX Security Guidelines for Virtualization on IBM Power SystemsStephen Dominguez Lecture (Basic)

Virtualization technology may introduce new risks that may not be relevant to other technologies. It’s key to understand this when using virtualization with your organization’s sensitive data and mission critical applications. This session provides an introduction to security considerations when deploying your virtualization implementation and guidance on the use of virtualization in accordance with security best practices.

AIX Introduction to Securing IBM AIX Stephen Dominguez Lecture (Basic)

Companies frequently and unknowingly employ weak security practices that expose them to high risk. The ramifications of a security breach could be unforeseeable litigation, identity theft, network service interruption and harm to a company’s brand. A company shouldn’t solely depend on perimeter security for its security. This session covers the numerous fundamentals that should be understood to properly secure AIX partitions.

AIX Preventing Malware on IBM AIX Stephen Dominguez Lecture (Basic)

Companies frequently and unknowingly fail to deploy proper security countermeasures for malware. This exposes them to a high risk of a security breach leading to numerous harmful effects, such as damage

to a their brand, huge financial losses, identity theft, costly litigation, and more. Fortunately, IBM has a powerful solution, AIX Trusted Execution (TE), to drastically reduce the risk posed by malware. This session provides an overview of this critical malware prevention tool.

AIX Role Based Access Control and Domain (RBAC)Stephen Dominguez Lecture (Basic)

Starting with AIX 6.1, enhanced Role Based Access Control (RBAC) is the most powerful and sophisticated access control tool for AIX. Many UNIX security breaches occur because of excessive access to root. So one of the most important ways to protect your AIX environment is to reduce unnecessary root access. RBAC provides a rich set of tools for allowing administrators to gain the access they need to do their jobs without having to grant root access. This session explains why RBAC is so critical to AIX security and helps you understand the additional access control possibilities that can be leveraged with Domain RBAC.

AIX Migrating IBM AIX to LDAP Centralized User ManagementStephen Dominguez Lecture (Basic)

The best form of centralized user management for AIX systems is implemented using LDAP directory services. LDAP can save a great amount of time, effort, and energy by simplifying the task of supporting users and groups as a business grows. This type of centralized management allows you to remove the need of synchronizing passwords and accounts for users and groups across multiple AIX systems. This session helps you quickly understand the essential technical concepts involved with migrating an AIX environment from local files-based security to centralized LDAP-based user management. This session also discusses the differences between the various LDAP server options.

AIX IBM AIX Encrypted File SystemStephen Dominguez Lecture (Basic)

Encrypting an organization’s data is one of the most important security measures for any company. A hacker frequently aims to steal data that is stored within a company’s data center. As described by the Jericho Forum, a company shouldn’t solely depend on perimeter security for their security. AIX’s Encrypted File System (EFS) is a powerful encryption solution that can be used as part of a data-centric security approach that can encrypt critical data residing on JFS2 filesystems. This session helps you quickly understand the essential technical concepts involved with deploying EFS. This session also discusses why EFS is one of the most sophisticated encryption options for data stored on JFS2 filesystems.


IBM i Security—Best Practices for IBM iJeffrey Uehling Lecture (Advanced)

This presentation covers the best security practices for your IBM i server. The presentation discusses why you need to run at security level 50, including examples of security exposures that exist at the lower security levels, how to detect and prevent programs that could compromise security on your system, necessary system value settings and security recommendations when developing applications. If you are a system administrator or system security officer, this session is a must for you to attend.

IBM i Introduction to IBM i SecurityJeffrey Uehling Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation introduces the security concepts of the IBM i server including user profiles, system values, securing data with object level authorities and more advanced topics such as group user profiles, special authorities and program adopted authority. Come away from this session with a broad knowledge base for the security capabilities available on the IBM i server.

IBM i Security Considerations for IBM i Mobile ApplicationsJeffrey Uehling, Terry Ford Lecture (Advanced)

This presentation discusses the implementation details and options necessary for developing secure applications for IBM i, especially in a mobile environment. This presentation covers the security options available which can be used to implement the necessary security practices within an application. This presentation covers the IFS as well as applications accessing data in the QSYS file system. This presentation is a must see for both application developers and security administrators as a number of techniques available for securing data are discussed.

IBM i Compliance Monitoring (and More) Using the PowerSC Tools for IBM i Terry Ford Lecture (Intermediate)

Hidden in last October’s announcement material was the addition of a suite of IBM i Security Tools. One of these tools, the Compliance Monitoring and Reporting Tool, comes with a set of security policies and standards that measure compliance to those standards, and reports the results back to stakeholders via DB2 Web Query dashboards. Included in the toolset are facilities to define your own scoring standards, do report customization and deploy fixes. The tools are marketed under the PowerSC brand and are available from IBM Lab Services.

Power Software SecureDome—What IBM Power Systems Have That x86 Servers Do Not!Brett Murphy Lecture (Intermediate)

Cyber security attacks are a growing threat with recent revelations of major security breaches at companies such as Target, eBay and Neiman-Marcus. The cyber security goal is to always prevent intrusions. If intrusions occur, a forensic trail is critical. IBM Power Systems are an ideal platform for building a secure base for your applications. Learn how to deploy industry standard templates to monitor, alert, report and audit, all in real-time. Discover how Trusted Boot, AIX Trusted Execution, Trusted Logging, Trusted Firewall and Trusted Survey features work together as part of a fully-integrated system to protect your business from the devastation of a cyber attack.

Power Software The Security ThreatJerry Petru Lecture (Intermediate)

This session discusses the security challenges IT organizations faces today. Hacking and security breaches are at an all time high. Topics covered include who have been the targets and why, what to be aware of, and how to prepare and defend against breaches. This session also helps business managers understand who may be doing it and why. The session also includes a review of the IBM portfolio as well and the Open Community solutions that can help mitigate and protect your topology in a cost-effective method.

Power Software Security: Learning from HeartbleedRosa Davidson Lecture (Intermediate)

When the media broke the news that the Internet could leak account passwords, most of us did realize this digital world was really unsafe although we try to secure it. Let’s review the security state of the digital world, examine the technical aspects of Heartbleed, and discuss what measures we should have already taken to provide minimum security protections for our servers.

Storage and Networking AIX Complex Network Troubleshooting for IBM AIX and Virtual I/O ServersAlexander Paul Lecture (Advanced)

This session is about solving network problems in highly virtualized Power Systems and networks. The speaker explains troubleshooting methods with real case studies, gives tips and explains the usage of great tools which helps analyzing a problem.

AIX IBM Power Systems and IBM DS8870—Integrated by DesignBrian Sherman Lecture (Intermediate)

In today’s IT culture, the access to and simplified management of data are key challenges facing our clients. The integration and synergy between Power AIX/IBM i and DS8870 is the focus of this session. Performance optimization is provided by leveraging cooperative caching, I/O priority management and automated data placement with Easy Tier. High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions are integrated with PowerHA and HyperSwap. Security of data is provided by drive based encryption on the DS8870. Simplified management is provided through integrated performance monitoring tools for IBM i and FlashCopy management.

AIX What’s New with IBM XIV Storage SystemBrian Sherman Lecture (Intermediate)

The IBM XIV Storage System keeps adding functionality to meet users’ needs. This session introduces the next release of XIV storage system and focuses on its major features. Learn the benefits of using XIV in cloud environments and enterprise data centers.

AIX What’s New with IBM SAN Volume Controller and IBM Storwize FamilyBrian Sherman Lecture (Intermediate)

Get the latest updates on hardware and software enhancements to the Storwize family.

AIX Working with SR-IOV—Setup and ConfigurationKavitha Baratakke Hands-on Lab (Basic)

This session covers the basics, setup and configuration of SR-IOV technology on the POWER platform. The session features a hands-on demo showing the different configurations and features the SR-IOV technology provides. Features like QoS and support for different hypervisors make SR-IOV a widely adopted and extensible global standard for network virtualization.

AIX Understanding Etherchannel—Providing Load Balancing, High Availability and Failover in Customer ConfigurationsKavitha Baratakke Lecture (Basic)

Etherchannel is a port link aggregation technology. It allows grouping of several physical Ethernet links to create one logical Ethernet link for the purpose of providing fault-tolerance and high-speed links between switches, routers and servers. This session explores the various Etherchannel configurations on the POWER platform to provide load balancing, high availability and failover in customer configurations.


AIX Creating and Managing Your First GPFS Cluster FilesystemMichel Passet Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Learn how to implement a General Parallel File System (GPFS) cluster in this hands-on lab. See how easy it is to create and configure a GPFS file system. Perform some basic administration such as adding space and a node.

IBM i IBM Storwize Direct Attach to IBM i Bob Schuster Lecture (Basic)

This session will discuss the latest support for Power Systems and IBM i as it relates to IBM Storwize products (V7000, V5000 and V3700). Last year IBM added support for direct attachment (No SAN switches required) for IBM i. This allows a very low cost attachment to IBMs latest storage products with the additions costs of VIOS and SAN switches. It also allows for the same Storwize device to provide iSCSI attachment for x86 workloads and servers.

IBM i Performance, Flexibility, and Availability: Selecting the Best Storage for your IBM Power i EnvironmentBrian Sherman Lecture (Intermediate)

External disk presents new options for IBM i but sometimes the choices seem overwhelming. This presentation describes the alternatives for exploiting IBM disk systems with IBM i. Both direct attached and VIOS attached solutions are discussed. Learn how external disk can meet the high performance requirements demanded by IBM i. Discover how to exploit SSD with IBM i, and hear about the integrated high availability solutions that IBM i provides to maximize the copy services functionality of IBM storage systems.

IBM i Systems Network Architecture Networking Solutions for IBM iFant Steele Lecture (Intermediate)

Many companies are still using SNA in the IBM i world for transportation of critical data as well as to deliver updates and provide remote support to multiple systems. After several years of limited support of hardware based SNA, the POWER7 hardware no longer supports I/O processors so IBM i cannot provide hardware based SNA. This session explores the options available to maintain SNA communications between the systems and overcome this challenge. Options include Enterprise Extender (EE) between systems as well as Enterprise Extender connections to Microsoft Gateways and hardware based appliances. We also consider IBM i to z/OS connections.

IBM i Exploring Network Virtualization Options for IBM iFant Steele Lecture (Intermediate)

There are many options available for connecting Logical Partitions to the network. As the number of LPARs on a system grows, it becomes necessary to use virtualization to support communications. This session explores options available to connect networking to LPARs. This includes Shared Ethernet Adapters (SEA) through VIOS and Virtual Ethernet with Proxy ARP and L2 bridging through IBM i. We discuss how these options can be used to provide connectivity to both IBM i applications and LAN Console for IBM i. Instructions for defining and using Virtual IP Addresses (VIPA) are provided. We discuss techniques for providing load balancing, link aggregation and how to use virtual Ethernet networks to communicate with LPARs.

Linux on Power IBM GPFS demoGlen Corneau Hands-on Lab (Advanced)

See a demo of the capabilities of IBM’s General Parallel File System (GPFS). We create a basic GPFS cluster and file system, utilize GPFS replication for availability, dynamically modify an existing file system, and utilize the Information Lifecycle Management capabilities in GPFS for file placement and migration.

Power Hardware Automated Storage Health Check and Problem Determination ToolsDonald “Chuck” Laing Hands-on Lab (Basic)

This hands-on lab session showcases the use of the new GTS Storage Automation Tool, Tivoli Productivity Center Health Check (TPCHC). TPCHC is free and is used to perform consistent, in-depth health checks on SVC-attached or stand-alone platforms in a SAN. Install a virtual version in the lab, run a report and look at the output. The tool helps eliminate human error and improve consistency. With this innovative solution, our clients can catch these issues before they become large scale threats to their business. TPCHC checks against 260 Best Practice policies and potential issues, spanning SVC, XIV, NetApp, DS8000, DS6000, V7000, Brocade and Cisco Fabrics…and the list is growing.

Power Hardware Best Practices for Performance, Design and Troubleshooting IBM Storage Connected to IBM Power SystemsDonald “Chuck” Laing Lecture (Basic)

This session highlights best practices for IBM Storage and Power Systems for performance, design, and troubleshooting. Get an overview of IBM Storage (XIV, D88000, V7000, SVC and tiered storage), along with storage layout and design. We provide guidance to help you make good decisions about storage tiering. Learn concepts and best practices for implementing IBM Storage specific to Power Systems attachment. Chuck has presented this education at the 2013 Systems Technical Symposium in Johannesburg, South Africa and at the 2013 IBM Enterprise conference in Orlando.

Power Hardware Automated Storage Health Check and SAN Failure Playbook ToolsDonald “Chuck” Laing Lecture (Basic)

Using the new Automated SAN Failure Playbook, Chuck will demo a new automation tool that tremendously helps the SAN administrator perform consistent, comprehensive problem determination, every time an issue arises. This tool eliminates human error and allows and assists the administrator in troubleshooting failed components in the SAN Fabric, Host HBA connection and back-end storage connection ports. Chuck has presented this education at the 2013 IBM Storage Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Power Hardware Data and Storage Migration Methods for IBM Power SystemsDonald “Chuck” Laing Lecture (Basic)

This session discusses data migration techniques and methods using AIX Logical Volume Manager (LVM) to concurrently move data volumes between IBM storage subsystems. Data migration is no longer confined to annual refreshes or data center moves; it has become an everyday task. We explore migration triggers, key decision factors and planning, project plans, and commands and scripts that Power Systems administrators can use to move data seamlessly and avoid issues and risks. Chuck has presented this education at the 2013 IBM Storage Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, the 2013 IBM Edge conference in Las Vegas and the 2013 IBM Enterprise conference in Orlando.


Power Hardware IBM SVC Zoning Best Practices 101Donald “Chuck” Laing Lecture (Basic)

This session discusses new zoning strategies that have changed and evolved with new SVC Technology. The use of 8 port Nodes and Dual SAN Fabric Core networking designs require new zoning practices. We show examples of new designs for proper resiliency and redundancy zoning and connectivity to AIX, ESX, SUN and Wintel servers and XIV, SVC, DS8000 and V7000 devices to ensure and test proper failover. Chuck has presented this education to GTS, SSA and DO communities.

Power Hardware Smarter Ethernet Connectivity with Rack Based Power SystemsMike Easterly Lecture (Basic)

Many IT organizations are looking to simplify deployment and management of larger systems, allowing system administrators to deploy a rack or multiple racks at a time. It is clear that infrastructure matters—IT demands for performance, availability and reliability are critical with the demands of virtualization, big data, mobility and cloud computing. This session focuses on the importance of simple Ethernet connectivity and more advanced networking. We review IT trends and ways to help simplify system and network administrators’ roles and responsibilities. We also discuss the benefits of flatter networks, a portfolio overview, and innovations that provide competitive differentiation and value for building smarter systems with IBM RackSwitch and IBM Power Systems.

Power Hardware Convergence Can Save You Thousands of Dollars!Mike Easterly Lecture (Basic)

As data centers evolve, convergence is being considered as a way to both reduce cost and complexity and to build larger PODs or converged systems at a rack or multi-rack level. 10 Gb Ethernet is making this possible by helping o eliminate parallel LAN/SAN infrastructures in favor of a single converged Ethernet fabric. This session discusses the role and benefits of NAS, iSCSI and FCoE; capabilities for Power and Pure Systems; examples of using convergence in bigger systems and more.

Power Software IBM GPFS: The Answer to “How Do I Manage All That Big Data?”Glen Corneau Lecture (Intermediate)

IBM’s General Parallel File System (GPFS) is well known for providing high performance file services in some of the world’s largest supercomputers. It also provides many benefits to commercial customers and is included in an increasing number of IBM and 3rd party solutions. This session gives a high-level GPFS overview with a focus on the recent additional capabilities in Version 4.1 along with details on architecture, features and licensing.

Power Software IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server and Database Deep Dive and Best Practices Matt Anglin Lecture (Advanced)

Do you ever wonder about the current recommendations for deploying Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), how to optimize the TSM server database, or other hints and tips? This session answers various aspects of these questions from the perspective of TSM 7.1.0, the most recent release of the server.

Power Software Preview of Future IBM Tivoli Storage Manager EnhancementsMatt Anglin Lecture (Advanced)

Have you wondered what enhancements are on the horizon or are being considered for Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)? If so, then this is the session to attend. This session provides a detailed preview of selected future enhancements in the next TSM release and beyond. Join us to discuss potential future direction in areas such as data protection for virtual machines, disaster recovery, data lifecycle management, and simplified administration.

Power Software Simplifying the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrative Experience with Operations CenterMatt Anglin Lecture (Intermediate)

The Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Operations Center first became available a year ago in version 6.3.4 and was later updated in 7.1.0. Explore the Operations Center capabilities and see how they have simplified and improved the day-to-day administrative experience for TSM. Also get a glimpse of potential enhancements to the Operations Center.

Power Software Best Practices and Recommendations for Administering IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Matt Anglin Lecture (Intermediate)

Explore the tools and best practices for managing and administering your Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) environment. We’ll survey the capabilities for administering TSM, discuss typical questions administrators are trying to answer, and describe recommended approaches.

Power Software Introducing the Power 8 GPFS Elastic Storage ServerMatthew Drahzal, Puneet Chaudhary Lecture (Basic)

Imagine storage which can deliver petabytes of data at hundreds of GB/Second....The Power Storage Server has just been announced, and this session will discuss new capabilities for Elastic Storage which is deployed via the Unification of Compute, Disk, GPFS, and Software Defined Storage. By providing scalable storage from 50 TB to 50 PB, we have the ability to start small, and add building blocks as our analytic workloads and technical computing storage needs grow, adding capacity, performance, and bandwidth, all while growing our single name space.

Systems AIX Using SVMON to Understand IBM AIX Memory UsageGrover Davidson Lecture (Advanced)

This session discusses memory usage on AIX and how to better understand it using the SVMON command. This is a very technical session that explains a lot of details about AIX memory usage and how to understand it.

AIX IBM AIX and IBM Power Software Trends and DirectionsJay Kruemcke Lecture (Intermediate)

This Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) session reveals the AIX and Power software plans.

AIX IBM AIX and Oracle: Oracle ASM Considerations for System and Storage AdministratorsRebecca Ballough Lecture (Intermediate)

Oracle’s Automatic Storage Management (ASM) is an alternative to filesystems for Oracle database storage. This session covers ASM concepts, administration tools, and implementation considerations in AIX environments.

AIX IBM AIX and Oracle: Oracle Database Private Clouds on IBM Power SystemsRebecca Ballough Lecture (Intermediate)

Does an Oracle DBaaS cloud really need an Oracle hardware solution? Or can you use Power just as effectively? Come to this sesssion to find out!


IBM i Navigating the World of IBM i Software LicensingAlison Butterill Lecture (Basic)

IBM i is a very robust product. It includes DB2 for i, WebSphere Application Server and more than 45 additional components and program products. What makes a Capacity BackUp (CBU) an attractive option? What about licensing for Live Partition Mobility? It is important to understand the different terms and conditions as licenses are moved between systems or moved in your enterprise. This session helps you navigate the world of IBM i software terms and conditions.

IBM i IBM i Trends and DirectionsSteve Will Lecture (Basic)

The world is evolving and changing. So is IBM i. How are clients and partners use IBM i is also changing. What are today’s industry trends? How do they affect what you do and what you should do? Most importantly, how is IBM i evolving to deliver these new technologies and new capabilities? Discover how the IBM i operating system is more relevant today than ever before. Hear about what the future may bring.

IBM i A Look at IBM i 7.2 and the Technology Refreshes Steve Will Lecture (Basic)

The IBM i operating system is built for business. The latest release 7.2 delivers significant new function in its core and has continued to add new capabilities through Technology Refreshes. Everything from enhancements to virtualization, extensions to PowerHA and new mobility and cloud offerings have been added. This presentation reviews the recent capabilities provided with IBM i in 7.2 and its Technology Refreshes.

Linux on Power IBM Power Systems and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: Better TogetherAnirban Chatterjee, Nathan Barney (SUSE) Lecture (Basic)

The recent launch of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 provides a great opportunity to revisit why Power is an excellent platform for SUSE deployments. SLES 12 has been optimized for POWER8 and includes new enhancements that will make it an attractive target for solution developers seeking to bring leading x86 applications to Power. This session explores at a high level how SUSE software is purchased, installed, managed, and supported on the Power platform. (Hint: if you’ve ever managed SUSE on other platforms, you’ll find yourself on very familiar footing.) We examine recent enhancements in SLES 12 including some specifically targeted for POWER8 systems.

Linux on Power Reducing x86 IT Costs with IBM Power SystemsChristopher T von Koschembahr, Susan Proietti Conti Lecture (Basic)

Learn how businesses are consolidating their workloads on IBM Power Systems to reduce IT costs associated with the proliferation of x86 servers to support infrastructure and business critical workloads. The session outlines the savings and benefits of workloads deployed on POWER8 scale-out servers and Integrated Facilities for Linux (IFLs) on larger Power Systems. The presentation shares financial and technical data from actual business cases developed for clients to quantify their IT costs of doing business on x86 and Power Systems.

Linux on Power Linux on IBM Power Systems Trends and DirectionsJeff Scheel Lecture (Basic)

With the launch of POWER8 systems, the excitement around Linux continues to grow. Attend this session for a refresher on the 2014 events and insights into the future.

Linux on Power Building Open Clouds on Power SystemsJeff Scheel Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

Power Systems has some of the best virtualization technology in the server industry. New open source initiatives like KVM and OpenStack represent the next generation of standards in the data center. Attend this session to learn how Power Systems will be embracing these open technologies to build new cloud solutions.

Linux on Power Why IBM POWER8 Is a Game Changer for LinuxRuviano Martinez, Sally Touscany Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

Linux is the platform of choice for running next generation workloads. With the launch of POWER8, IBM is adding major enhancements to the Power platform to make it the server of choice for running Linux workloads. In this session, the IBM Competitive Project Office discusses all of these new features and how they can help you to run your business faster and at lower costs on the Power platform. We also point out many advanced features of Linux on Power that you can’t do on Linux on Intel. Our competitive comparisons and performance tests demonstrate that POWER8 increases the lead over Intel’s latest processor family, Ivy Bridge. This session also include a live demo of Linux on POWER8.

Linux on Power IBM Power Systems and RedhatSpeaker TBA

Linux on Power IBM Power Systems and CanonicalSpeaker TBA

Power Hardware New HMC and firmware featuresAllyn Walsh Demo (Intermediate)

In this session we will have a look at the new features available with the latest version of HMC software and Power Systems firmware. Includes live demonstration (dependent upon network reliability)

Power Hardware IBM Power Systems Make the Best Scale-Out Servers in the IndustryAnirban Chatterjee, Possible client Lecture (Basic)

When building a scale-out compute infrastructure, what do IT architects value in the servers used? Speed, of course, but also data bandwidth, workload scalability, and cost efficiency. Most will typically buy a bunch of 1-2 socket x86 servers. IBM is known for making the best big iron enterprise systems in the world. But did you know that IBM also makes small 1-2 socket systems? It’s true! But that’s not all. The compute power, memory and I/O bandwidth, and workload scalability attributes that the Power platform provides in its enterprise line are also enjoyed by users of our smaller systems. And POWER8 drives these attributes to new levels, ensuring that Power Systems continues to provide the best scale-out servers in the industry.

Power Hardware Practical Application and Economics of Capacity on Demand (CoD) and Mobile Activation FeaturesCharlie Cler Lecture (Intermediate)

The usability and economics for Power Systems CoD and Mobile Activations has been greatly improved with Power Systems servers. This presentation provides a practical overview of Power Systems Capacity on Demand (CoD) and Mobile Activation features. For each CoD feature, we discuss the feature overview, pricing economics, how to configure and use the CoD/Mobile-Activation feature, and practical application of the CoD feature.

Power Hardware Why IBM Power SystemsJay Kruemcke Lecture (Intermediate)

Understand why Power Systems is the best platform for business.


Power Hardware Taking IBM POWER to Level 8, Two Decades of InnovationJeff Stuecheli Lecture (Advanced)

This talk presents a historical perspective starting at the original POWER machine up to POWER8. Over this interval, machine performance has grown by thousands of times over. The talk highlights which innovations enabled this massive growth. Scaling the “memory wall” is a critical aspect of this growth and is key component of the talk.

Power Hardware IBM Power Scale-Out Server Deep Dive (S8xx Models) Jeff Stuecheli Lecture (Intermediate)

Power Systems servers provide a great foundation for today’s and tomorrow’s applications. This is a detailed presentation covering the POWER8 technology based 1-socket and 2-socket servers. This session focuses on processors, memory, backplanes, key I/O, etc., of the system units. It also discusses offering structure, architecture, activations, current expansion options, configuration options/trade-offs, operating environments and more. This is a great session for those who deal with selecting the right Power System with the right hardware options to meet business needs. The session is appropriate for people interested in AIX, IBM i and Linux servers.

Power Hardware IBM Power Enterprise Server Deep Dive Jeff Stuecheli Lecture (Intermediate)

Power Systems enterprise-class servers provide the performance, scalability and reliability characteristics to meets and exceed the needs of larger clients. This is a detailed presentation covering the latest POWER technology servers . This session focuses on processors, memory, backplanes, key I/O, etc., of the system units. It also discusses offering structure, architecture, activations, current expansion options, configuration options/trade-offs, operating environments and more. This is a great session for those who deal with selecting the right Power System with the right hardware options to meet business needs. The session is appropriate for people interested in AIX, IBM i and Linux servers.

Power Hardware The Future of Innovation in ComputingJeff Stuecheli Lecture (Intermediate)

Improvements and innovations in server design over the past decades have been fueled by amazing strides in transistor density (Moore’s law) while maintaining near constant power (Dennard’s scaling). Looking forward to the coming decades, basic transistor scaling becomes challenging. This challenge has inspired a slew of innovation that will fuel system capability growth into the coming decades. This talk surveys these emerging technologies, showing the path towards an exciting future in system capabilities.

Power Hardware Why IBM POWER8 Analytics Solutions are RevolutionaryJeff Stuecheli Lecture (Intermediate)

Learn how IBM technologies ranging from semiconductor technology to complete solutions culminate in the POWER8 family of products. The talk focuses on illustrating how optimization across these IBM technologies enabled the order of magnitude improvements in system capabilities on CAMS workloads.

Power Hardware Meet the IBM POWER8 Development TeamJeff Stuecheli, p8 dev Team Birds of a Feather (Advanced)

Join this birds of a feather session with the POWER8 development team.

Power Hardware Prepare Your IBM Power Systems Infrastructure for Cloud, Analytics, Mobile and SocialLouise Hemond-Wilson, Ian Jarman Lecture (Basic)

Are you being pressured to support Cloud, Analytics, Mobile or Social (CAMS) solutions on Power? Is your Power infrastructure able to support them? This presentation reviews the Power Systems Infrastructure Optimization (PIO) assessment, a planning methodology and execution approach to help businesses align their IT initiatives with their business projects associated with CAMS. PIO helps clients use a fact-based approach to determine the IT infrastructure gaps and projects which require earliest action due to their support for business projects related to CAMS. IT capabilities required for successful Cloud, Analytics, Mobile and Social computing projects are discussed.

Power Hardware IBM Power I/O Update and DirectionsMark Olson Lecture (Intermediate)

Enabling and amplifying Power servers is a great set of I/O options. This session focuses on the models with POWER8 andPOWER7+ processor technology. It provides direction on Power I/O trends and directions and insights on I/O planning for current and future systems. It then covers all the recent I/O enhancements which have been introduced over the past few months. The focus is on Power Systems I/O ordered with Power feature codes. The session does NOT cover IBM I/O provided by the IBM Storage organization such as SANs or tape libraries.

Power Hardware IBM Power SSD and Flash Memory Technology: Overview, Recent News and Positioning Mark Olson Lecture (Intermediate)

Flash memory technology is a game-changing technology for many systems and applications for which Power Systems and IBM have been rapidly introducing many enhancements. This session overviews where/how flash memory technology, including the very popular SSD packaging, best fits into Power System usage scenario. It covers the underlying controller and flash memory technology and how/where it fits into the overall Power Systems server architecture and product offerings. Recent Power flash memory technology product announcements are highlighted and positioned at a high level.

Power Hardware IBM Power Capacity on Demand—Enterprise Pools, Elastic and IFLsMark Olson Lecture (Intermediate)

The flexibility to quickly handle new or changing workloads for businesses, whether using cloud strategies or classic implementations, is a Power System hallmark. Power CoD capabilities including the new Enterprise Processor Pools and Power IFL (Integrated Facility for Linux) can provide great benefit to Power 770/780/795 clients. This session gives detailed insights into the ordering and economics of today’s Capacity on Demand servers.

Power Hardware Moving to IBM POWER8 or POWER7+ Technology Mark Olson Lecture (Intermediate)

Moving from earlier generations of hardware to newer POWER technologies can be a bit daunting. This session focuses on what you need to consider. Which of your current hardware can be utilized? What memory or I/O moves forward? How do you stage the migration/upgrade to minimize downtime? Will you end up with the same serial number? How can you run two servers side by side during the change? Do you need to upgrade your software to run the new hardware? Come to this session to discuss asset reuse and much more when migrating or upgrading to a new Power System.


Power Hardware Why Are Large Power Servers Good For You?Ruviano Martinez, Sally Touscany Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

Intel servers cannot scale to the size of an Enterprise Power System. Large Power servers provide higher workload density and will yield higher utilization. That, in turn, yields lower cost per workload. Enterprise Power servers also provide “Qualities of Service” that Intel servers cannot such as better reliability, availability, serviceability, security, capacity on demand, and Enterprise Pools. That is why large Power servers are an ideal consolidation platform over Intel servers. They drive better IT efficiency with major economic benefits.

Power Hardware What Can IBM POWER8 Do That Intel Can’t?Ruviano Martinez, Sally Touscany Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)

POWER8 micro-architecture delivers a breakthrough and purposeful design that will set new records of price and performance for emerging as well as existing Enterprise workloads. The purposeful design means that many different types of workloads will have a price and performance advantage that Intel cannot achieve. In addition, the RAS features have also been purposely enhanced on POWER8 adding to the availability levels that are 2x what Intel can achieve. Attend this session to see many tests the IBM Competitive Project Office has run which will demonstrate what POWER8 can do that Intel can’t. The session also includes live demos of performance tests that feature POWER8 vs. Intel.

Power Hardware Power Opening SessionSpeaker TBA

Power Hardware Managing System Firmware on Your IBM Power SystemsTracy Smith Lecture (Basic)

Have you wondered—How can I tell which level of firmware is on my system, which level is running, and which level I should have on my systems? How do I install it ? Do I do the pre-planning to make sure which level of firmware works with which operating systems, VIOS, etc.? Which level do I need for new hardware that I plan to add to my systems? We discuss the tools and upgrade process so that you can ensure your server can exploit the latest technologies. We review best practices for managing system firmware for POWER7 and POWER8 systems.

Power Hardware Architecting and Deploying Enterprise IBM Power SystemsTracy Smith Lecture (Intermediate)

Discuss lessons learned and best practices for architecting and deploying Power 770, 780 and 795s. Learn why you want to have additional processors and memory and how the Hypervisor can optimize its usage for best processor and memory affinity. We also review the latest firmware release and tools to monitor and reallocate these resources.

Power Hardware Upgrade Planning for Enterprise IBM Power Systems Tracy Smith Lecture (Intermediate)

Thinking about upgrading? Do you want the latest technical information for planning a MES model upgrade to POWER7 and/or POWER8? Want to know where to look for the latest planning information and tools? This lecture reviews the hardware and software planning required to move to POWER7 systems. We also discuss the latest industry technology trends: SAS, PCI-X to PCIe, Flash/SSD technology and I/O Virtualization.

Power Software Meet the ExpertsJay Kruemcke Birds of a Feather (Intermediate)

Meet with IBM Power Systems experts to get your questions answered.

IBM System z at 24Preliminary session listing; subject to change. Three weeks before the event the ibmtechu.com event portal will be available for all registered attendees to create a custom agenda for the week.


zEnterprise Getting to the DevOps Promised Land with Continuous Release and Deployment Across Mainframe EnvironmentsRosalind Radcliffe Lecture (Basic)

Continuous release and deployment across distributed and mainframe environments is critical to reaching the the goals of DevOps. IBM UrbanCode Deploy provides the ability to deploy to the various platforms required by organizations. This session demonstrates the latest capabilities in IBM UrbanCode Deploy implemented specifically for the System z platform.

zEnterprise IBM REXX Language Coding TechniquesTracy Dean Lecture (Intermediate)

This session is aimed at the moderate REXX programmer who wants to gain further insight into better REXX programming techniques. The session focuses on: compiler vs library, coding techniques, hints and tips, key instructions like PARSE STORAGE CONSOLE, accessing control blocks, dynamic interfaces,trroubleshooting, compound variables vs Data Stack, EXECIO / Stream I/O functions, ways to exploit REXX ‘power tools,’ and different programming styles for REXX.

zLinux Devops Your Linux on IBM System z Environment!Guillaume Lasmayous, Romain Pochard Demo (Intermediate)

IBM investments in open source projects are not new with Linux, Eclipse and now OpenStack as a foundation for our cloud computing products. To embrace the increased pace required by the new cloud-based deployment models, systems administrators have to adopt new work methodologies, often referred to as devops (Developers / Operations). These devops are re-inventing the way Linux machines are managed—from physical boxes and image deployments to VMs and automated installations. This session demonstrates how open source devops tools can support an application development lifecycle on Linux on System z, from provisioning systems using xCAT, application deployment and configuration management with Ansible to logs and audit management using Logstash.

zLinux IBM Websphere Application Server V8 for Linux on IBM System z: SSL Setup and Performance StudyThomas Weber Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation gives an overview of the SSL performance for the encrypted communication with an IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) exploiting System z cryptographic hardware features. The focus is on the support and setup of System z cryptographic hardware features within WAS and Linux for System z to drive a SSL connection. The SSL performance results for an exemplary online stock trading benchmark application are also discussed.

zLinux Linux on IBM System z and IBM FileNet P8 5.1 Setup, Performance and ScalabilityThomas Weber Lecture (Intermediate)

Get an overview of the setup, performance and scalability of the IBM FileNet P8 5.1 Enterprise Content Management (ECM) platform for Linux on IBM System z running under z/VM. The applied FileNet P8 Content Engine and Process Engine tuning is explained. Also the setup of the underlying platform z/VM and Linux for System z is reviewed. The results of a performance study for this ECM platform are discussed.

zLinux Linux on IBM System z, the Innovation Driver in the EnterpriseWilhelm Mild Lecture (Intermediate)

The session shows new solution concepts and their business support regarding effectiveness of Linux on System z and transactional integration of new cloud infrastructures and composable services.

z/OS Improve the Efficiency of Your IBM Sysplex Using Improved Workload ManagementAndy Wright Lecture (Intermediate)

CICS has been helping workload management of your z/OS workloads for many years. In recent times, CICS has enhanced this support to take advantage of improvements made in the operating system. In CICS TS V4.1, Sysplex Optimized WLM was introduced and this was followed with new routing algorithms in CICS TS V4.2. This session explores the advances made in recent CICS releases to optimize workload flows and make your CICS environment more efficient and effective.

z/OS Improving the Integration Between Distributed Security and IBM CICSAndy Wright Lecture (Intermediate)

With distributed systems integrating more and more with CICS services, there are additional challenges to ensuring the security of transactions as they pass through these multi-platform environments. This session explores the different ways to integrate securely with CICS

web services, including new improvements in CICS to support SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language), using WebSphere DataPower as a web services gateway and the recently announced support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2 which provide stronger cryptographic keys and more robust algorithms. Several projects are used to illustrate how customers are using these capabilities to secure their CICS services.

z/OS Extend Your Customer “Reach” by Exposing Existing System z Assets as APIsAsit Dan Lecture (Intermediate)

System z customers can extend their reach to new clients and markets with new applications and services and improve the experience of their current clients by exposing existing System z assets as APIs, while leveraging mobile and cloud capabilities. This session covers the end-to-end architecture for exposing System z assets as enterprise services and as APIs using IBM APIM. Both consumability and governance are addressed.

z/OS Why You Need to Rethink Java on IBM System z!Carl Wohlers, Gary Peskin Lecture (Basic)

So much has changed in the past couple of years. From infrastructure optimization, new hardware features, programming model changes and new use cases to changing enterprise usage patterns, it’s the perfect time to revisit the role of Java on System z. This session reviews the many recent changes and explains why they should matter to you. Learn how to best leverage this exceptional, yet only recently understood, revolution that is the new System z enterprise platform.

z/OS The Good and the Ugly—IBM MQ SMF for V8Carolyn “Lyn” Elkins Lecture (Advanced)

MQ V8 for z/OS introduces new levels of SMF data capture providing statistical information about the channel initiator and accounting information about individual channels. This information helps MQ administrators, performance teams and capacity planners know more about how MQ is interacting with the network—providing a lot more information about what is going on and how the environment can be optimized. This lecture covers the changes and how to use the data. It is also a good cure for insomnia.

z/OS IBM MQ V8 for z/OS—Big News for IBM z/OS UsersCarolyn “Lyn” Elkins Lecture (Intermediate)

In April of 2014, a new version of MQ for z/OS was announced. Key new features include significant improvement in above the bar bufferpools providing deeper queues for high volume applications. Another improvement is extending the time between resets, potentially reducing planned outage needs. Come hear about the new features and how they can be implemented!


z/OS Workload Imbalance—IBM MQ Driven Transactions in a ‘Plexed WorldCarolyn “Lyn” Elkins Lecture (Intermediate)

MQ driven workload on z/OS is growing. One trend in many environments is workload imbalance, where a single queue manager or LPAR processes a much higher percentage of the workload than other available LPARs. This has caused issues including pricing imbalances and missed SLAs due to downstream contention.

z/OS IBM CICS Continuous Delivery and DevOpsChris Poole Lecture (Intermediate)

DevOps stresses communication, collaboration and integration between software developers (Dev) and system operators (Ops). Continuous Delivery is a design practice used in software development to automate and improve the process of software delivery. Techniques such as automated testing, continuous integration and continuous deployment allow software to be developed to a high standard and easily packaged and deployed to test environments, resulting in the ability to rapidly, reliably and repeatedly push out enhancements and bug fixes to customers at low risk and with minimal manual overhead.

z/OS No Rainclouds Here! Using IBM CICS Platform and Policies to Keep Your Private Cloud HealthyChris Poole Lecture (Intermediate)

CICS V5 introduces significant capability to help manage CICS as a private cloud. Platform definition monitors the health of shared services and maintains consistency across regions. This simplifies application deployment while threshold policies can protect production systems against rogue applications by enforcing coding standards throughout the development lifecycle. See how to use these with existing facilities including CICS Tools to manage and measure the health of your CICS environment. The session covers support for deploying and managing shared services like TCP/IP, web services resources and Java runtimes as part of a platform. Customers using workload management can see how application context information helps dynamic routing.

z/OS Modernizing the Mainframe: Humana Takes IBM CICS to the Next LevelCraig Whitaker (Humana) Lecture (Intermediate)

The landscape of healthcare insurance is changing dramatically with many uncertainties. Part of the challenge is to ensure that the infrastructure and applications that run the core business have the flexibility, durability and elasticity to meet both immediate demands and strategic, long term goals. Come listen to how Humana is exploiting the CICS Explorer and CICS tooling to support modernization activities that position their core applications to run the business for the foreseeable future.

z/OS Humana—Making zRules Work for Healthcare at Humana Craig Whitaker (Humana) Lecture (Intermediate)

Come learn how Humana is leveraging Operational Decision Manager (ODM) on z/OS and Linux on System z to meet pressing healthcare business requirement changes. Humana has begun their journey to capture and document their industry knowledge. Much of this knowledge is contained within COBOL applications running within CICS and in batch. Humana is leveraging these assets along with the expertise of their line of business to deliver the right decisions, based on that expertise through a real-time automated system. In doing so, Humana has realized that ODM on z/OS offers a unique set business values. This session focuses on those values and on the deployment patterns that align with the assets Humana has within their z/OS enterprise.

z/OS IBM CICS and JavaDennis Weiand Lecture (Intermediate)

For a long time, CICS has provided a Java environment for application development. The newer releases of CICS introduce the JVM Server to transform CICS into a first-class hosting environment for Java applications. This session provides a brief history of the Java environment within CICS, followed by a detailed look at the enhanced capabilities offered by current releases of CICS. In particular, we look at the OSGi framework to provide lifecycle management of Java applications, how Java applications are eligible for zAAP offload, and how the JVM Server supports many concurrent transactions thereby reducing storage requirements and the need for multiple JVM instances in a single region.

z/OS IBM CICS and the Liberty ProfileDennis Weiand Lecture (Intermediate)

CICS TS V5 offers a fast and lightweight Java web container, providing developers with the rich features of Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications and fast local access to their existing CICS applications and data. Built on IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty profile technology, this web container runs in the CICS JVM server environment. CICS’s support of the Liberty profile is enhanced in V5.2 through addition of support for JNDI, JAX-WS, JTA and remote JDBC type 4 relational databases. This session describes these features and shows the integration between the web container and CICS resources.

z/OS Services in IBM CICS—REST, SOAP, JSON, and MoreDennis Weiand Lecture (Intermediate)

Recent releases of CICS have provided support for service enablement of your transactions. Whether you’re looking at SOAP-based Web services or RESTful services, CICS provides the tooling to adapt your

applications’ existing interfaces to the service model. And, the CICS runtime has been enhanced to support many standards for XML-based or JSON-based services. Together, it is easier than ever to interact with web servers, mobile devices and mobile-optimized gateways such as IBM Worklight Server.

z/OS Liberty Profile IBM z/OS and z/OS ConnectDonald Bagwell Lecture (Intermediate)

Liberty profile is IBM’s dynamic and composable server runtime. It runs on z/OS as well and exploits the z/OS platform in several ways. z/OS Connect is a function that runs in Liberty and provides a RESTful interface supporting JSON as a means of opening backend z/OS systems to mobile access

z/OS WOLA—WebSphere Optimized Local AdaptersDonald Bagwell Lecture (Intermediate)

WOLA is a cross-memory technology that provides superior low-latency communications between WAS z/OS servers and other address spaces such as CICS, IMS or batch. It is bi-directional and supports security and transaction propagation. This session covers what it is and how it works. Plus real-world use-cases are used as illustrations.

z/OS Java Batch Solutions for IBM z/OSDonald Bagwell Lecture (Intermediate)

Interest in batch processing using Java on z/OS is growing. What are the approaches available? IBM has several, each with different features to recommend them. This session surveys the IBM solutions available.

z/OS IBM CICS Debugging: Back to Basics Ed Addison Lecture (Intermediate)

Debugging is fast becoming a lost art. Come sharpen your debugging skills with this back to basics presentation. Learn how to approach an AKEA ABEND0C4, Hang in CICS, and other common problems. Review the basic IPCS commands to use when reviewing these common problems.

z/OS IBM CICS L2 Support Center Common IssuesEd Addison Lecture (Intermediate)

Come see the session that could be worth your trip to Enterprise 2014. Hear the latest trends and issues that have come into the Level 2 Support Center. Come see what other clients have experienced so you can avoid the same problems and pitfalls. Additionally, this session demonstrates several advanced problem determination techniques you can take back to your shop. Come along and boost your problem awareness skills, helping to make supporting your system more straightforward!


z/OS Achieve More with IBM CICS ToolsEm James Lecture (Intermediate)

Learn how CICS tools extend the value of CICS. Discover how the CICS Explorer forms an integrated suite of tools that together deliver end to end management and control of your CICS applications and resources. Attend this session to understand how CICS PA, CICS CM and CICS IA are a key part of every CICS ecosystem to ensure optimum performance, efficient control of CICS resource definitions and deep understanding of complex CICS applications.

z/OS Getting to Know the IBM CICS ExplorerEm James Lecture (Intermediate)

Looking for new ways to accelerate the transfer of knowledge, skills and best practice to the next generation of technical staff/experts? The CICS Explorer provides task-oriented views, powerful context-sensitive resource editors and integrated access to a broad range of data and control capabilities for CICS Transaction Server. CICS Explorer is an Eclipse-based system management tool that connects to CICS, provides a way to manage one or more CICS systems and serves as a platform for the integration of CICS tools. This session provides an introduction to the CICS Explorer and dives into some of the key enhancements in the latest release.

z/OS RD&T—Lessons Learned from Field ExperiencesGeorge Ng, John Gates Lecture (Intermediate)

RD&T V9.1 provides an environment for mainframe application development and testing where operating systems, middleware, and software can run on Intel and Intel-compatible platforms without the need for System z mainframe hardware. RD&T, based on the IBM System z Personal Development Tool (zPDT), provides an emulated System z architecture with virtual I/O and devices. It allows mainframe operating systems such as z/OS, and z/VM with certain restrictions, and mainframe middleware and compilers to run unaltered on Intel architecture. This session provides an RD&T overview and proceeds with a “Lessons Learned” discussion derived from customer experiences culminating with recommended practices for successful RD&T deployment.

z/OS From OLTP to OLTAP: Real-Time Fraud Detection for IBM CICS Payments ProcessingGuillaume Arnould, Yann Kindelberger Lecture (Intermediate)

Determining in real-time if a payment is likely to be a fraud requires analytics processing to be part of the transaction. This session highlights how Online Transactional and Analytics Processing is becoming a more realistic proposition as the amount of captured historical data expands and the ability to process the data at speed improves. The session includes a demo of how a realistic complex query on 1 billion payment records can be used to authorize a CICS

retail payment. We demonstrate the capabilities of DB2 for z/OS, IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator and SPSS. If considered suspicious, the client is asked to confirm payment with a biometric recognition on his mobile device. This case highlights the integration of CICS with Worklight.

z/OS Considerations for RD&T in a IBM Parallel SysplexJohn Gates Demo (Intermediate)

IBM Rational Development and Test Environment for System z (RD&T) provides an environment for mainframe application development and testing where the operating systems, middlewareand software can run on Intel and Intel-compatible platforms without the need for System z mainframe hardware. Any System z operating system that complies with the z/OS architecture and instruction set may run on RD&T. A z/OS Parallel sysplex (SYStems comPLEX) is a collection of z/OS systems that cooperate, using certain hardware, software, and microcode, to process workloads, provide higher continuous availability, easier systems management, and improved growth potential over a conventional computer system of comparable processing power.

z/OS Mainframe Development and Test on Intel with RD&T: Hands-on LabJohn Gates Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

IBM Rational Development and Test Environment for System z (RD&T) V9.1 provides an environment for mainframe application development and testing where the operating systems, middleware and software can run on Intel and Intel-compatible platforms without the need for System z mainframe hardware. This lab session explores the requirements for deploying RD&T, configuration, provisioning. It also includes a test of a simple COBOL CICS application using RDz and the Integrator Debugger.

z/OS IBM Rational Development and Test for IBM System z V.9.1—Update John Gates Lecture (Basic)

IBM Rational Development and Test Environment for System z (RD&T) V9.1 provides an environment for mainframe application development and testing where the operating systems, middleware and software can run on Intel and Intel-compatible platforms without the need for System z mainframe hardware. RD&T is based on the IBM System z Personal Development Tool (zPDT), providing an emulated System z architecture with virtual I/O and devices. Now in its 6th iteration, RD&T V9.1 provides several unique improvements and enhanced capabilities. This session outlines these capabilities and explains how they can be used to expand the reach and scope of mainframe application development on Intel and Intel- compatible platforms.

z/OS IBM System z Resource Recovery Services— Infrastructure Management for Your Database Servers Kenny Blackman Lecture (Intermediate)

Resource Recovery Services (RRS) is the z/OS facility for managing system resource recovery. RRS is the syncpoint manager that coordinates the update and recovery of multiple protected resources. RRS controls how and when protected resources are committed by coordinating with the resource managers that have registered with RRS. RRS also provides a system resource recovery platform such that applications that run on z/OS can have access to local

and distributed resources that require system-coordinated recovery management of these resources. This session describes how RRS can be used to enable coordinated SOA exploitation of your z/OS based database servers.

z/OS Using the SQL API for Open Access to IBM IMS Data Kenny Blackman Lecture (Intermediate)

You have a business need to leverage your IMS database assets from a variety of run-time environments and remove the cost of data replication. IMS provides a standards base approach to integrating your IMS data. Discover how the IMS 13 SQL API can be used to modernize your existing IMS database access points and reduce your operating costs. Learn how to leverage your IMS data from a variety of application containers and how to configure IMS to provide a standards based DRDA application server environment for open access to your IMS data.

z/OS IBM IMS 13 Is Available Kenny Blackman Lecture (Intermediate)

IBM Information Management System (IMS), built on IBM System z, provides capabilities for both managing and distributing data. IMS integration capabilities enable SOA exploitation, enhanced analytics, new application development, mobile technology and System z cloud based processing. This session describes the enhancements to the IMS system components that support both the IMS database (DB) and transaction manager (TM). In addition, see how the IBM one-time charge priced IMS TM and DB Value Unit Editions can be used to create new zNALC-approved IMS applications including mobile and analytics applications. New features in the IMS Enterprise Suite are also discussed.


z/OS Best Practices for IBM CICS and SOA ConnectivityLeigh Compton Lecture (Basic)

CICS has a rich set of connectivity options for SOA integration including CICS web services, JCA and CICS sockets. The best choice depends on your application architecture, existing middleware environment and required transport protocols. Other considerations include development languages, client server coupling and synchronous or asynchronous requests. This session outlines key SOA deployment scenarios used by customers today and the best practice in each case. Also covered are recent enhancements to CICS web services, data mapping for SOAP and JSON support of UTF-16 data types, as well as new COBOL data clauses. CICS web services definitions can now be managed through CICS bundles and deployed as part of a cloud workload.

z/OS IBM CICS and Event ProcessingLeigh Compton Lecture (Intermediate)

You can use business events in CICS to gain insights into the way applications are running in CICS and present this information in a dashboard for business analysts and managers. This session provides insight on how to achieve greater agility from your existing CICS applications by enabling detection of event-based data patterns to make applications more responsive to actionable business situations.

z/OS Managing IBM CICS Systems: Hands-on Lab Leigh Compton, Dennis Weiand Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

The entire IT environment is changing and it’s time to learn how to use modern tools to manage your CICS environment. This session explores the z/OS Explorer and CICS Explorer. Learn how to set up an IBM CICSplex and easily perform typical management functions across multiple CICS regions. We’re reserving two lab sessions to give you plenty of time to experience the way today’s modern tools make you more productive.

z/OS Modernizing IBM CICS: Hands-on LabLeigh Compton, Dennis Weiand Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

You’ve heard about some of the new technology in CICS and now you’re ready to get your hands ‘dirty’ and work with some of them. This session offers hands-on experience with a variety of features and facilities from the latest releases of CICS. Choose from any of the lab exercises offered, which include exercises on CICS in the cloud, CICS Event Processing, web services, ATOM Feeds, RESTful interfaces, CICS Java development using OSGi, Java Servlets and JSPs in CICS, and more. Come to this session to gain hands-on experience with some of the latest CICS features and capabilities discussed here at Enterprise2014.

z/OS Decision Management: Making the Right Change at the Right TimeRichard Szulewski Lecture (Basic)

Join us as we explore the benefits of Decision Management for mainframe applications. This approach helps get the rules that drive business decisions to where they can be seen and understood, enabling changes based on a real understanding of how decisions are made and the impact of the changes. Decision Management also enables a shared understanding between the business analysts who need changes and the IT teams responsible for delivering high-quality, seamless changes.

Topics include: making rules visible, understandable and adaptable to changes in market demands; using Decision Management to modernize existing mainframe applications; and adopting a decision methodology incrementally with “market validated” decisions.

z/OS Developing and Driving IBM CICS JSON Web Services for MobileRob Jones Demo (Intermediate)

See how an existing CICS Transaction Server COBOL/DB2 application can be reused to interface to mobile technologies. A hybrid Smartphone app is created during the demo. First, the CICS TS Feature Pack for Mobile Extensions is used to expose the COBOL/DB2 application via a CICS JSON Web service—with no changes to the application. The Smartphone app is then built using IBM Worklight Studio capabilities, providing the ability to test the Smartphone app and its access to CICS Transaction Server. Finally, the demonstration shows how IBM Workload Simulator can drive high throughput of CICS.

z/OS Reducing Operating Cost of Business Critical Applications with IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS v5.1 Roland Koo Lecture (Basic)

Many development organizations are challenged by tight budgets and are looking for ways to improve efficiency. IBM’s new Enterprise COBOL for z/OS v5.1 has modern, leading-edge optimization technology that is specifically designed to work with IBM zEnterprise architecture (including zEC12). It can significantly improve the performance of your business critical applications, reducing both CPU utilization and execution time. In this session, Roland Koo, the product manager for IBM Compilers, takes you on a quick tour of the new COBOL compiler and shares early customer experiences. He also discusses strategies and best practices to help you plan your upgrade to Enterprise COBOL for z/OS V5.1.

z/OS Part I: IBM ISPF Hidden Treasures and New Features Sam Reynolds Lecture (Intermediate)

This two-part session aimed at the regular ISPF user who wants to learn about the lesser known and recently added features of ISPF that can make working life easier. View live demonstrations that unlock many of the hidden treasures in ISPF and show the new usability features added in recent z/OS releases, including z/OS Version 2 Release 1.

z/OS Part II: IBM ISPF Hidden Treasures and New Features Sam Reynolds Lecture (Intermediate)

This two-part session is aimed at the regular ISPF user who wants to learn about the lesser known and recently added features of ISPF that can make working life easier. View live demonstrations that unlock many of the hidden treasures in ISPF and show the new usability features added in recent z/OS releases, including z/OS Version 2 Release 1. This session is a continuation of part one.

z/OS IBM ISPF Editor—Beyond The Basics Hands-on LabSam Reynolds Lecture (Intermediate)

As ISPF users, a large proportion of our work involves using the ISPF editor. In this hands-on lab, learn how you can improve your productivity by customizing your edit environment and taking advantage of some of the advanced features of the editor. Through hands-on exercises, learn how to customize edit profiles and edit settings, recover edit session data after a system failure, and add power to your edit session with advanced edit commands. Additional exercises are provided for you to learn how to create and use your own edit models, write your own edit macros and create your own line commands.

z/OS IBM CICS Track Opening and Portfolio UpdateSteve Zemblowski Lecture (Basic)

Hear all the recent news around the CICS portfolio of products. Discover the key themes and highlights around the next release of CICS and the associated tools. Plus, get a whistlestop tour of what to expect from the sessions in the CICS track. The talk focuses on the value CICS support for mobile and cloud brings to customers and Business Partners.

z/OS IBM CICS Transaction Server Version 5.2: A Technical OverviewSteve Zemblowski Lecture (Intermediate)

CICS TS V5 delivers technical innovation and significant business value, satisfying more than 150 customer and user group enhancement requests. The result is a powerful new release with a huge amount of value for all stakeholders—delivering a smarter transaction processing experience for CICS users and their customers.


z/OS IBM ISPF Tips, Tricks and Free-for-AllThomas Conley Lecture (Intermediate)

Hear tips and tricks for maximizing your ISPF experience. Take part in an animated question and answer session where anything is fair game. Bring your ISPF challenges, issues, and questions and the speaker will (attempt to) answer them. Topics covered during the tips and tricks section include ISPF calendar, ISPF debugging tools, ISPF 3.4 on steroids and much more!

z/VM Introduction to IBM REXX Hands-on Lab (Part 1 of 2)John Franciscovich Hands-on Lab (Basic)

The REXX language was designed to be easy to use and is popular across many computing platforms. z/OS and z/VM system programmers and administrators find REXX to be very useful for everything from simple tools to complex applications. If you want to learn the basics of the powerful REXX language, this two-part hands-on-lab is for you. We begin with basic syntax and expressions, continue with class exercises, and progress to more advanced topics and exercises. The focus is on REXX on z/VM but the language constructs apply to all REXX platforms. If you are new to z/VM, don’t worry, we’ll get you started and help you navigate your z/VM session to do the exercises. This lab continues with Part 2.

z/VM Introduction to IBM REXX Hands-on Lab (Part 2 of 2)John Franciscovich Hands-on Lab (Basic)

This is a continuation of Part 1.

z/VSE IBM CICS TS for z/VSE UpdateIngolf Salm Lecture (Intermediate)

This session gives an update on the latest CICS TS for z/VSE announcements, the CICS Explorer as well more details on the statements of direction.

Big Data and Analytics zEnterprise Enterprise Analytics and Big Data 101 Christopher Spaight Lecture (Basic)

Companies that embrace and use real-time insights have been shown to dramatically outperform their industry peers. They are using analytics to improve revenue, reduce costs and lower risk, all while making better decisions. Industry indicators show a desire to apply business analytics processing against transactional data augmented by insights from big data. The IT infrastructure must cover both the full range of analytics—descriptive, predictive and prescriptive—plus the full breadth and depth of data—operational/warehoused, traditional/”big”. This session

explores the customer and market demands driving today’s business analytics.

zEnterprise Moving Operational Analytics to Your OLTP SystemsChristopher Spaight Lecture (Intermediate)

There is considerable business benefit in moving operational analytics closer to your online transaction processing. Besides being able to provide insights faster, organizations are able to centrally manage information, consistently deliver the information to all users, and most importantly, ensure that all parties are receiving a “single version of the truth.” This session explores how System z is the only platform that can deliver this functionality. With more that 70% of corporate data either created or residing on this platform, it makes business sense that operational analytics should reside there as well.

zEnterprise Driving More Sales and Greater Customer Loyalty with Predictive Customer IntelligenceChristopher Spaight Lecture (Intermediate)

What if your organization could increase customer satisfaction with every customer interaction? What if your customer-facing teams had the information and insight necessary to delight your customers every time they made contact? What if you could proactively provide service to your customers before they even know that they need it? This is not a corporate fantasy; it is Next Best Action, which enables organizations to create consistent customer contact strategy that spans both business and IT functions. This session demonstrates how to use knowledge of past, present and future events to impact customer value, all while improving customer based marketing by providing all relevant customer information for target offers.

zEnterprise Reduce Fraud, Lessen Risk and Ensure Reputation with IBM zEnterpriseChristopher Spaight Lecture (Intermediate)

Fraudulent activities effect both organizations and consumers alike. Fraudulent claims represent a significant number of all claims paid each year, which can result in higher premiums for consumers, reduced revenues for companies, as well as damages to an organization’s reputation. Fraud prevention solutions help organizations uncover fraud and take action before damages and loss occur. By analyzing data across multiple sources, they can identify fraudulent activity in areas such as financial services, healthcare, insurance, retail, credit cards, taxes, identity theft, insider trading and money laundering. This session highlights how zEnterprise hardware, software and solutions can help organizations eliminate fraud and mitigate risk.

zEnterprise Realizing $100s of Millions in Business Value Delivering Enterprise Analytics as a Service Via a Private CloudLarry Yarter Lecture (Intermediate)

This session, led by the IBM CIO office, focuses on the business requirement to make faster, better decisions based on reality rather than on assumptions—and that means taking control of enormous volumes of data. Larry Yarter, STSM, Chief Architect, IBM Business Analytics Center of Competency, shares the journey his team has taken in delivering analytics as service to over 400,000 named users via a private analytics cloud solution. He discusses business use cases and spotlights revolutionary technologies that are driving significant business value and helping IT to go from implementers to business innovators by enabling more rapid, data driven decision making in near real-time.

zEnterprise Explore and Learn About the IBM DB2 Analytics AcceleratorLeticia Cruz Demo (Intermediate)

Explore and learn about the IBM DB2 Analytic Accelerator installation and configuration on z/OS, basic functionality, usage and features like High-Performance Storage Saver (HPSS), replication (incremental update) and high availability.

zEnterprise IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator: Lessons LearnedScott Chapman Lecture (Intermediate)

You’ve probably heard about the performance benefits of the IDAA: queries minutes or hours long reduced to seconds. This presentation gives a few examples of such benefits, but mostly focuses on the things the marketing materials won’t mention--things learned by experience implementing an IDAA. Come to this session and benefit from that experience. Hear about what to consider before starting an IDAA implementation. Discover details that may surprise you. Learn why you need to think about IDAA differently in DB2. Talk about testing strategies. Unravel the intricacies of incremental update. Finally, be amazed by the query performance that was observed.


zEnterprise Configuring IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator for HA/DR Theresa Tai Lecture (Intermediate)

The IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator V4.1 provides full support of the workload balancing and data consistency across multiple accelerators, High Performance Storage Saver (HPSS) with multiple accelerators, and incremental update support of multiple DB2 subsystems. First, this session looks at the built-in high availability features within the Accelerator. Second, we examine the new and enhanced capabilities that can be easily integrated and extend the existing HA/DR topology for query acceleration, mission and business critical analytics workloads.

zEnterprise Information Governance: Key to Business Optimization with IBM zEnterpriseTheresa Tai Lecture (Intermediate)

With the complexity of today’s information ecosystems, organizations must improve the level of trust users have in information, ensure its consistency and establish safeguards over it. IBM Information Governance is the framework for managing data growth, quality, security and privacy protection across the lifecycle of information, with enforced processes and standards to ensure a single trusted data source in real time. When information is trusted, businesses can be confident in their analysis of that information, optimize outcomes and gain competitive advantages.

zLinux The Elephant on the Mainframe—Using Hadoop to Analyze IBM System z DataChristopher Spaight Lecture (Intermediate)

The zEnterprise portfolio includes a rich set of options for the analysis of structured, relational data. But what if the business needs to analyze data that is unstructured, or semi-structured, or is a mix of relational and non-relational records? Many are looking to Hadoop for these situations. This session lays out the mainframer’s options for using Hadoop both on and off platform, and walks through several use cases for when it makes sense to use Hadoop for turning data into insights.

zLinux HDFS, Hive and All That Big Data “Stuff” for IBM System zKaren Durward Lecture (Basic)

Are you wondering how System z participates in the world of HDFS, Hive and all that Big Data stuff? If so, this session is for you. This session focuses on not only why z/OS data should be integrated into a Big Data environment but also the various ways to do it. Come and learn about the latest on z/OS data integration with Big Data, Linux on System z as a Big Data platform, and more.

z/OS IBM DB2 for z/OS Distributed Processing Best PracticesHugh Smith Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation discusses the features of DB2 distributed processing which should be utilized to maximize DB2 and application availability. The primary focus of the presentation is a discussion of those capabilities as they relate to DB2 data sharing groups. Topics include recommendations on how applications should be developed, network capabilities utilized and DB2 configured to maximize availability.

z/OS IBM DB2 11 for z/OS Distributed EnhancementsHugh Smith Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation discusses the DB2 11 enhancements made to its distributed processing performance. Topics include how performance is improved by DB2 utilizing TCP/IP synchronous receive capabilities, providing support for single message transaction processing, and large volume data transfers between DB2 subsystems. The presentation also discusses a DB2 10 feature called High Performance DBATs and how it relates to the new DB2 11 thread break-in technology. Finally, a review of post DB2 10 GA capability, calling connection queuing management is discussed.

z/OS How IBM DB2 Uses WLM Facilities Hugh Smith Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation discusses the various WLM capabilities used by DB2 to manage its tasks and tasks that utilize DB2 facilities. The goal of the presentation is to provide an understanding on how to setup WLM capabilities to maximize the usage of DB2.

z/OS What’s New About Buffer Management Using IBM DB2 11 for z/OSJeffrey Berger Lecture (Intermediate)

This session explains some buffer pool tuning considerations when using DB2 11 for z/OS. We discuss some changes that affect the performance of DB2’s deferred writes and castout processing. We examine improvements to DB2 buffer metrics that improve your ability to tune your buffer pools. Finally, we explain how to better manage real storage and minimize CPU consumption.

z/OS IBM DB2 11 for z/OS Technical OverviewJohn Iczkovits Lecture (Basic)

Join us for a technical overview of the functions and features of the new DB2 11 for z/OS release, including those related to performance, availability, utilities, security and analytics. Based on the quality and stability of DB2 11, many clients are already making plans for it. In this session, we share important hints and tips and discuss how to perform risk mitigation to enable a fast start and smooth migration to DB2 11.

z/OS IBM DB2 for z/OS Optimizer: What’s New in DB2 11 and Exploiting DB2 10John Iczkovits Lecture (Basic)

If you’re using DB2 10 for z/OS and planning to migrate to DB2 11, this session gives you details on DB2 11 “out-of-the-box” performance improvements—more than in DB2 9 and DB2 10 combined. Topics include predicate rewrites to improve index ability, hash join optimizations, duplicate removal enhancements, DPSIs, subqueries and more. We also recap DB2 10 enhancements to be sure you are exploiting them correctly, such as IN-list enhancements, predicate optimizations, safe optimization, SQL pagination and more. If you are interested in improving performance for your DB2 applications, then don’t miss this session.

z/OS IBM DB2 11 *NEW* Availability Functions and Features John Iczkovits Lecture (Basic)

DB2 11 has new exciting features, especially when dealing with availability. In this session, learn about new recovery features, new online alters, workfile enhancements, and how to work with the new automated pseudo delete function. Come and get an in-depth view of these new exciting features.

z/OS What Every DB2 for z/OS Professional Needs to Understand About IBM Disk and Tape VirtualizationJohn Iczkovits Lecture (Intermediate)

Modern disk and tape does not resemble older technology. What is the real picture regarding modern disk and tape? How does the newer technology change the management of your DB2 environment? How does performance change? The real question is, why do I care about this new technology? Come and find the answers regarding the new technology and how to best leverage it for your DB2 environment.

z/OS Part II: Integrating IBM z/OS Data with BigInsights and other HDFS Environments Karen Durward Demo (Intermediate)

MapReduce and Hive based analysis of z/OS data drives new value to the enterprise. It can be analyze system profiles using z/OS log-based metrics for operations optimization. Another possibility is correlating and analyzing interactions with customers and their social media postings that mention your organization. Learn about the various methods for bringing z/OS data into the world of Hadoop. See a demonstration showing how easy it is to bring critical z/OS data from sequential files such as SMF logs, or transactional data sources such as DB2 for z/OS or VSAM files into HDFS. This session is a continuation of part one.


z/OS Part I: Integrating IBM z/OS Data with BigInsights and other HDFS Environments Karen Durward Lecture (Intermediate)

MapReduce and Hive based analysis of z/OS data drives new value to the enterprise. It can analyze system profiles using z/OS log-based metrics for operations optimization. Another possibility is correlating and analyzing interactions with customers and their social media postings that mention your organization. Learn about the various methods for bringing z/OS data into the world of Hadoop. See a demonstration showing how easy it is to bring critical z/OS data from sequential files such as SMF logs, or transactional data sources such as DB2 for z/OS or VSAM files into HDFS.

z/OS Enterprise Data Warehouse on DB2z at Fifth Third Bank: Best Practices for DB2 Analytics AcceleratorLockwood Lyon (Fifth Third Bank) Lecture (Intermediate)

You have implemented your first Big Data application. You may even have installed one or more hybrid hardware/software solutions for high speed query acceleration. What’s next? Next is integrating these solutions into currently existing enterprise data warehouses and data marts. Is this feasible? Should these solutions co-exist with ‘normal’ production? What are the ramifications of data transfer, performance, tuning and disaster recovery? This user experience session from Fifth Third Bank showcases an implementation of a high-performance business analytics environment. It includes how we configured a z/OS + DB2z V10 + DB2 Analytics Accelerator solution and integrated it with our enterprise data warehouse. Explore lessons learned and useful tips and tricks.

z/OS IBM DB2 for z/OS: Data Sharing Technical Deep DiveMark Rader Lecture (Advanced)

DB2 data sharing is approaching 20 years of providing high availability, scalable capacity and dynamic workload balancing. Many clients worldwide rely on DB2 data sharing for their mission critical applications. DB2 data sharing relies on the Parallel Sysplex and Coupling Facility structures, especially the Lock Structure and Group Buffer Pools. Come learn how DB2 uses these structures and how you can monitor their behavior. This session also addresses how you can change your infrastructure as your workload grows and what options are available to facilitate these changes.

z/OS IBM DB2 for z/OS Profiles: Customer Experience in Taming Distributed ThreadsMark Rader Lecture (Intermediate)

What are DB2 Profiles? Introduced in DB2 9 for z/OS and extended in DB2 10 for z/OS, Profiles provide a variety of exciting capabilities: ZPARMs at a more granular level than the subsystem, modeling production in test, and application specific behavior—all available via online changes! This session provides a technical overview of DB2 Profile capabilities. One customer recently used DB2 Profiles to prevent the recurrence of a production problem. This session describes the problem and the solution. Come see how you can use DB2 Profiles, too.

z/OS IBM DB2 for z/OS: Data Sharing UpdateMark Rader Lecture (Intermediate)

DB2 for z/OS data sharing continues to be enhanced to address evolving customer requirements, even as it approaches 20 years in client production systems. This session reviews the enhancements introduced in DB2 10 and DB2 11 and describes which enhancements require you to take action in order to take advantage of them.

z/OS Capacity Analytics for IT, A Cost Effective Solution to Ensure Optimal Performance Rebecca Wormleighton Lecture (Intermediate)

Your IT infrastructure is mission critical. If not up and running and performing as expected, it can have a direct impact on your ability to conduct business. From the data center executives, to systems managers and system administrators, IBM can help you manage your IT infrastructure investment more efficiently and cost effectively through a single, integrated solution. Join us to see how IBM’s new Capacity Management Analytics solution enables the management of the complete IT life cycle, with cost effective analysis of usage, service objectives, resource utilization, system tuning, accounting, cost recovery, and the measurement and management of available and planned capacity.


zEnterprise Building a Linux for IBM System z Base Image for Deployment with IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator: Hands-on LabBarry Silliman Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

In this lab, you create a Linux for System z guest on z/VM. Then, using a combination of Linux scripts and commands, xCAT commands and xCAT GUI actions, and OpenStack commands, you tailor the instance,

register it with xCAT and OpenStack, and import it into IBM SmartCloud Orchestrator (SCO). You then use SCO to create a virtual system pattern using this newly created base image and deploy cloud instances on System z using this pattern.

zEnterprise How Companies Are Using IBM System z for CloudFehmina Merchant Lecture (Basic)

Companies are building secure and robust private clouds on System z to deliver their critical IT services with agility and at lower costs. Join us as we examine the unique capabilities of zEnterprise as a platform for private cloud computing—providing the ultimate in virtualization, security, scalability and reliability. Gain an understanding of how the newest IBM SmartCloud technologies can automate and optimize the deployment and management of services in the cloud. We discuss specific real-life examples and use-cases to show you how a private cloud built on zEnterprise and SmartCloud provide flexible IT service delivery at the lowest cost. Live demonstrations of the latest IBM SmartCloud tools are also included.

zEnterprise Cutting Through the Hype: Straight Talk About the Mainframe and Cloud ComputingGlenn Anderson Lecture (Basic)

Should mainframe shops care about cloud computing? Is cloud even relevant to a System z enterprise? Let’s cut through the marketing hype and figure this thing out.

zLinux KVM Concepts and Components for IBM z/VM LoversChristian Ehrhardt Lecture (Intermediate)

KVM is becoming more and more popular on a lot of platforms, from embedded to enterprise scale systems. Unknown things are always scary at best, so this session explains basic KVM concepts and components. One might think that there are a lot of KVM starter sessions out there in the Internet already, but this one takes a very special approach matching KVM concepts to what people know from z/VM. By that we leverage all the z/VM experience that people on SHARE conferences have for a much better understanding of KVM. Insights into the similarity (or not) of these concepts were obtained via performance analysis to further improve both Hypervisors on the System z platform.


zLinux Enterprise Cloud System (ECS): End to End Systems ManagementSteve McGarril Demo (Intermediate)

This session explores the necessary steps to use Enterprise Cloud System in the administration, backup and restore of crucial system data and configuration. We demonstrate the management components consisting of Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (TEMS), Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS), Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), OMEGAMON agent, IBM Wave and Smart Cloud Orchestrator (SCO). SCO is the critical piece used to access ready to use patterns in rapid provisioning.

zLinux The Economics of Cloud on the MainframeSteven Dickens Birds of a feather (Intermediate)

Get a detailed overview of the TCO comparison of running certain workloads on an Enterprise Cloud System vs. a large public cloud provider and a leading x86 vendor based private cloud.

zLinux How MSPs Are Leveraging the Mainframe for Public CloudSteven Dickens Lecture (Intermediate)

Laden with client references, this session looks at how MSPs are leveraging the Enterprise Cloud System and mainframe technology to deliver public cloud services.

zLinux Mission Critical Workloads as a ServiceSteven Dickens Lecture (Intermediate)

This session offers an overview of how to provide key mission critical applications and enterprise middleware as services on public or private cloud architectures while maintaining SLAs and security risk profiles.

z/OS Cloud Computing on IBM z/OSFrank DeGilio Lecture (Intermediate)

Many have spoken about the cloud characteristics of System z since the term first joined the IT lexicon. So why haven’t companies flocked to it? Primarily because their focus has been on implementing capabilities on x86. As fervor over IaaS begins to wane and businesses realize they need and want more, interest in the cloud on z/OS is rising. This session details the new role z/OS will play in cloud. Hear customer examples of businesses using Cloud on z/OS and explore the central role the operating system will have in the hybrid clouds of the future.

z/OS Enhanced Service Management on IBM System z Including New Cloud and Analytic Capabilities John Kogel Lecture (Basic)

As companies look to exploit new technologies, including cloud, zEnterprise will play a significant Systems of Record role. IBM has new analytics, monitoring, and automation capabilities to help reduce costs, decrease risk and increase productivity for zEnterprise, along with new cloud fit-for-purpose support for provisioning workloads across System z, x and p. This session looks at what’s new in Service Management on System z to simplify operations and management of current workloads and new technologies. Learn how new solutions provide better integration across visibility, control and automation.

z/OS Cloud Enablement in IBM CICS Version 5Steve Zemblowski Lecture (Intermediate)

This session discusses how the latest version of CICS TS introduces cloud-style CICS development, deployment, and operations, providing you with greater service agility. CICS provides the capability of configuring the cloud-based infrastructure as a package of definitions of topology, resources, connectivity, workload management, and runtime to allow a platform to be deployed onto your z/OS infrastructure. In addition, you can add and remove regions dynamically from installed platforms. By packaging and deploying an application to a platform, you can manage the lifecycle of the application as a single entity across multiple CICS regions.

z/OS SoftLayer and the Mainframe: Where Each Plays and How They InteractSteven Dickens Lecture (Intermediate)

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z/VM IBM z/VM Virtualization BasicsDamian Osisek Lecture (Basic)

This presentation gives you a strong understanding of what the industry buzzword “”virtualization”” means in the context of System z processors and the z/VM operating system. Key topics include System z computing concepts, the virtual machine model, commands and facilities for configuring virtualized resources, virtual machine scheduling and dispatching, methods for virtualizing memory and I/O devices, and ways z/VM’s virtual machine model transcends mere hardware virtualization.

z/VM IBM Wave for z/VM: Hands-on Lab Eudardo Oliveira Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Experience the powerful interface and capabilities provided by IBM Wave for z/VM and navigate its screens, while executing meaningful tasks with no need to use a green screen nor deep z/VM skills.

z/VM Advanced IBM z/VM Systems Management with IBM WaveEudardo Oliveira Lecture (Intermediate)

We discuss and demonstrate how IBM Wave for z/VM provides a single point of control for management, monitoring, and provisioning of z/VM and Linux on System z virtualized environments. IBM Wave enables the visualization of servers, storage and network. Its intelligent icons display system status in a glance and the provisioning, cloning and activation of virtual resources is done in just a few clicks. IBM Wave also permits the management of the entire enterprise and its multiple z/VM guests across LPARs and CECs. Using the Enterprise Viewer and functions such as Projects and Grouping, one can cross manage multiple instances by custom attributes to match specific business needs!

z/VM The Business of IBM z/VMGeorge Madl Lecture (Intermediate)

z/VM has been the primary catalyst for a very successful “Linux on System z” business for more than a decade. In taking on this catalyst role, z/VM has evolved from both its operating system roots and its “stand-alone business” roots to become a hypervisor and growth enabler. This session offers information and business insights as these relate to z/VM’s past, current and future business value to IBM. Time will be available for discussion and Q+A.

z/VM IBM z/VM Product Futures—Development Lab Manager Direction and DiscussionGeorge Madl Lecture (Intermediate)

The future doesn’t have to be an unknown ... at least not a total unknown when it comes to z/VM. Come and learn what’s (likely) in store for your favorite virtualization product in the months and years to come. And since technology futures should never be cast in stone, there will be ample discussion and Q+A time for you to share your ideas to help shape future enhancements to, and investments in, z/VM.

z/VM IBM Wave for z/VM Use Cases and Field ExperiencesRichard Young Lecture (Intermediate)

This session explores IBM’s latest Systems Management tool for System z Linux virtual servers. We review some of the functions you can use IBM Wave for and how to extend those functions with your own short scripts. We also discuss lessons learned in the field by our System z services team.


z/VM Backup and Recovery of a IBM System z Based Cloud EnvironmentTracy Dean Lecture (Intermediate)

Backup and recovery are critical to a System z-based cloud environment running on z/VM and Linux on System z. This session reviews the advantages and disadvantages of each of the various approaches to backup and recovery for z/VM and Linux on System z. Topics include backing up from z/OS, backing up from z/VM and backing up from Linux. Join us to examine one of the IBM solutions that fills in several pieces of the puzzle: Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM. Live demos are included.

z/VM IBM z/VM Platform UpdateWilliam Bitner Lecture (Basic)

No time to read official IBM announcement letters and statements of direction? You have the time, but you have questions on what the marketing material means? This fast moving session surveys all the latest news on z/VM. The focus is on z/VM 6.3, the newest release of z/VM that became available on July 26,2013. z/VM 6.3 brings improvements in scalability, efficiency and systems management. We also look at some enhancements that have been released for z/VM 6.3 since GA.

z/VM How Do OpenStack, IBM Wave for z/VM and xCAT Help to Manage Your z/VM Systems?William Bitner Lecture (Intermediate)

The term “Systems Management” is frequently used, but what does it really mean? What is OpenStack and how does it fit into the z/VM System Management strategy? Who should be using the Systems Management APIs (SMAPI)? What is xCAT and how does its integration into z/VM change the Systems Management landscape? What solutions are available to you for augmenting and extending the z/VM hypervisor management options? All these questions are answered in this session as we take a look at high level aspects of managing z/VM systems.

High Availability z/OS Long Distance IBM Sysplex Data SharingFrank Kyne Lecture (Advanced)

Combine multiple data centers, HyperSwap, and sysplex data sharing, and z/OS offers the potential for levels of application availability that other platforms can only dream of. However, it is not as simple as building your data centers, running some fiber between them, and you are done. This session discusses the things that you must consider when implementing a multi-site data sharing sysplex. Among other things, we discuss the most common question (“how far apart can I place my data centers”) and the most common answer (“it depends”), and why that frustrating answer is actually the correct one.

z/OS Sysplex Basics: CF Structure RebuildMark Brooks Lecture (Basic)

This presentation provides an overview of Coupling Facility structure rebuild processing, including duplexing rebuilds. We explore the use of structure rebuild processes in the context of planned reconfiguration actions and failure recovery. We examine rebuild processing for an individual structure and then broaden the scope to provide a sysplex perspective. As we consider various failures, we will come to understand how the z/OS manages and monitors these recovery processes. Various configuration options that can help reduce elapsed recovery time, and thus improve availability, are described. With this foundation, we can understand the changes in behavior and benefits of the new serial rebuild processing introduced in z/OS V2R1.

z/OS IBM Parallel Sysplex Resiliency: Architecting for High AvailabilityMark Brooks Lecture (Intermediate)

A properly configured parallel sysplex can deliver near continuous availability. Often, “properly configured” is equated with redundancy. But redundancy is not enough. In a world where the availability of business services is becoming ever more critical, there are installations with highly redundant sysplex configurations that fail to meet their availability objectives. What’s going wrong? This presentation describes how to approach the problem of achieving high availability for critical business services in the context of a parallel sysplex. For customers that experience “large” outages, the “architectural” issues described herein must often be addressed. Note that many aspects of our approach are applicable to any IT environment.

z/OS IBM Parallel Sysplex Resiliency: Configuring for High AvailabilityMark Brooks Lecture (Intermediate)

A properly configured parallel sysplex can deliver near continuous availability. Often “properly configured” is equated with redundancy. But redundancy is not sufficient. What one really needs is for the sysplex to be resilient. It must be able to quickly resume normal operation after experiencing illness (such as sympathy sickness), change (hardware or software reconfiguration), or misfortune (failures). This presentation describes ways to improve the resiliency of the sysplex. The topics were selected based on real-world customer incidents. We look at specific parameters and procedures that could have been used to avoid the outages.

z/OS IBM z/OS Parallel Sysplex UpdateMark Brooks Lecture (Intermediate)

Discover the recent updates to Parallel Sysplex, including the latest hardware and coupling link technology, Coupling Facility Control Code (CFCC), and z/OS enhancements. This presentation is intended to highlight the new features and capabilities of the Parallel Sysplex

technology that can be leveraged to help your installation better meet its business needs.

z/OS IBM Parallel Sysplex Overview and ReviewMaurice McCullough Lecture (Basic)

New to the Sysplex or just need a refresher course? Come sit in this 75 minute back to basics session and learn about the components of the Sysplex and how they work together to give you high performance and 24/7 availability.

z/OS Cut Your Teeth on System Automation in a Hands-on LabRaimund Thielker Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

This is your chance to work with the latest version of System Automation (SA) z/OS in a sandbox environment. In this lab, you’ll learn how to work with SA’s system operations component. Discover how to: define a new application using the application class concept, create an application group to manage multiple applications as a whole, set up relationships to existing applications, exploit the reporting capabilities of SA z/OS to see what the automated environment looks like, and test the new policy on the live system. For additional background on the basic concepts used by SA z/OS, the session “What you need to know about System Automation for z/OS” is recommended. ISPF skills are helpful in this lab.

z/OS Keep Ahead with System Automation for IBM z/OSRaimund Thielker Lecture (Advanced)

IBM Tivoli System Automation for z/OS (SA z/OS) 3.4 comes with a full bucket of new and improved functionality, with other enhancements following through service updates. Whether SA z/OS is used as the basis for GDPS, you want to manage zEnterprise zBX systems, or you like to run your z/OS in distinct operational modes—these and other enhancements and new functions to facilitate daily operational tasks are presented in this session. This presentation assumes SA z/OS knowledge.

z/OS What You Need to Know About System Automation for IBM z/OSRaimund Thielker Lecture (Basic)

Do you need transparent automation in your Sysplex environment? Are you spending way too much time with maintaining your hand-written automation? Would you like to draw a report from your automation on a click? See how simple it is to action upon a message. These and other highlights of IBM Tivoli System Automation for z/OS are presented in this session. A policy-based and goal-driven automation engine keeps your operations under control with full transparency. You don’t need any knowledge of the IBM System Automation product family to benefit from this session.


z/OS What’s New in IBM GDPS 3.11?Sim Schindel Lecture (Intermediate)

GDPS is IBM’s premier continuous availability and disaster recovery solution for managing z/OS, z/VM and Linux on System z systems and their data, both in and across sites. In addition to the array of tightly integrated capabilities associated with System z systems and data, GDPS extends its reach to heterogeneous platforms for end-to-end availability and recovery management. This session gives you an update on the exciting new features and functions added in GDPS 3.11, the latest release of GDPS which became generally available on March 31, 2014.

z/OS IBM GDPS/Active-Active—The Future of Continuous Application Availability on IBM System zSim Schindel Lecture (Intermediate)

GDPS/Active-Active is the latest addition to the GDPS family of high availability and disaster recovery solutions and is a fundamental paradigm shift to near continuous availability. GDPS/Active-Active introduces a new approach to protecting your most critical business applications with a solution that allows you to have multiple sites, separated by unlimited distances, accessing copies of the same data, with cross-site workload monitoring and balancing. This session explains how GDPS/Active-Active is implemented and explores the features that were recently added to this expanding solution.

z/OS Brand New: IBM Service Management Suite for z/OSUwe Gramm Lecture (Intermediate)

Come and see IBM’s new and exciting solution to manage, automate and monitor a business critical System z environment. IBM Service Management Suite for z/OS offers a single point of control for a broad range of systems management functions. You get the visibility, control and automation of a large range of system elements spanning both the hardware and software resources of enterprises in a sysplex. This new offering provides automation, network and systems management to address business agility on IBM System z. In addition, it leverages broad monitoring values to provide both real-time and historical performance and network management capabilities for your z/OS operating system, networks, storage subsystems and middleware.

z/OS IBM NetView for z/OS: A Modern Way to Manage Your IBM System zUwe Gramm Lecture (Intermediate)

IBM’s NetView solution on z/OS provides state-of-the-art systems and network management solution to help you control a business critical System z environment. Come and learn important news on network management, automation, a new way of comprehensive logging and business continuity on the mainframe. NetView for z/OS

is a fundamental cornerstone of GDPS and the GDPS Active/Active continuous availability solution providing monitoring of workload status and other managed elements in a fail-proof business continuity implementation. In this presentation, you get new and valuable insights in NetView’s enhanced capabilities to manage a robust and business critical mainframe environment.

Installation, Administration and Migration

zEnterprise IBM System z Sub-Capacity and the SCRT ReportDavid Chase Lecture (Advanced)

Sub-capacity pricing for System z software is the way most customers achieve the optimal price performance available to them. But this means that the way your system is configured and used is very likely to have an impact upon the software charges you pay, and use of the Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool (SCRT) will be required. Attend this session to understand how SCRT works beyond the introductory level, how to use it, how to interpret the output of the tool (the Sub-Capacity Report), and what options you have to tune your system to influence your monthly software charges.

zEnterprise What’s New in IBM System z Software PricingDavid Chase Lecture (Basic)

Keep up with the most recent announcements in the world of System z software pricing.

zEnterprise IBM System z Software Pricing OverviewDavid Chase Lecture (Basic)

This session introduces the software pricing options available for IBM’s zEnterprise and System z servers. We discuss a variety of Monthly License Charge (MLC) metrics, including the newest ones: Advanced Workload License Charge (AWLC) and Advanced Entry Workload License Charge (AEWLC). We also introduce IPLA “one-time charge” pricing and how it differs from MLC. Although the primary focus is on z/OS pricing, these pricing concepts also apply to z/VSE and z/TPF.

zEnterprise Introduction to Sub-Capacity Pricing and Sub-Capacity Reporting ToolDavid Chase Lecture (Basic)

If your shop decides to adopt sub-capacity pricing for System z software, use of the Sub-Capacity Reporting Tool (SCRT) will be required whether you run z/OS, z/VSE and/or z/TPF. Attend this session to understand what the SCRT is, how it works, how to use it and how to interpret the output of the tool, the Sub-Capacity Report. This session also covers the planning steps for successful implementation of SCRT and discusses the end-to-end implementation process of collecting the required SMF data, running SCRT, reviewing the reports, and submitting them to IBM.

zLinux New Distributions, New Performance a.k.a New Game, New ChanceChristian Ehrhardt Lecture (Intermediate)

The next generation of major distribution releases is coming. This will bring us many new features and also new things to be aware of. Therefore, this session covers performance improvements and pitfalls with those new releases. We had some issues migrating our performance toolchain to those new releases. Based on that experience, I will also share insights about some of the functional differences that shall help you to pass them with less hiccups.

zLinux Software Licensing for Distributed Linux Middleware on IBM System zDavid Chase Lecture (Basic)

Many people understand how sub-capacity software licensing works for z/OS and z/VSE. But did you know that IBM also offers sub-capacity licensing for distributed Linux middleware when it runs on System z? Attend this session to understand how the Passport Advantage virtualization and sub-capacity licensing rules work in a Linux on System z environment, especially when you are using IFL engines running under the control of z/VM.

zLinux Linux for Beginners Hands-on LabRichard Lewis Hands-on Lab (Basic)

You’ve most likely heard of the Linux operating system, but perhaps the arcane command names have scared you away from doing anything with the operating system. Command names such as grep, awk can be intimidating. This workshop is for people with no UNIX or Linux background. The lab is designed to introduce you to the Linux operating system from an end-user perspective. You log into a Linux system and execute various Linux commands that a Linux user or Linux System Administrator needs to be aware of. The session covers the basic structure of the operating system and puts the commands into the operating system context. This workshop is an excellent place to start if you are interested in the Linux operating system.


zLinux If I Send a Special Message to Linux on IBM System z Will It Answer? Automating Linux on IBM z/VMRichard Lewis Lecture (Intermediate)

Technology has been developed for Linux on System z, and included in RedHat 6.1 and above and SUSE SLES11 SP2 enabling Linux to receive and respond to Special Messages (SMSG) from other z/VM virtual machines. This technology exploits the Linux udev facility as well as the z/VM Inter User Communication Vehicle (IUCV). This presentation reviews Linux udev and how to write udev rules. The session explores the new SMSG facility, walks through various coding examples, and demonstrates how it is used on the Community Development System for Linux (CDSL) as part of the system automation.

zLinux Dynamically Provisioning Resources to Linux Virtual ServersRichard Young Lecture (Intermediate)

This session discusses the details of dynamically provisioning memory network process and storage resources to your running Linux virtual servers. The materials includes dynamically adding, removing, altering and automating resource changes. Material includes situations relevant to both native LPAR and z/VM hosted virtual servers. Whether planning a cloud deployment or your next Linux master image, you will find the material relevant.

zLinux IBM Elastic Storage for Linux on IBM System z—Enhance Your LoZ Environment with Clustered File System (Live Demo)Volker Sameske Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation introduces the IBM Elastic Storage, based on General Parallel File System technology that will be available for Linux on IBM System z. Understand the concepts of IBM Elastic Storage and which functions will be available for Linux on System z. Learn how you can integrate and benefit from the IBM Elastic Storage in a Linux on System z environment. Finally, get your first impression in a live demo of IBM Elastic Storage.

zLinux SCSI over FCP for Linux on IBM System z Volker Sameske Lecture (Intermediate)

The Linux zfcp device driver adds support for Fibre Channel attached SCSI devices to Linux on System z. The Fibre Channel protocol is an open, standard-based alternative and supplement to existing ESCON or FICON connections and becomes more and more important. The presentation gives an introduction to the SCSI world on a System z mainframe. This presentation covers hardware and software requirements, configuration, IPL and dump.

zLinux What’s New in Linux on IBM System zVolker Sameske Lecture (Intermediate)

This session begins with a brief history of Linux on System z and continues with an overview of new features that are currently under development by IBM and the open source community. The presentation addresses both System z-specific features and platform-independent developments which are relevant to Linux on System z. The session explores where we came from with Linux on System z and where we are heading.

zLinux Problem Determination with Linux on IBM System zWolfgang Taphorn Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation discusses problem resolution in Linux on System z running with or without z/VM. You learn about some tools that can help you when your Linux system has a problem. You also examine how to use debugging tools to collect important system data and basics of performance data.

zLinux Hints and Tips for Solving Linux Problems—Real Customer StoriesWolfgang Taphorn Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation explores problem resolution in Linux on System z based on customer stories. You learn about tools that can help you when your Linux system has a problem and discover tools to use for collecting important system data and basics of performance data. You see real world examples of customer problems and learn how we executed debugging and provided the solution.

z/OS z/OS Version 2.1 Sysprog Goody BagBob Rogers Lecture (Intermediate)

After covering two versions of MVS/ESA, ten releases of OS/390, and thirteen releases of z/OS 1, the famous goody bag continues into a new version of z/OS with Bob Rogers back again to educate and entertain us. z/OS 2.1 is the first z/OS release on the two-year cadence, so Bob will have no problem filling the session with goodies delivered in the release. But there still should be time for digressions into history and mainframe lore.

z/OS IBM zAware Test Drive Hands-on LabGeorge Ng Hands-on Lab (Basic)

There are several recent System z technologies that have generated a lot of excitement among System z customers. IBM zAware is the latest addition in IBM’s continuing drive to improve System z availability by early detection of anomalies in z/OS system behavior. This lab session provides first hand experiences with the zAware interface and capabilities, navigating the screens, and viewing the basic setup/configuration. IBM Development and IBM Systems Technology Group

Lab Services experts are available to take you through the demos and to answer your questions. This session reviews definition of the zAware partition, security set up, z/OS setup for monitored systems, and operations overview.

z/OS IBM z/OSMF Incident Log Hands-on LabGreg Daynes Hands-on Lab (Basic)

The z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) provides a web-based graphical interface for system programmers on z/OS. This hand-on lab helps you learn about the functions and features in z/OSMF first hand. Attendees can navigate through the z/OSMF Incident Log task to see how it can help them manage incidents that occurred on their system, or assist in sending diagnostic data to a vendor (IBM or ISV). This session is useful to systems programmers and their managers who will be using, or are considering using, the z/OS Management Facility.

z/OS IBM z/OS SDSF Using z/OSMF Hands-on LabGreg Daynes Hands-on Lab (Basic)

The z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) provides a web-based graphical interface for system programmers on z/OS. Attendees of this hands-on lab can try the z/OSMF SDSF task to see how it can help them monitor and control jobs and health checks. This session is useful to systems programmers and their managers who will be using, or are considering using. the z/OS Management Facility.

z/OS IBM z/OSMF Software Deployment Hands-on LabGreg Daynes Hands-on Lab (Basic)

Software Deployment was a new z/OSMF application in z/OSMF V1.13. The Software Deployment task provides a simplified process for cloning z/OS images and deploying z/OS software and maintenance. It is a valuable addition or a possible replacement for existing in-house software deployment tools. It can help reduce the incidence of errors during the deployment process and ultimately help reduce the skills needed for deploying software on z/OS. This hands-on lab gives you an opportunity to use the z/OSMF Software Deployment function first-hand. Attendees use z/OSMF to configure and deploy a previously installed software instance.


z/OS IBM z/OSMF Software Management Hands-on LabGreg Daynes Hands-on Lab (Basic)

The z/OSMF Software Management function is an exciting new function that provides new viewing and reporting capabilities for software instances. This hand-on lab gives you an opportunity to use the new z/OSMF Software Management functions first hand. You create a software instance, use z/OSMF to display the products features and FMIDs for a software instance, and use each of the software management reports. Participants use the new functions without installing software products or configuring z/OSMF on their own systems.

z/OS IBM z/OSMF V2.1 Implementation and ConfigurationGreg Daynes Lecture (Intermediate)

The z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) 2.1 is the latest release. It provides a web-based graphical interface for system programmers on z/OS. It now uses the Liberty profile in WebSphere Application Server for z/OS 8.5 as its web serving environment. Configuring z/OSMF has changed from prior releases. Come see how the configuration process has improved for new users, users installing with a ServerPac, or users migrating from a prior release. This session is useful to systems programmers and their managers who will be using (or are considering using) z/OSMF.

z/OS What’s New in IBM z/OSMF V2.1Greg Daynes Lecture (Intermediate)

The z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) provides a web-based graphical interface for system programmers on z/OS. This session provides an overview of the capabilities of the new release of this product and explains how it fits into your z/OS environment. Explore the recent improvements and enhancements now available in z/OSMF 2.1.

z/OS Using IBM z/OSMF for z/OS V2.1 Migration Hands-on LabMarna Walle Hands-on Lab (Basic)

Want help with planning your z/OS V2.1 migration? Now, you can have z/OSMF V2.1 Workflow help you! Yes, there’s a bit of a chicken-egg problem, but there is some new assistance here—especially with the post-IPL migration actions. This self-directed hands-on lab shows you how you can use the z/OSMF Workflow to help with a z/OS migration, now and in the future.

z/OS Part I: The Latest Planning Information on Migrating to IBM z/OS V2.1 Marna Walle Lecture (Intermediate)

This is part one of a two-part session that will be of interest to system programmers and their managers who are migrating to z/OS 2.1 from either z/OS 1.12 or z/OS 1.13. It is strongly recommended that you attend both sessions for a complete migration picture. In part one, the speaker will focus on preparing for your z/OS 2.1 migration. She will discuss the changed content of z/OS 2.1. She will cover ordering and delivery options, and will explain the coexistence, migration, fall back, and service policies. Driving and target system requirements for both software and hardware will be highlighted along with some migrations actions you can perform now on your current z/OS release.

z/OS Part II: The Latest Details on Migrating to IBM z/OS V2.1 Marna Walle Lecture (Intermediate)

This is part two of a two-part session for system programmers and their managers who are migrating to z/OS 2.1 from either z/OS 1.12 or z/OS 1.13. It is strongly recommended that you attend both sessions for a complete migration picture. Part two focuses on specific technical migration actions from selected elements.

z/OS Small Enhancements Over Past IBM z/OS Releases—Edition 2014Marna Walle Lecture (Intermediate)

Over the past several releases of z/OS, there are many smaller enhancements that you may not know about. Many of them are a result of customer requirements! The speaker covers several of them and shares her experience using them. You should be able to exploit these enhancements after attending this session, as none of them are difficult to implement!

z/OS The Latest in IBM z/OS UNIX and zFSMarna Walle Lecture (Intermediate)

z/OS V2.1 has some good new functions that you have been asking for in the UNIX arena. Come learn about what has been added to z/OS UNIX and zFS in the latest release of z/OS.

z/OS Coding IBM z/OS Using HCD and CMT: Hands-on LabMaurice McCullough Hands-on Lab (Advanced)

This advanced session let you first code a z196 processor, then build a validated IODF, and then finally use the CMT to import the PCHIDS and build a production IODF. Prior HCD knowledge is a must to complete this lab.

z/OS What’s New in IBM z/OS V2R1Riaz Ahmad Lecture (Intermediate)

IBM continually enhances its flagship operating system with new innovative features and functions. z/OS V2R1 is the most current z/OS Release which was made generally available in September 2013. This session covers new features and functions of the z/OS Operating System for scalability, performance, availability, security, application development, and usability.

z/OS Successful Practices for Installing and Rolling Out IBM z/OS Maintenance—User ExperienceThomas Conley Lecture (Advanced)

z/OS maintenance is a core competency for any z/OS systems programmer. But it seems that every z/OS site has its own way of managing maintenance. This session illustrates successful methods for managing this critical z/OS competency. The speaker presents successful methodologies for applying and rolling out maintenance by describing SMP/E environments, res volume and USS filesystem setup, cloning, PARMLIBs, etc. The pros and cons of the various maintenance methodologies are discussed, along with how and when to use dynamic installation and modification features of z/OS.

z/OS IBM z/OS—Meet the Expertsz/OS Speakers Q&A (Intermediate)

Hear answers to your z/OS-related questions from our panel of experts.

z/VM Cloning IBM z/VM Systems, Including SSI SystemsBruce Hayden Lecture (Basic)

The steps required to clone a z/VM system in the “old days” have changed with z/VM 6.2 and 6.3! The z/VM system identifier is now used in several new places that must be updated, along with the usual volume labels, system configuration files, network configuration, and directory or security managers if those are in use. In this session, we discuss the steps you need to perform to clone a single system and an entire SSI cluster. The cloned system could be a first or second level test system or a new production system.

z/VM CMS Pipelines: The IBM z/VM System Programmer’s Multi-ToolDamian Osisek Demo (Basic)

Ask any veteran z/VM system programmers what they use to create solutions, and Pipelines is almost always mentioned. Yet, many people new to the z/VM platform haven’t heard of it. This session gives some basic background on CMS Pipelines and some approaches to coding with it. The handout includes exercises and examples that you can work when you get home.


z/VM IBM z/VM 6.3 HiperDispatchDamian Osisek Lecture (Advanced)

One of the major changes in z/VM 6.3 is the new HiperDispatch facility. HiperDispatch can help increase processor efficiency through improved dispatching affinity and dynamic usage of Vertical CPU Management. This session takes a closer look at the implementation of HiperDispatch, the available tuning options, and new performance metrics. It will help you understand which workloads may benefit the most from this enhancement.

z/VM IBM z/VM CPU PoolingDamian Osisek Lecture (Intermediate)

Support was added to z/VM 6.3 for a new capability known as CPU Pooling. What are these new pools? Does it mean no running or splashing? No, but CPU Pooling along with other enhancements to z/VM 6.3 allows greater control over processor resource usage and potentially the effect on software license charges. This session explains how to set up CPU Pooling and how it works.

z/VM What’s New in the IBM z/VM 6.3 HypervisorJohn Franciscovich Lecture (Intermediate)

In z/VM 6.3, new features have been added to the z/VM Hypervisor to increase scalability limits and improve performance for large virtual machines. These include enhancements to memory management as well as utilization of hardware resources. This session provides an overview of these features as well as other enhancements in z/VM 6.3.

z/VM IBM z/VM Single System Image and Live Guest Relocation Planning and UseJohn Franciscovich Lecture (Intermediate)

z/VM provides multi-system virtualization capability, allowing up to four systems to collaborate as members of a Single System Image (SSI) cluster. Live Guest Relocation provides the ability to relocate running Linux guests from one member of an SSI cluster to another. If you’d like to learn about how this all works and how to combine your z/VM systems into an SSI cluster, this session is for you. Topics include configuration and directory changes, recommendations from the lab, and hints and tips for relocating your guests.

z/VM Penguins and the Affordable Care Act: IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM z at HealthPlan ServicesMike Giglio (Healthplan Services) Lecture (Basic)

This session is an overview of the value, architecture, challenges and future opportunities of z/VM and Linux on z at HealthPlan Services (HPS). Topics include the HPS business model and implementation for the Affordable Care Act related to Linux on z, the business requirements

that dictated a change in z/VM architecture for z/VM 6.3, and new features and functions impacting system configuration and systems management. The demands of processing open enrollment transactions between the health care exchanges and health insurance carriers while managing capacity and performance has been a challenge for HPS. This session explores the strengths of System z and Linux on z that make the challenge more manageable.

z/VM IBM z/VM Installation or Migration or Upgrade Hands-on LabRichard Lewis Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

If you are new to z/VM or experienced with z/VM, this workshop has something for you. You can choose one of three options: z/VM 6.3 SSI Installation and Configuration, z/VM 6.3 non-SSI to SSI Migration, or z/VM 6.2 to z/VM 6.3 Upgrade In Place. If you are new to z/VM, you can install the latest z/VM release into a two member Single System Image cluster. No previous z/VM experience is necessary. If you are experienced installing z/VM, you can go through all of the steps to migrate the latest release of z/VM from a non-SSI VM system to be a single member SSI cluster, and then create a second member for your cluster. You can also take an already installed non-SSI z/VM 6.2 system and use the new z/VM 6.3 upgrade in place procedure.

z/VM IBM z/VM Upgrade In Place InstallationRichard Lewis Lecture (Intermediate)

In addition to the traditional z/VM installation process, z/VM is being enhanced to support a new upgrade in place installation technique. This technique enables you to upgrade an existing z/VM 6.2 system with minimal impact to the current running system. This session gives an overview of this new installation technique and planning considerations. You also get a walk-through of all the steps in the installation process.

z/VM IBM z/VM 6.3 Memory ManagementSteve Jones Lecture (Advanced)

By now you have probably heard that z/VM 6.3 has increased the supported limit for real memory to 1TB. How did we do that? What changes are there to configuration? How does it perform? You might have these questions, and this session has answers. Whether you need 1TB or only 16GBs, this session helps you understand what has changed in z/VM 6.3 and how those changes affect your systems.

z/VM The Basics of Using IBM z/VM Steve Jones Lecture (Basic)

If you are new to z/VM, with either a Linux and/or z/OS background, or if you simply stepped away from z/VM for a while and want a refresher, this is the session for you! We show you how to log onto a z/VM system, which commands to use, how data is stored, what the file system looks like, how to edit files, and introduce some of the many tools available for you to be productive in this new environment.

z/VM Hands-on Lab: Automation and Backup/Recovery Scenarios for IBM z/VM and Linux on System z Using IBM Solutions Tracy Dean Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

This lab lets you choose several automation and backup/recovery scenarios for z/VM and Linux on System z. The Operations Manager for z/VM labs include: viewing and interacting with service machines and Linux consoles. taking an action based on a console message, customizing the display of console messages, monitoring user IDs for logoff status and taking an action, suspending and resuming monitors and rules, and monitoring spool and page space. The Backup and Restore Manger for z/VM labs include: performing a simple backup to disk, finding data that has been backed up and restoring it, and creating backup jobs for complex backups of minidisks, SFS, and DASD volumes.

z/VM Operational Monitoring and Automation of IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM System zTracy Dean Lecture (Intermediate)

There are many areas of monitoring and systems management for System z-based cloud environments running on z/VM and Linux on System z. These areas include performance monitoring and management, resource management, operational monitoring, and automated alerting and recovery. This session gives an overview of what each of these areas encompasses and the solutions available to help you. Get the details about operational monitoring and automation including IBM’s solution in this space, Operations Manager for z/VM. Live demos are included.

z/VM Finding Your Way—The IBM z/VM Website, Documentation and Other Hints for the New User William Bitner Lecture (Basic)

Do you remember your first day in high school? Not knowing where your classes were or the cafeteria? Was it a traumatic day or did you have someone help you by pointing you in the right direction? This session is meant to keep people who are to z/VM from having those same butterflies on their first day at the keyboard. The session helps you understand the various channels for information and help on the z/VM product. This includes examples of the HELP facility in z/VM, a brief tour of the z/VM library and utilities to access the library, as well as pointers and discussion about various web sites and mailing lists that have proven helpful over the years.

z/VM IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM System z—Meet the Expertsz/VM and Linux on System z Speakers Q&A (Intermediate)

Get your questions answered by our panel of z/VM and Linux on System z experts.


z/VSE IBM z/VSE Version 5 UpdateIngolf Salm Lecture (Basic)

Get details of the latest enhancements of z/VSE with the emphasis on z/VSE V5.2. The session covers zEnterprise exploitation, 64 bit virtual, networking, security and ease of use enhancements. It also examines the z/VSE announcements since the last Enterprise 2013 conference.

z/VSE Hints and Tips for IBM z/VSEIngolf Salm Lecture (Intermediate)

This session discusses hints and tips for z/VSE that may help in your daily job. It explores hidden functions and how to get more information on your operating environment.

z/VSE New Announcements for IBM z/VSE V5Klaus Goebel Lecture (Intermediate)

Did you hear about the newest IBM announcements for z/VSE and related middleware as part of the 50th mainframe anniversary celebrations? If not, this is the session for you. Get an update on the features and functions of zEC12 and zBC12 that are tolerated and exploited by z/VSE V5. A special focus is on the software pricing metric and on new growth offerings for z/VSE clients.

z/VSE IBM z/VSE Trends and DirectionsKlaus Goebel Lecture (Intermediate)

This session provides an overview of where z/VSE will be going in the future. We review relevant changes and additions introduced since the last conference. We also cover z/VSE status, contents, strategy, modernization, and the benefits of a hybrid environment incorporating the best of z/VSE and Linux on System z on a zBC12 Enterprise Server.

z/VSE Wellness for IBM z/VSEStev Glodowski Lecture (Basic)

Do you want to understand how to find the right service treatment for z/VSE? How to order a refresh and apply a PTF? How to ensure good health for your mainframe operating system? Join this session and find out.

z/VSE All the Latest News for POWER and VSAM with z/VSE V5Stev Glodowski Lecture (Intermediate)

As the file system in z/VSE, VSAM is where most customers have their data, making VSAM a key component within the mainframe operating system. This session provides a chronological update on all the VSE/VSAM and VSE/POWER enhancement within z/VSE Version 5 including the latest news and enhancements with Version 5.2 and beyond. As VSAM continues to focus on data protection, security is one of the focal areas within the VSAM part of this session.


zEnterprise The Economics of Mobile and the MainframeJeffrey Miller Lecture (Intermediate)

The emergence of e-business 2.0, a new IT paradigm, is caused by the massive increase in smartphone usage. It significantly changes the dynamics of the IT landscape because there will be a much greater volume of transaction processing with huge, sudden, and unpredictable demand spikes, accompanied by a large constituency of new consumers who have a low level of tolerance, and more stringent demands for timeliness, accuracy and security. Mainframes holding master data can serve smartphone users directly, securely and efficiently. We examine several traditional mid-tier data mart architectures and show that in comparison with modern mainframes, they are less effective, are more expensive to implement, and have security vulnerabilities.

zEnterprise Mainframe and Mobile—Are Your Back-End Apps Ready?Rosalind Radcliffe Lecture (Basic)

The face of your business is changing for the better! Mobile is empowering consumers and employees with new ways to engage your organization. It is up to you to embrace the challenge this represents and embrace an enterprise strategy to capitalize on this generational shift in the IT industry. Mobile apps, tightly integrated into optimized enterprise services and built by agile, cross-functional teams, will help deliver true business value. Learn about this IBM solution which combines end-to-end application lifecycle management with both mobile and mainframe development features—all integrated into one package.

zEnterprise IBM System z in a Mobile WorldSteve Wehr Lecture (Basic)

Explore the System z mobile strategy, key products, and how to use System z to add a mobile channel. This session includes a short demo.

zEnterprise Studies on Mobile and IBM System zSteve Wehr Lecture (Basic)

Review a summary of two IBM Competitive Project Office studies that compare the cost of keeping data on System z to moving it off platform for mobile applications. The studies also compare the efficiency of running Worklight Server on z/Linux vs. off platform.

zEnterprise Real-World Mobile on IBM System zSteve Wehr Lecture (Basic)

Hear a summary of customer references for mobile on System z.

zEnterprise Securing Your Mobile Mainframe Steve Wehr Lecture (Intermediate)

Examine mobile security for System z. The session summarizes the use cases from the new mobile security guide.

zEnterprise The Basics of Enterprise Mobile ComputingTheresa Tai Lecture (Basic)

Is your company going mobile? This session introduces the IBM Mobile Computing initiative and strategy plus insights into the IBM MobileFirst platform. As a software-based technology innovation, IBM Mobile Foundation is designed to integrate back office solutions and transform the front office. This presentation discusses how to take real-time interactions and transactions and turn them into insights that drive new business opportunities. We cover the IBM Mobile application development platform, including IBM Worklight, security, mobilization of a CICS transaction, mobile application design and test tools. The session wraps up with real-world client use cases and a mobile on System z technology demo.

zLinux Why Your Social Infrastructure MattersMike Wojton Lecture (Intermediate)

Businesses that have implemented an early Social Business strategy have documented competitive advantages. In the latest IBM C Suite survey, a vast number of business are either implementing or planning to implement Social Business as a key initiative to help them grow closer to their customers and business partners, and increase the productivity of their employees. This session shows you why the infrastructure that you implement is critical to your success and how it can make or break this initiative. See how you can become the hero to your Lines of Business (LOB) by delivering a social infrastructure that not only meets their needs but grows with them and is responsive and flexible to their changing requirements.

zLinux Eating Our Own Social Cooking— How IBM Is Deploying Social on IBM System zMike Wojton Lecture (Intermediate)

IBM has deployed an internal infrastructure to support our Social Business initiative. A number of these have been deployed on the z platform such as Connections, Portal and Domino. This session looks at how IBM has deployed these products internally within the IBM infrastructure utilizing System z. This session reviews the implementations of these products along with the competitive advantages and benefits they are delivering to IBM. Learn how System z is driving the lowest Total Cost of Ownership for these solutions.


zLinux Mobile Computing with Linux on IBM System z (Advanced Hands-on Lab)Wilhelm Mild Hands-on Lab (Advanced)

Mobile devices are the interfaces present and future. In this session, you can build your mobile app that connects to external resources. If you are familiar with Linux on z and Worklight Studio, you can create Worklight adapters and exploit them using the IBM Worklight Server on Linux on System z.

zLinux Set Up a Mobile Environment on Linux on IBM System z (Basic Hands-on Lab)Wilhelm Mild Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Mobile devices are the interfaces present and future. You can build a mobile environment on Linux on System z. If you are familiar with Linux on z, the lab guides you to build and test a mobile environment on Linux on System z based on the IBM Worklight Server.

zLinux Optimize a Mobile Workload on IBM System z and Make It Production Ready Wilhelm Mild Lecture (Intermediate)

Running a mobile workload means taking into consideration peaks in different workload types. Learn how to use the strengths of System z, Virtualization and HA capabilities to optimize a workload for 24/7. Explore resource consumption with respect to back-end access and integration.

z/OS IBM System z WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile and Its z/OS Connect Feature—Mobile Device Access to Enterprise AppsKenny Blackman Lecture (Intermediate)

This session shows you how the IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty Profile offers an integrated Representational State Transfer Technology (REST) endpoint, which supports the lightweight data-interchange format JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). z/OS Connect is a fast, secure, scalable, and reliable connector that can reach any z/OS asset, including IMS. We describe how you can build mobile applications that can leverage your IMS assets.

z/OS Exploit Analytics to Monitor and Manage New Technologies, Like Mobile, on IBM System zPaul Smith Lecture (Basic)

Are you being asked to support new technologies like mobile, big data and cloud? Do you have all the analytic information you need to monitor and support new workloads? Much of the data and workloads required for these technologies currently run on System z. Taking

advantage of additional analytics can help support those workloads and more easily integrate System z into these new environments, while minimizing disruption of current enterprise workloads. We’ll discuss how analytics, including System z, helps successfully integrate systems of engagement with backend systems of record. Learn how analytics can improve visibility and assist in understanding the impact of adding new technologies to System z.

z/OS Demo: How to Move an Existing IBM CICS Application to a SmartphoneReginaldo Barosa Demo (Intermediate)

See how to create a hybrid smartphone app that reuses an existing z/OS application by using IBM Rational software. By following the concepts demonstrated, you can create a smartphone client application that invokes a COBOL/CICS application, transformed into web services. Although the demonstration uses COBOL and CICS, the same principles and technology can be applied to PL/I or IMS, RPG with IBM System i. This demonstration uses a z/OS system running in a local laptop. Rational Team Concert is used as a repository. IBM Worklight with Rational Developer for System z is used to create, deploy and debug Web Services on z/OS.

z/OS Angry Birds and Half Words—Mobile and the MainframeRob Jones Lecture (Intermediate)

Mobile and the mainframe are two technologies that most people think have nothing to do with each other. Yet millions of smart phones access mainframe data and services every day. Come along to get a overview of the modern enterprise mobile application and the technologies that can help you with everything from development and deployment to connectivity and security. Find out how to make your mainframe accessible to mobile and what to expect from the changing workloads this can bring.

z/OS Integrating IBM CICS with Worklight to Deliver Modern Mobile Apps That Extend Your BusinessRob Jones Lecture (Intermediate)

Enterprise systems offer integrity, rollback, durability and thousands of other characteristics that make your business run without error 24/7. But enterprise systems also have a reputation of ‘hiding’ their data from the mobile platform. This session demonstrates how to integrate Worklight, IBM’s mobile platform for application development and application management, with CICS allowing your business to expose your ‘hidden’ data to the mobile platform so that your business can start to exploit its hidden value.

Performance zEnterprise How I Use IBM’s zPCR (z Processor Capacity Reference) Modeling Tool at NationwideR. Allan Balian (Nationwide) Demo (Intermediate)

This demo shows how I use zPCR to estimate how many MIPS are available for different configurations and what steps I take to fine-tune a configuration to “squeeze” the most MIPS for a configuration.

zEnterprise System z Application Tuning—z/OS and Linux on System z Roberto Calderon Lecture (Intermediate)

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zLinux A Hitchhiker’s Guide Through Linux on IBM System z Performance IssuesChristian Ehrhardt Lecture (Intermediate)

Don’t panic! This session takes you by the hand and shows you how to find and solve performance issues including disk, network and computing performance. This session uses several performance degradation scenarios to illustrate how the right use of tools and the right look for the performance numbers/counters you can help you find these problems and provide performance relief.

zLinux How to Surprise by Being a Linux Performance “Know-It-All”Christian Ehrhardt Lecture (Intermediate)

This session is dedicated to more advanced Linux performance tools. These tools can enable you to debug more issues on your own and provide better data in case you still need support, reducing service response times. The presentation gives an overview of some more advanced tools available in Linux to do a performance related system analysis like blktrace, hyptop, valgrind, ss, perf and so on—allowing you to better analyze, summarize or fix your issues.

zLinux Oracle Wellness on Linux on IBM System z Wilhelm Mild Lecture (Advanced)

Running Oracle on Linux on System z means to run it in a virtualized environment and make use of the features for global virtualization, internal network capabilities and the newest Oracle concepts and storage technologies.


zLinux Linux on IBM System z Monitoring Wolfgang Taphorn Lecture (Intermediate)

This presentation is about monitoring in Linux on System z. It covers where statistics of several components such as DASD, zFCP, etc. can be found and how to interpret them.

z/OS IBM CICS V5 Performance OverviewAndy Wright Lecture (Intermediate)

CICS TS V5.1 introduces a number of runtime enhancements to reduce CPU usage, improve response times, and reduce resource usage while providing additional insight into transaction performance. This session explores performance figures from the CICS TS V5.1 report, while also looking at how performance can be monitored and analyzed using CICS Tools. System programmers will benefit from this session through the sharing of performance management best practices, along with an understanding of the newer performance capabilities and enhancements in CICS V5.

z/OS IBM z/OSMF Workload Management Hands-on LabDieter Wellerdiek Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

The Workload Management application was introduced with z/OSMF 1.12. It allows administering and operating WLM, and managing and editing WLM service definitions. Apart from a state-of-the-art graphical user interface, it supports creating and modifying service definitions by best-practice checks and recommendations, and an integrated policy repository with serialization and operation history. This hands-on lab gives you an opportunity to use the z/OSMF Workload Management function first-hand. Use z/OSMF Workload Management to create and edit service definitions, observe and implement various best-practice recommendations, and monitor WLM status in the sysplex.

z/OS WLM Update for IBM z/OS 1.13 and z/OS 2.1Dieter Wellerdiek Lecture (Advanced)

Get up to speed about recent enhancements in Workload Management (WLM) including the most current z/OS Release V2.1. Hear about the changes for zEC12 and zBC12, new extensions to the WLM policy, flash memory support, and enhanced reporting capabilities for WLM.

z/OS WLM Defined Capacity and WLM Group CapacityDieter Wellerdiek Lecture (Advanced)

WLM provides different soft capping mechanisms. This session differentiates between these capping methods and gives some deeper insights in “WLM Defined Capacity” and “WLM Group Capacity.”

z/OS The Skinny on Coupling Thin InterruptsFrank Kyne Lecture (Advanced)

The role of the modern systems programmer is to deliver consistent performance. Check! Deliver better performance. Check! Do all that while spending less money. Hmm... Well, we have good news for you! The new Coupling Thin Interrupt facility on zEC12 and zBC12 processors is available and eager to make you a hero. This session helps you understand the Coupling Thin Interrupt capability, how to implement it, the performance change you should expect, and the things you need to keep in mind to control the impact on other LPARs sharing the same engines.

z/OS Why Is the CPU Time for a Job so Variable? Frank Kyne Lecture (Intermediate)

You run a job one day and it takes 3 CPU seconds and the next day it takes 5 seconds, and you didn’t change anything. What happened? What can you do about it? Your billing and accounting is “screwed” up. The outsourcers and their customers are screaming at one another. What’s going on? We provide some answers as to what has happened and what you can do about it.

z/OS Top New IBM z/OS Performance Functions Every Sysprog Should UnderstandGlenn Anderson Lecture (Advanced)

Have you lost track of the most recent z/OS announcements that affect performance? Or have you heard about them, but never had time to dig in and understand them? Never fear! Join long-time z/OS instructor Glenn Anderson for this session and come away a little smarter and better prepared. Topics covered include SMF logstream mode, Enterprise Data Compression (zEDC), pageable large pages, Flash Express, Warning Track, work-dependent enclaves, WLM and the DB2 Analytics Accelerator, and RMF XP.

z/OS Getting Started with IBM z/OSMF Resource Monitoring—Hands-on LabHarald Bender Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

The IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) provides system management solutions for z/OS in a task-oriented, Web browser based user interface. The Resource Monitoring application introduced with z/OSMF V1R12 allows you to monitor the performance and resource consumption of the z/OS, AIX, Linux and Windows images in your installation. This lab teaches you how to efficiently use the z/OSMF Resource Monitoring application. Learn how to exploit the pre-defined dashboards, add your own dashboards with your favorite metrics, an get the best out of the advanced filtering capabilities. The lab also covers two features which have been added quite recently—the ability to navigate back and forth through historical data and export the data to spreadsheets.

z/OS Forget About Downloads! Set Up the IBM HTTP Server for RMF Postprocessor Reports: Hands-on LabHarald Bender Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Should you take a closer look at RMF Postprocessor reports in a web browser? Absolutely, because there are quite a number of good reasons including the web browser is perfectly suited to display RMF XML reports in a state-of-the art fashion, the IBM HTTP Server can be used as gateway to the RMF Postprocessor reports, and you can avoid cumbersome downloads because the reports can remain on your z/OS system. In this lab, you learn how to create RMF Postprocessor XML reports. Then you review a couple of parameters for the IBM HTTP Server. Finally, you restart your HTTP Server and enjoy the reports in your browser window as you navigate through the reports, expand and collapse individual report sections, and explore the built-in sort capability.

z/OS IBM RMF—The Latest and Greatest! Harald Bender Lecture (Intermediate)

RMF is IBM’s strategic product for z/OS performance management. It collects performance data of z/OS systems and provides reporting capabilities for sysplex-wide monitoring, performance analysis and capacity planning. This session reviews the latest functions provided with z/OS V2R1 RMF. With the new release, RMF offers substantial highlights including exploitation of System z integrated information processors monitoring FPGA and PCIe function activity, support of storage class memory paging statistics, cross platform monitoring support for Windows systems, SMF Recording Facility for AIX, Linux and Windows performance data, and additional postprocessor reports in XML format.

z/OS Mining Gold from IBM RMF Monitor III—The XML Batch Reporting FacilityHarald Bender Lecture (Intermediate)

Do you frequently use RMF Monitor III reports for your performance analysis and problem determination? Then it’s time to discover the new XML batch reporting facility for multiple reasons. This new facility can generate Monitor III XML formatted reports automatically in batch mode, store the reports persistently for each reporting interval, create an archive for your favorite reports in the USS file system, convert the report XML documents to alternate formats (e.g. CSV, JSON), parse the report XML document and extract key metrics. The facility also takes advantage from the state-of-the-art reporting GUI and avoids cumbersome downloads to the workstation. Take 75 minutes of your time and get ready to efficiently work with Monitor III batch reports.


z/OS IBM DB2 11 for z/OS Performance TopicsJeffrey Berger Lecture (Intermediate)

DB2 10 for z/OS provided a strong performance improvement that drove great value for IBM clients. DB2 11 continues the trend by focusing on further CPU savings and performance improvement through innovations within DB2 and the synergy with System z hardware and software. This presentation previews the kinds of performance you should expect to see when you migrate to DB2 11 in conjunction with z/OS 2.1 and various hardware enhancements that DB2 11 can exploit. Explore those improvements that you get “out of the box” and those that require a little work on the part of the DBA or applications programmer.

z/OS IBM System z Batch Network Analyzer (zBNA) Tool—Hands-on LabJohn Burg Hands-on Lab (Advanced)

Updated for 2014, this session is a hands-on lab for the System z Batch Network Analyzer (zBNA), a new free tool available to customers to help assess the impact to the Batch Window from implementing new technology options. In this hands-on lab, you get to run the zBNA tool. Using filters to select key Batch jobs, you identify the job and step resources used and elapsed times. Then you assess the impact to these key jobs when migrating to new CPU technology. In the process, you get familiar with how to run zBNA and gain experience in utilizing it to assess technology options for your Batch window. The latest technology option support including zEDC BSAM/QSAM compression is included in the lab.

z/OS Part II: zPCR Capacity Sizing Lab—Hands-on LabJohn Burg Hands-on Lab (Advanced)

Part 2 is a hands-on lab session where you run the latest 2014 version of the zPCR tool. This is a recently updated PCR lab that steps through a scenario completing a typical capacity sizing analysis for migrating to a zEC12. In the lab, you explore several configuration options and compare if they meet the business objectives. Gain skills and experience in successfully executing zPCR utilizing the latest version’s Advanced Mode. This session is intended for someone new to capacity sizing/planning with no zPCR experience or for the experienced person who has previously used zPCR but wants to gain the efficiency skills from using Advanced Mode and EDF input files.

z/OS IBM System z Batch Network Analyzer (zBNA) Tool—Because Batch is Back!John Burg Lecture (Advanced)

Actually, Batch never left and is an important workload in meeting SLAs! Updated for 2014, this presentation discusses zBNA, a new free tool available to customers to help assess the impact to the Batch Window from implementing new technology options. The session discusses a number of today’s Batch issues, provides an overview of zBNA: what

it is, how it works and why you’d want to use it. zBNA’s state of the art graphical interface and rich filtering options allow you to efficiently assess the resources and elapsed times from the key jobs, steps and DASD data sets comprising your Batch Window. See how zBNA can help you assess your Batch workload. The latest technology option support including zEDC BSAM/QSAM compression is also covered.

z/OS CPU MF Update and What’s New with IBM z/OS 2.1John Burg Lecture (Advanced)

This updated presentation overviews the CPU Measurement Facility Counters: what it is, how to enable it, and why it is now a must have for capacity planning, as CPU MF Counters is the preferred method to match your production LPARs workload to a LSPR workload. The lecture also discusses the very latest for zEC12s/zBC12s, 2014 customer experiences, the new z/OS 2.1 CPU MF capabilities and the new z/OS 2.1 SMF 30 enhancements for capturing workload Instruction Counts. If you haven’t enabled CPU MF Counters in production yet, attend this session to understand why it is important to implement them now to support your future capacity sizing activities!

z/OS Part I: zPCR Capacity Sizing Lab—Introduction and OverviewJohn Burg Lecture (Advanced)

zPCR is a productivity tool designed to provide capacity sizing insights for IBM System z processors. It can help accurately estimate the capacity sizing impact from configuring System z processors. Capacity results are based on IBM’s LSPR data. zPCR is available as a free download available from IBM. This session has been updated in 2014 to emphasize the latest features and the Enterprise Data Files (EDF) option to utilize the recently recommended CPU MF Counters for workload selection. It provides an introduction to the zPCR capabilities to help estimate the impact of capacity sizing challenges, utilizing the latest version and Advanced Functions. This session is intended for all experience levels.

z/OS Understanding the IBM RMF CPU Activity ReportKathy Walsh Lecture (Basic)

The z/OS RMF CPU Activity Report is essential in understanding z/OS performance. This session discusses the layout and components of the RMF CPU Activity Report and how to interpret the key metrics. The session relates the z/OS technology to how it relates to the information on the report. Concepts such as over-initiation of work, blocked workload promotion, partition layout information, and use of HiperDispatch is also discussed.

z/OS IBM z/OS Performance HOT TopicsKathy Walsh Lecture (Intermediate)

In this info-packed presentation the speaker provides the latest on System z and z/OS performance and capacity planning issues. Recent performance enhancements, gotchas, and recommendations are be reviewed. Also covered are the latest information pertaining to recent performance APARs, and WSC performance offerings.

z/OS Capacity Planning: Where the Mistakes AreKathy Walsh Lecture (Intermediate)

How is your capacity plan impacted when the processor is 50% busy? How about when it’s 100% busy? How do you devise a system LPAR layout that meets performance and availability needs? How do speciality engines like zIIPs change what you need to do? What about subcapacity processors and what changes they introduce? This session reviews some of the more common system issues you need to understand when measuring and projecting capacity projections.

z/OS Configuring LPARs for PerformanceKathy Walsh Lecture (Intermediate)

This session discusses many different features, functions, and controls available to defining LPARs for the most efficient performance. Topics include the impacts of different forms of capping (initial, defined, group) plus concepts such as HiperDispatch, IRD, and impact of logical CPs on capacity. Liberal use of real-world examples are used to highlight concepts covered in the session.

z/OS IBM z/OS Storage ManagementKathy Walsh Lecture (Intermediate)

How do you evaluate your z/OS Central storage environment? What are the key metrics to look at and what do they mean? This session shows you how to assess a z/OS system to ensure there is sufficient processor storage to meet performance and availability concerns.


z/OS IBM DB2 Performance Monitoring and Tuning Using IBM RMF and OMEGAMON for DB2: Vantiv Customer ExperienceLethika Panicker (Vantiv), Jeffrey Merritt (IBM) Lecture (Intermediate)

This session examines the Vantiv user experience with DB2 for z/OS problem determination and performance tuning. During the peak season, Vantiv had a critical problem whereby the DB2 subsystems executed 20 times more dynamic queries than normal, flooding the system and capping out storage. Using OMEGAMON, Vantiv determined the source of the problem and restored the system to normal operation while under a peak freeze. This session discusses how Vantiv uses OMEGAMON, RMF and its reporting to monitor DB2 Data Sharing and Coupling Facility structures while improving the throughput during peak hours and reducing the rolling four hour average. Explore what Vantiv does on a daily, weekly and monthly basis to keep the DB2 subsystems’ performance healthy and optimized.

z/OS IBM OMEGAMON Hands-on Lab with Performance Monitoring Usage ScenariosLih Wang Hands-on Lab (Basic)

This hands-on lab offers multiple work units to look at the new OMEGAMON V5 with Enhanced 3270 User Interfaces. Come and explore how OMEGAMON solutions can help monitor and optimize system performance across multiple z/OS, CICS, DB2 and IMS with faster problem determination techniques. Choose from 15 modules on usage scenarios for z/OS, CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ, Storage, and VTAM, TCP/IP network performance monitoring on native TN3270 and the Java Graphic User Interface via Tivoli Enterprise Portal. Each unit takes about 20 minutes. Whether you are an administrator or an end user, you will gain the first-hand experience with the latest OMEGAMON real-time monitoring technology on live z/OS Systems.

z/OS IBM System z Processor Consumption Analysis, or What Is Consuming All the CPU?Peter Enrico Lecture (Intermediate)

The first step to any processor analysis is to understand your processor configuration and settings. The second step is to understand what workloads, address spaces, and transactions are consuming the fixed processor resource. It is only after understanding what and how the processor is being consumed can you conduct any sort of processor tuning or optimization exercise. This session touches on several different areas of interest related to processor resource consumption analysis. Get a top down approach to better understanding processor measurements that can provide insight into how the CPU resource is being consumed, and by what LPARs, workloads, and transactions. This session shows a “drilldown” approach for a processor performance analysis.

z/OS WLM—Revisiting Goals Over TimePeter Enrico Lecture (Intermediate)

There are many reasons to ‘open up’ a WLM service definition. Some changes need to be made for tuning; others for clean-up; and still others because the goals are out date. Currency examination needs to be performed for planned environmental changes or changes to business priorities. The point is that there are many reasons to open up the WLM service definition for examination and potential changes. This presentation reviews the different reasons to roll up your sleeves and analyze your WLM service definition. During this presentation, you are sure to learn a lot about a wide variety of areas related to WLM management on z/OS.

z/OS Coupling Facility—A Top-Down Approach to a CF Performance Analysis Peter Enrico Lecture (Intermediate)

When you conduct a coupling facility analysis, it makes sense to first examine the usage of the basic resources of CF processor, storage, and links. After utilization of the basic resources is understood, you then need to concentrate on examining the structures that are impacting Sysplex performance the most. This session provides an overview of how to conduct a top down approach to a coupling facility analysis.

z/OS WLM Management of IBM CICS and IMS WorkloadsPeter Enrico Lecture (Intermediate)

CICS and IMS transactions can either be managed by the velocity goals assigned to the regions or managed towards the response time goals assigned to the transactions. WLM management of the regions toward the goals of the transactions is known as WLM server management.

z/OS Count and Account, New Metrics on IBM z/OS: A Fiducia User ExperienceThomas Heitlinger (Fiducia) Lecture (Basic)

Metrics on z/OS are the base number of many areas in business. This session discusses the new metrics in z/OS 2.1 which is called CPU-Cycles with a evaluation of the last research results.

z/VM IBM z/VM and Linux on IBM System z Performance—Best PracticesBruce Hayden Lecture (Basic)

This presentation covers installation and configuration Best Practices for the performance of z/VM and Linux. It highlights some common misunderstandings and recommendations in the areas of CPU, memory, and I/O when running in a virtualized environment.

z/VM Using the Performance Toolkit on IBM z/VM to Monitor Your System and Generate ReportsBruce Hayden Lecture (Basic)

The VM Monitor is producing huge amounts of raw performance data. How do you create meaningful and useful reports out of them? This session discusses the report-generating capabilities of z/VM’s Performance Toolkit, what reports are used to highlight specific aspects of the system’s performance, and how to select which reports to create. It also offers tips on creating charts and graphs out of Performance Toolkit reports to make it easier to spot patterns and performance problems.

z/VM Understanding IBM z/VM 6.3 Through New Performance Toolkit ReportsSteve Jones Lecture (Intermediate)

z/VM 6.3 had some of the most significant performance related changes of any recent z/VM release. With these changes, IBM enhanced the Performance Toolkit for VM with 30 updated reports and over 20 new reports. This session surveys those new reports. The focus is on enhancements related to HiperDispatch and Memory Management. We may also look at some changes for reporting on Live Guest Relocation if time permits.

Professional Development zEnterprise zEnterprise, The Gold Standard Session 1: Unique Innovations that Make zEnterprise Superior Jonathan R Nolting Lecture (Intermediate)

IBM made a bold statement when it first introduced the mainframe 50 years ago, and we have been pouring innovations into the platform ever since. In this module, we survey a selection of more recent zEnterprise technology innovations that sustain the mainframe as the leading enterprise platform for mission-critical applications and data, and position it to meet the business challenges of the future.


zEnterprise zEnterprise, The Gold Standard Session 2: Business Analytics on the Ultimate Data Platform Jeffrey Miller Lecture (Intermediate)

Most of us know that the mainframe securely holds about 70% of the world’s operational data. But did you know that it’s also the world’s best business analytics platform because of its speed, accuracy and low cost? Instead of copying data off the platform, zEnterprise—coupled with the IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator—now gives you the unprecedented ability to run complex end-to-end business analytics in-place. You can also include unstructured and streaming data from external sources such as social networks and other live data feeds.

zEnterprise zEnterprise, The Gold Standard Session 3: Dynamic Cloud With zEnterpriseFehmina Merchant Lecture (Intermediate)

Cloud computing initially focused on commodity applications, but today has moved on to providing secure and robust cloud environments for mission critical business applications. In this session, we look at the unique capabilities of zEnterprise with z/VM and Linux on System z as a platform for private cloud computing—providing the ultimate in security, scalability, elasticity, and more. We look at specific enterprise computing workloads that are ideal for a zEnterprise private cloud. We also look at the newest SmartCloud Foundation tools that can dramatically reduce costs by automating the deployment and management of the workloads in a cloud.

zEnterprise zEnterprise, The Gold Standard Session 4: Is Your Enterprise Ready for the Mobile Revolution? Roberto Calderon Lecture (Intermediate)

Mobility is fundamentally changing the way we do business. Today, people want to access real-time data from their devices anytime, anyplace, and anywhere! This new accessibility requires a platform that can scale to handle the avalanche of new workload generated by millions of mobile devices, and also differentiate, prioritize and manage the different types of mobile transactions in a secure manner. This session looks at mobile devices accessing mainframe data, as well as strategies for addressing, accessing and sharing data as load and demand continue to grow exponentially.

zEnterprise zEnterprise, The Gold Standard Session 5: Mainframe Skills—the Myth and the RealityJeffrey Miller Lecture (Intermediate)

People unfamiliar with zEnterprise think that you need different skills to work with the mainframe and that mainframes are all about “green

screens.” Nothing could be further from the truth! Today’s mainframes embrace the latest DevOps, GUI and Eclipse-based tools and methodologies for development and operations. If you’re worried about finding mainframe personnel, worry no more!

zEnterprise The Reality of RehostingJonathan R. Nolting Lecture (Basic)

This session describes how an incorrect assessment of hardware and software costs, migration costs, replacement application development costs, dual operations costs, and more, can lead to situations where a rehosting effort can go awry. Additionally, not accounting for all the reasons why “deconsolidation” of servers occurs can result in significant cost increases. Thus, it’s crucial to understand the reality and true costs of rehosting workloads off the mainframe.

zEnterprise What IBM System z Can Do That Intel Can’tJonathan R. Nolting Lecture (Basic)

Intel servers are cheap to acquire and that drives some companies down a path that becomes increasingly expensive. Other companies believe that today’s Intel-based x86 computers can do the same tasks as a mainframe. They can’t. This session shows you the reasons why the complete System z stack of hardware, operating systems and software still runs rings around Intel-based servers for both traditional and many modern workloads. Learn about the operational efficiencies of the zEnterprise that make it highly cost-effective, and offers the ultimate in modern security.

zLinux Making the Business Case for Linux on IBM System zEudardo Oliveira Lecture (Intermediate)

Discuss the sizing methodology used on consolidations on Linux on System z, the workloads that make sense to be hosted on Linux on System z, and the RACE versus TCO methodology. The lecture is followed by a live demonstration.

zLinux Leveraging Linux on IBM System z to Reduce Your TCO for Oracle WorkloadsIngo Aller Lecture (Basic)

In addition to the technical benefits of running applications on Linux on System z, another significant factor is the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), where Linux on System z has distinct advantages compared to distributed platforms. This session gives a detailed view on the different contributors to the TCO of Oracle workload on Linux on System z. Hardware and software costs, as well as different operating costs, are examined to get a comprehensive picture. The session also quantifies the impact of inherent System z advantages such as security and RAS features. Specific examples from different customer scenarios are given to show the cost savings of consolidation of Oracle workloads on Linux on System z.

z/OS To z or Not to z … That Is the QuestionLiv Samuels, Lousie Hemond-Wilson Lecture (Basic)

The IBM Systems Technology Group Lab Services Executive Consulting “Scorpion” team IT Optimization Assessments were approached by Client X to provide a methodology that would enable new workload platform hosting decisions based upon cost effectiveness. The criteria also stated that the methodology should enable assessment of existing z/OS workload costs versus an alternative platform. This session outlines our team’s approach, findings and conclusions. If you have questions about the cost effectiveness of YOUR z/OS platform, or its viability for new workloads, this will help you develop an objective evaluation of mainframe versus distributed and a way to level the playing field in comparing IT infrastructures. Our Fit-For-Purpose methodology is also reviewed.

Security zEnterprise Solutions and Best Practices for Securing Applications That Access IBM System z EnvironmentsConstantine Grancharov Lecture (Basic)

Enterprise applications are major targets for cyber-criminals, because of the valuable data they access. It is critical for mainframe organizations to understand which external facing applications are accessing their System z environments and implement effective controls. This can include web and mobile applications on System z or other platforms. It can also include legacy z/OS applications that have new web front ends. In this session, we share best practices for approaching application security and present the capabilities of IBM Security AppScan 9.0 that can prove valuable to your IT security team when rolling out and managing your application security initiative.

zEnterprise The Latest Best Practices for Avoiding a Breach While Demonstrating ComplianceGlinda Cummings Lecture (Intermediate)

Demonstrating compliance for your industry can be complex and failure to comply can result in vulnerabilities, audit failures, loss of reputation, security breaches, and even system shut down. How can you simplify enforcement of security policies and best practices? How can you automate security monitoring, threat detection, remediation and compliance reporting? How can you demonstrate governance, risk and compliance on your mainframe? Learn how your modern mainframe can help you to comply with industry regulations, reduce costs and protect your enterprise while supporting cloud, mobile, social and big data environments.


zEnterprise Transforming IBM zEnterprise into a Risk/Security Analytics Center by Leveraging Big DataRich Skinner Lecture (Intermediate)

Analytics, security, risk, and big data are top-of-mind worldwide. New solutions need to be established so the mainframe stays part of the conversation. Brinqa has teamed with the zEnterprise community to promote measuring mainframe risk analytics through the use of IBM tooling ex:zSecure, Guardium and allowing the Brinqa platform to run natively on z/OS and Linux on z. This transforms zEnterprise to a Risk/Security Analytics Center by leveraging big data. Running Brinqa natively on zEnterprise in IBM Benchmark Centers has shown a 400% improvement versus distributed environment. Hear the story and learn how to position zEnterprise into your organization’s top worldwide security and risk strategies.

zLinux Centralized Linux Auditing to Comply with Common CriteriaGuillaume Lasmayous, Manfred Gnirss Lecture (Intermediate)

Most of today’s security regulations—PCI, SOX—require strong auditing policies. To comply with those regulations, Linux systems administrators rely on Linux built-in auditing capabilities. This session provides an overview of how the Linux Audit Framework can be used to enable auditing for Linux servers to be in compliance with Common Criteria requirements. We also discuss how to protect the audit trail from fraud by shipping it to a different protected server. This additional protected server can be another Linux system or a z/OS SMS database, where zSecure can help to analyze the content of the consolidated logs of your entire Linux environment.

zLinux Linux on IBM System z SecurityJohn Petreshock Lecture (Basic)

Come hear about how to use Linux on System z in a secure fashion.

zLinux Exploiting IBM System z Hardware Cryptographic Acceleration on LinuxRichard Young Lecture (Intermediate)

This session details the steps necessary to exploit both the CPACF and Crypto Express hardware on System z. Topics include WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server, Apache, OpenSSL/OpenSSH and file system encryption with the kernel cryptographic APIs. This is great content to include in your next Linux master image or cloud deployment. Why wouldn’t you want to reduce your CPU consumption and increase transaction throughput?

z/OS IBM’s End-to-End Security Solution for the MainframeAndy Nietupski Lecture (Basic)

The mainframe is the most secure computing platform on the face of the planet. Unfortunately, many customers perspective of mainframe security is still grounded in thinking from the 1980’s. In today’s world, where everything is connected to everything, the mainframe faces a new set of challenges. IBM believes mainframe threats originate from one of four domains: people, data, application or infrastructure. IBM recommends that customers employ multiple layers of defense to protect their mainframe assets. This presentation describes tactics to protect the mainframe.

z/OS An Integrated Security Framework for IBM z/OS Based Around IBM GuardiumErnest Mancill Demo (Intermediate)

First, we explore the new features and capabilities available in Guardium on z/OS for DB2 and data sets. Next, using a combination of presentation and live product demos, we demonstrate the use of the IBM InfoSphere Guardium for z/OS activity monitoring solution. We focus on showing Guardium on z/OS as part of an integrated security approach along with other IBM security products on z/OS including QRadar, RACF, zSecure, DB2 and CICS.

z/OS Using IBM Guardium on IBM z/OS to Help Protect Sensitive Data: Hands-on LabErnest Mancill Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

Are you challenged by your business to conform to regulatory pressures such as PCI, SOX, and other audit or initiatives? If the answer to this is yes, then this workshop is for you. We begin with a brief discussion of capabilities and use of the IBM InfoSphere Guardium for z/OS database activity monitoring solution. Next, you are given access to your own z/OS environment where you can execute a series of hands-on lab exercises which provide an introduction to some of the key features and elements of the IBM InfoSphere Guardium for z/OS solutions for both DB2 and data sets.

z/OS Intro to CryptoJohn Petreshock Lecture (Basic)

This session introduces basic concepts of encryption. We talk about the crypto related functions that are supported on System z: data confidentiality, data integrity, financial/PIN functions and key security and integrity. We discuss how those functions can satisfy some of the audit standards and legal requirements that are mandatory today, and how IBM hardware and software provide the infrastructure to meet all of your crypto requirements. Finally, we consider the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption and look at the types of keys that are available.

z/OS PKI Services for IBM z/OS: An Introduction and Update for z/OS 2.1John Petreshock Lecture (Basic)

The Internet and e-business introduced the importance of digital certificates to the commercial businesses and the general public. The bloom of new technologies and requirements such as cloud, SOA, BYOD, and regulatory requirements such as PCI and stronger or two-factor authentication have increased the demand on digital certificates. The backbone for managing this growing amount of digital certificates is public key infrastructure (PKI). This session introduces the full cycle certificate management provided by the z/OS PKI Services. Explore the different components and how to implement them within a typical z/OS environment and discuss how z/OS PKI Service is being used by some System z customers.

z/OS IBM RACF for z/OS 2.1 UpdateJohn Petreshock Lecture (Intermediate)

Recent releases of the z/OS Security Server have introduced significant new functions that are of interest to all RACF users. This session reviews the major RAS enhancements that can assist with performance and availability, some important interactions with the z/OS Health Checker, and the new TCP/IP implementation of RRSF. This session also explores the evolution of how UID and GID creation are handled in RACF with the removal of BPX.DEFAULT.USER. Plus, a brief review of RACF enhancements for z/OS 1.13 is included.

z/OS Using IBM zSecure Audit for Compliance ReportingJulie Bergh Demo (Intermediate)

When it comes to enterprise security, no news is not necessarily good news. Security issues are rarely isolated events, but how do you monitor that enterprise environment to identify anomalous events? How do you report on enterprise compliance? Can you connect the dots between your mainframe and distributed environment to produce actionable insight? Come to this session to learn more about enterprise compliance reporting.

z/OS IBM zSecure Advanced FunctionsJulie Bergh Lecture (Advanced)

Have you heard about all the new features in zSecure? Need to review the RACF database for possible clean up? Come to this session to learn about the new features of zSecure and how to implement them.


z/OS IBM zSecure Overview Julie Bergh Lecture (Basic)

The zSecure product suite provides products to assist with RACF administration and RACF database cleanup. The products provide real-time alerts, audit consolidation and compliance reporting to help you keep pace with today’s increasing threats. Come to this session to learn about the zSecure products.

z/OS IBM RACF BasicsJulie Bergh Lecture (Basic)

In this session, you learn about the basic concepts of the Security Server RACF. We define basic terms, explain the role RACF plays in data security, list the four major functions of RACF and give an overview of RACF’s resource authorization checking process.

z/OS IBM RACF—Did You Know? Julie Bergh Lecture (Intermediate)

Has your organization been using RACF for a long time? Want to learn about the new features that have come out in the last several releases? Want to learn how to take advantages of these new features? Come to this session to learn about new features in RACF. Examples include user defined fields, universal groups, RACF health checker, Unix System services and DB2 controls.

z/OS IBM zSecure User Experience—How the Products HelpKim Kilgore (FBI), Julie Bergh (IBM) Lecture (Intermediate)

This session is a customer viewpoint of how the zSecure products have helped to automate security and compliance in their area. Even as the workload increased, they were able to maintain the integrity of the environment.

z/OS Security Intelligence Solution for IBM System z and the EnterpriseRoger Hellman Lecture (Basic)

It’s not enough anymore to rely only on the security of the mainframe infrastructure. With mainframe data now accessible worldwide via web services, web browsers and mobile devices, a more holistic approach to security is required. According to the 2011 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, more than 85% of breaches go undetected by the affected organization. And, with 70% of all production data originating from the mainframe, it’s clear why mainframe customers have renewed concerns about security. Attend this session and learn about IBM QRadar Security Intelligence offerings, a set of massively scalable, real-time enterprise security solutions that address the complexities of mainframe and enterprise environments.

z/OS Protecting Data While in FlightThomas Cosenza Lecture (Intermediate)

While many installations have focused on protecting data at rest, data in flight is left unprotected. This lecture discusses the pros and cons of different security techniques that can be used from z/OS Communication Server and how to protect this data.

z/OS Enterprise Key Management Foundation—Centralized Encryption Key Management Using EKMFWilliam Johnston Demo (Basic)

IBM Enterprise Key Management Foundation powered by DKMS (Distributed Key Management System) provides a centralized management system for cryptographic keys and certificates on any number of servers— mainframes as well as distributed servers. The emphasis is on high security, high availability and recovery of all key material, even in disaster situations. This session demonstrates the EKMF Workstation serving keys to ICSF on z/OS.

z/OS Device Based Encryption Using SKLM for IBM z/OS—An Overview of Key Management ConsiderationsWilliam Johnston Lecture (Basic)

Encrypting data at the device level helps protect data in transit between data centers and data at rest within the data center. Managing keys is an essential part of the processes and procedures involved with encryption. IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager for z/OS provides central management for keys for device based encryption. This session overviews the implementation of SKLM for z/OS. You are introduced to the basics of device based encryption, SKLM deployment, encryption key creation, sharing, and protection. You also review data sharing with business partners and the disaster recovery considerations surrounding device based encryption.

z/OS Enterprise Key Management Foundation—Remote Access to IBM System z CryptographyWilliam Johnston Lecture (Basic)

The Advanced Cryptographic Service Provider (ACSP) component of EKMF is a solution for providing remote hardware based cryptographic services to your applications. This session discusses how the Common Cryptographic Architecture services provided by z/OS and ICSF can be accessed by applications running on distributed platform such as Linux and Windows. The discussion ranges from an overview of the need for remote cryptographic services to implementation of those services through Java interfaces.

z/VM Virtual Security ZonesAlan Altmark Lecture (Intermediate)

In multi-tier network applications, there is usually the concept of “zones” that each contain a set of servers. Each zone is separated from others by firewalls and access policies to ensure that there is no unwanted user access or flow of data. Learn in this presentation how to properly build and evaluate virtual zones and to integrate virtual servers into your existing zones. We also discuss using the RACF Security Server on z/VM to prevent a “red zone” server from connecting to a “green zone” network or “green zone” data.

z/VM IBM z/VM Security EssentialsAlan Altmark Lecture (Intermediate)

System security is on everyone’s mind. How do you know your z/VM system is secure? In this session, we discuss the z/VM security controls available to ensure that virtual machines access only the data they require, and have access only to the system functions they need. This session helps you to establish a security policy for z/VM that is safe, effective, and auditable.

z/VM Introduction to IBM RACF on z/VMBruce Hayden Lecture (Basic)

The RACF security server enables a higher level of security for your z/VM system, but how does it change your system? RACF may seem like a “black box” to z/VM system programmers because it has its own terminology and set of commands that must be learned to create a secure system. This session opens the box by explaining RACF/VM terms, basic settings, how RACF interacts with CP, and how you interact with RACF. You also get suggestions on how to set up your system with RACF.

Storage and Networking zEnterprise GM, zGM, XRC, PPRC, MM, FC, CC, VCC: Understanding the Alphabet Soup of IBM Copy ServicesLisa Gundy Lecture (Basic)

Understanding the vast world of replication technologies available today requires a decoder ring. This session provides that decoder ring, with an overview of the different copy services technologies provided by IBM on System z.


zEnterprise Deep Dive: Understanding IBM’s Peer to Peer Remote CopyLisa Gundy Lecture (Intermediate)

Different mirroring technologies and a myriad of configuration combinations can meet every businesses’ requirements for high availability and disaster recovery. IBM offers both synchronous and asynchronous peer to peer mirror and copy technologies that can be combined to provide both short and long distance copies of data for continuity and out of region disaster recovery. This session breaks down the different techniques and then shows how they can be used to meet your business’s mission critical needs.

zEnterprise Data Migration Challenges for Critical Mainframe EnvironmentsNick Clayton Lecture (Intermediate)

Discuss the challenges and techniques for data migration in critical mainframe environments, and learn how DS8000 replication technology can meet these challenges. Examine how Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS) and HyperSwap technology can deliver fast and efficient migration without application downtime.

zEnterprise IBM DS8870 Enterprise Storage—News and ReviewNick Clayton Lecture (Intermediate)

This session showcases the benefits that can be realized with the DS8870 storage system. Explore the key characteristics and capabilities of this Enterprise storage system and the best practices when deployed in a mainframe environment. Discuss the hardware and software functions delivered in the latest DS8000 releases and see examples of how DS8000 has been deployed to deliver significant business value.

zEnterprise Using TPC-R for Replication Management and Continuous Availability with IBM z/OSNick Clayton Lecture (Intermediate)

Get an overview of TPC for Replication (TPC-R) and examine the different options for deploying this in a z/OS environment. Discover how this can be used to provide a HyperSwap capability for z/OS in environments where a complete end-to-end HA/DR solution is not required. The session includes an update on recent enhancements to TPC-R.

zEnterprise IBM DS8000 Replication Performance Theodore Harris Lecture (Intermediate)

The DS8000 provides replication functionality for some of the world’s most critical and performance intensive environments. This session discusses the performance considerations and expectations for different replication functionality including Metro Mirror, Global Mirror and FlashCopy. We also discuss how to configure the DS8870 for optimal replication performance and show examples of what can be achieved in real-world environments.

zLinux Networking with Linux on IBM System zThomas Weber Lecture (Intermediate)

Linux on System z offers a lot of possibilities to get your system connected to a network. This presentation gives an overview of all the network devices supported by Linux on System z. Examples show how to set up networking on your system using OSA and HiperSockets. You learn how to configure a network device. The presentation ends with more advanced network topics such as channel bonding.

z/OS High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions with the IBM DS8870Brian Sherman Lecture (Intermediate)

Gain insights into the challenges and solutions for high availability and disaster recovery with the DS8870. This session examines changing business requirements and the different topologies and technologies for meeting these requirements. Learn from examples where these solutions have been deployed.

z/OS IBM System z and DS8870—Integrated by DesignBrian Sherman Lecture (Intermediate)

This session explores all of the latest z/OS and DS8870 Synergy items. z/OS Storage Synergy started in the early 1980’s and has evolved to be an important part of placing the right function at the right place in the data base/System z/z/OS/Channel/Disk Storage Subsystem Stack to achieve optimal availability, performance, scalability, growth and management. This session explores many of the latest synergy items including DB2’s exploitation of zHPF, eliminating DB2 and IMS Backup windows and letting zWLM manage workload’s quality of service on an end to end basis including its I/O. The session also discusses how Easy Tier ensures that the right data is dynamically placed in the right place in the storage tier to optimize price/performance and much more.

z/OS What’s New in IBM z/OS DFSMS V2R1Glenn Wilcock Lecture (Intermediate)

Get an introduction to the exciting new V2R1 DFSMS enhancements. The significant enhancements include a new Storage Tiers function that enables you to fully utilize all of the tiers of storage in your hierarchy, RLS Access for Catalogs, improvements to space management throughput for small data sets. Other enhancements include fast replication, virtual storage constraint relief, significant PDSE enhancements, and many more. Don’t miss this as there is something new for everyone!

z/OS DFSMShsm Storage TieringGlenn Wilcock Lecture (Intermediate)

After the advent of System Managed Storage (SMS), we went decades without much change in the landscape of space management processing. We became very comfortable with the standard three tier hierarchy of Primary Level 0 and the two Migration tiers, Migration Level 1 (disk) and Migration Level 2 (tape). But, recent advances in both tape and disk technologies have dramatically changed that landscape and have provided exciting new opportunities for managing data on the System z platform. This session presents the details on implementing the z/OS V2R1 DFSMS Storage Tiers solution.

z/OS DFSMShsm Best PracticesGlenn Wilcock Lecture (Intermediate)

Explore the DFSMShsm Best Practices that have been collected over the years by the DFSMShsm development team. By attending this presentation, you may discover some helpful hints and new functions that can aid you in optimizing your DFSMShsm environment.

z/OS ICF Catalog Management FundamentalsJanet Sun Lecture (Basic)

Get an overview of catalog structures and an introduction on how to manage your catalog environment. Day-to-day activities including backup, recovery and various diagnostic options are discussed. An understanding of VSAM terminology is assumed.

z/OS ICF Catalog Best PracticesJanet Sun Lecture (Intermediate)

Is your installation using the best settings for ICF catalogs? Which defaults should you use when defining a catalog? Are you wasting space in your catalogs? Get answers to these questions and explore the best practices for managing catalogs to help you improve the business value of your IT investment.


z/OS Introduction to ICF Catalog Tuning TechniquesJanet Sun Lecture (Intermediate)

The primary consideration when defining ICF catalogs is recoverability. After that has been addressed you can take a look at performance. The BCS is a VSAM KSDS and is tuned in a very similar manner to any other KSDS. As with most data set tuning, a major facet of improving performance is to speed up, reduce or eliminate I/O. This session discusses monitoring the catalog address space, caching of catalog records and Enhanced Catalog Sharing. The role of a catalog is to locate your data. You can help ensure that it does its job efficiently.

z/OS Making Smart Storage Decisions for IBM DB2 in a Flash and SSD World Jeffrey Berger (IBM), Lee LaFrese (IntelliMagic) Lecture (Intermediate)

Solid State Disks (SSD) provide significantly better performance than conventional spinning disks, but they may add to your cost if not used properly. Easy Tier as an efficient way to manage the cost using a hybrid of SSD and spinning disks. This year, IBM has take SSD technology to another level by introducing High Performance Flash Enclosures (HPFE), while also introducing another option called All Flash that helps to further reduce the cost of SSD or flash storage. You now have the choice of three different sized SSD drives. A consequence of all of these changes is that you now have a lot more choices for configuring your storage. This session explains all of these choices.

z/OS Deep Dive: Understanding IBM’s Point In Time FlashCopy Lisa Gundy Lecture (Intermediate)

Point in time copies can be critical to maintaining business recovery capability. This session covers the many different flavors of point in time copy that FlashCopy can provide to meet your business needs. In addition, it shows how these functions are exploited in the z/OS DFSMS environment.

z/OS IBM System z Storage Management with OMEGAMON XE For StorageLouis Hanna Lecture (Basic)

Explore key functional areas of OMEGAMON XE for storage that allow you to focus on the 1% of your environment that needs attention. Learn about new features introduced in v5.2 and see what’s just been released to enhance it further.

z/OS Disk and Tape Encryption: It Matters, Why Are You Not Taking Advantage of It?Maurice McCullough Lecture (Basic)

Tape and DASD encryption is now widely available. Many people simply are not using it because they are afraid of the unknown. This session takes you through step by step examples on how our encryption solution works. At the of the session, you will walk away feeling satisfied on our encryption process.

z/OS IBM TS7700 Rel 3.1 UpdateMaurice McCullough Lecture (Intermediate)

Come hear about all the new features that were added with release 3.1. The session begins with a brief overview of the product followed by recent enhancements that have been added.

z/OS IBM z/OS Data Migration: Choosing the Right Tool from the IBM Migration ToolboxRobert Trovinger Lecture (Intermediate)

This session covers how IBM’s data migration software tools can be used in concert for the best migration outcome on mainframe environments, including Transparent Data Migration Facility (TDMF) and z/OS Data Set Mobility Facility (zDMF). It outlines a phased approach to migration which provides a comprehensive strategy for z/OS data migration and volume consolidation. This approach allows you to meet your migration objectives by aligning the tool with data movement and availability considerations.

z/OS Introduction to IBM z/OS Communications ServerSam Reynolds Lecture (Basic)

Are you relatively new to the communications area and want a better understanding of the Communications Server component of z/OS? Have you heard of TCP/IP, SNA, VTAM, APPN, OSA, etc. but wondered what relationship these things have to Communications Server? If so, this session is for you! Topics include the history of SNA and TCP/IP on the System z platform and the protocol differences, an overview of VTAM and TCP/IP and their integration into Communications Server, a description of various network connectivity options, and an overview of selected major functions in Communications Server.

z/OS Part I: IBM z/OS CS Technical UpdateSam Reynolds Lecture (Intermediate)

This two-part session provides an overview of features in the upcoming z/OS V2R1 Communications Server. Features discussed include enhanced fast path sockets, QDIO (Queued Direct I/O) acceleration coexistence with IP filtering, TCP/IP profile syntax check command, user control of ephemeral port ranges, a completely rewritten IBM Configuration Assistant for z/OS CS, application-instance DVIPA

(Dynamic Virtual IP Address) affinity support, enhanced security configuration options … and many more features related to areas such as network management, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), and Enterprise Extender. We also discuss recent IBM statements of direction related to z/OS Communications Server.

z/OS Part II: IBM z/OS CS Technical UpdateSam Reynolds Lecture (Intermediate)

This two-part session provides an overview of features in the upcoming z/OS V2R1 Communications Server. Features discussed include enhanced fast path sockets, QDIO (Queued Direct I/O) acceleration coexistence with IP filtering, TCP/IP profile syntax check command, user control of ephemeral port ranges, a completely rewritten IBM Configuration Assistant for z/OS CS, application-instance DVIPA (Dynamic Virtual IP Address) affinity support, enhanced security configuration options … and many more features related to areas such as network management, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), and Enterprise Extender. We also discuss recent IBM statements of direction related to z/OS Communications Server. This session is a continuation of part one.

z/OS IBM z/OS V2R1 Communications Server: Shared Memory Communications—RDMA (SMC-R)Sam Reynolds Lecture (Intermediate)

z/OS V2R1 Communications Server—along with zEnterprise EC12 and zEnterprise BC12 systems with the 10 GbE RoCE Express feature—support a new communications protocol called Shared Memory Communications—RDMA (SMC-R), where GbE is Gigabit Ethernet, RDMA is Remote Direct Memory Access, and RoCE is RDMA over Converged Ethernet. This new protocol is designed to provide highly efficient, low-latency data transfer between z/OS systems over RoCE in a manner transparent to socket applications. This session looks at how SMC-R works, its benefits and requirements, implementation details, and some performance benchmarks.

z/OS Secure Connectivity for the Enterprise in the Modern WorldSam Reynolds Lecture (Intermediate)

Driven by increased regulations and more stringent IT security policies, security in today’s enterprise has moved from a perimeter-based approach to a defense-in-depth approach, where the server is the last layer in the security architecture. Additionally, there are applications in new environments such as public cloud that require connectivity to on-premise systems of record. This session discusses network security trends and requirements, and looks at how both DataPower and z/OS Communications Server help build out a defense-in-depth security architecture as well as a secure endpoint deployment on z/OS. The session also examines secure integration of applications deployed into IBM BlueMix with enterprise systems of record.


z/OS Storage Meet the ExpertsStorage Speakers Q&A (Intermediate)

In this session, we share the latest enterprise storage roadmap and open the floor so you can question IBM development and Advanced Technical Support (ATS) subject matter experts, who are hosting the forum.

z/OS Multi-Target Replication with IBM DS8870Theodore Harris Lecture (Intermediate)

Get a deep dive into the new Multi-Target PPRC capability available for the DS8870. The session reviews the different topologies supported by multi-target replication and the benefits provided by this technology in different deployment scenarios including continuous availability, disaster recovery and data migration.

z/OS PDS—The Swiss Army Knife of UtilitiesThomas Conley Lecture (Intermediate)

Do you need to replace one string with another in a PDS? Do you need to select certain members of a PDS for a specific operation? Would you like to recover deleted members? Would you like to fix a directory block or space shortage in a PDS without re-allocating the dataset? If you answered ‘YES’ to any of these questions, this session is for you! Come to this session to learn how to take advantage of PDS, the best mainframe freeware on the planet! The speaker has used PDS for twenty-five years and is eager to show you the benefits of using it. The session has been updated to include new features.

z/VM IBM z/VM Virtual SwitchAlan Altmark Lecture (Intermediate)

The z/VM virtual switch is a powerful option for connecting your virtual machines to an external network. We discuss the various deployment options and use cases, including IEEE VLANs, link aggregation, port isolation, and RACF protection. We also discuss the HiperSocket VSWITCH Bridge, as well as the latest enhancements for z/VM 6.3.

z/VM IBM z/VM Paging with SSD and Flash-Type DisksWilliam Bitner Lecture (Intermediate)

With z/VM 6.3’s ability to use up to 1TB of real memory, it is time to revisit the question “What type of disk should I use for z/VM Paging?” This session gives some background on z/VM paging, a review of devices options, and a look at real data from some work in these areas. A discussion of how paging characteristics change under different workloads and circumstances is also included.

z/VSE z/VSE VTAPE—All You Need to KnowStev Glodowski Lecture (Basic)

Learn how to choose the best z/VSE VTAPE solution for your environment. This session explores the benefits and broad variety of z/VSE VTAPE options. We start with VTAPE fundamentals and then look at the features added over the years including the recent enhancements for stacking tape support introduced with z/VSE V5.2. All of this information is combined with various use cases based on customer experiences.

Systems zEnterprise The Rime of the Ancient MainframerBob Rogers Lecture (Basic)

Bob Rogers, who admits to witnessing only 45 of the 50 years of the mainframe, would like to unburden himself of some stories about what he has witnessed and heard from reliable sources over these many years. He started as an operator for IBM in 1969 where the core of OS/360 was developed. He had early experiences with CP67, the predecessor of z/VM and witnessed the transition to virtual systems with SVS and MVS. He led development teams of ever enlarging scope for the addressing architecture advances to XA, ESA and z/Architecture. z/OS is filled with things that he helped to create—or was unsuccessful in preventing from being created. There probably won’t be a script, but we doubt Bob will be at a loss for words.

zEnterprise How Do You Do What You Do When You’re a zEC12 CPUBob Rogers Lecture (Intermediate)

The IBM zEC12 has the fastest commercially available general purpose processor at 5.5 GHz, and is the first to implement Transactional Execution in hardware. Bob Rogers will once again give us a look under the hood of the latest mainframe processor, this time showing how the engineers managed to outpace even the already screaming z196. He will also give an overview of transactional execution (called transactional memory in academia) and how its use can improve scalability and performance. Far from being dead, the mainframe leads the pack in technology, some of which you’ll see in this presentation.

zEnterprise IBM System z On-Demand Hands-on LabsBrian Hatfield Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)

The 19 on-demand lab exercises fall into 5 sections with skill levels from basic to advanced. Labs can be done in sequence or selected individually depending on skill level. Section 1: zManager labs (5 labs)—Identifying, editing, creating virtual resources for servers, networking and storage. Section 2: Parallel Sysplex (5 labs)—Identifying and managing sysplex resources for CFs, structures, sig connectivity, CDS, and PD and resolution scenarios. Section 3: System z HMC (3 labs) -Demonstrates the HMC user interface options that are provided to control and monitor all System z mainframes. Section 4: z/OS fundamentals (4 labs)—Demonstrate ISPF, TSO and JCL basic and intermediate functions. Section 5: HCD for System z (2 labs)- Coding and using CMT.

zEnterprise Part I: Demystifying the z Mainframe—A Technical OverviewBrian Hatfield Lecture (Basic)

Lets open the covers, pull back the curtain and talk mainframe. Welcome to a fast paced session that delivers the technical details without the marketing hype. Get the big picture, a technical overview of the latest mainframe z technology, including the newest IBM mainframe. We discuss server design, processing power, terminology and how the hardware is utilized to achieve massive I/O throughput in the mainframe environment. Hear about how key hardware components are used to initiate and perform an I/O operation. This is a basic to intermediate session.

zEnterprise Part II: Demystifying the z Mainframe—zArchitecture Concepts: OS, Storage and LPARs Brian Hatfield Lecture (Basic)

In this session, we discuss how your IBM mainframe exploits the zArchitecture to support various mainframe operating systems; provide hardware registers and control blocks to support the hardware and OS; use storage management for addressing virtual, real and auxiliary storage; and support LPAR configurations and initialization. We also describe the purpose and use of address spaces. This is a basic to intermediate session.


zEnterprise What’s Happening to the Mainframe? Mobile? Social? Cloud? Big Data?Glenn Anderson Lecture (Basic)

If you have been too busy applying PTFs and updating PARMLIB to notice where our beloved mainframe is headed, then this session is for you! Join long-time instructor and conference speaker Glenn Anderson and get a quick fix update on how z/OS now plays in the world of mobile computing, social business, cloud computing, big data, and any other new buzzwords that have popped up in the last year. Leave this session smart enough to carry on an intelligent conversation with your peers and management on keeping System z connected and relevant in the modern world.

zEnterprise Part I: IBM zEnterprise EC12 and BC12 Hardware Overview and Update—Processor and System StructureHarvey Emery Lecture (Intermediate)

Come to this session for a “deep dive” technical overview and update on the processor design, architecture, and overall system structure of the IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12) and BC12 (zBC12). Learn about the enhancements made available since the zEC12 launch in 2012. Material presented includes considerable technical detail on zEC12 and zBC12 improvements compared to the z196 and z114. For completeness, a brief introduction to the new zEC12 and zBC12 I/O infrastructure is also be included. Plan to attend companion session, “IBM zEnterprise EC12 and zBC12 Hardware Overview and Update Part 2: I/O Subsystem and Features” for a complete overview and update on the zEC12 and zBC12 I/O infrastructure.

zEnterprise Part II: IBM zEnterprise EC12 and BC12 Hardware Overview and Update—I/O Subsystem and Features Harvey Emery Lecture (Intermediate)

Come to this session for a “deep dive” technical overview and update on the I/O infrastructure, I/O features/function, and Parallel Sysplex enhancements offered on the IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12) and BC12 (zBC12). Get an introduction to zEnterprise Data Compression (zEDC), 10 GbE RoCE Express, OSA-Express5S, and CFCC Level 19 exploitation of Flash Express. Get a “heads up” on staying current with System z I/O infrastructure from a review of the latest Statements of Direction. Plan to attend companion session: “IBM zEnterprise EC12 and BC12 Hardware Overview and Update Part 1: Processor and System Structure”, a recommended prerequisite, for a complete overview and update on zEC12 and zBC12 processor design.

zEnterprise Everything You’ve Always Needed to Know About IBM zEnterprise Server Firmware Support and MaintenanceHarvey Emery Lecture (Intermediate)

Come to this session to learn about support and service for zEnterprise server Licensed Internal Code (LIC). Learn how LIC function is packaged into Engineering Change streams and combined into a “Driver” to support a new server or mid-life functional enhancements. Learn how Machine Change Level (MCL) functional enhancements and fixes are tested, bundled, released to the Remote Support Facility (RSF), and applied. Learn how to work effectively with IBM Service using a Hardware Management Console (HMC) and “Machine Information” on Resource Link. Learn about best practices for RSF setup, Driver level migration, and MCL application. Learn about problem records (PMHs and viewable PMVs) and how to open a PMV with “Report a Problem” on an HMC.

zEnterprise IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) Model 3 and Model 2: BladeCenter Modules and Blades—Deep Dive UpdateHarvey Emery Lecture (Intermediate)

Come to this session for a “deep dive” technical update on the configuration and function of the select System x and System p BladeCenter servers, the BladeCenter H chassis, and BladeCenter I/O modules in the zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX) Model 3, announced with the IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12) and BC12 (zBC12), and the zBX Model 2, announced with the IBM zEnterprise 196 (z196) and 114 (z114). This session is a “latest status update” based on several recent announcements made this year of a session most recently presented at IBM Enterprise2013 in Orlando. It assumes general familiarity with IBM zEnterprise Ensemble concepts and facilities and with the zBX.

zEnterprise Verizon Wireline Mainframe Consolidation and Modernization ProjectJoe Sinnott (Verizon) Lecture (Intermediate)

Verizon Wireline migrated from eight mainframe data centers to two. Its primary focus was to reduce the IBM MLC software costs. The presentation/discussion describes the various factors and costs that went into the planning and execution. The presentation discusses the results and what additional synergies Verizon Wireline has gained as a result of this project.

zEnterprise mBank S.A. and IBM System z—Infrastructure That Runs One of the Most Innovative BanksMichal Kordyzon Lecture (Intermediate)

mBank started in 2000 as Greenfield Venture and chose the mainframe as a base for its core banking applications. During the last 14 years, mBank has grown to be the third largest bank in Poland. On the infrastructure level, this growth was supported by System z. Recently, the growth of mBank has gained more momentum after initiating a successful rebranding campaign and revolutionary www and mobile interfaces. Still, mBank has chosen to have core banking applications on System z. Last year, mBank bought two zEC12 servers. Join this session to hear a few interesting aspects of migration to zEC12 with maximum availability of core banking services and the lowest possible downtime.

zEnterprise zBX Update and Field ExperiencesRichard Young Lecture (Intermediate)

The presentation begins with a description of what is new on the zBX MT 2458 and proceeds to a “Lessons Learned” from our customers.

zEnterprise IBM zEnterprise zBX Networking Lessons LearnedThomas Cosenza Lecture (Intermediate)

This lecture discusses the lessons learned when connecting the different parts of the blade center.

z/OS Reduce Infrastructure Costs with InfiniBand Coupling TechnologyGeorge Ng Lecture (Intermediate)

Many large System z clients have been migrating to InfiniBand coupling (PSIFB) link technology, adding zEnterprise processors to their datacenter configurations. zEnterprise GA2 support for zEC12, z196 and z114 introduces 12x IFB3 coupling protocol and 1x IFB improvements that offer great customer benefits. The presentation builds upon content described in the z/OS Topics Issue #26 article on InfiniBand updates. Also discussed are benefits of 12x IFB3 (potential to reduce coupling infrastructure costs), 12x IFB3 performance considerations (improved service times), 1x IFB enhancements (more subchannels per CHPID) and migrating to z114, z196 and zEC12 5. Customer examples demonstrating 12x IFB performance improvements are included.


z/OS Prepare Your IBM System z Infrastructure for Cloud, Analytics, Mobile and SocialLouise Hemond-Wilson, Liv Samuels Lecture (Basic)

What is needed for your System z environment to support cloud, analytics, mobile and social computing solutions? This presentation reviews the System z Infrastructure Optimization (zIO) assessment, a planning methodology to help businesses align their IT initiatives with their CAMS-related business projects. zIO uses a fact based approach to identify IT infrastructure gaps and projects that require earliest action based upon their support for business projects. IT capabilities required to successfully deploy Cloud, Analytics, Mobile and Social solutions are discussed.

z/OS IBM System z Flash ExpressRiaz Ahmad Lecture (Intermediate)

Hear a discussion of Flash memory on the zEC12 and zBC12 that z/OS uses if it were installed on the latest IBM System z Enterprise server. Learn about the hardware, the setup and how z/OS and other components exploit it to create business value from continuous availability.

z/OS IBM System z Enterprise Data Compression (zEDC)Riaz Ahmad Lecture (Intermediate)

Get an overview of the new zEDC Express technology on zEC12, zBC12 and explore how it ties into z/OS. This facility is designed to provide high-performance, low-latency compression without significant CPU overhead. Coverage of the different methods of using the device is also covered including zlib, z/OS SMF and z/OS BSAM/QSAM. Learn the base configuration steps, HCD panels, Virtual Functions, etc. Also discuss the z/OS usage of zEDC Express, namely SMF, QSAM/BSAM. Examples of RMF reports, zEDC z/OS commands are included.

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IBM MQ V8—What’s New for Your MessagingCarolyn “Lyn” Elkins Lecture (Basic)

After a three-year wait, IBM’s enterprise messaging platform was made available in the first half of 2014. This new release includes a number of customer requested enhancements for both distributed platforms and z/OS. Come discover what can be done!

Intelligent Operation Center for Smarter Cities in ActionGuillaume Hoareau, Elsa Fabres Demo (Basic)

Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) for Smarter Cities provides an executive dashboard to help city leaders gain insight into all aspects of the city. The executive dashboard spans agencies and enables drill-down capability into each underlying agency such as emergency management, public safety, social services, transportation, or water. This session gives a deep dive into some of the key IOC features. During this presentation, different IOC implementation scenarios are presented in order to demonstrate how useful IOC is for a broad set of companies including “Stadium”, “Retail”, “Cities”, and others.

Intelligent Operation Center Makes Cities Smarter on High-End PlatformsGuillaume Hoareau, Elsa Fabres Lecture (Basic)

Intelligent Operations Center (IOC) for Smarter Cities provides an executive dashboard to help city leaders gain insight into all aspects of the city. The executive dashboard spans agencies and enables drill-down capability into each underlying agency such as emergency management, public safety, social services, transportation, or water. During this introduction session, speakers introduce the IOC solution concepts, present software solutions embedded and the IOC architecture itself. IOC runs on several, high-end IBM platforms. See a demo of IOC capabilities using different processor architecture machines from Montpellier Infrastructure.

DevOps Meets Enterprise SystemsRosalind Radcliffe Lecture (Basic)

Enterprises are experiencing an ever increasing need to make changes faster and with higher quality. To achieve this requires changes in the way things are done in software development. DevOps has brought a new way of working to help meet this challenge. However, adopting DevOps within a large multi-platform organization can be difficult. This session discusses the issues in adopting DevOps practices and the capabilities to help assist in the transformation.


SoftLayer: The Platform Built to PerformRick Hamilton Lecture (Basic)

SoftLayer is built to give customers the highest performing cloud infrastructure available, offering numerous configuration options, high flexibility, and total control for its users. This session provides a broad overview of SoftLayer’s capabilities and offers perspectives on why SoftLayer is the global cloud leader.

SoftLayer: The Secure CloudRick Hamilton Lecture (Basic)

This session shares SoftLayer’s multilayered approach to ensuring that workloads can be secured. Security is built into the SoftLayer cloud and software solutions are available atop the cloud to meet a variety of customer security needs. With a strong focus on certification and compliance, IBM also offers numerous managed and professional services to help customers run their jobs on SoftLayer, effectively and securely.

IT Executive Management Training

Anticipate Threats and Protect Your Business with a Security Framework Based on Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Celest Metuasallol, Mike Walter Lecture

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC) are cornerstones of effective management. Security of IT systems and the ability to demonstrate data security are essential GRC components. Governance should be separate from management practice. Understanding how to accomplish this is a key to compliance with external regulatory mandates. Unfortunately, IT security measures often fall prey to corporate culture and management practices. Risk management should also be approached as a way to add value to the business through the examination of potential threats and plans to counter them and take advantage of positive risk opportunities. Through the design of IT security and compliance reporting, IT leaders can help minimize business risk. Consultants share tips for effective IT management strategies and demonstrate how security is impacted by GRC.

Practical Steps to Enterprise CloudCelest Metuassalol, John Karaba, Mark Stern Lecture

The Chief Executive Officer has probably heard about the extraordinary cost savings associated with cloud delivery. The CEO, however, may not understand the challenges of anytime/anywhere access, BYOD, privacy, and how to best protect the company’s intellectual capital. Likewise, IT professionals may be worried about how to deploy cloud services in a way that reduces complexity, lowers costs and improves IT’s ability to respond to business requirements. This session provides practical steps for getting started with cloud. From the development of a strategy to the execution of projects, cloud computing must be a well thought out undertaking. The consultants in this session can help you have a practical business conversation about cloud, and provide technology details that support the development of cloud delivery.

Align IT and Business Priorities with a Structured Assessment and Planning MethodologyDawn Hamilton, Ron Bibby Lecture

Aligning IT with business priorities is sometimes easier said than done. This session discusses structured methodologies that are effective in helping improve alignment. It includes simulated alignment exercises providing participants with an engaged learning activity.

Make IT Essential to the Business Through Enterprise Architecture and GovernanceGisbert Kruesemann, Mike Walter, Louise Hmeond-Wilson Lecture

IT is an integral and integrated part of all businesses. For many organizations, embracing new technologies has become a strategic imperative to innovate and reinvent themselves in today’s digitally empowered economic and social environments. This provides both an opportunity and a challenge for IT leaders to move from the back office to the front lines. How can they effectively work with their business leaders, cut through the inherent complexities of technological and organizational change to make IT essential, and enable their organizations’ strategic vision? This session investigates the value of Enterprise Architecture (EA) in holistically planning and coordinating change across business and IT. Using practical examples, we show an architected approach to joint strategic planning and portfolio and program management. We also discuss changes in roles and responsibilities and offer guidance on how to get started with EA. Learn the value of having an architectural structure supporting the governance of IT execution.


Create a Business Architecture That Supports Mobile and Social ApplicationsIan Robinson or Louise Hemond-Wilson Lecture

Mobile and social computing are powerful tools capable of providing competitive advantage. To realize the full impact, their use must be architected starting from the business layer of architecture. This session discusses architectural considerations that IT executives need to consider in order to maximize impact and minimize risk when using social and mobile technologies.

How to Evaluate Which Applications You Should Deploy in a CloudJohn Karaba, Celest Metuassalol, maybe swg Lecture

Cloud provides a scalable platform that allows sharing data and applications across the globe. But, are all applications suited for cloud? While it is wonderful to think that any application can take advantage of a computing platform that is used in the same way as household utilities, some applications require significantly more support or they fail. Time and again, IT professionals hear of ERP installations that went wrong. Is cloud computing the solution or will cloud delivery present added challenges? Some applications operate perfectly on a cloud platform while others are poor candidates. The consultants in this session discuss how to determine if an application lends itself to cloud delivery and demonstrate a blueprint for this analysis. They also explore areas of complexity in application delivery and support.

How to Create Rock-Solid Business Cases to Get IT Projects ApprovedJohn Schlosser, Mark Stern, Celest Metuassalol Lecture

If cost of ownership analysis is a painful exercise for IT organizations, why have almost all done it (and continue to do it) multiple times? Management requires an accurate understanding of current IT costs and strengths so they can better assess new ideas and technologies. This updated presentation, based on an article published in CIO Magazine, identifies the key elements to effective IT cost analysis and the building of compelling business cases from those costs. These improve accuracy and eliminate the frustration associated with a necessary step in IT evolution. Concepts included are complexity analysis, platform assessment, Fit For Purpose analysis, and financial case structures.

How to Make IT a Competitive Business DifferentiatorLouise Hemond-Wilson, Roger Bales Lecture

Cloud, Analytics, Mobile and Social computing are little more than industry buzzwords unless their application strongly supports business objectives. This session, presented by executive consultants who have coached CIOs, discusses practical approaches to aligning IT with business goals so that IT is seen as a competitive differentiator in which the business should invest rather than a cost to cut. Topics include marketing IT to business leadership, selling IT to the C-Suite, developing the CIO’s and IT leadership team’s eminence as well as practical approaches to IT strategy and IT resource deployment for maximum business impact.

Why Most IT Projects Fail and How to Make Yours SucceedLouise Hemond-Wilson, Roger Bales Lecture

Statistics indicate more than 75% of IT projects fail, are significantly late or run significantly over budget. Yet, IT projects are more and more becoming business projects, raising the visibility and increasing pressure on the IT leadership team. Increasingly, businesses depend upon IT for key emerging technologies that have become business differentiators. How can you increase your chances of success for these highly visible and complex IT projects? This session, presented by experts with decades of experience guiding successful projects, reviews critical success factors for project execution. This session provides practical guidance on what it takes to complete projects successfully.

Create a Common Data and Analytics Strategy that Supports all Your Business Units Roger Bales, Lisa Moore Lecture

Big Data Analytics (BDA) is a big challenge. Your business leaders are continually pushing the envelope with how you interact with the consumers of your products and services. As an IT leader, you have a duty to provide stable, agile and secure solutions for their business needs. Sounds simple, but as we all know, it’s not. The juggling ensues with a variety of business requests from across the enterprise with their siloed requirements and timelines; leveraging any combination of finite resources, assets and capabilities to deliver. This session focuses on how you can create real-world, enterprise-wide BDA governance and prioritization mechanisms. You also discuss how to organize the IT and business resources needed for your success.


Designing Mobile Applications for Enterprise SystemsJeffrey Miller Lecture (Basic)

Mobile brings a new set of criteria to application design. Successful mobile apps are not simply additional UIs on existing back-ends but should be designed from a user flow perspective, user-centric instead of back-end centric. A mobile design for the enterprise must encompass the front-end app, multiple layers of connectivity, and middle tiers that may aggregate more than one system of record. Security must be a primary design consideration. This lecture uses the IBM MobileFirst Reference Architecture as a model on which we elaborate design principles, highlight considerations, and show how IBM Worklight for on-premises and BlueMix for cloud enable reliable, secure, and flexible mobile apps for enterprise systems. We focus on zEnterprise as the back-end but also cover unique capabilities of Power Systems for the enterprise.

How to Build a Business Case for Cloud, Analytics, Mobile and Social SolutionsLouise Hemond-Wilson Lecture (Basic)

How do you build a compelling business case so the business sees your Cloud, Analytics, Mobile and Social solutions as business competitive differentiators? This session reviews the facets of a strong business case and methodologies specific to helping develop business cases for CAMS solutions.

PerformanceAccelerating Databases with Oracle and IBM FlashSystem: The Need for SpeedMike Ault Lecture (Intermediate)

Join us to understand how IBM FlashSystem is changing the way databases are developed today; helping them become more efficient and more cost effective.

Where to Use Flash in the Data CenterWoody Hutsell Lecture (Basic)

Get a review of data center economics and then explore the main reasons to use flash in the data center. Flash is best used to accelerate applications and infrastructure, reduce cost through less space, meet power and cooling requirements, and create new business opportunities.


Professional DevelopmentStep Right Up! Taking Your Presentation Skills to the Next LevelGlenn Anderson Lecture (Basic)

Ever seen a great presenter and wondered—how does he do it? What makes it different from the way I present? Drawing on experiences speaking around the world, from classes to conferences to comedy club stand-up routines, Glenn will help you make your next presentation a career-builder. Topics include preparation, speaking techniques, and what makes PowerPoint sparkle? Glenn Anderson is a long-time instructor and presenter with IBM Technical Training, with a wealth of experience developing and delivering very technical material.

SecurityIdentifying the Weak Link in the Chain: A Method for Infrastructure AnalysisFrancis (Jayme) Manning Lecture (Intermediate)

Many people find it challenging to analyze an existing infrastructure to identify and address potential security risks. This session demonstrates a graph analysis technique that allows the overall attack surface of an infrastructure to be measured, quantifying the effects of proposed changes to the infrastructure. Additionally, the technique is extended to demonstrate its usefulness as a generalized risk analysis tool. This session offers a means of identifying changes you can make in your environment and provides a mechanism to generate the quantifiable data necessary to support your decisions.

The Target Breach and Beyond: Security Challenges in the 21st CenturyPhil Smith III Lecture (Intermediate)

Credit and debit cards are an established feature of commerce, built on various networks and high-performance back-end systems. We’ve all heard about the Target data breach (and Nieman-Marcus, Adobe, Sony...). What really happened? How does this ecosystem work? What are its vulnerabilities and security gaps, and how can we defend them? Simply keeping physical cards secure is not sufficient—and neither is protecting the IT perimeters of card processing systems. Breaches occur despite best efforts, and despite PCI DSS compliance. Come learn about how the payments ecosystem works, what really happened at Target and elsewhere, how the threat landscape is evolving, what the attackers are doing, and how merchants and processors are reacting.

Enterprise Data Protection 101Phil Smith III Lecture (Intermediate)

When asked “Why do you rob banks?” thief Willie Sutton allegedly responded, “Because that’s where the money is.” Today that might be the answer to “Why do you hack?” Protecting corporate data has never been more challenging. Between ever-shifting regulations and advanced, persistent threats, even contemplating data protection can be daunting. Encryption and tokenization are the obvious solutions, but the prospect of having to change every application and data store is overwhelming. Yet you cannot afford to ignore the risks, lest you become the next headline. Come hear about implementing data protection from a business perspective—what to consider and how to approach it. This is a look at the issues, not a comparison of technologies.

Storage and NetworkingThe World of Flash—1 Year After: The Competitors, Innovators, Leaders, Followers and ZombiesAdrian Flores-Serafin Lecture (Basic)

Learn all about the IBM FlashSystem family and its competitors in 2014. Get an overview of the overall flash marketplace and discover who are the leaders, the followers and the living dead.

Boost Performance in Mission Critical Environments with the IBM DS8870 and Flash TechnologyBrian Sherman Lecture (Intermediate)

The DS8870 with High Performance Flash integration is the newest IBM offering for business critical workloads. It builds upon the strong performance heritage of its predecessors. This session illustrates the latest performance improvements and efficiencies delivered by this proven storage hardware platform. Performance comparisons with previous releases are provided.

Boosting Transactional and Analytic Performance with FlashSystem Storage Kevin Powell Lecture (Intermediate)

Flash storage can benefit many analytics workloads by reducing costs and improving performance. Come to this session to learn about ways that flash can benefit specific analytics environments like Tealeaf, Identity Insights, Splunk, SAP, and other platforms.

Replacing Oracle Exadata: IBM FlashSystem and Storage Solutions for Oracle and SAP Environments Subhash Vanga Lecture (Intermediate)

Discover the impact of FlashSystems on SAP applications and transactional workloads at large retailers. The session also outlines the benefits of FlashSystem relative to Oracle Exadata.

IBM Software Defined Storage Vision and RoadmapSusan Schreitmueller Lecture (Advanced)

This session presents the core technology for IBM Software Defined Storage (SDS) vision and the SDS product roadmap. This includes the control plane technology as well as the data plane technology to address the future software defined data center.

Storage Trends and DirectionsSusan Schreitmueller Lecture (basic)

Come here about the latest news in IBM Storage.

IBM’s Smarter Storage StrategySusan Schreitmueller Lecture (basic)

Do you want to understand more about IBM’s initiatives for building a smarter planet and how they relate to your business? This session explains it all! Discover how IBM’s design approach and strategy delivers efficiency, optimization, and agility in its storage products and solutions. The lecture also positions the features and capabilities of IBM’s various disk and tape systems in this context.

SystemsServer Early Program ExperienceBill Hall Birds of a Feather (Basic)

Early Programs provides an opportunity for clients to install, test, use and comment on IBM products or solutions prior to General Availability. Program participants enjoy many benefits. They are given early availability of products and documentation which may help them to gain a competitive edge and/or higher performance by implementing the new functions. They may observe potential cost savings benefit before general availability. Early client education and priority on problem resolution are popular features of the program. Plus, participants are assigned an Early Program Representative, a liaison to development and service who can facilitate problem resolution. Finally, Early Program clients receive disclosure of future products and product directions and opportunities to influence future product directions.


Analyzing Your IT EconomicsCraig Bender Lecture (Basic)

Has your business analyzed the economics of your IT? This interactive session gives you insight into the factors driving IT cost. IBM IT Economics Practice Executive Craig Bender explains how to optimize IT cost through the dimensions of total cost of ownership, workload platform placement, and chargeback analysis. Craig shows how commonly deployed methods of charging IT costs back to the lines of business can adversely affect IT decisions. Learn about IBM models to improve chargeback with both good and bad practices from customer examples gathered from IBM Eagle IT Economics Practice engagements.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM Power SystemsFilipe Miranda (Red Hat) (Intermediate)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM Power Systems.

SecurityDefending IBM System z Configuration Control Boundaries—Achieving Role Based Access Control with The Control Editor (TCE/RBAC) Paul Robichaud (NewEra Software) (Intermediate)

Role Based Access Control (RBAC) is a technique in which roles are defined for various job functions. The permissions to perform certain system operations are assigned to one or more of these roles. Technical Support Staff (or other system users) are then assigned to those roles that best fit the scope of their support responsibilities. The Control Editor (TCE) from NewEra Software, Inc. reinforces the Configuration Control Boundaries maintained by the Policy Rules defined to and enforced by the External Security Manager. TCE/RBAC is - Defined, Assigned, Enforced - using functions found within TCE. But TCE is much more than a Control Tool. It creates a balance between reinforcing legacy security and enhancing staff productivity.

A Forensic Analysis of Security Events on IBM System z, Without the Use of SMF DataBrian Marshall (Vanguard Integrity Professionals) (Basic)

This session will be a mixture of lecture using slides and a real time demonstration of the power of Vanguard Offline to provide forensic capabilities to discover who accessed, or attempted access, to which resource on System Z with RACF. During the presentation the instructor will first disable SMF recording, the access resources where permissions both allow and deny the access attempt (again without SMF recording) and then show the audience the audit trail of those events. The instructor will then show the audience the RACF profiles that both allowed and denied the access and modify them in real time to change the behavior of the system to prevent access that previously should have been denied but was allowed. If time permits, the instructor will show some of the other powerful reporting features of the product such as how to identify every access request allowed via a Global Access Table, Universal Access or ID(*) in an access list.

Why Enterprises that Pass IT Audits Still Suffer Major Security BreachesSteven Ringelberg (Vanguard Integrity Professionals) (Basic)

How is it that enterprises that pass SOX audits, pass QSA PCI-DSS assessments, GLB audits, HIPAA audits, and internal audits still suffer from data breaches? Secure environments are compliant environments – learn how to focus on properly implementing your security configuration controls and end up making your compliance reporting for SOX, PCI-DSS, GLB, HIPAA, and internal audits easier and more efficient.

SystemsMainframe Cost Control: the KeysLaurent Maneville (zCost Management) (Basic)

Join us for an introduction to our approach for managing your current IBM System z investments and planning for future investments. In today’s economic climate, ever more demanding SLAs have increased the need for thorough and accurate capacity planning. Discover how our software products and service offerings can help you rise to this challenge.

Soft Capping: Implement the Right SolutionLaurent Maneville (zCost Management) (Intermediate)

Learn how AutoSoftCapping (ASC) by zCost Management can safeguard that the right MSUs are in the right place, at the right time and for the right cost.

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IBM Enterprise 2014 - Technical University Abstract Guide