ITSO Workshops y conferencias técnicas en España

WRB058ES - Analyzing and Optimizing System Performance for Your Installation

Objectives

System performance is becoming increasingly difficult to manage. Many computer installations are experiencing problems with slow response times or poor throughput and the inefficient use of resources. Often the problems are the result of greater technical complexity, the growth of applications, and the challenge of having staff with the appropriate skills. To address these problems, the IBM ITSO is offering this performance immersion class. Using theoretical lectures and real life performance report analysis, the students:

• Learn key metrics for working with performance management
• Develop a deeper understanding of mainframe system behaviour and integration to help tune the system with confidence.
• Improve their ability to plan and manage the resource growth of an installation to handle performance issues.

Description

During this class, we discuss a set of real performance reports from an anonymous customer. In addition, attendees can bring their own reports from RMF, Omegamon, or another monitor to be analyzed individually after class hours. The class discusses features available up through z/OS V1.13. The major topics covered in the class are:

• Processor performance, including Parallel Sysplex performance
• I/O considerations
• Central and virtual storage considerations
• Workload analysis

This class is up-to-date. Each new function in hardware (in a z196, for example) or in software (in z/OS V1R13, for example) affecting system performance is included in the class, with real life examples, if possible. Here are some recent topics:

• WLM Capacity Provisioning
• 1 MB address pages
• HiperDispatch
• MIDAW
• New FICON channel protocol (no more CCWs?)
• Performance recommendations on CF duplexing
• Saving MIPS
• Fact: z/OS is not now a fully preemptible operating system. What are the consequences?
• New discoveries about MSU/hr, MIPS, cycle time, ITR - do not miss
• How to manage the WLM goals of CICS, IMS/DC and WebSphere workloads.
• The enclave concept
• Trading central storage by CPU (such as DB2 buffer pool page fixing) and by I/O (such as VSAM SMB)
• How to encrypt without spending many CPU cycles
• Why we need zAAPs and zIIPs and how they are managed by z/OS
• What is a CMR delay during an I/O operation?
• Capping or not? If yes, what type?
• The consequences of the WLM aging algorithm
• How to improve DASD performance today
• The mysterious QDIO algorithm
• The possible revival of IRD dynamic channel management (DCME) for FICON channels

Target Audience

Clients, business partners, and IBMers are all welcome. The course is written for multiple companies to attend together.

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WRB044ES - Linux on System z Advanced Bootcamp

Objectives

Through the use of lectures and hands-on labs, the student will gain an understanding of the following concepts:

• Gain an understanding of what performance monitoring is
• Understand the difference between Distributed and Mainframe technologies
• Learn which monitoring utilities and tools to use
• Learn more about Monitoring options and tuning parameters
• Understand Disk Storage used with z/VM and Linux
• Right sizing Linux Servers on z/VM
• Hipersockets
• Vswitches
• Aggregation
• Cloning
• Hardening
• Linux and System z tweaks and tricks
• Overview of zEnterprise and zBX

Description

The topics included in this class are:

• What is performance monitoring?
• Performance monitoring utilities and tools
• Distributed vs. Mainframe technologies
• Monitoring options and tuning parameters
• Disk Storage
• Right sizing Linux Servers on z/VM
• Hipersockets
• Vswitches
• Aggregation
• Cloning
• Hardening
• Linux and System z tweaks and tricks
• Overview of zEnterprise and zBX

Prerequisites

This course builds on the following courses:

• Linux on System z Basics
• Linux on System z Intermediate

Target Audience

IT Specialists who will be supporting or developing using Linux on System z

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WRB143ES - High Availability Workshop

Objectives

The objective of this workshop is to help attendees gain insight into the root causes of poor availability and understand the actions that can be taken and the tools that are available to improve availability. While many of the subjects and disciplines covered apply across all IT platforms, the focus will be on the role that Parallel Sysplex can play in achieving your availability objectives.

Description

This workshop will cover the following topics:

• Define "High Availability". What components must be available? How do you measure availability? Do you measure and manage end-to-end availability? Does the business really need the targeted level of availability? How much does lack of availability cost? If you don't know the value of availability, how can you decide if an availability-related investment provides value or not? Understand the difference between High Availability and Disaster Recovery - they are NOT the same thing.
• Management considerations. Does everyone that can contribute to good or bad availability have this as part of their performance objectives? No one part of the IT organization can deliver HA on their own. Is there an availability owner? Does that person have the resource and funding required to meet the business' requirements? Who is responsible for availability - vendors? customer? both?
• Education. How many outages are caused by "human error"? Probably more than are caused by HW or SW failures. What testing is done? What percent of bugs are found in the production environment as opposed to the test one? Is there a way to address both of these requirements in a mutually beneficial way?
• Look at common causes for outages - we want to address the problems that will give the largest return, not the ones that are the easiest to do
• Discuss systems management. Not specific products, but the objective of the products. Are they viewed as a tool or an impediment? Do they add value or just overhead? How does each aspect of systems management contribute towards meeting your performance objective? This section will also cover discussion of each of the systems management areas - performance management, problem management, change management, capacity management, configuration management, software management, and so on.
• Configuring the HW infrastructure for high availability. Are you exploiting all the relevant availability features? Have you done a CFIA analysis? How many of each component to have - one? two? three? Processes for identifying and applying service.
• Configuring the SW infrastructure for high availability. The most basic requirements for high application availability are: no single points of failure AND dynamic workload balancing. There are many IBM and non-IBM products that help you achieve this, but are they being exploited?

Prerequisites

To get the best value from the class, students should have at least 3 years' experience in a mainframe environment. The class is intended to be highly interactive, so attendees should come prepared and willing to discuss their experiences and decisions with other class members.

Target Audience

Attendees are expected to be experienced Systems Programmers, Operations staff, or Availability Managers that have experience with handling availability problems.

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WRB144ES - Parallel Sysplex Health Check

Objectives

IBM delivers a wealth of new function in every release of z/OS. And there is no additional charge for sysplex-exploitation in the many products that support sysplex. By not making the best use of all relevant features and functions, customers are not getting the maximum value for their money from these products. The objective of this class is to help attendees identify which additional functions they could be exploiting, and to ensure that the functions that are already being used are being used in an optimal manner.

Description

Parallel Sysplex has been available since MVS/ESA 5.1, with new functions and features in every subsequent release of z/OS. As a result, it is not uncommon to find that customers are unaware of, or have not yet implemented, features that could improve the value, performance, and availability that they are driving from their z/OS systems. This workshop steps through the sysplex-related features and functions that are included with the related products, helping attendees understand the value, applicability, and implementation effort for each function. Attendees will be encouraged to complete a questionnaire in advance that will be used to drive the discussions.

Prerequisites

This class is aimed at senior technical staff that understand both their technical environment (what is and is not being used, and why) and their business requirements (which additional functions would bring value to their service or end users). The class is intended to be highly interactive, so attendees should come prepared and willing to discuss their experiences and decisions with other class members.

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WRB152ES - Introduction to z/OS Problem Determination

Objectives

The workshop covers a variety of tools and methods used for z/OS problem determination. The goal is to characterize problems as accurately as possible to allow useful searches of problem databases and to better communicate with IBM support organizations.

Description

The workshop examines various traces, dumps, control blocks, and tools (mostly IPCS) used for z/OS system problem determination. Many hands-on exercises are included. The target is z/OS itself, not applications or additional program products. Also, the goal is to pinpoint the problem as best possible and, typically, not to actually correct the problems. (In general, problem correction would require access to z/OS source code.) This is an intense, detailed workshop and students are expected to stay in the classroom and work through the exercises.

Prerequisites

Students must be generally familiar with z/OS, TSO, and ISPF usage. This workshop is not an introduction to z/OS. Each student must have a laptop with a 3270 emulator and wireless adapter. The instructor will furnish a z/OS system for the workshop.

Target Audience

Technical z/OS support people; typically IBM personnel but possibly customer personnel for larger z/OS users.

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WRB186ES - IBM Systems Director for POWER Systems: Designing, Implementing and Managing

Objectives

Implement a cluster management solution using IBM Systems Director 6x.

Description

In this course via a combination of lectures, discussion, and hands-on exercises, the students will learn to:

• Design and implement a cluster management solution.
• Install and configure IBM Director on AIX and Linux.
• Configure additional IBM Director Modules (inventory, power management, etc.).
• Manage Operating Systems, and other software in a manage IBM Director environment.

Additional topics include:

• IBM Director installation on AIX
• Preparing managed systems
• Discover managed systems
• Collect inventory data
• View Managed resources
• IBM Systems Director Virtualization Manager plug-in
• Managing Virtual I/O Server with IBM Systems Director
• Active Energy Manager

Prerequisites

Basic Operating Systems (AIX and Linux) administration including networking (TCPIP).

Target Audience

IT specialists, IT support staff, IT architects, and anyone looking to implement a cluster management solution for multiple platforms and operating systems.

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WRB191ES - IBM POWER 7 Announcement Workshop

Objectives

The goal with this workshop is to bring to the technical communities the news on POWER 7. This class focuses on providing the attendees with valuable information on the new POWER architecture including the latest virtualization features. Demos will compliment the lecture sessions in order to show the audience how the latest HMC screens look like, the newest configuration options for partitions, Virtual I/O parameters, and power management considerations.

Description

The class will cover via a combination of lectures, discussion, and demos the following topics:

• POWER 7 characteristics
• Hardware architecture and differences with prior architectures
• POWER 7 virtualization features
• HMC differences to manage POWER 7
• Networking (Ethernet, Infiniband)
• VIO
• Energy management

Additional topics will be included per announcement guidelines.

Prerequisites

None.

Target Audience

IT architects, IT specialist, technical sales, IT support staff, and anyone interested on deploying the latest IBM POWER technology.

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WRB190ES - IBM POWER Systems Virtualization: Advanced Topics, Management and Best Practices (HMC, LPARs, Share LPARs, WPARs, VIO)

Objectives

The objective is to discuss the different virtualization options available on POWER systems, and via hands-on exercises, practice all the topics discussed during class to gain experience with the virtualization features.

Description

The class will cover via a combination of lectures, discussion, and hands-on exercises the following topics:

• Introduction
• PowerVM Editions
• Maintenance strategy
• New features for the Virtual I/O Server
• Other PowerVM enhancements
• Virtual storage management
• Disk mapping options
• Using virtual optical devices
• Using virtual tape devices
• Using file-backed devices
• Mapping LUNs over vSCSI to hdisks
• Replacing a disk on the Virtual I/O Server
• Managing multiple storage security zones
• Storage planning with migration in mind
• Virtual network management
• Changing IP addresses or the VLAN
• Managing the mapping of network devices
• SEA threading on the Virtual I/O Server
• SEA enhancements
• Virtual I/O Server security
• Network security
• Network Time Protocol configuration
• Managing users
• Virtual I/O Server maintenance
• Dynamic operations
• Multiple Shared Processor Pools management
• Dynamic LPAR operations on AIX and IBM i
• Dynamic LPAR operations on Linux for Power
• Dynamic LPAR operations on the Virtual I/O Server

Prerequisites

AIX system administration, POWER systems administration, HMC administration are highly suggested.

Target Audience

IT specialists, IT architects, technical sales, IT support staff are encouraged to attend in particular anyone interested on learning how to implement and manage a virtualized environment using IBM POWER systems.

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WRB185ES - Oracle Real Application Cluster on Power Systems

Objectives

The goal of this workshop is to learn how to deploy an Oracle 11g RAC environment based on an IBM POWER system running the AIX Operating System and GPFS for the storage needs. During this workshop, the instructor will describe the requirements, installation and configuration for a two node Oracle 11g RAC (cluster), as well as various administrative tasks such as managing the Oracle Clusterware and GPFS.

Description

The class will cover via a combination of lectures, discussion, and hands-on exercises the following topics:

• Introduction
• Why clustering
• High availability
• Scalability
• Oracle type of cluster - shared storage type
• Introduction to Oracle Clusterware (clustering infrastructure) and Oracle RAC
• Networking options
  • Ethernet
  • EtherChannel
  • InfiniBand
• Storage access - Types of clusters supported on AIX:
  • Single instance - file system, raw devices, ASM
  • JFS2 and Direct/Concurrent I/O including tuning hints.
  • RAC
  • PowerHA with CLVM (Concurrent Logical Volume Manager)
  • GPFS
  • ASM
• Storage requirements for Oracle Clusters are:
  • Introduction to GPFS
  • Storage for GPFS
  • Parameters and Tuning options -- Oracle - Related
• Oracle RAC on AIX Installation overview
  • Platform preparation
  • Remote command and copy programs (rsh/rcp, ssh/scp)
  • Network configuration
  • OS prerequisites
• Oracle Clusterware installation steps -- also exercise
• Oracle RAC installation high level --- also exercise + RAC DB creation
• Using GPFS
  • Advanced topics
  • Storage pools
  • GPFS recovery mechanism
  • DR configurations
  • Backup and restore w/ GPFS snapshots (Cloning DB)
• Migration from PowerHA-based cluster to GPFS based cluster
• IBM Power Infrastructure for RAC
  • Power Systems
  • Operating System
  • Network
  • Storage
  • Supported configurations and features matrix
• Licensing Oracle on Power Systems
• Exercises:
  1. Platform preparation
  2. Setting up ssh
  3. Installing and configuring GPFS
  4. Installing and configuring CRS w/ testing
  5. Installing RAC and DB creation
  6. Configuring the network services using netca utility
  7. Adding nodes to the Oracle Real Application Cluster
  8. Managing Oracle Clusterware configuration

Prerequisites

AIX system administration, POWER hardware configuration, and Oracle experience are highly recommended.

Target Audience

IT specialists, IT support staff, IT architects, technical sales teams.

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WRZ004ES - DB210 for z/OS and Query Accelerator

Objectives

The objective of this workshop is to show the functional and performance improvements made possible by the integration of DB2 for z/OS with the evolving functions of the z platform. The first half of this workshop discusses DB2 10 for z/OS functions related to performance and synergy with System z platform, system and disk level. The second part highlights the integration of DB2 with the Netezza appliance to provide the IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator for z/OS solution.

Description

The first part describes synergy with systems and disks:

• General subsystem enhancements
• z196 synergy
• 1 MB page frame support
• zIIP usage with DB2 10
• Open and close data set
• DASD enhancements
• SMF compression
• Recent updates

The second part shows the use of query accelerators:

• Data Warehouse Challenges on z/OS
• Accelerating BI workloads with the IBM DB2 Analytics Accelerator
• Feasibility Study/Value assessment and Virtual Accelerator
• Installation Quick start offering
• DB2 Configuration and z/OS WLM settings
• IDAA Studio to define and load data
• Latency management
• Query Acceleration Management and Security considerations
• Monitoring IDAA and Performance consideration
• Data Sharing and Failover scenarios

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of DB2 10 for z/OS and business analytics

Target Audience

The seminar is open to IBM Clients, Business Partners, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and IBMers. IT professionals, including technical project managers, architects, systems programmers/analysts, systems designers and application developers who need to understand how to design and exploit the hardware and software infrastructure required to effectively run modern System z solutions.

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WRZ005ES - Using z/VM v6.2 and Linux on System z Advanced Topics

Objectives

The objective of this workshop will be two-fold:

1. To understand when, where and how to implement single system imaging (SSI) and live guest relocation (LGR) in the new z/VM v6.2 environment
2. To discuss and examine some advanced topics for Linux on System z

Description

First half of this workshop will discuss using single system imaging and live guest relocation in z/VM v6.2. The second half of the day will be spent discussing some Linux on IBM System z advanced topics.

A sample agenda is:

• z/VM v6.2
• z/VM 6.2 Single System Image (SSI) support
• Characteristics and features of an SSI Cluster and changes that have been made to z/VM to accommodate this.
• Planning considerations
• z/VM SSI cluster operations
• Live Guest Relocation (LGR)
• Characteristics and features of LGR and changes that have been made to z/VM to accommodate this. Supported configurations for relocation
• Memory and paging considerations
• Relocation domains
• Performing a relocation
• Conditions that might prevent a relocation
• Frequently asked questions
• Why wont my guest relocate?
• New and updated commands
• SSI/LGR commands
• DIRMAINT commands
• VMSES commands
• Advanced Linux topics
• High availability - general HA principles, Linux -HA Release 2 overview, Linux HA and System z considerations
• Storage
• Disaster Recovery
• Networking
• Security

Prerequisites

Some experience using z/VM and some experience with Linux on System z>

Target Audience

The seminar is open to IBM Clients, Business Partners, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and IBMers. IT professionals, including technical project managers, architects, systems programmers/analysts, systems designers and application developers who need to understand how to design and exploit the hardware and software infrastructure required to effectively run modern System z solutions.

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WRZ001ES - IBM zEnterprise EC12 Technical Overview

Objectives

The objective of the workshop is to provide a clear understanding of new features and functions delivered by the IBM zEnterprise System (zEC12, zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension, zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager).

Description

The IBM zEnterprise EC12 (zEC12) is the next generation in zEnterprise hybrid computing technology. The new zEC12 features first-of-a-kind technologies that demonstrate IBM’s ongoing commitment to meet the changing computing demands of our clients.

This 1-day workshop provides a detailed description of the new features and functions of the zEC12, thereby enabling clients to plan, implement, and operate the system environment in an expedited manner.

Topics include:

• zEC12 introduction:
  • Positioning
  • Benefits
  •  
  • Performance
• Technical details of the zEC12:
  • Frame + processor drawer
  • Processor Unit design
  • Memory
  • I/O PCIe drawer
  • I/O features (PCIe features)
• zBX Model 003 overview:
  • Rack
  • BladeCenter
  • Blades
  • Software / OS Support
  • zEnterprise System environmentals
  • zEnterprise System connectivity
• HMC overview:
  • zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager updates
  • HMC Enhancements
  • Planning and implementation considerations
  • Statements of Direction

Prerequisites

Knowledge of previous zEnterprise hardware

Target Audience

The seminar is open to IBM Clients, Business Partners, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and IBMers. IT professionals, including technical project managers, architects, systems programmers/analysts, systems designers and application developers who need to understand how to design and exploit the hardware and software infrastructure required to effectively run modern zEnterprise solutions.

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WRZ002ES - Exploiting Recent IBM z/OS Features and Functions

Objectives

This IBM ITSO seminar is aimed at system programmers interested in exploiting functions delivered in recent releases of z/OS, including new functions delivered since z/OS 1.13. This one day seminar provides system programmers with an overview, implementation details and examples of using z/OS system management tools such as IBM zAware, Runtime Diagnostics, IBM Health Checker for z/OS and Predictive Failure Analysis. In addition we will cover implementation and use of other recently delivered functionality such as Flash Express, Auto IPL, Auto Reply, Message Flood Automation, SMF record flood control, Parallel Subsystem initialization and others.

Description

This one-day workshop will include the following topics.

Topics Covered:

• IBM zEC12 Software Support
• Flash Express and RSM enhancements
• IBM zAware - IBM System z Advanced Workload Analysis Reporter Implementation and usage DEMO
• Set-up, use, and discuss the relationship between the z/OS-provided system management tools including:
  • Runtime Diagnostics
  • IBM Health Checker for z/OS
  • Predictive Failure Analysis
  • Message Flood Automation
  • SMF Record Flood Support
  • Auto-IPL
  • Auto-Repy to WTOR
  • Parallel Subsystem Initialization

Prerequisites

Knowledge of previous release of z/OS

Target Audience

The seminar is open to IBM Clients, Business Partners, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and IBMers. IT professionals, including technical project managers, architects, systems programmers/analysts, systems designers and application developers who need to understand how to design and exploit the hardware and software infrastructure required to effectively run modern System z solutions.

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WRZ003ES - Parallel Sysplex and High Availability

Objectives

The objective of this session is to help you identify activities and capabilities that can deliver value to your enterprise, but that you never had time to explore previously. The information provided in this session should help you catch up on existing capabilities, and to position your environment for whatever the future holds.

Description

This one-day workshop will include the following topics:

• Sysplex considerations and enhancements related to zEC12
• Live demo of setting up BCPii and System Status Detection Partitioning Protocol (SSDPP), including an example to show the benefit that SSDPP delivers.
• Understanding HiperDispatch and how to optimize it for your environment
• Description of the sysplex-related enhancements provided in WebSphere MQ 7.1
• Understanding, controlling, and benefiting from z/OS dynamic workload routing capabilities.
• An update on recent functional and availability enhancements to STP.
• Miscellaneous bits of information and news about recent documentation to help you do your job more
• effectively.

Prerequisites

Previous knowledge of z/OS and hands-on experience with Parallel Sysplex will be a definite advantage.

Target Audience

The seminar is open to IBM Clients, Business Partners, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and IBMers. IT professionals, including technical project managers, architects, systems programmers/analysts, systems designers and application developers who need to understand how to design and exploit the hardware and software infrastructure required to effectively run modern System z solutions.

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