IBM System z Technical Conference

System z Technology and the Green Data Center

• IBM System z10 BC and EC Updates
• High Performance FICON and System z connectivity
• System z and the Green Data Center
• Mainframe myths and platform selection
• Dashboarding and managing your System z events
• The next generation of System z professionals
• Service management
• The business value of System z virtualization leadership
• Hands-on Labs: REXX

• What’s new in z/OS Rel 10 and Rel 11
• Migrating to z/OS Rel 10
• z/OS support and exploitation of System z10
• z/OS maintenance and SMP/E 3.5
• z/OS Unix System Services and Open Source software updates
• z/OS support for Extended Address Volumes (EAV)
• Parallel Sysplex, Infiniband, STP and GDPS Updates
• System z software pricing
• HCD and HCM Updates
• System Automation Updates
• Hands-on Labs: SMP/E, Parallel Sysplex, HCM

• z/OS Workload Manager and RMF basics and updates
• Hiperdispatch functionality, updates and measurements
• I/O performance analysis
• z/OS system logger performance and tuning
• zIIPs and zAAPs basics and advanced functionality
• z/OS real storage management
• Controlling z/OS applications
• Financial savings with new System z technology
• z/OS Capacity Provisioning
• IP performance
• Hands-on Labs: RMF

• System z security strategy and RACF updates
• System z crypto
• Networking security and trusted identity management
• z/OS Comm Server implementation and latest functionality
• DB2 for z/OS exploiting storage enhancements and solid state disk
• Business Intelligence and System z
• WebSphere Application Server Ver 7 update and implementation
• Java for z/OS
• New application runtimes on System z

• z/VM Basics: Concepts & Terminology, Control Program (CP), VM Performance
• z/VM Platform Update: z/VM V5.4 - Advancing the Art of Server Virtualization
• The Business Value of System z Virtualization Leadership
• z/VM Networking: TCP/IP for z/VM Update, Virtual Networking with z/VM Guest LANs and the z/VM Virtual Switch
• Link Aggregation with the z/VM Virtual Switch
• Migrating to the z/VM Virtual Switch, Virtual Switch Management
• z/VM Performance Update and z/VM System Limits
• Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux
• z/VM Security Update, Virtual Security Zones , Securing Linux with RACF on z/VM

• Linux on System z news and client examples
• Understanding the Technology Advantages of Running Linux on z/VM
• Management considerations when moving from distributed environments
• Intro to Linux for Unix Newcomers Hands-On-Lab
• Installation Hands-On-Lab
• Introduction to Scripting Hands-On-Lab
• Performance Update: z10 CPU and Memory, Linux Kernel and Java, Networking, Crypto, and Disk IO
• Understanding CPU Usage and Memory Management
• Networking with Linux on System z: Basic OSA Device Configuration
• Communication Controller for Linux (CCL)
• Leveraging System z security for Linux
• Problem Determination with Linux on System z
• Linux Authentication using LDAP with z/VM RACF
• Linux on System z Wiki and docs - Let's collaborate

• z/VSE V.2 News, Hardware Support and MWLC Pricing
• An Eclipse based Development Environment for z/VSE
• Disaster Recovery and z/VM, z/VSE and Linux on System z Backup strategies - with Linux as central backup hub
• z/VSE Tools Overview and Update
• Exploit virtualization and integration with modern Solutions with Linux on System z as central hub
• Using SOA Web Services with z/VSE
• The VSAM Redirector technology in z/VSE
• WebSphere MQ Series for z/VSE V3.0 Exploitation and Solutions
• Birds-of-a-Feather and Requirements

System Storage and Storage Networking

• Storage Hardware
  • Hardware Overview
  • Disk Storage
  • Tape Storage
  • Storage Virtualization

• Storage Management Software
  • DFSMS Overview
  • Access Methods
  • Data Base Management

• Storage Performance
  • Disk Performance
  • Remote Mirror Performance
  • Tape Performance

• Business Continuity
  • Remote Mirror Technology
  • Backup and Archive
  • System Continuity Techniques

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