Midwest CMG

Wednesday July 18, 2007

What you need to know about this meeting (FAQ):

Agenda:

8:30 AM	Registration and Coffee
9:00 AM	Opening - Welcome – Margaret Greenberg, MCMG President
9:15 AM	Getting Started in Capacity Planning (Two Parts) Ray Wicks This two part session, introduces some of the basic concepts in Capacity Planning. Getting started begins with some basic views of performance data. The performance data is organized by a data model (a conceptual structure). The data model identifies data to track over time (some trending analysis), thus leading to the first step towards a capacity plan. Included in the session is a set of definitions (performance metrics), a very quick view of expectations from queuing theory, and a simple capacity plan.
10:30 AM	Morning Break
10:45 AM	Continuation of "Getting Started in Capacity Planning" (Part 2)
12:00 PM	Lunch provided in registration fee. CNA staff who elect to pay for lunch should contact MCMG Treasurer (Gary Schneier) to make arrangements for payment.
1:15 PM	Enterprise Workload Manager: What's the E All About in EWLM? Glenn R. Anderson, IBM Enterprise Workload Manager (EWLM) provides a way to monitor and respond to workload processing across multiple systems in a distributed heterogeneous environment - z/OS WLM technology migrated out to distributed platforms. This session covers EWLM policies that define the expected performance; middleware equipped for Application Response Measurement; and the Domain Manager that monitors and reports. Also described will be EWLM transaction routing and POWER5 LPAR management. Finally, z/OS WLM now supports a link between EWLM Service Classes and zWLM Service Classes.
2:30 PM	Afternoon Break
2:45 PM	z/OS Tuning Bootcamp Glenn R. Anderson, IBM Whether you are new to z/OS tuning or you are an old pro just looking for a quick refresher, you are welcome here. Glenn Anderson, who teaches z/OS performance and tuning for IBM Training, will lead you on a tour of z/OS tuning hotspots, including DASD, processor storage, shared LPARs, parallel sysplex, GRS, RMF reporting, and where WLM fits in the big picture of z/OS tuning. Glenn promises this session will be way more fun than a real bootcamp.
4:00 PM	Got Questions or want to mingle? Stick around for a BOF.
4:30 PM	Meeting Adjourned

Location:

CNA Insurance Headquarters, 333 S. Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60604-4107, Room 304 S.

All non-CNA attendees are guests and must present a photo ID and the contact person (John Tullis) or simply mention MCMG at the lobby security desk. A guest will receive a badge that indicates access to the appropriate floor (Room 304 S.) Your name will be matched to a list we provide CNA security.

Directions: Mapquest Map (click to open)

Cost:

Preregistration:	$40.00
Walk-in registration:	$50.00

Preregistration helps significantly with planning.

Registration:

Preregistration must be received by Friday, July 13th.

Please include the following information with your registration:

Name and Title
email Address
Company Name
Company Address
Business Phone Number

Payment:

You can now make payment by Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, eCheck or using your Pay Pal account
through Pay Pal by clicking on the "BuyNow"; button below and following the directions:

Or you can make your check out to MCMG and send your registration to:

Gary Schneier, Treasurer
MCMG
P. O. Box 1061
Morton Grove, IL 60053-1061

Mr. Schneier will be glad to answer your questions via phone (847-673-4815) or email: MCMG_Treasurer@cmg.org.

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