Midwest CMG

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 Meeting

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Agenda:

8:30 AM	Registration and Coffee in the Marquette Room on the 16th Floor
9:00 AM	Opening - Welcome – Donna Folkerts, MCMG President
9:15 AM	AIX and Midrange Virtualization Jaqui Lynch, Mainline Information Systems Jaqui will discuss what virtualization is in the midrange computing arena and will go over how that works in the pSeries servers. She will also explain some of the issues around server consolidation using virtualization and will highlight a few traps for young players. Access Presentation
10:30 AM	Morning Break
10:45 AM	V or Not to V: A Practical Guide to Virtualization Gene P. Fernando, BMC Virtualization has become so widespread that industry pundits have called it a megatrend. Many forms of Virtualization are available today, each with its own set of potential gains. Of course, with every new technology comes a new set of problems. This paper explores the benefits of Virtualization and discusses the difficulties in measuring the results in the real world. A case study is included to present a practical approach for measuring and forecasting growth for virtual servers. Access PowerPoint Presentation Access PDF Paper
12:00 PM	Lunch in Mark Beaubien on the 16^th Floor
1:15 PM	z/VM & Linux on IBM System z Brian Grondin, Mainline Information Systems Brian will provide update information on what’s new with z/VM as a virtualization technology and also discuss some of the options using it as part of getting started with Linux on IBM System z. He’ll explore the value of z/VM and Linux on System z by showing how you can build an environment to support things ranging from server consolidation to new application workloads in a way that can not only help reduce your total cost of ownership, but also provide you with the solutions needed to move your enterprise forward. Whether it’s picking your first application, or finding ways to grow your existing application environments, you’ll be provided with information that you will find useful as you look for ways to more fully exploit the power of the System z platform.
2:30 PM	Afternoon Break
2:45 PM	VMware Virtualization Bill Call, VMware During this presentation, we'll focus on VMware's approach to x86 virtualization and the challenges we faced. Along the way, we'll dig into virtualization approaches for CPU, memory, disk and network contrasting the pros and cons as we see it. Basic server partitioning will transition to distributed virtualization in the context of datacenter problems that can be addressed as well as those that cannot. (At least not yet anyway.) Finally we'll talk a little about what we see the future holds for distributed virtualization in the datacenter. For those of you looking for a VMware class, please visit their website to find available times: http://mylearn1.vmware.com/mgrreg/courses.cfm?ui=www&a=sort&orderby=0&id Access PowerPoint Presentation
4:00 PM
4:00 PM	Meeting Adjourned

The Speakers:

Bill Call	Mr. Call has over twenty years in the industry. He has been a VMware Certified Professional (VCP) since program inception in 2003. He is quite familiar with C/C++/Java expert systems and business rule engines, Windows, Linux and Unix. He is also well versed in proxy cache, content distribution, media streaming and web search technologies (Python and Java) on Windows, Unix and Linux. In addition, he gained 8 years experience in VAX/VMS while working at Intergraph.
Gene Fernando	Gene Fernando has been in the Capacity Planning field for over 20 years. He started his career with IBM where he learned mainframe-speak and the vagaries of working with Fortune 100 clients. He left IBM to start and manage Capacity Planning organizations at TRW and American Honda. Now, Gene is working as a Senior Consultant at BMC Software. He has spent the past 7 years enjoying the experience of traveling around the country visiting with some great customers and helping them implement the disciplines of Capacity Management in their organization.
Brian Grodin	Brian Grondin has been with Mainline for seven years and has served in both sales and systems engineering roles on the IBM zSeries platform. Combined with 15 years at IBM, he brings a great deal of experience to the role of Enterprise Modernization Leader focusing on Linux. He is responsible for working with Mainline™s sales and technical representatives in promoting Linux based solutions and is responsible for managing partnerships that help promote application growth in the Linux environment.
Jaqui Lynch	Ms. Lynch has over 25 years experience in the Information Systems industry. She has been responsible for a wide range of projects and operating systems across multiple platforms including mainframes, UNIX systems, midrange systems, and personal workstations. She has presented Sunday Sessions on UNIX at CMG. Currently, she is the immediate past CMG President of CMG. She previously spoke to MCMG on “AIX EXTRA: Planning for LPAR and DLPAR” at our 10/13/04 meeting and on “.Linux Performance Tuning” at our 10/19/05 meeting.

Location:

Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza (click for map)
350 North Orleans Street
Chicago, IL 60654

Note: Please come to the 16th floor. All meeting events, including breaks and registration, will be in
the Marquette Room. Lunch will be served in the Mark Beaubien Room.

If you are parking in the garage, be sure to bring the ticket to the reservation desk to be

stamped. The fee will be $10; otherwise, an unstamped ticket will be charged at the daily rate.

Directions:

MAPQuest Map with Directions to Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza

CTA Downtown Map

METRA System Map

Cost:

Preregistration:	$85.00
Walk-in registration:	$100.00

Preregistration helps significantly with planning.

Registration:

Preregistration must be received by Thursday, March 16th.

Please include the following information with your registration:

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

Make the 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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