Midwest CMG

Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Meeting

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Agenda:

8:30 AM	Registration and Coffee (Western Stage, 14^th Floor)
9:00 AM	Opening - Welcome - Donna Folkerts, Midwest CMG Chair Ms. Folkerts will discuss recent election results and introduce officers.
9:15 AM	National Conference - Jaqui Lynch, CMG President Ms. Lynch will discuss the reasons you should attend and will answer your questions about the CMG conference in Las Vegas, Dec 5 - 10, 2004.
9:20 AM	AIX EXTRA: Planning for LPAR and DLPAR Jaqui Lynch, Mainline Information Systems The introduction of logical partitioning (LPAR) and dynamic logical partitioning (DLPAR) with AIX 5 has caused a major change in the thought processes involved in planning in the pSeries world. Previously, correctly sizing a system involved pre-planning for resource consumption in terms of memory, CPU, DASD and adapters. While new dynamic partitioning features on pSeries partitionable systems have introduced flexibility in resource allocation that minimizes these constraints, other types of planning are now required. Ms. Lynch will provide details for that planning. Read the Paper (pdf) View the Presentation (ppt)
10:30 AM	Morning Break
11:00 AM	Monitoring Linux with Native Tools Robert Andresen, BMC Software Linux is gaining interest as a solution across many hardware platforms. But once applications are ported to an open source operating system what options are available to monitor their performance and availability? Performance monitoring traditionally has audiences ranging from systems administration, concerned with solving current performance problems, through capacity planners, concerned with predicting growth over time. Native Linux solutions are available to help both disciplines, from monitoring real-time performance through collecting statistics for capacity planning. Read the Paper (pdf) View the Presentation (ppt)
12:00 PM	Lunch in Brio (15^th floor)
1:15 PM	zSeries, Sub-Capacity Workload License Charges, Soft-Caps, and WLM Richard Ralston, Humana Inc. With the advent of zSeries processors and z/OS, IBM decided to offer a new software cost structure. The new pricing structure, Sub-Capacity Workload License Charges, attempts to reduce the cost of key IBM software in the z/OS environment. Mr. Ralston discusses his experiences with Sub-Capacity License Charges, the tools available to help manage the LPARs running sub-capacity WLC, results and benefits. Read the Paper (doc) View the Presentation (ppt)
2:15 PM	Afternoon Break
2:45 PM	User Experiences By popular demand we are arranging two half hour sessions of “how to’s”. The presenters will provide a unique perspective on their experiences within the framework of their topic.
	Catalog address space performance: Where do you find the information? Greg Scriba, BMC Software As we combine Plexi onto larger and larger Physical Systems, there are a few common resources that will have to be configured to handle the heavier load. One of them is your Catalog Address space. How do you understand what it’s doing, and how do you track it? We’ll cover a few ideas. Read the Paper (pdf)
	Capacity Planning Using a Spreadsheet Donna Folkerts, IBM We all would like to have the newest and greatest tools available to assist us in predicting the growth of the workloads on our systems. Often the reality is that the option is not possible. We have consistently and accurately predicted upgrade requirements using a spreadsheet, regression analysis and knowledge of the environment. This presentation will explain the approach we have used successfully for a number of years. Read the Paper
4:00 PM	Meeting Adjourned - See you on March 10, 2005 or at CMG in Las Vegas in December.

Location:

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

Note: All breaks will be in the rear of the meeting room, Western Reserve, on the 14^th floor. Lunch will be in the Brio, a 15^th floor room with a beautiful view.

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 & Directions to Holiday Inn Merchants Plaza

CTA Downtown Map

METRA System Map

Cost:

Pre-registration:	$70.00
Walk-in registration:	$95.00

Pre-registration helps significantly with planning.

Registration:

Pre-registration must be received by Thursday, October 7.

Please include the following information with your registration:

Date of the meeting you will attend
Name and Title
Internet email address
Company name
Company address
Business phone number and fax number

Make the check out to MCMG and send your registration to:

Janet Bishop
MCMG
P. O. Box 407
Morton Grove, IL 60053-0407

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For changes, problems, or corrections, please email Mike Hines (mshines@purdue.edu).