Mark,

Any chance that *terrific* group of speakers would be interested in a
"road trip" to Washington, D.C., or should I say...Gaithersburg? :-)

Bob

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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Subject: NY Metro NaSPA Chapter Meeting: Tuesday, 17 June (was: My Job
Status etc)

Eric B. wrote on 05/28/2008 09:36:38 AM:


> The New York Naspa meetings have really great speakers, on really 
> great and applicable topics.  I've always wanted to go to one, but so 
> far haven't been able to make it. It's free!  You don't have to be a 
> Naspa member either. I'll have to see if Mark Nelson, who I believe 
> runs the meeting, will post the agenda to IBM-Main.


Eric, thanks for the kind words and the reminder!

The next meeting of the NY Metro NaSPA Chapter will be on Tuesday, 17
June 
 2008  in room 1219 at the IBM Building at 590 Madison Avenue, New York 
City, from 10:00 AM until 4:30 PM. We have an *outstanding* day planned,

with some of the best speakers in the industry. Sessions for the day 
include:

"The System z10 I/O Subsystem", Connie Beuselinck, IBM  System z 
Connectivity Product Planning 
 
There's a new mainframe host bus, InfiniBand, that was introduced with
z10 
EC.  It is an integral component of the I/O subsystem helping to avoid 
bandwidth bottlenecks.  With a unique set of physical resources
supporting 
Parallel Sysplex, Security, Storage Area Networks, and Local Area
Networks 
your enterprise has the flexibility to configure your system for maximum

availability to facilitate virtualization and satisfy your Service Level

Agreements.  We?ll show you what?s new and what is strategic to your
z/OS 
enterprise.  We have new capabilities for FICON, FCP, coupling, and the 
local area network.  We'll give you a "virtual" tour. 

"A z/OS System Programmer's Guide to Migrating to a new IBM System z10
EC 
Server", Greg Daynes, z/OS Installation Deployment Architect

The latest generation of IBM System z servers builds on the inherent 
strengths of the System z platform and delivering new technologies that 
can offer improvements in price/performance for key workloads as well as

enabling a new range of hybrid solutions. It further extends System z's 
leadership in key capabilities with the delivery of expanded scalability

for growth and large scale consolidation, availability to help reduce
risk 
and improve flexibility to respond to changing business requirements and

improved security. 

Come hear about how to upgrade to a IBM System z10 Enterprise Class (z10

EC) server! This informative session will describe the software required

to run on a new server (including cryptographic software) and any 
migration or exploitation  actions required to use the new server. This 
session will be of interest to systems programmers and their managers
who 
will upgrade to a IBM System z server. 


"What you need to know about z/OS UNIX Commands", Garth Godfrey, z/OS
UNIX 
Development

You know that z/OS UNIX provides the critical infrastructure for running

TCP/IP, WAS, Java and more, but you wish you were more productive using 
the UNIX shell command interface.  In this session, the speaker will
cover 
the shell facilities that allow you to combine commands in powerful
ways, 
and z/OS-unique enhancements.  He will also discuss login profiles, cron

daemon set up, system management and security facilities.


SMP/E 3.5: Simplifying PSP Buckets and Other Goodies, Greg Daynes, z/OS 
Installation Deployment Architect

Have you ever installed a software product and wanted SMP/E to ensure
all 
service recommended in the product's Preventive Service Planning Bucket 
was also installed? Have you ever prepared to install new hardware and 
wanted an easy way to install required software service? Did you ever
want 
an easy way to tell SMP/E to install coexistence service or
cross-product 
dependencies for a new z/OS release? If the answer to any of these 
questions is yes, then you just might be a system programmer. You should

come to this session to hear how SMP/E will be enhanced to help automate

and simplify those tasks. 

This support is available with z/OS V1.10 (September 2008). It is also 
available as part of SMP/E 3.5 (September 2008) which can be installed
on 
top of all supported z/OS releases. 


"Replacing Sysplex Timers: Migrating to Server Time Protocol in the 
Poughkeepsie Development Lab", Kieron Hinds, z/OS Integration Test 

This session will cover actual migration experiences with STP in the 
Poughkeepsie Development Lab. It will present a background of the z/OS 
Integration Test team and their lab environment, along with their 
semi-annual publication "IBM System z Platform Test Report for z/OS and 
Linux Virtual Servers". The session leader will walk through the
migration 
planning, implementation and problems areas found during the migration. 
Explicit network configurations and migration scenarios will be covered
to 
move the z/OS Integration Test Parallel Sysplex environment from time 
synchronization using the IBM 9037-002 Sysplex Timer to one using STP.


Pre-registration is requested and recommended as it simplifies getting 
into the building and helps us get the room set up correctly.  Please
RSVP 
to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as soon as is possible if you are thinking of 
attending. 

We have a very full day planned, so please arrive early so we can start 
promptly at 10:00 AM.

The meeting is open to non-NaSPA members and is free.  Please pass this 
invitation on to your colleagues!

Thanks!!! - Mark


Mark Nelson, CISSP
z/OS Security Server (RACF) Design and Development
IBM Corporation
2455 South Road MS/P388
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
(845) 435-7758, tie line 8+295-7758, fax (845) 432-9589
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