IBM Enterprise 2014 - Technical University Abstract Guide

The Infrastructure for Cloud, Data & Engagement
October 6–10
The Venetian | Las Vegas, NV
Technical University
Abstract Guide
As of July 30, 2014
IBM Power Systems 2
IBM System z . 24
Cross-brand . 50
Technology Partner/Sponsor . 54
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Application Infrastructure and
Development
AIX Performance Optimization of the Enterprise
SAP Landscape Built on IBM PureFlex System
Damir Rubic Lecture (Intermediate)
Explore the key SAP and IBM PureFlex/Storage performance
optimization attributes. Learn best practices collected from many
customer engagements and test cloud landscapes built in the IBM
Advanced Technical Support SAP Solutions Lab. Discover how optimal
orchestration of these elements increases the synergy of the complex
SAP systems and elevates SAP system performance. Review all
the hardware and software layers supporting the execution of SAP
generated system load. The core of the lecture material is based on the
tuning attributes related to SAP ECC solution, Oracle/DB2 database layer
and PowerVM/VMware based on the PureFlex platform.
AIX Creating Real-Life Performance
Optimization in the SAP Landscape with IBM
Storage Systems
Get an overview of the IBM Storage and IBM PowerVM specific
architectural elements that are traversed by the I/O requests initiated
in the SAP application layer. The main architectural building blocks
included are IBM FlashSystem, DS8000, SVC and AIX/VIO operating
system. With every I/O related layer traversed, several optimization
points are discussed including the performance tools needed to identify
where the service response time is lost if a performance anomaly
occurs. The session reviews the tools for monitoring and optimizing the
performance of the involved I/O stack elements. The presentation is
based on real-life performance optimization engagements supporting
the enterprise IBM/SAP landscapes.
AIX Implementing SAP HANA on IBM Power
Platform—Experiences and Lessons Learned
TBD
AIX EPIC Cache—Reference Architecture on
IBM Power Systems
Jerry Petru Lecture (Advanced)
Today’s competitive corporate environment requires the IT departments
in the Healthcare arena to be nimble, with the ability to respond quickly
to capacity changes through the use of innovative methods to reduce
time to market for new applications and systems. Escalating costs
related to datacenter capacity and administrative costs are driving the
need to utilize technology in new ways to maximize the company’s IT
investment. This session reviews in detail the reference architecture
that EPIC has a great deal of comfort with IBM Power Systems. It
includes highly available, scalable, and manageable Cache DB and EPIC
service delivery environment running on IBM Power Systems with AIX.
AIX Top 10 Reasons to Run Oracle Database
Software on IBM Power Systems vs. Oracle
Exadata
Ralf Schmidt-Dannert Lecture (Intermediate)
This session compares and contrasts IBM Power Systems and Oracle
Exadata as the solution to host Oracle databases. It is organized around
ten themes ranging from cost and solution flexibility to integration into
client environments and management. The goal of this technical session
is to help decision makers understand how to select server hardware
for the deployment of Oracle databases.
AIX Configuring IBM AIX for Dump Imaging and
Using the AIX Kernel Analysis Tool for System
Dump Analysis
Scott “Tex” Nance Lecture (Advanced)
This session is the first in a series of lectures designed to teach you
how to perform key dump analysis tasks. Each of these dump analysis
topics is divided into two parts delivered in two 75 minute, back-to-back
lectures. Dump Analysis I presents information on supported
options for configuring AIX to capture dump imaging information and
how to use the AIX Kernel Analysis (kdb) tool to perform dump analysis.
This session covers the kdb tool and some of the associated sub-commands
used to perform general dump analysis. You also learn how
to determine the fundamental cause of a system crash. This session
gives you a common dump analysis methodology and a checklist that
you can use when analyzing system dump images. You also get the use
of a case study for practical application.
AIX Unraveling the Mysteries of Detailed
System Dump Analysis—Stack Analysis
Dump Analysis II presents you with the steps used to perform practical
dump stack analysis. This session covers some general steps required
to examine the kernel stack including a fundamental understanding of
the linkage conventions used when making function calls. We also walk
through an actual PMR based dump image while performing primary
stack analysis in an attempt to discover the fundamental reason for the
crash.
AIX Unraveling the Mysteries of Detailed
System Dump Analysis—Program Interrupts
Dump Analysis III presents you with the steps used to perform detailed
stack analysis and to uncover the challenges presented when analyzing
code 700 Program Interrupt related dumps. We use several PMR based
case studies to walk through the process of analyzing these complex
dump images.
AIX Dump Analysis Lab Session—Unraveling
the Mysteries of Dump Analysis
Scott “Tex” Nance Lab (Advanced)
This hands-on lab lets you apply the information you’ve gained from
attending the dump analysis sessions. This lab is divided into three
parts and explores the steps required to perform complex dump
analysis. In the first part, you extract files from a snap package and
perform basic analysis on the dump image. The second part covers the
techniques used for stack analysis and the third part examines a dump
caused by program interrupts.
IBM i IBM i Application Trends and Directions
Alison Butterill Lecture (Basic)
RPG, COBOL, PHP, Ruby, Java, Rational, WebSphere, etc, etc. New
tools, new technologies, and new languages are coming forward at
an incredible rate. What are these? How do they tie together? IBM i
is uniquely positioned in the industry to allow developers to take
advantage of the new advancements while capitalizing on their existing
investments. This session reviews some of the hottest industry trends
and the latest announcements from IBM.
IBM i RPG Freeform and IBM Rational Developer
for i
Alison Butterill, Tim Rowe Lecture (Basic)
IBM evolves the RPG language to make it reflect the requirements of
modern programmers providing capabilities such as RPG Free Format
and RPG Open Access to name but two. Modern programmers also
demand a modern programming environment. The eclipse based
Rational Developer for i provides that modern productive environment.
Together, the new RPG language and the latest development tools
combined with the integrated functions of the operating system make
the programming world of IBM i remarkable.
IBM i IBM i Samba Functions
Jesse Gorzinski Lecture (Basic)
IBM i 7.1 TR 8 includes multiple Samba enhancements. Ever wanted
to use your IBM i system as a file server for Windows and Linux
clients? Come find out about the enhanced performance and security
enhancements available.

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IBM i Integrating Java and RPG
Jesse Gorzinski Lecture (Intermediate)
What happens when you mix industry-dominating Java technology
with the power of RPG applications? If you’re thinking “something
awesome,” you are right! Quite often, Java and RPG can combine
to provide seamless and efficient business solutions. For instance,
cryptography, web, or UI requirements might drive the need for
Java into existing RPG applications. This session discusses various
techniques for combining the best of two worlds.
IBM i Access Your IBM i, Any Language,
Anywhere with XMLSERVICE
Jesse Gorzinski Lecture with Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
Learn about XMLSERVICE, which allows the use of any language and
any platform to access IBM i. In fact, it is the technology behind both
the PHP and Ruby toolkits. This session shows you several useful tricks!
IBM i Get a Grip on Your System and Applications
Jesse Gorzinski, Tim Rowe Lecture with Hands-on Lab (Basic)
Ever wonder if your system values are the same from week to
week or system to system? Need to compare the authority info for
libraries or directories? Application Runtime Expert (ARE) gives you a
comprehensive tool for comparing and validating just about anything
between systems in your environment. It also lets you compare
attributes on the same systems at different points in time. Learn how
ARE can help you re-think how you maintain your server and the
applications running on your server. Take your system and application
knowledge and turn it into an automated tool that can verify your entire
system landscape. This includes a new enhancement that gives you the
option to schedule a verification on a repeatable basis!
IBM i Hands-on Mobile Workshop
Mike Pavlak Hands-on Lab (Basic)
The workshop explores a mobile application with special focus on MVC,
Content Delivery, jQuery and Responsive Design. The attendee will
correct issues and enhance a mobile application and see it run on their
laptop as well as a mobile device that has internet access.
IBM i PHP Web Security in an Insecure World
Mike Pavlak Lecture (Basic)
The security of many business applications running natively on IBM i
has been thought out several years ago in many cases. Introducing PHP
into the IBM i environment can cause folks to start asking questions
about access, security and authentication. In this session we will
discuss application security, PHP IFS and Root file system access and
several options to authenticate to a PHP application running natively on
IBM i. This is a must see session for anyone who is looking to go live
with PHP and/or a web technology on IBM i.
IBM i PHP and RPG Integration Examples
Mike Pavlak Lecture (Basic)
In this session we will explore several examples of how PHP scripts
can use the Open Source Toolkit to access RPG Business Logic.
Implementation of the toolkit will be reviewed along with examples of
simple RPG program calls, RPG Subprocedure calls, complex interfaces
like data structures, stored procedures and more.
IBM i Upgrading Roundtable
Pete Massiello, Alison Buterill, Mark Olson, Tracy Smith Lecture (Basic)
Questions about upgrading your environment to IBM POWER8 or IBM i
7.2? This session is for you. Come for an informal discussion of your
specific environment.
IBM i Application Modernization for i
Roundtable—What You Always Wanted to Know
and Never Dared Ask
Tim Rowe, Alison Butterill, Trevor Perry, Mike Pavlak, Jesse Gorzinski
Lecture (Intermediate)
If you want to ask questions about modernization approaches and best
practices for implementing specific techniques when modernizing,
then come to this session. Get an informal discussion of your specific
environment.
IBM i “What Can i Do?” An IBM i Developer’s
Introduction to Everything!
Trevor Perry Lecture (Basic)
Many IBM i developers have not stepped out of their PDM comfort
zone. They may code well in RPGIV, use ILE correctly, and build
amazing applications. IBM, however, has moved on, delivering modern
integrated development tools, enhancements to our core languages
and much more capability in the IBM i operating system and database.
The IBM i community is beginning to take advantage of these new
capabilities. This session touches on a wide swath of relevant topics
while increasing the confidence level of the IBM i developer. If you are
wondering where to start, this lecture will show you how. It covers a
range of available tools, languages, technologies and more, that are
available on IBM i.
IBM i RPG Open Access—A Developer’s
Experience
Trevor Perry Lecture (Basic)
RPG Open Access (RPGOA) has been called “the future of RPG on IBM i.”
Yet we have been told there are myths around RPGOA. A standards
committee has been established to guide the community to a consistent
approach to RPGOA development and communication. But it has yet to
gain traction. Looking back to the introduction of RPGOA, the confusion
and lack of information persists. This session explains RPGOA, starting
with a basic explanation and overview. It describes several customer
implementations and theorizes on possible future uses for RPGOA. This
session also introduces you to resources to help you build your own
RPGOA handlers to extend your existing applications and build modern
IBM i applications from scratch.
Linux Light up perfomance of your LAMP apps
with a stack optimized for Power
Alise Spence, Andi Gutmans, Antonio Rosales Lecture (Basic)
Learn about how infrastructure matters for LAMP applications! Building
on the POWER8 with CAPI and partnering with our OpenPower partners
and leaders in the open source community, we have created the “killer
stack”. Providing exceptional throughput with Mellanox HighSpeed
Fabric with RoCD/RDMA, Ubuntu Linux, MariaDB, PHP and Canonical’s
JuJu Charms—this stack brings together continuous delivery with
exceptional performance—all at a competitive price point. Come to this
session to see it in action!
Linux on Power EnterpriseDB With IBM POWER
Linux
Jerry Petru Lecture (Advanced)
This session if for IT managers and architects who are challenged in
today’s business environment to lower their total cost of ownership
around their organizations IT spend while remaining competitive in a
rapidly evolving market. While open source can provide flexibility along
with compatibility, the database must maintain secure. EnterpriseDB’s
open source based database, Postgres Plus Advanced Server, is now
available on IBM PowerLinux Systems, bringing a cost-effective,
enterprise-class solution to CIOs and IT managers. This session
focuses on security, scalability and performance and how it enables the
migration of Oracle to IBM POWER Linux with EnterpriseDB.
Power Software Introduction to WebSphere
Application Server V8.5.5
Thomas Alcott Lecture (Intermediate)
WebSphere Application Server V8.5.5 provides multiple application
server options for development and production environments with
differing qualities of service, ranging from the “fit for purpose” Liberty
profile to the full WebSphere profile. This session discusses the various
application programming models available in WebSphere Application
Server, use of the Liberty profile in development and production
deployment, as well as enhancements to the full WebSphere profile.
This session is targeted at developers, administrators, architects and
managers.

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Power Software WebSphere Application Server,
Performance Monitoring and Tuning
Thomas Alcott Lecture (Intermediate)
This session provides a brief introduction to the performance
monitoring architecture in WebSphere Application Server. It identifies
the key metrics, both OS and WAS provided, critical for measuring and
monitoring system health, and the use of these metrics in practice as
part of a performance tuning and monitoring process. While significant
performance and throughput gains can be achieved from tuning, critical
application development practices are also be covered, as well as the
relationship between performance tuning and capacity planning.
Big Data and Analytics
AIX Experiences of Coca Cola Using IBM DB2
and IBM Power Systems
Chetan Chaturvedi, Andrew Juarez (Coca Cola) Customer Testimonial
(Intermediate)
Learn how Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (CCBCC) has been
able to leverage IBM’s DB2 database versions on Power to improve
its SAP ECC 6.0 system over time. These changes have led to both
real performance and savings improvements. During the session, we
review CCBCC’s past and present ECC 6.0 landscape to show how we
have evolved the infrastructure and database software over time. Most
of the session focuses on how we were able to reduce the database
size, improve performance and save resources by upgrading to DB2
10.1/Power. The session concludes with a review of some early testing
results with IBM’s newest version DB2 10.5 with BLU.
AIX Why IBM DB2 and IBM Power Systems Are
the Right Choice for SAP Clients
Chetan Chaturvedi, Jason Vor (Fossil) Customer Testimonial
(Intermediate)
Performance gains with DB2/Power are better than any other option
available. We discuss how Fossil decided on DB2/Power.
IBM i Build Web and Mobile Reports Fast with
DB2 Web Query InfoAssist
Doug Mack Hands-on Lab (Basic)
Gain valuable hands-on experience walking through the web based
report builder called InfoAssist, part of DB2 Web Query. The lab shows
you how easy it is to build standard reports, OLAP reports, and reports
designed for mobile devices. Free yourself from Query/400 after
learning the power in DB2 Web Query.
IBM i Transforming Your Data For Analytics
Doug Mack Lecture (Intermediate)
Getting bad data out of your analytical business intelligence solution
defeats the purpose of having a solution to make better business
decisions. And yet, data transforming and cleansing is often overlooked
in the process of choosing tools or rolling out a BI application. This
session covers data transformation options including metadata, data
replication and ETL—based on IBM i solutions.
IBM i Taking Analytics Mobile with DB2 Web
Query and More!
Doug Mack Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)
One of the more recent features added to DB2 Web Query is the mobility
support. Sync your mobile device up with your favorite dashboards, or
use the mobile app to organize and access reports offline. Leverage the
REST Web Services and application extension to customize the user
interface to reporting functions or schedule the reports to run in the
background!
IBM i Opening Up Your IBM i Data to Web and
Mobile Applications
Jim Bainbridge Lecture (Advanced)
Whether due to competitive pressures or a need to modernize and
streamline processes, companies are faced with the challenge of
providing remote SQL based access to data stored in DDS defined
databases which are traditionally maintained by high level language
programs using record level access. This session focuses on IBM’s best
practices for allowing stateless web and mobile device access to legacy
databases with little or no impact to the high level language programs.
IBM’s database modernization process can add new capabilities using
“surrogates” and bridging techniques to minimize impacts to existing
applications. These new capabilities allow for stateless transactions,
optimistic locking, and improved security/auditing.
IBM i Modernize Your Applications—Advanced
SQL Set Processing
Jim Bainbridge Lecture (Advanced)
To process big data, your applications needs to be efficient. In this
session, we look at changing your application-centric view where your
programs do the data processing to think in terms of sets. SQL is a very
powerful “set at a time” language where one statement or request can
define and manipulate multiple data sets. In this session, we explore the
various ways in which to accomplish this. Concepts such as common
table expression, derived table, subquery and views are examined in the
context of solving a realistic business problem.
IBM i Update on DB2 for IBM i Including 7.2
Database
Jim Bainbridge Lecture (Intermediate)
Come and find out how the latest DB2 for IBM i features can help
your IBM i databases and applications take a giant leap forward. The
key enhancements for IBM i 7.2 as well as recent technology refresh
content are also be covered.
IBM i The Science and Art of Indexes for DB2
for IBM i
Good database performance and design depends on a solid
understanding of indexes and column statistics: their usage, structure,
and maintenance requirements. DB2 for IBM i provides a robust set of
indexing choices as it pertains to query optimization. In this session,
you can learn why indexes are important to the query optimizer for
statistics and how to determine what columns in a table are the best
candidates for new indexes. You also explore binary radix and encoded
vector indexes and how each is used. Discover how to proactively and
reactively leverage database statistics to get the best SQL performance
and understand the tools for analyzing your indexing strategy. You also
examine the latest DB2 for SQL Index capabilities.
IBM i Move OPNQRYF to Industry Standard SQL
Years after OPNQRYF first shipped on IBM System/38 severs, IBM
delivered SQL as an application development tool on AS/400. SQL has
since become the defacto industry standard for all RDBMS platforms.
While functional and powerful, OPNQRYF is a proprietary, non-SQL
interface and is supported only on IBM midrange systems. In this
evolving world of system openness, the days of relying on your green-screen
application to provide the sole access to your data are nearing
the end. Almost every non-5250 client application that accesses
information from DB2 for i platform will use an SQL interface. A good
first step in standardizing your IBM i applications is to convert OPNQRYF
commands to use industry standard SQL.

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Linux on Power Drive Greater Business Value
from Unstructured Big Data and Analytics for
Competitive Advantage
Bob Friske, Gina King Lecture (Basic)
Today we are in the midst of a technology shift which is driving both
growth and innovation. The rise of mobile, social and big data aren’t
simply remaking computing, they are remaking businesses. With this
comes an exponential growth of data that requires faster innovative
analytics solutions that enable organizations to gain a competitive
advantage by reshaping the value they deliver. Join this session and
hear first-hand how companies are delivering actionable insights
using Apache Hadoop, InfoSphere BigInsights (Hadoop) and InfoSphere
Streams on Power Linux servers to analyze structured and unstructured
data at a massive scale.
Linux on Power NC State University Analyzes
Unstructured Big Data to Deliver Greater Business
Value
Bob Friske, Michael Kowelenko (NC State) Customer Testimonial (Basic)
NC State University, one of the largest technical colleges in the
Southeast, teaches students how to look at business problems, analyze
them, and come to a decision-based understanding of where they’re
going to go with a new business. Hear how NC State University uses
the IBM Power Systems Linux platform to manage big data and IBM
Content Analytic Studio on the cloud to develop a smarter computing
environment that uses the appropriate technologies based on the
questions they are trying to answer.
Linux on Power Demistify Big Data Analytics
Eric Aquaronne, Ian Jarman Lecture (Advanced)
Get a clear understanding of what is inside big data and operational
analytics in terms of the involved tools and standards: Open Hadoop,
Map/Reduce, Open. This session clarifies the functional blocks
and acronyms so you get comfortable starting your journey in this
technology. Learn how to map your business needs to the functional
business blocks and to the IBM products portfolio. Examine what is
“community code” and “supported code.” Finally, look at the systems
technologies choices for your real implementations (Servers, Storage,
Appliances, Cloud, etc.) Explore the pros and cons of your possible
choices and discover where IBM is investing and our long term view.
Linux on Power Demonstrating IBM POWER8
BigInsights and Streams to Solve Big Data
Problems
Loic Fura, Dustin Vanstee Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)
Learn how to use IBM Streams, IBM BigInsights and POWER8
technology to solve big data problems at scale. This presentation
and demo helps you understand how big data technology works, and
provides a simple concrete use case of where it might be employed.
The use case focuses on how to monitor short and long term network
security events on a cluster of servers. Gain an understanding of where
it’s appropriate to use IBM Streams and BigInsights and how they
can be solutioned on IBM POWER8 hardware. The intersection of IBM
software and hardware technologies forms a compelling argument that
big data and POWER8 are the right fit for the job.
Linux on Power IBM PowerVM—AIX and Linux
Virtualization
Richard Bleistein Lecture (Intermediate)
Attend this session to obtain the skills required to install Red Hat
on Power with virtualization. The session focuses on Linux and AIX
virtualization on Power with PowerVM and compares the configuration,
monitoring and verification on both platforms. Emphasis is placed on
common commands used to verify virtualization of memory, processors,
network, vscsi and npiv storage technologies across both operating
systems. In addition, the process of installing Red Hat Linux on Power is
presented.
Linux on Power Big Data and IBM POWER8:
Deriving Insights Faster
Ruviano Marinez, Sally Touscany Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)
Big data analytics solutions on IBM Power Systems help businesses
gain new insights with scalable, powerful offerings. The combination
of IBM InfoSphere BigInsights software to analyze data-at-rest and
InfoSphere Streams software to analyze data-in-motion provides the
most robust set of analytic capabilities for big data, bringing analytics
to the data rather than the other way around. In this session, the IBM
Competitive Project Office demonstrates that the POWER8 scale out
architecture has been built with new innovations to accelerate analytic
workload performance even further compared to the scale out Intel
solutions on Ivy Bridge EP servers. This session also includes a live
demo of IBM BigInsights.
Power Hardware BlueCross BlueShield of Tenn.
Gains 1000 times Faster Business Insights with
IBM DB2 on Power Systems
Bob Friske, Bob Venable (BCBS of Tenn) Customer Testimonial (Basic)
Almost every company today is trying to reduce risk and lower costs.
One way companies are doing this is by upgrading their business
analytics infrastructure to a more cost effective platform. See how
BCBS of Tennessee put their data to work and gained over 1000X faster
business insights, while reducing DBA and IT complexity by moving up
to IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration on Power Systems for Cognos.
Power Hardware Fiserv Saves $8 Million While
Helping Banks Attract, Retain and Grow Profitable
Relationships
Bob Friske, Chris McAuliffe (Fiserv) Customer Testimonial (Basic)
Fiserv was able to make real-time business decisions and predict
outcomes faster with IBM Cognos and SPSS on IBM Power Systems.
Turning 20 billion raw transactions into actionable insights across
16,000 financial institutions. Join us and learn how Fiserv saved
$8 million while helping banks attract, retain, and grow profitable
relationships with clients.
Power Hardware Gain a Competitive Advantage
of IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration and IBM
PureFlex System on IBM POWER
Bob Friske, Jim Tuckwell (PureFlex) Lecture (Basic)
The IBM PureFlex System combines compute, storage, networking
and virtualization capabilities under a single, unified management
console into an infrastructure system that is expert at sensing and
anticipating resource needs for your enterprise. Join this session to
learn how customers like Bank of Maldives, PROGAS and Dyna Front are
leveraging PureFlex System on POWER to simplify deployment of DB2
in-memory analytics, simplify data management, achieve enterprise
class RAS, gain higher efficiency with corresponding lower TCO, and
accomplish this with no changes to SAP applications.
Power Hardware Gain a Competitive Advantage
with IBM Cognos and SPSS Optimized for IBM
Power Systems
Bob Friske, Michael Tabron Lecture (Basic)
Watson’s success in the Jeopardy! challenge was inspiring, but the
business impact of optimized systems design is just beginning. With
smarter analytics solutions optimized on IBM Power Systems, you
can put game-changing innovative technologies to work and ensure
that you find the answers for your business needs. Join this session
and hear first-hand how companies are able to gain 82x performance
improvements at a fraction of the cost of other solutions using new IBM
DB2 with BLU Acceleration on Power Systems for business analytics.
This session includes client case studies across several industries to
better illustrate the benefits they gained.

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Power Hardware IBM PureData System for
Operational Analytics for Fastest Time to Value
and Maximum ROI
Bob Friske, Michael Tabron Lecture (Basic)
IBM PureData System for Operational Analytics, part of the IBM
PureSystems family, is an expert integrated data system that is
designed and optimized specifically for the demands of an operational
analytics workload. The system is a complete, out-of-the-box solution
for operational analytics that provides both the simplicity of an
appliance and the flexibility of a custom solution. Designed to handle
1000+ concurrent operational queries, it delivers mission-critical
reliability, scalability and outstanding performance. Join this session and
learn how companies have been able to leverage this expert integrated
system to deliver business analytics faster, with higher quality and
superior economics.
Power Hardware Modernizing Infrastructure for
Big Data and Analytics with Power Systems
Linton Ward, Piyush Chaudhary Lecture (Basic)
IBM’s new Cognitive Insight Engine for big data and analytics can
enable faster business insights and greater flexibility to respond to
changing business needs. This session will provide the benefits and
technical details of this new system based on POWER8 servers in
a cohesive solution to provide this system can enable a significant
reduction in infrastructure, faster time to results, dynamic reallocation
of resources and simpler to manage. It provides an analytics
computational grid that enables consolidation of analytic capabilities
on a single cluster much as virtualization has enabled consolidation for
server systems. IBM Platform Computing Symphony provides converged
cluster management, multi-tennancy and efficient resource allocation.
The system also decouples the deployment and allocation of storage
from that of server resources to provide more efficient and more flexible
infrastructure. further improvement in infrastructure efficiency and
manageability is achieved by leveraging the Elastic Storage Server for
Ethernet-based storage. this session will provide example deployment
patterns and client examples to illuminate the capabilities of this
system.
Power Software Platform of choice for SAP
OLTP and OLAP workloads
Bob Friske Lecture (Basic)
IBM Power Systems, now featuring the new POWER8 processor
recognized as the world’s first processor designed specifically for big
data, has become the servers of choice among clients and software
vendors alike for running today’s most demanding data-intensive
transactional and business analytics workloads. Learn how clients can
leverage the long-standing successful technology partnership between
SAP and IBM while gaining choice and flexibility...for their SAP OLTP and
OLAP workloads.
Power Software Getting Started With Big
Data: Developing a Hadoop Platform for Test and
Development
Francis (Jayme) Manning Lecture (Intermediate)
With the continued expansion of unstructured data at an ever increasing
rate, it becomes more necessary to turn that data into information that
provides a business advantage. In that respect, Hadoop has grown to be
one of the more popular mechanisms to support this type of analysis.
This session walks through the development of an initial platform for
test and development of the Hadoop ecosystem. This focuses on the
integration of both AIX and Linux on Power in the development of the
analytic environment. Examine the pros and cons of where to host the
various components of the ecosystem.
Cloud Computing and
Virtualization
AIX Maximize Your IBM AIX Enterprise Edition
Investment with IBM Tivoli Monitoring
Devaughn Rackham Lecture (Basic)
This session provides an introduction to IBM Tivoli Monitoring and the
Power agents that are provided as part of AIX Enterprise Edition. If
you’re looking for a capacity planning and reporting tool for your Power
environment, then ITM is for you! Topics covered include a high-level
overview of the ITM architecture and detailed capabilities of the agents
shipped with AIX Enterprise Edition, including the AIX Premium agent,
Unix OS agent, VIOS Premium agent, HMC Base Agent, and CEC Base
Agent. A high level overview of the Tivoli Performance Analyzer and
Tivoli Common Reporting is also be covered.
AIX IBM Tivoli Monitoring Usage Scenarios
Go over the nuts and bolts of customizing your ITM environment.
Topics include customizing the ITM workspace, defining monitors
and automation for common situations (filesystem space, CPU and
memory usage, etc), and using the Tivoli Warehouse data and the Tivoli
Performance Analyzer for capacity planning.
AIX IBM Tivoli Common Reporting
Tivoli Common Reporting (TCR) is a Cognos- based reporting tool,
included in AIX Enterprise Edition, that uses the Tivoli Data Warehouse
data to build customizable resource usage and capacity planning
reports. This session provides an overview of TCR functions and takes
you through the steps of running and customizing Unix OS and System
P reports. Learn how to use the Query Studio, installed with TCR, to
create ad-hoc reports. Management will be thrilled with the types of
reports that they can get!
AIX Customizing the IBM Tivoli Monitoring
Workspace
Devaughn Rackham, Fred Robinson Hands-on Lab (Basic)
Sign on to a fully configured ITM environment and follow the steps to
accomplish specific tasks within ITM. These tasks include customizing
the ITM workspace, using the historical data to create graphs of
resource usage over time, and customizing situations (monitors)
to create alerts and run automation when critical resource usage
thresholds are exceeded.
AIX Getting the Most Out of the Virtual I/O
Server Shared Ethernet Adapter
Linda Flanders Lecture (Intermediate)
This session covers different ways a Virtual I/O Server Shared Ethernet
adapter (SEA) can be configured, monitored, and tuned. We discuss 10
GB adapters, SEA threading, link aggregation, failover and load sharing
modes, quality of service options, attributes to tune, implementing
jumbo frames, and using tools to monitor activity.
AIX Preparing for IBM PowerVM Live Partition
Mobility
Linda Flanders Lecture (Intermediate)
Explore the latest configuration requirements and considerations
for relocating logical partitions from one physical server to another
using Live Partition Mobility. The requirements for the management
console, the Power Systems server, the Virtual I/O Servers, and the
mobile partition are discussed. Included are considerations for dual
VIOS environments, multi-path I/O, and options available only on the
management console command line.

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AIX Implementing Virtual I/O Server Shared
Storage Pools
Linda Flanders Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)
Examine the configuration of Virtual I/O Server Shared Storage Pools,
also known as VIOS clusters or VIOS storage groups. Learn how to
create multiple-node VIOS storage groups, manage shared storage
pools, provision storage for client partitions using thin and thick
provisioning, and mirror the shared storage pool. Functions such as
Storage Mobility and Storage Snapshot/Rollback are also be covered.
This presentation includes a lecture and demonstration.
AIX Live Partition Mobility and NPIV Lab
Thierry Huche Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
NPIV (N_Port ID Virtualization) is a fibre channel industry standard
method for virtualizing a physical fibre channel port. This port is used
by Logical Partitions as Virtual Fibre channel adapter through the Virtual
I/O Server. Live Partition Mobility takes advantage of NPIV to allow
migration of Partition with Physical Fiber Adapter using a virtual Fibre
Channel as temporary adapter during the migration.
AIX Active Memory Expansion with Oracle on
IBM POWER7 Lab
Thierry Huche Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
Learn how to configure an AIX LPAR on POWER7 to use Active Memory
Expansion (AME). You enable LPAR to use AME . You also learn how to
use the amepat tool to view current and recommended configurations.
You also use Oracle Workbench to simulate the workload.
IBM i Operating and Maintaining PowerVM VIOS
with IBM i
Gary Konicek Lecture (Intermediate)
After you implement PowerVM VIOS to virtualize storage and networking
on your Power System, the next consideration is maintaining and
administering your VIOS environment. This session reviews key
operations to keep your VIOS running successfully and backing it up
properly. Since it is common for IBM i customers to have minimal
experience with AIX, we focus on the key commands and interfaces that
you can use to get the job done without becoming an AIX expert.
IBM i VIOS 101
Gary Konicek, Bob Schuster Lecture with Hands-on Lab (Basic)
Have you heard about this thing called a Virtual I/O Server and wonder
what all the fuss is about? Come to this session for an introduction
to VIOS. Explore scenarios of where it can add value to your IBM i
installation and learn how to get started with VIOS.
IBM i Cloud Solutions for IBM i
Vess Natchev, Kyle Wurgler Lecture (Intermediate)
Join us for a deep dive into how IBM’s cloud solutions help address
real-world IBM i challenges in the datacenter. We discuss architecture,
requirements and functionality.
Linux on Power Next Generation Data Centers
Run with Linux on IBM Power Systems
Anirban Chatterjee, Possible client Lecture (Basic)
Data centers are changing. More apps are moving to the cloud. More
data is created in a day than in any decade of the last millennium. And
more users demand that their cloud-hosted, data-sifting applications
respond in real time. Data centers must deliver greater efficiency
for clouds, richer analytics capabilities for data, and faster (even
speculative) responses for users. This session explores the roles that
Power and Linux will play in next generation data centers. We discuss
the latest developments in Linux on the Power platform, the value of
Power to those who desire efficient, flexible, and powerful platforms,
and how innovations from the OpenPOWER Foundation will transform
how hyper-scale data centers are built.
Linux on Power Demystify OpenStack
Eric Aquaronne, Ian Jarman Lecture (Advanced)
Get a clear understanding of what is in the OpenStack that is used
in IBM products. OpenStack, Cloud Stack, Cinder, Dove, Swift, Tosca,
Community Edition—We clarify that “cloud” of acronyms and make
you comfortable starting your journey in this technology. Learn how to
map your business needs to the functional business blocks and to the
IBM products portfolio. Also examine what is “community code” and
“supported code.” Finally, you examine where IBM is investing, what is
our long term view, and why we are doing this to help you increase your
IT flexibility.
Linux on Power IBM PowerKVM with Kimchi—
Spicy but Sweet
James Nash Lecture with Demo (Basic)
Learn more about the new Kimchi interface used with PowerKVM.
The session discusses the various administrative tasks that can be
performed through the web interface. Some hidden treasures are
also shown via the command-line. Understanding this new interface
can help you quickly become proficient with the Linux-only servers.
A demo shows the interface and easy ways to deploy VMs into your
environment.
Linux on Power Exploring Network
Virtualization Trends
Kavitha Baratakke Lecture (Basic)
Learn about the different network virtualization technologies available
on the POWER platform (both Linux/AIX) and get an overview of the
pros and cons of each technology from a utilization, performance and
mobility perspective.
Linux on Power IBM PowerKVM Lab—Deploy
Linux VMs as KVM Guests on IBM POWER8
Loic Fura, Dustin Vanstee Hands-on Lab (Basic)
Be among the first to deploy KVM guests on Power with PowerKVM.
Discover how easy it is to deploy different Linux distributions as KVM
guests on POWER8.
Linux on Power Managing KVM with Open
Source Projects and Closed Source Products
Tony Gargya Lecture (Intermediate)
KVM provides a superior foundation for huge multi-tenant, cloud data
centers. After giving an overview of why KVM, this session explains
how KVM integrates with different open source tools and technologies
to manage KVM. Since KVM is an open source hypervisor, there is
also a choice in management tools. This talk focuses on management
of KVM via open source projects and closed source products. The
target audience is system administrators, data center managers and
system integrators intending to deploy KVM-based environments.
This presentation can help data center folks to evaluate and hopefully
encourage the usage of KVM in their areas and give feedback on critical
items they see missing.
Linux on Power Open Virtualization with KVM
Tony Gargya Lecture (Intermediate)
The open source Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor has
advanced to the point where it now competes directly with leading
commercial virtualization solutions. After giving an overview of why
KVM, this session explains how the various components in KVM such
as Kernel, qemu and libvirt, all come together to provide a complete
open hypervisor ‘stack’. The talk also describes how the KVM hypervisor
integrates with its ecosystem consisting of tools such as oVirt and
OpenStack. Finally, we give an outlook into the near future.

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Power Hardware IBM Advanced PowerVM
Provisioning Toolkit v3—Captureframe and
Createframe Demo
Bill Wilhelm Demo (Advanced)
This demonstration session is a companion to the captureframe/
createframe lecture. It provides a demo of applying the provisioning
toolkit to capturing and re-deploying existing systems and their
provisioned design to new target systems.
Provisioning Toolkit v3—Buildframe Demo
Bill Wilhelm Demo (Intermediate)
This demonstration session is a companion to the buildframe lecture. It
offers a demo of applying the provisioning toolkit to building out a new
Power frame with both VIO servers and clients.
Provisioning Toolkit v3—Captureframe and
Createframe
Bill Wilhelm Lecture (Advanced)
The IBM Advanced PowerVM Provisioning Toolkit has continued
to evolve new capabilities and syntax for its primary automated
provisioning component, buildframe. This lecture explores in detail the
two newest additions to the toolkit: captureframe and createframe.
Together, these programs provide the ability to capture a designated
group of systems and automatically express that captured information
in a form suitable for deployment with buildframe. These three scripts
are collectively known as the Advanced PowerVM Provisioning Toolkit
v3—a workbench for automating provisioning, migration and DR-type
solutions.
Provisioning Toolkit v3—Buildframe Discussion
Bill Wilhelm Lecture (Intermediate)
The principal component of the IBM Advanced PowerVM Provisioning
Toolkit is known as buildframe. Since its inception, buildframe has
been successfully applied at dozens of customer sites to assist them
with provisioning net-new Power frames and their VIO Servers as
well as automated deployment of new VIO clients to existing frames.
The buildframe program has continued to evolve new capabilities
including enhanced syntax and a Graphical User Interface. This lecture
provides a detailed look at the buildframe program and the richness of
its design syntax as applied to VIO Servers and clients. A later session
demonstrates applying the buildframe program to provision VIO servers
and a number of clients to a net-new Power frame.
Power Hardware Multiple Shared Processor
Pools in IBM Power Systems
Chris Hales Lecture (Intermediate)
With virtualization becoming ubiquitous in server estates, the facility of
Multiple Shared-Processor Pools (MSPPs) in the Power Systems severs
is an important capability in the extensive PowerVM portfolio. Using
MSPPs can make capacity management and administration easier, and
contain software license exposure. After a short primer on PowerVM
partitioning and processor scheduling, the co-inventor of the MSPP
technology takes you through the basic concepts, the implementation
and configuration of MSPPs, and some considerations/decision-points
when architecting virtualized services with MSPPs.
Power Hardware LPAR Isolation Architecture
Used in IBM PowerVM Systems
Chris Hales Lecture (Intermediate)
The secure isolation of partitions is a cornerstone of the exceptional
capabilities offered by PowerVM on POWER8 systems. Chris begins
by introducing some basic microprocessor architecture primitives
such as compute and memory organization, virtual memory and
cache implementation, and I/O organization with direct memory
addressing. Using these primitives, Chris focuses on PowerVM and
the POWER8 microprocessor architecture. He explains the design and
overall philosophy behind the secure implementation of virtualization,
privileged domains, memory addressing modes and page translation
tables, caches, and special PowerPC architecture instructions/registers.
He goes on to describe DLPAR actions, micropartitioning (including
associated virtual processors, cache, threads, and the partition table),
VIO Server deployment and Active Memory Expansion.
Power Hardware Server Virtualization: The
Platform for Cloud Enterprises
Ruviano Martinez, Sally Touscany Lecture (Intermediate)
In this session, the IBM Competitive Project Office shares the results
of a detailed study that compares POWER8 to Intel 4-socket Enterprise
servers for an Enterprise Cloud environment. Virtualization efficiencies,
security workload densities, simplicity of use and management, and
costs are compared to demonstrate that the newly announced POWER8
architecture has greater efficiencies at less cost than Intel solutions.
Power Software Virtualization Leadership on
IBM Power Systems
Anirban Chatterjee, Possible client Lecture (Basic)
With the launch of the mainframe 50 years ago, IBM has a firmly
established pedigree in the area of state-of-the-art virtualization
technology. No other vendor can match the uptime characteristics,
efficiency, security, and flexibility offered by the virtualization offerings
on the Power Systems platform. In this session, we discuss the
leadership capabilities of IBM PowerVM in the context of industry
offerings. We also take a look at PowerKVM, a new virtualization option
for Power customers that provides interesting opportunities for cleaner,
more open data center management.
Power Software What’s New in IBM Cloud
Manager with OpenStack 4.1
Bill Miller Lecture (Intermediate)
Are you burdened by long Power virtual machine deployment times?
Check out what’s new, and other features, in the newly renamed Cloud
Manager with OpenStack product that was released in June. We discuss
Power Systems LPAR management (capture/deploy/control) through
OpenStack and PowerVC.
Power Software LPAR Management with IBM
PowerVC 1.2.1 and IBM Cloud Manager 4.1
Bill Miller, James Nash Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
This double lab session walks you through the process of capturing,
resizing, and adding/removing a LUN using an existing AIX or Linux
LPAR through PowerVC. You also deploy the captured image and
migrate (LPM) the deployed instance using Cloud Manager with
OpenStack.
Power Software Installing and Customizing
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack Using IBM
PowerVC
Bill Miller, James Nash Lecture (Basic)
Get the details on how to deploy the Cloud Manager with OpenStack 4.1
using PowerVC. You also look at the customization of Cloud Manager
4.1 to manage Power Systems LPARs.
Power Software Part I: IBM Power Systems
Processor Virtualization—Concepts and
Configuration
Charlie Cler Lecture (Intermediate)
This presentation provides an overview of how the PowerVM virtualized
processor environment operates. Topics discussed include: (1) The
relationship between processing units, virtual processors, and logical
processors (SMT), (2) LPAR configuration guidelines for virtualized
processors and processing units, (3) Multiple shared processor pool
overview, and (4) Tips on how to improve server utilization.

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Power Software Part II: IBM Power Systems
Processor Virtualization—Capacity Planning and
Software Licensing
This presentation provides information on how to work with an
operational PowerVM virtualized processor environment. Topics
discussed include: (1) A review of the virtualized processor environment
settings (shared processor pool, processing units, virtual processors,
and logical processors), (2) Understanding the nuances of server and
LPAR utilization in a virtualized environment, and (3) Software licensing
models.
Power Software Architecting Virtualized
Environments: A Business Perspective
This presentation shows you how to maximize the use of Power
Systems virtualization features in your environment. See a variety of
ways to architect solutions that improve use of your server assets
for development, production, high availability, and disaster recovery
environments. Implementation examples are provided for live partition
mobility, memory sharing, shared processor pool environments, and
Power Enterprise Pools with mobile activations.
Power Software VIO Updates—Features You
May Have Missed
James Nash Lecture (Intermediate)
The VIO server has been continually enhanced for the last decade.
Often a new feature or function is introduced but goes unused because
few people know about it. The session focuses on new features added
in the last 18 months. It also includes a few nuggets that might be a
little older. Best practices are always a good idea but determining what
is “best” can be subjective. The pros and cons of various customer
approaches are discussed.
Power Software Live Partition Mobility—Moves
How Fast?
James Nash Lecture with Demo (Basic)
Live Partition Mobility is certainly a proven technology. It has also been
enhanced over the past year to become even more functional. This
session starts with some of the basic requirements and moves into how
to lay out servers to best leverage this tool that is quickly becoming a
critical piece of the maintenance strategy. There is also a demo showing
how we can quickly migrate all partitions off a server.
Power Software Software Licensing in a
Virtualized Environment
Jay Kruemcke Lecture (Intermediate)
Understand how software vendors charge for virtualized environments.
Power Software IBM PowerVC Trends and
Directions
Jay Kruemcke Lecture (Intermediate)
This Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) session explores how PowerVC
can enable private clouds on Power Systems and what is coming in the
future.
Power Software IBM Worklight Foundation
Integration in a Power Systems Environment
Rick Saltness, Randy Ruhlow Lecture (Basic)
This session focuses on Worklight in a Power Systems environment.
Explore integration techniques with back end application and data
using the Worklight adapter framework. Examine Power Systems
infrastructure considerations and sample topologies that support
Worklight Foundation Server installations.
Power Software Enabling Cloud with IBM Cloud
Manager with OpenStack
Thierry Huche Demo (Intermediate)
This exercise covers the concepts of deploying an instance in
IBM SmartCloud Entry. Learn how to deploy a workload using IBM
SmartCloud Entry and how to work with request approvals as an
administrator.
Power Software IBM Cloud Manager with
OpenStack on IBM Power Systems Demo
Vess Natchev, Kyle Wurgler Demo (Intermediate)
Join us for this demonstration of how Cloud Manager with OpenStack
can help your address real-world challenges. Get a chance to ask
questions about IBM’s entry cloud solution.
Power Software IBM Power Cloud Solution
Comparison
Vess Natchev, Kyle Wurgler Lecture (Basic)
Join us for an in-depth comparison of how different cloud solutions
on Power Systems can help you address real-world challenges. We
address capabilities, requirements and planning.
Power Software IBM Cloud Manager with
OpenStack on IBM Power Systems Deep Dive
IBM Cloud Manager with OpenStack (CMO) on Power provides Power
Systems clients with a rapid entry into cloud computing. Join us for a
deep dive into how CMO helps address real-world challenges in the
datacenter. We discuss architecture, requirements and functionality
overview.
Power Software SAP Landscape Virtualization
Manager on IBM Power Systems Deep Dive
SAP Landscape Virtualization Manager (LVM) provides Power Systems
and PureFlex clients with a single focal point for management and
visibility of their SAP landscapes. SAP LVM is a Software-as-a-Service
(SaaS) cloud solution that enables you to quickly clone, copy and refresh
SAP instances. Join us for a deep dive into how LVM helps address
real-world challenges in the datacenter. We discuss architecture,
requirements and functionality.
Power Software PowerVC Deep Dive
PowerVC is IBM’s virtualization and rapid provisioning solution for
Power Systems. Join us for this deep dive covering architecture,
capabilities and best practices based on our experience from client
implementations.
Power Software Hybrid Cloud with IBM Power
Systems
Hybrid cloud is a rapidly growing area on Power Systems. Join us for a
technical overview of IBM’s solutions for on-premise and off-premise
hybrid cloud on Power Systems.

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High Availability
AIX Dissecting a IBM PowerHA SystemMirror
for IBM AIX Enterprise Edition Cluster
Michael Herrera Lecture (Advanced)
This session examines what a 3 node Enterprise Edition (EE) cluster
configuration looks like and outlines how the integration with copy
services works. The session revolves around San Volume Controller
copy services integration. We also review some of the EE specific new
features including linked vs. stretched clusters, tie breaker disks, split |
merge policies and site specific Imps.
AIX Designing a IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for
IBM AIX High Availability Solution
Michael Herrera Lecture (Intermediate)
Examine solution design best practices for clustered PowerHA
environments on AIX. The topics include different considerations for new
deployments including licensing considerations, topology designs and
key architectural requirements. We also discuss different approaches to
address local high availability and disaster recovery requirements.
AIX IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for IBM AIX
Common Administrative Tasks
This session goes through some of the elusive cluster features and
command line enhancements available within the cluster software. The
session is based on client scenarios and questions received from the
field including the flow of AIX and cluster upgrades, dynamic cluster
operations, user and script maintenance, and cluster management plus
many other topics.
AIX What’s New in IBM PowerHA SystemMirror
for IBM AIX
Join us to discuss the most recent updates in the V7 release. We
highlight the key differences between a pre-V7 cluster and a new
deployment and how the CAA based releases provide higher resiliency.
We also explore several new features.
AIX Availability Strategies on IBM Power Systems
This is a high level overview of the different strategies our clients use
on Power servers to meet their high availability requirements. The
different areas covered include server virtualization, Live Partition
Mobility, rootvg replication, NIM, clustering, capture / deploy strategies
and many others.
AIX Configuring a IBM PowerHA SystemMirror
7.1 cluster
Michel Passet Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
This lab lets you configure a two-node PowerHA SystemMirror cluster
using the recently release 7.1 code.
AIX IBM PowerHA for IBM AIX Trends and
Direction
Steve Finnes Lecture (Basic)
Explore the latest product offering capabilities including content from
the October announcement. The session includes a look at the product
roadmap going forward.
IBM i What’s New in PowerHA for IBM i—
Advanced Features
Allyn Walsh Lecture (Advanced)
PowerHA for IBM i continues to be the strategic HA solution for mission
critical workloads. Advanced options are now available to exploit a wide
range of external storage offerings that can address entry level through
enterprise class requirements. from Hyperswap, or LUN Level switching,
to SVC-Split cluster or Metro-Global Mirror. PowerHA integrates a wide
spectrum of solutions for all requirements.
IBM i BRMS Integration in a PowerHA
Environment Using PowerHA Tools for IBM i: IASP
Copy Services Manager
Brandon Rau Lecture (Intermediate)
IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i provides a complete high availability
solution for IBM i environments. There are multiple replication
technologies available within the PowerHA product, offering a solution
for any type of disk storage. PowerHA provides local high availability
solutions to protect against either planned or unplanned outages, and
can also provide solutions for disaster recovery and offline backups.
PowerHA Tools for IBM i—IASP Copy Services Manager fully automates
the FlashCopy procedure and also provides ‘hooks’ to integrate BRMS.
This lecture covers these options.
IBM i IBM PowerHA Solutions
Brandon Rau, Jenny Dervin Lecture (Basic)
IBM PowerHA SystemMirror for i and PowerVM Enterprise Edition
provides a complete high availability solution for IBM i environments.
There are multiple replication technologies available within the
PowerHA product, offering a solution for any type of disk storage.
PowerHA provides local high availability solutions to protect against
either planned or unplanned outages, and can also provide solutions
for disaster recovery and offline backups. This session covers ALL the
possible PowerHA environments and solutions that can meet the needs
and requirements of ANY business. The session builds from simplistic to
complex environments including PowerHA tools for IBM i benefits and
value add. We also position application availability solutions like Live
Partition Mobility and HyperSwap.
IBM i Enabling Highly Available Web
Applications with IBM i
George Weaver Lecture (Intermediate)
IBM i has a rich history of providing a highly available infrastructure for
all types of workloads. IBM i clustering and switched disk technologies
can provide additional capabilities that help minimize downtime.
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment edition provides
application server load balancing and failover capabilities. This session
shows how to leverage these technologies to build a highly available,
highly scaleable web application infrastructure.
IBM i IBM i Availability Update
Jenny Dervin Demo (Intermediate)
Come to this session and get an overview of the availability
enhancements in IBM i BRMS and PowerHA.
IBM i Independent ASPs—The Basics and
Getting Familiar with IASP Lab
Jenny Dervin, Brandon Rau Hands-on Lab (Basic)
Independent Auxiliary Storage Pools (IASPs) are used in PowerHA
environments and can also be used to segment business units,
applications, or geographies within one partition instead of needing
multiple partitions. Learn how IASPs work and their uses in this session.
This presentation covers the basics on definitions and creation and
discusses how users and programs can access data within the IASP.
IBM i Getting Familiar with IASPs Lab
Jenny Dervin, Brandon Rau, Allyn Walsh Hands-on Lab (Basic)
Independent Auxiliary Storage Pools (IASPs) are a key technology for
PowerHA as well as a useful tool for system availability, consolidation,
and archiving on IBM i. This lab contains a set of exercises illustrating
how to access data in an IASP, as well as some considerations when
writing applications in an IASP environment.
IBM i PowerHA for IBM i Lab
Jenny Dervin, Brandon Rau, Allyn Walsh Hands-on Lab (Basic)
This lab includes a complete setup of a PowerHA for IBM i environment
and a planned switch to the backup system. This lab can be attended
on its own or in conjunction with the IASP lab.

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IBM i PowerHA for i Roundtable—What You
Always Wanted to Know and Never Dared Ask
Jenny Dervin, Brandon Rau, Allyn Walsh, Steve Finnes Birds of a Feather
(Intermediate)
This session is an interactive session to exchange questions and best
practices in a PowerHA for IBM i environment. Come and meet the
experts!
IBM i IBM PowerHA for IBM i Trends and
Directions
Steve Finnes Lecture (Basic)
Get an overview of PowerHA on IBM i for both customers and business
partners with a particular focus on IBM storage options. We also cover
the new CBU options designed for clustering and hosting environments.
Power Hardware Live Partition Mobility (LPM)
Evacuation Tool
Bob Foster Lecture (Basic)
Discover the capabilities of a Lab-based Services tool that allows a
customer to evacuate some or all partitions from a Managed System
to one or more Managed Systems and then return the partitions to the
same Managed System. The tool determines how to place the partitions
so that they will fit in the selected Managed Systems. The tool returns
the partitions to their original partition ids and virtual adapter slot
numbers. It moves partitions based on best practices for LPM and gives
the customer the option of performing Dynamic Platform Optimization
after the LPM operations. This is a java-based GUI.
Installation, Administration
and Migration
AIX PowerVP discovery Lab
Alexander Paul Hands-on Lab (Basic)
This lab gives an introduction on how PowerVP provides a better
understanding about Power Systems utilization by pushing
performance data from the firmware into a nice GUI. With access to a
lab environment, you can study the performance characteristics of a
server yourself and learn about how to use the different hardware drill
down options. Different setup scenarios are discussed including the
configuration of a VIO-Server as a collector for partition data.
AIX IBM AIX and Linux: A Perfect Partnership
for Developing IBM Power Based Solutions
Francis (Jayme) Manning Lecture (Intermediate)
Power systems support both the AIX and Linux operating environments,
but most implementations tend to focus on one platform or the other.
This session shows how the integration of both the AIX and Linux
operating environments in the same infrastructure can improve the
capabilities of both platforms. Technologies featured in this presentation
include NIM, NIMOL (NIM on Linux), Virtualization, and Open-Source
integration. Join us and learn several techniques that can be used to
perform both initial builds and recovery of Power-based platforms from
both an AIX and Linux perspective.
AIX When Did They Do That?
Grover Davidson Lecture (Intermediate)
Features and functionality that are highly useful but are either new to
AIX, or old but little known, are discussed.
AIX VIOS Best Practices, Care and Feeding
Jaqui Lynch Lecture (basic)
This session will cover best practices setup for VIO Servers. There will
be discussion on setup, ongoing maintenance and upgrades as well as
backup techniques. Additionally we will cover monitoring VIO servers,
FBO (File backed optical), useful commands and some additional
material.
AIX Open Source Software on IBM AIX—Status
Quo and Best Practices
Michael Perzl Lecture (Intermediate)
This session discusses the current situation of running open source
software on AIX and all aspects around it, e.g., what open source
repositories exist, implications of using open source software, etc. Also
discussed are technical details and best practices of the RPM build
process of open source software which are specific to AIX.
AIX Implementing Active Memory Sharing and
Deduplication on Power
Get the skills required to virtualize memory on Power with AMS and
AMD. The virtualization of memory provides the ability to stage a large
number of partitions on a server with a very small memory footprint
with little or no performance impact. Learn how to design, create,
monitor and tune a Power server utilizing virtual memory. Additional
topics such as LPM and AMS on Linux are also presented.
AIX VSCSI, NPIV, FCoE—Implementation and
Configuration
Learn how to implement VSCSI and NPIV technology on Power. This
session covers the virtualization of storage adapters available under
Power. The discussion includes the design, creation, implementation,
benefits, and drawbacks of VSCSI, NPIV and FC0E. Performance
monitoring, redundancy, Live Partition Mobility considerations, and
adapter tuning suggestions are presented for all supported fibre
adapters on Power.
AIX Memory Affinity and Dynamic Platform
Optimizer on IBM Power Systems
Learn how to manage, monitor and control Memory Affinity. This
session covers the importance of maintaining Memory Affinity, the tools
available to monitor current affinity settings and how Dynamic Platform
Optimizer is used to change Memory Affinity configurations.
IBM i WebSphere Liberty Profile for IBM i
Version 8.5.5 Administration Lab
George Weaver Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
The WebSphere Liberty Profile provides a lightweight, highly
composable, dynamic application server environment. This open lab
helps familiarize you with administering a WebSphere Liberty Profile
on the IBM i platform. The lab exercise lets you customize and run a
pre-built application profile. Other topics include basic administration,
problem determination and performance analysis of a Liberty profile
running on IBM i. Additionally, applying fixes to an existing server is
covered.
IBM i WebSphere Application Server for IBM i
Version 8.5.5 Administration Lab
George Weaver Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
This open lab contains exercises to help familiarize you with many
aspects of WebSphere Application Server 8.5 administration.
Topics include profile creation, administration, security, problem
determination and performance analysis. It also familiarizes you with
the administration tools.

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IBM i Tips and Tricks to Improve System
Performance and Save Disk Space
Pete Massiello Lecture (Basic)
What can you do to stop the rampant growth of data eating up disk
space while improving system performance? Come to this session to
find out how to make the most out of your existing configuration by
leveraging the many optimization and cleanup techniques that are
a part of IBM i, including reorganization of physical files, sharing of
access paths, and using the DISKTASK command. Pinpoint how to
reduce your disk I/O by reorganizing files and clean up your system
using the Retrieve Disk Information (RTVDSKINF) and Retrieve Directory
Information (RTVDIRINF) commands. Learn how sharing access paths
can reduce disk utilization and memory faulting. Know your options for
reorganizing your files while your users continue to access them.
IBM i What You Need to Know When Upgrading
to IBM i 7.2
Pete Massiello Lecture (Intermediate)
When doing an upgrade to i5/OS, there is more work involved in
the planning of the upgrade than in the actual upgrade itself. When
you have done the planning, the actual upgrade is simple. We cover
planning tips, pre-requisites, and post-installation requirements.
Your upgrade isn’t complete until this last step is done. While this
presentation focuses on upgrading to 7.2, we also cover 6.1 and 7.1.
IBM i IBM i Hosting IBM i
Pete Massiello Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)
Learn how to set up IBM i to host another IBM i partition. IBM i provides
virtual disk storage for other IBM i partitions. Come see how you can
create a partition without any hardware required. Review the step by
step process of what is required to create these virtual partitions. You
can create a 7.2 partition for testing while continuing to run 7.1 or 6.1.
IBM i Application Runtime Environment (ARE)
and Lab
Tim Rowe Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
Do you have multiple systems or partitions of IBM i? Are you wondering
how to keep them in synch from a configuration viewpoint? Are you
looking for tools to help you troubleshoot the environment? ARE is a
cost effective way to assist in those efforts. This is a dual session where
Application Runtime Environment is discussed and then you are able to
try it for yourself in self-directed labs.
IBM i IBM i Navigator as You Have Never Seen It
Before
Tim Rowe Lecture with Demo (Basic)
The IBM i Web Navigator has recently undergone a dramatic
transformation. We take a look at this new Navigator interface using a
live demo to show you how quickly and easily you can manage your
IBM i from your favorite web browser. There are many new features that
have been added including PTF Management, System and Message
Monitors, Batch Model, as well as many enhancements that provide a
very modern web experience.
IBM i IBM i Navigator Introduction and Lab
Tim Rowe, Dawn May Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
Have you been using iSeries Navigator from a Windows desktop?
Do you want to get your hands on the IBM i browser interface to see
what you’re missing? This is a dual session where iSeries Navigator
is discussed and then you are able to try it for yourself in self-directed
labs.
IBM i Test Drive IBM i Access for Web
Wayne Bowers Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
This lab provides first-hand experience using IBM i Access for Web.
IBM i Access for Web runs on IBM i and simply requires a browser on
the desktop. It offers very robust capability even when compared to
natively installed connectivity products. In this session, you learn how to
convert your spooled printer output to PDF on-the-fly, create a database
query, and format the results as an Excel document. You use a search
function to find and run a CL command, customize a 5250 session and
create shortcuts to the session, learn how an administrator can manage
the product, and much more. This lab is self-directed. You set your own
pace and choose which exercises you want to undertake.
IBM i IBM i Access: Use the New 5250 Emulator
Wayne Bowers Lecture (Intermediate)
While the modernization of applications is an important initiative for
many on IBM i OS, the “green screen” 5250 emulator environment is
still key for most companies. Therefore, it is important for you to see
the future in the new IBM i Access “green screen.” During the session,
we focus on the full function 5250 emulator capabilities of IBM i Access
Client Solutions (ACS). This client provides connectivity and interaction
with the IBM i OS from a platform independent Java client, which
means this client product is supported on various operating systems
like Windows, Linux and Mac. Join us for a brief introduction to the
entire IBM i ACS product, followed by an in-depth survey of the 5250
display and print emulator.
Linux on Power Installing Linux on IBM Power
Systems
Andrew Goade Lecture with Demo (Basic)
Installing Linux on Power may seem like a challenging task. However,
it is quite simple. In this session, we demystify where you can install
Linux, how it is licensed, and what tools IBM provides to make the
install easier. We also install Linux on a virtual machine (LPAR) as a
demonstration.
Linux on Power Linux on IBM Power: Best
Practices in Virtualized Environments
This session discusses Linux on Power best practices in virtualized
environments. Specific consideration is given to dual Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) configurations. We focus especially on system design and discuss
multipathing options for storage and network and their implications on
Linux on Power. Netbooting Linux on Power and automatic installation
options are also discussed in detail.
Linux on Power IBM PowerKVM—Deep Dive
Go beyond the basics of PowerKVM hosting guest Linux instances to
explore advanced features of the KVM hypervisor. This session looks at
live migration, imaging cloning, image snapshot, and clustering of KVM
hosts.
Linux on Power Part I: Linux on IBM POWER
for AIX People—Simple Configurations and
Installation
Nigel Griffiths Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)
Assuming you know AIX and HMC—What is the simplest way to try
some Linux on Power but have full disk and network redundancy, DR
capability and actually install? Do you know how to avoid classic Linux
“tricky” areas for a quick success? Which of the 6 Linux Distro’s is
best? Watch this demo on how to install to get on the network, set the
date and time, and create a user. See part 2 on what to do next.
Linux on Power Part II: Linux on IBM POWER for
AIX People—Ten Linux Killer Apps
Nigel Griffiths Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)
So you have Linux on Power running (see part 1). What are the top
most interesting things you could try next that would take just an hour?
Nigel demos some of his favorites: nmon, VNC for X Windows, Apache
webserver, PHP for a wiki webserver, Samba for backing up you PC,
wget, WireShark, compiling (GCC, ncurses, make and nmon compile),
Firefox, Ganglia, LPAR2rrd, MySQL (MariaDB) or Postgresql. If you have
other Linux Killer Apps, let me know.

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Linux on Power How Power Linux is Developed
and Optimized for IBM Power Systems
Ron Gordon Lecture (Intermediate)
This session explains the development process of the Linux Kernel and
the Power Systems Linux Distributions and how they are optimized to
support the features of Power Technology.
Linux on Power Planning and Managing Linux
on IBM Power Systems
Review a practical guide for planning and managing Linux on Power
Systems. Topics include distributions, performance, installation, backup,
and management tools.
Linux on Power Install Linux on IBM Power
Systems—As Easy As 1,2,3 (Lab)
Sebastien Chabrolles Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
Linux is the world’s fastest growing operating system. IBM Is focused
on providing a NEW winning solution: Linux on Power Systems. Come
and see how to install a Linux distribution onto Power hardware and
how to configure it properly to benefit from Power advanced features
such as micro-partitioning, simultaneous multi-threading, live partition
mobility and others.
Linux on Power Network Install of Linux on IBM
Power Systems
Steven Knudson Hands-on Lab (Advanced)
Configure network installation resources on a Red Hat or SuSE instance,
including configuration of boot image, kickstart automation for Red Hat,
autoyast automation for SuSE, for the network install of other Linux
instances on POWER LPARs.
Linux on Power Filesystems, LVM and Graphical
Desktop for Linux on IBM Power Systems
Steven Knudson Hands-on Lab (Advanced)
Create disk partitions and filesystems on a Power Linux instance,
remove them, and make similar configuration of LVM and filesystems
on the same Linux system. Configuration of graphical desktop in Linux
is also completed.
Linux on Power Graphical Install of Linux on
IBM Power Systems
Steven Knudson Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
Install the Linux distribution of your choice, Red Hat or SuSE, starting
in ascii mode, and switching to graphical mode in VNC. Complete
several customization elements including network configuration, disk
multipathing, and installation of the IBM Service and productivity tools
for PowerLinux servers.
Power Hardware Welcome to HMC Scanner and
LPAR2RRD Tools
Jerry Petru Lecture (Intermediate)
This session reviews the HMC Scanner and LPAR2rrd tools. Learn where
you can find them and how to download, install and use them. Discover
how the tools can help with planning and managing the growth of your
topology. A review of case study output demonstrates the usefulness
and ease of these powerful free tools.
Power Hardware Chewy Call Home Web
Experience for IBM Power and Storage Systems
Julie Craft Lecture (Basic)
”Chewy” brings it all “home” for our Power and Storage clients! This
new application provides inventory information based on your Call
Home data. It allows managing your inventory based on machine type
and serial number, grouping your systems, exporting data and showing
event details. It also allows you to add systems to your inventory, even
if you are not the current owner for Call Home notifications. This is an
excellent way to allow you to maintain an inventory of your systems and
get quick views of events. The tool is very flexible and we are excited to
present it to our clients!
Power Hardware Service Request Hands-On
Lab
Julie Craft, Dennis Heideman Hands-on Lab (Basic)
This lab focuses on using Service Requests for opening both software
and hardware problem reports. Get a quick overview of the changes
coming to Service Request and then have the opportunity to log in with
your IBM Web ID to open problems, view PMRs opened by others in
your team, list all the PMRs you have opened, customize your profile
and search on entitled products. This is an excellent opportunity to work
with the electronic support representatives to provide input on new
features and future direction (chat, texting, etc).
Power Hardware IBM Electronic Support
Problem Reporting—Software and Hardware
Finally Together as They Should Be
Julie Craft, Dennis Heideman Lecture (Basic)
The current hardware problem reporting tool, ESC+, will be integrated
into the software problem reporting tool, Service Request, to create
one tool that does it all! The presentation focuses on specific functions
added to SR for this merger and ease of use enhancements made in the
last year. Join us for some deep dive details into the SR tool and all the
tricks to make registration and opening your problem tickets easy and
pain free!
Power Software What’s New and Exciting in
IBM Electronic Support!!
Julie Craft Lecture (Basic)
It has been another exciting year for IBM electronic support and we
would like to share all of our enhancements with you to be sure you
are getting the most from your support experience. Tools covered in
this lecture include Fix Central, Service Request, Support Portal, My
Notifications, Fix Level Recommendation Tool (FLRT) and many more.
We also include a quick introduction to ‘Chewy’—our Call Home Web
Experience. If you are a Power, System z or storage administrator, you
don’t want to miss this informative session!
Power Software IBM Electronic Support
Engagement—Mobile Service Request, Support
Portal, Twitter, Blogs and Wikis
Julie Craft Lecture with Demo (Basic)
Get details on all the ways that you can use the IBM electronic support
tools from a mobile and social perspective. We present new mobile
apps as well as enhancements to Service Request that makes working
with IBM Support easier and save you time. We also want to hear
from you on ways that we can improve our interfaces to enhance your
experience. Join us as we all follow along on our mobile devices!
Power Software IBM PowerVC Demonstration
Nigel Griffiths Demo (Intermediate)
Spend an hour viewing PowerVC’s newer features for rolling out Virtual
Machines in a fast and consistent manner and then managing them
through a VM life-cycle. This demo includes Shared Storage Pools for
instant VM Mobility, simplification and DR options. See the SSP session
for more.

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Power Software VIOS Shared Storage Pool 4
Demonstration
Nigel Griffiths Demo (Intermediate)
This demo works with a larger VIO Shared Storage Pool and shows pool
maintenance, rapid provisioning and more advanced configurations
you can build with SSP including DR, mobility, data moving, and
painless migrating off older hardware. It is time to lower administrative
manpower to run Power, increase RAS, LPM use and flexibility and even
add DR for production workloads. There are also benefits for Linux on
Power.
Power Software 32 Productivity Tools for
Management and Performance of IBM Power
Systems
This session reviews 32 of the latest tools that provide advanced
management and performance functions on Power Systems. This tool
set generally applies to AIX, IBM i and Linux.
Mobile Computing and
Social Business
IBM i Mobile to Go, Overview of Mobile
Technologies on IBM i
Tim Rowe, Alison Buterill Lecture (Basic)
Android, Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, tablet, and on and on. So many
mobile devices, so many applications. Employees want to work 24X7!
They want access to email, to development, to data, to the system. They
want to use their own interface from wherever they happen to be! How
can you deliver the right interface to the right person at the right time?
What is available to make the job easier? We explore the various IBM i
solutions that can help you deliver on the request to “Make Mine to Go”.
IBM i Test Drive IBM i Mobile Access
Wayne Bowers Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
Mobile access to your IBM i is becoming increasingly necessary.
Managing your IBM i systems and providing user access from any
mobile devices, cell phones and tablets are becoming a business
requirement. To address these needs, on April 28, 2014 IBM announced
the Technology Preview of the IBM i Mobile Access Solution. This lab
offers a guided, self-paced, interaction with the solution. You can
explore the 5250 interface, run SQL Queries, interact with Printed
Output and the IFS and much more. Maybe you can take the lab from
your own mobile device!
IBM i IBM i Mobile Access: Manage IBM i OS
from Your Phone
Wayne Bowers Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)
Mobile access to your IBM i is becoming increasingly necessary.
Managing your IBM i systems and providing user access from any
mobile devices, cell phones and tablets are becoming a business
requirement. To address these needs, on April 28, 2014 IBM announced
the Technology Preview of the IBM i Mobile Access Solution. This
session introduces the solution and explains how to obtain and deploy
it. It also includes a demo of its capabilities.
Power Software The MobileFirst Portfolio: IBM’s
End-to-end Solution for the Enterprise MobileApp
Development Lifecycle
Ian Robinson Lecture (basic)
The emerging era of enterprise mobile apps is radically different from
traditional software delivery, leading many CIOs and IT managers to
wipe the slate clean and redefine their enterprise application strategies,
driven by the rapid growth and popularity of smartphones and tablet
devices among end users. This session describes IBM’s MobileFirst
portfolio, which is an industry-leading set of products and capabilities
designed to support the entire mobile app lifecycle, from design
and development through to testing, integration, optimization and
deployment. Using real MobileFirst client examples, this session also
highlights where IBM System z, Power Systems and PureSystems can
play an essential role in supporting an enterprise mobile strategy.
Power Software Deploying Enterprise Mobile
Solutions with IBM Power Systems and Worklight
Foundation
Much of the media attention on mobile technology focuses on the rich
diversity of mobile client devices. Yet behind every great enterprise
mobile app is a critical back-end infrastructure that often goes largely
unnoticed. However, it is that critical part of the solution that delivers
the performance, security, resilience, and enterprise data integration
that makes mobile apps compelling for end users. This session explains
how IBM Power Systems and Worklight Foundation provide a robust and
reliable infrastructure for the delivery and optimization of world-class
enterprise mobile apps, both for employees (B2E) or consumers (B2C).
Power Software New Capabilities for Native and
Hybrid Mobile App Development in IBM Worklight
6.2
With the release of Worklight 6.2, IBM enhanced its enterprise mobile
application development platform to better support multiple mobile
programming models, including native, hybrid and web apps intended
for the broadest set of client devices. This session provides details of
the new and improved capabilities of Worklight Foundation 6.2, and
includes examples of innovative mobile apps deployed by IBM clients
across a variety of industry segments and regions. This session also
introduces new additions to the MobileFirst portfolio, including Worklight
Application Scanning and Worklight Quality Assurance.
Power Software Planning Your Mobile
Enterprise Strategy: Future Directions in
Enterprise Mobile Application Development
During the next 12-18 months, a new generation of mobile devices—
including smartphones, tablets, wearables and other technologies
comprising the ‘Internet of Things’—will be adopted in large numbers
by consumers and employees, introducing considerable challenges and
opportunities for enterprise IT managers and application developers.
This session reviews the latest mobile trends and highlight where IBM
MobileFirst software and services can help enterprise IT strategists
prepare for transforming their organizations into mobile enterprises.
Power Software Drive Your Enterprise to Mobile
Devices with IBM Power Systems
Terri Lundak Lecture (Basic)
Does your company need to address mobile opportunities more quickly
than your current infrastructure allows? Need to drive innovation?
Leverage mobile technology more strategically? Or are Compliance and
Security your main concerns? The world is shifting to take advantage
of mobile to solve it’s business problems. Companies do not have
time for a long drawn out approach to a Mobile strategy. IBM Power
Systems can enable you to capitalize on Mobile opportunities today with
Websphere/Worklight and 100s of really cool ISV mobile apps ready and
optimized on Power Systems. Come see what Power can do for you.

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Performance
AIX IBM DB2 vs. Oracle from a Technical and
Financial Perspective
Brett Murphy Lecture (Intermediate)
Compare the features of IBM’s DB2 AESE product vs. Oracle’s line of
Enterprise products. See the differences and hear how similar and
easy it is for Oracle shops to learn and migrate to DB2. If the technical
details do not convince you, look at a real-world example showing the
financial savings of DB2 as it outperforms Oracle on Power. Because
DB2 outperforms Oracle, it requires fewer licenses. DB2 also includes
more features and products in its license price compared to paying
separately for Oracle products, thus contributing to a lower cost of
ownership. Be amazed as it all comes together to show why DB2 is an
excellent alternative to Oracle that delivers tremendous savings back to
your business.
AIX The Four Dimensions of IBM POWER7 and
IBM POWER7+ Affinity
Earl Jew Lecture (Intermediate)
The four dimensions of Power7/7+ affinity are NUCA, NUMA, thread
migration and vCPU time-slice fragmentation. This session describes
these dimensions and how they influence the performance of your
workloads on Power7/AIX systems.
AIX Part I: The Hidden Meaning in the Ranges,
Ratios and Relationships of IBM AIX:vmstat -sv
counters
AIX:vmstat -sv reports the historical/cumulative count of system events
since the LPAR was last rebooted. This session describes how these
counters can specifically characterize the workload averaged over the
days-uptime. By understanding the ranges, ratios and relationships of
these counters, one can discern the indications for proactive remedial
tactics to improve overall performance and throughput (offered in Part
III).
AIX Part II: Understanding IBM AIX:vmstat/
mpstat/iostat Real-Time Command Output
The executing workload on any Power/AIX system can be purposefully
monitored for key real-time indications in vmstat, mpstat and
iostat output. This session describes these formulaic indications for
determining remedial tactics (offered in Part III) to improve overall
performance and throughput.
AIX Part III: Remedial Tactics for Performance
Tuning IBM Power/AIX Workloads
This session describes the suite of remedial tactics for improving the
performance and throughput of Power/AIX workloads. The indications
for the use of these tactics are described in Part I and Part II of this
series.
AIX When Bad Things Happen to Good Systems
A number of somewhat common but important issues that affect AIX
performance are covered here along with the solutions to resolve them.
AIX Tips for Improving TSM Performance on
IBM AIX
Learn how to improve TSM performance on AIX.
AIX Part I: IBM AIX Performance—CPU and
Memory
Jaqui Lynch Lecture (Intermediate)
This presentation describes a recommended set of starter tunables
to be used on any AIX system and goes into the details of how to
determine the settings for those tunables and how to set them. It looks
at the general performance tuning approach and tuning memory in
particular. Topics around file systems, HBA settings and queue_depth
settings are explored along with file system layout, concurrent I/O and
Asynchronous I/O. During the session differences between AIX v5.3,
v6.1 and v7 for the settings are explained. Part 1 will cover memory and
CPU.
AIX Part II: IBM AIX Performance—I/O and
Performance Tools
This presentation will cover I/O performance, performance tools and
some Oracle tips. Real data will be used to illustrate the various points
being made.
AIX Part III: IBM AIX Performance Tuning—
Network Performance
This presentation will provide an overview of setting tunables for the
Network in AIX, tips for 10Gb networking, and will also provide tips on
how to analyze a network performance problem in AIX.
AIX IBM AIX Performance Health Check Lab
Michel Passet Hands-on Lab (Intermediate)
If you suspect a performance problem on your AIX Power server, what
do you check? What tools do you use? How do you fix it? This lab
explores some frequent performance bottlenecks such as disks layer
and memory. You can also talk with an AIX performance expert ... the
speaker!
AIX Using Topasnmon to Investigate
Performance Issues in Oracle Database
Environment
Ralf Schmidt-Dannert Lecture (Advanced)
This session describes the use of topasnmon to efficiently collect,
analyze and correlate AIX and Oracle database performance data.
Topasnmon parameters and the use of “callback hooks” to trigger
Oracle database snapshots are discussed. The lecture also covers
the typical data analysis process, correlating both topasnmon and
Oracle performance data (AWR), to efficiently determine performance
bottlenecks and next steps of action.
AIX IBM AIX and Oracle: Executing a Successful
Oracle on IBM Power Systems Proof of Concept
Rebecca Ballough Lecture (Intermediate)
Ever wonder what steps are involved in designing and executing an
Oracle performance Proof of Concept (POC)? We talk about planning,
setup, execution, and monitoring to ensure a successful POC.
AIX IBM POWER8 Running OLTP Applications
Delivers Record Performance
Ruviano Martinez, Sally Touscany Lecture with Demo (Intermediate)
In this session, the IBM Competitive Project Office discusses and
demonstrates the optimization capabilities and benefits of DB2 running
on POWER8 and Oracle DB running on POWER8 and compares this
to the Oracle Exadata solution running on Intel. This session gives
you greater insight on why POWER8 provides the best price and
performance solution for running transactional applications.

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