Come join us for some exciting presentations - details below!

Early bird registration is only $50, if registration is returned by September 8th.
Registration on the day of the event is $65.

Full breakfast, lunch and snacks are provided!

Registration Form Available Here

AGENDA

8:00 AM - Registration and full breakfast begins
  
8:45 AM-  Dan Ruehl - OHVCMG Chair
Brief opening remarks and Ohio Valley CMG Election
  
9:00 AM - Todd Schmitter - JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Encouraging Wider Use of Performance Metrics through Web Technologies

10:00 AM - Break
 
10:30 AM - Platespin, Inc.
Mark Velichko Leveraging Virtualization for Data Center Optimization and Resilience

11:30 AM - Lunch - Vendor: Platespin, Inc.

1:00 PM -   Jim Holtman Visualization of Performance Data

2:15 PM - Break
  
2:30 PM - Steve Guendert
MCData Designing and Managing FICON Inter-Switch Link Infrastructures

3:30 PM - Kathy Steffens - OHVCMG Secretary/treasurer
Brief closing remarks                            

3:45 PM - PARS

 

Encouraging Wider Use of Performance Metrics through Web Technologies

Contact Information:
Todd Schmitter
JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Abstract:

The IBM mainframe environment provides a wealth of performance metrics, but the exploitation of these metrics is often limited due to the expertise required to access and understand them.  As a result, analysis and decisions can suffer from a lack of exploiting available metrics.  This paper discusses the use of intranet-based technologies for greatly increasing the accessibility of performance metrics to a wider audience.  It includes a consideration of the challenges of managing and presenting the data in ways that aid the analysis process.

Leveraging Virtualization for Data Center Optimization and Resilience

Contact Information:
Mark Velichko
PlateSpin, Inc.

Abstract:

Virtualization and blade infrastructures are being used widely today for data center consolidation, saving floor space, reducing power consumption, and lowering TCO by raising the level of resource utilization across servers. Many companies today are also leveraging virtualization as cost effective solution for disaster recovery. In this session you will learn how to get the most out of your virtualization investment to optimize the data center through server consolidation and disaster recovery using state of the art software applications combined with technologies you are already using in your data center such as blade servers, virtualization infrastructures, and image or backup archives.

Visualization of Performance Data

Contact Information:
Jim Holtman
Retired

Abstract:

This paper will describe some of the analysis and visualization techniques that the author has used in analyzing performance data from a variety of systems. Usage patterns provide information on what activities are being performed on the system, thus providing insight into what components of the system might be candidates for optimization.  These techniques can also show what activities correlate to resource consumption, and this provides data for constructing performance models.  The analysis and graphics were done using the R freeware package.

Designing and Managing FICON Inter-Switch Link Infrastructures

Contact Information:
Steve Guendert
Principal Consultant, Mainframe Solutions
McDATA Corporation

Abstract:

FICON Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) were created to provide a solution to the bandwidth requirements of complex parallel SYSPLEX environments. This paper will review basic ISL concepts, how they are defined using Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD), with emphasis on design principles for fault tolerance, and examine the measurement data available for performance management and capacity planning.