IBM issued a Statement of Direction with the release of z/VM V7.4 to warn users that the LDAP/VM server would be going away in a future release. Identity management wasn't easy befoer, and IBM acknowledges that this is a non-trivial move. So let's talk about it. This presentation will provide an overview of where LDAP mattered on z/VM, the ways in which it can be superseded or replaced today, and will cover a few details regarding in-development efforts to seek out and eliminate pain points in the identity management space.
