VM Workshop 2025

VM Workshop 2025

12:00pm EDT

Committee Meeting Founders Room, Second Floor

7:30am EDT

Registration Sponsor Area, Second Floor

7:45am EDT

Breakfast Sponsor Area, Second Floor

8:30am EDT

Opening Cartoon, Third FloorMichael Giglio

9:30am EDT

Coffee Break Sponsor Area, Second Floor

9:45am EDT

How to Build a Multi-Architecture solution with Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Z, zCX or LinuxONE Traditions, Second FloorWilhelm Mild Students: An Introduction to ITs Best Kept Secret Barbie Toodle, Third FloorMarc Smith z/VM Platform Update Cartoon, Third FloorFrederik Hartmann 21CS VSEnSCRT and Something More Alumni, Second FloorDevin Ayres

11:00am EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own lab - Part 1 Senate Chamber, Second FloorRichard Lewis GDPS v4.8 Update - What's New in HA/DR? Traditions, Second FloorSteven Cook Updates on CSI International Development Barbie Toodle, Third FloorJohn Rankin Who's Afraid of SSI? Cartoon, Third FloorClayton Slaughter Not If, But When: A Practical Approach to z/VM Disaster Recovery using IBM Tools Alumni, Second FloorDaniel P. Martin

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Sponsor Area, Second Floor

1:00pm EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own lab - Part 2 Senate Chamber, Second FloorRichard Lewis Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE: What's New and what for Traditions, Second FloorWilhelm Mild Where do you find Mainframe Education? Barbie Toodle, Third FloorOlivia Ecock • Marc Smith Is your z/VM environment really compliant? Cartoon, Third FloorBrian Jagos IBM z/VM ESI – What is it, What’s New, What’s Next Alumni, Second FloorPaul Novak

2:15pm EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Part 3 Senate Chamber, Second FloorRichard Lewis Dispelling the Myths Around Open Source on the Mainframe Traditions, Second FloorLeonard Santalucia Step into the Lab: Setting up z/VM Performance Monitoring using IBM Tools Barbie Toodle, Third FloorDaniel P. Martin Introduction to OpenShift Internals and Performance Cartoon, Third FloorBarton Robinson 21CS VSEn Crypto Services/OpenSSL Step by Step Setup Alumni, Second FloorShahin Ram Krishna

3:15pm EDT

Coffee Break Sponsor Area, Second Floor

3:30pm EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own lab - Part 4 Senate Chamber, Second FloorRichard Lewis What's New in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform on IBM Z and LinuxONE Traditions, Second FloorNourhane Bziouech VFILE from VSSI File Transfer: Shaken, not Stirred Barbie Toodle, Third FloorRick Troth EMMA: The Creation of a Mainframe Apprenticeship Cartoon, Third FloorCameron Seay VSE 60 years anniversary and Still Strong Alumni, Second FloorGonzalo Muelas Serrano

4:45pm EDT

z/VM Problem Determination & Data Collection Traditions, Second FloorDan Shekhtman Fur in the Data Center? Barbie Toodle, Third FloorClayton Hollister • Margarete Ziemer Bit Talks with Friends Cartoon, Third FloorBill Bitner Transition and news from IBM z/VSE to 21CS VSEn 6.3 Alumni, Second FloorGonzalo Muelas Serrano

6:00pm EDT

Banquet Great Hall, First Floor

7:30am EDT

Registration Sponsor Area, Second Floor

7:45am EDT

Breakfast Sphinx, Second Floor

8:30am EDT

What's New in IBM's IaaS Platform Solution - Cloud Infrastructure Center Traditions, Second FloorWilhelm Mild Optimizing the Value of Hybrid Clouds with zLOV Barbie Toodle, Third FloorKurt Acker Networking on IBM z17 with EQDIO and z/VM: What it Means for You Cartoon, Third FloorCaroline Hart • Montana Lee 21CS VSEn Support Alumni, Second FloorMichael Ibikunle

9:30am EDT

Coffee Break Sphinx, Second Floor

9:45am EDT

Linux for IBM Z Installation Hands-on Lab Part 1 Senate Chamber, Second FloorRichard Lewis The zXPLORE initiative in z/VM Learning: Updates! Traditions, Second FloorJustice Heughan An In-depth Look at the 9175: Core Architecture, New Features and Peripherals Barbie Toodle, Third FloorKenny Stine z/VM Directory Tricks and Techniques Cartoon, Third FloorSam Cohen z/VM: Beyond the Horizon Alumni, Second FloorFrederik Hartmann

11:00am EDT

Linux for IBM Z Installation Hands-on Lab Part 2 Senate Chamber, Second FloorRichard Lewis Linux for IBM Z Installation Hands-on Lab Part 2 Senate Chamber, Second FloorRichard Lewis New Virtualization for IBM Z & LinuxONE - Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Traditions, Second FloorNourhane Bziouech 21CS: Then, Now, Next Barbie Toodle, Third FloorGonzalo Muelas Serrano Teaching With zClouds Cartoon, Third FloorKurt Acker A Practical Guide to Deploying IBM Operations Manager, Tape Manager, and Backup & Restore Manager for z/VM Alumni, Second FloorDaniel P. Martin

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Sphinx, Second Floor

1:00pm EDT

Linux for IBM Z Installation Hands-on Lab Part 3 Senate Chamber, Second FloorRichard Lewis An Introduction to z/VM Traditions, Second FloorSam Cohen z/VM Control Program (CP) - Useful Things to Know Barbie Toodle, Third FloorCaroline Hart • Lauren Maietti Got GetShopz? Cartoon, Third FloorSam Capodicci Future-Proof IT: The Modernized Mainframe Infrastructure at SDK Alumni, Second FloorJulius Mehl • Michael Tores

2:15pm EDT

Linux for IBM Z Installation Hands-on Lab Part 4 Senate Chamber, Second FloorRichard Lewis Introduction to z/VM Performance Analysis and Configuration Guidelines Traditions, Second FloorBarton Robinson Saying Goodbye to LDAP on z/VM Barbie Toodle, Third FloorBrian Hugenbruch Practical z/VM Automation using Ansible and Terraform Cartoon, Third FloorVic Cross Hints and Tips working with/upgrading to 21CS Alumni, Second FloorGonzalo Muelas Serrano

3:15pm EDT

Coffee Break Sphinx, Second Floor

3:30pm EDT

GDPS Cyber Resiliency Traditions, Second FloorSteven Cook CSI TCP/IP for VSEn Update Barbie Toodle, Third FloorDon Stoever Keep Calm and Virtualize On: Communication, Coordination, and Recovery During a Crisis Cartoon, Third FloorDan Shekhtman Customer Experiences Running Databases with z/VM Alumni, Second FloorDavid Simpson

4:45pm EDT

BoF: What is different in a HA/DR architecture with Red Hat Openshift Traditions, Second FloorWilhelm Mild (B.Y.O.D) Hands-on Lab: Managing z/VM and Linux on IBM Z or LinuxONE (Deole) Barbie Toodle, Third FloorKarishma Deole Gen Z on IBM Z – Same Platform, New Faces Cartoon, Third FloorOlivia Ecock So You Want an Easy Way to Create VSE JCL? Alumni, Second FloorRobert Dougherty

6:45pm EDT

Dinner on your Own! You Choose!

7:45am EDT

Breakfast Sponsor Area, Second Floor

8:30am EDT

Implementing IBM z/VM CSM in a Large Data Center Barbie Toodle, Third FloorEric Schuler-Dalverny Implementing Fibre Channel Protocol-attached Devices Cartoon, Third FloorSam Cohen Performance Monitoring: OpenTelemetry or No Telemetry Alumni, Second FloorYinka Adesanya Introduction to z/VM Installation and Upgrade Traditions, Second FloorSam Capodicci

9:30am EDT

Coffee Break Sponsor Area, Second Floor

9:45am EDT

GDPS & GVA Overview Traditions, Second FloorSteven Cook Acknowledging Real Accomplishments of Interns at Actual Mainframe Clients Barbie Toodle, Third FloorArty Ecock • Leonard Santalucia Linear Service for z/VM 7.4 and Beyond Cartoon, Third FloorFrederik Hartmann Optimize your 21CS COBOL for VSEn applications Alumni, Second FloorLaura Grinham

10:50am EDT

The Junior Woodchuck's Guide to Using TLS on z/VM 2025 Traditions, Second FloorMontana Lee Decentralized Data with Blockchains and Web3 Barbie Toodle, Third FloorJohn Rankin z/VM tools Cartoon, Third FloorMike MacIsaac The 9175 Installation planning and WSC installation experience Alumni, Second FloorKenny Stine

12:00pm EDT

Box Lunch and Workshop Closing Cartoon, Third FloorMichael Giglio

1:15pm EDT

Post Workshop Committee Meeting Founders Room, Second Floor

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