Stream: Wellington A
Time: 11:45 - 12:45
Modernizing the Great z/VM Platform
Speakers : Rich Smrcina & James Vincent
Many attempts have been made to modernize z/VM. We finally have something that is easy to use, lightweight, and provides significant function toward that goal. With zPRO we can accomplish many typical systems programming tasks. Managing spool, security, shared file systems, virtual networks; taking backups and task scheduling are among the many features that are implemented to make the system programmers job easier... in addition to zPROแ's traditional strengths in virtual server management. This session will provide you all the details behind what zPRO can do for you and be a fun and interactive free-for-all to get your feedback on ideas to make zPRO even better!
James Vincent has been building and supporting large z/VM and virtual Linux farms since 2005 and working with z/VM since 1985. James currently is working for Velocity Software as a Sr. Systems Architect developing zPRO, their premier Cloud Manager for z Systems. He enjoys kayaking, reading, action/sci-fi shows, and sipping a fine Bourbon in his spare time.
Rich started his IT career in 1979. Starting at Aldrich Chemical Company, he worked his way up as Operator, Programmer and then Systems Programmer. His worked on z/VSE, z/VM, Optional Products and Third Party Products. In 1987 he joined a local consulting company and did the same for many companies in the region. He then took a position at Grede Foundries in 1995. He was introduced to Linux on the mainframe in late 1999 and installed it as soon as it was available. Grede became one of the few shops that actually implemented Linux in the early days. The primary function was a set of WebSphere applications to take over for the CICS applications that ran on z/VSE. After another set of jobs in consulting he took his position at Velocity Software in 2010. Rich currently enjoys a variety of tasks, development, customer training, and R&D. Rich is responsible for zALERT and zPORTALl, and maintains the internal z/OS and z/VSE systems.
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