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Wednesday, June 10
 

11:00am EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own Lab - Part 1
Wednesday June 10, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
In this multi-part hands-on lab you choose hands-on lab exercises from one of these options: z/VM 7.4 SSI Installation and Configuration z/VM Upgrade In Place from 7.3 to 7.4, Implement z/VM 7.4 Centralized Service Managment, Implement RACF on a z/VM 7.4 system using Alan Altmarks "RACF The Right Way" pattern, implement z/VM 7.4 Datapump, DPM and KVM (modify a dpm partition, install Ubuntu 24.04 as a KVM host, install virtual machines) Most of these choices will take the full number of session slots, so it will not be possible to complete multiple labs. Each lab selection comes with a comprehensive lab workbook that provides step by step instructions and will be useful as a reference later. This session is intended for both beginners in z/VM and those who may have familiarity with z/VM but need a refresher.
Speakers
RL

Richard Lewis

Executive I/T Specialist, IBM
Wednesday June 10, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
2107

1:00pm EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own Lab - Part 2
Wednesday June 10, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
In this multi-part hands-on lab you choose hands-on lab exercises from one of these options: z/VM 7.4 SSI Installation and Configuration z/VM Upgrade In Place from 7.3 to 7.4, Implement z/VM 7.4 Centralized Service Managment, Implement RACF on a z/VM 7.4 system using Alan Altmarks "RACF The Right Way" pattern, implement z/VM 7.4 Datapump, DPM and KVM (modify a dpm partition, install Ubuntu 24.04 as a KVM host, install virtual machines) Most of these choices will take the full number of session slots, so it will not be possible to complete multiple labs. Each lab selection comes with a comprehensive lab workbook that provides step by step instructions and will be useful as a reference later. This session is intended for both beginners in z/VM and those who may have familiarity with z/VM but need a refresher.
Speakers
RL

Richard Lewis

Executive I/T Specialist, IBM
Wednesday June 10, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
2107

2:15pm EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own Lab - Part 3
Wednesday June 10, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
In this multi-part hands-on lab you choose hands-on lab exercises from one of these options: z/VM 7.4 SSI Installation and Configuration z/VM Upgrade In Place from 7.3 to 7.4, Implement z/VM 7.4 Centralized Service Managment, Implement RACF on a z/VM 7.4 system using Alan Altmarks "RACF The Right Way" pattern, implement z/VM 7.4 Datapump, DPM and KVM (modify a dpm partition, install Ubuntu 24.04 as a KVM host, install virtual machines) Most of these choices will take the full number of session slots, so it will not be possible to complete multiple labs. Each lab selection comes with a comprehensive lab workbook that provides step by step instructions and will be useful as a reference later. This session is intended for both beginners in z/VM and those who may have familiarity with z/VM but need a refresher.
Speakers
RL

Richard Lewis

Executive I/T Specialist, IBM
Wednesday June 10, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
2107

3:30pm EDT

z/VM and Virtualization Hands-on Lab - Choose your own Lab - Part 4
Wednesday June 10, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
In this multi-part hands-on lab you choose hands-on lab exercises from one of these options: z/VM 7.4 SSI Installation and Configuration z/VM Upgrade In Place from 7.3 to 7.4, Implement z/VM 7.4 Centralized Service Managment, Implement RACF on a z/VM 7.4 system using Alan Altmarks "RACF The Right Way" pattern, implement z/VM 7.4 Datapump, DPM and KVM (modify a dpm partition, install Ubuntu 24.04 as a KVM host, install virtual machines) Most of these choices will take the full number of session slots, so it will not be possible to complete multiple labs. Each lab selection comes with a comprehensive lab workbook that provides step by step instructions and will be useful as a reference later. This session is intended for both beginners in z/VM and those who may have familiarity with z/VM but need a refresher.
Speakers
RL

Richard Lewis

Executive I/T Specialist, IBM
Wednesday June 10, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
2107
 
Thursday, June 11
 

8:30am EDT

Linux for IBM Z Installation Hands-on Workshop - Part 1
Thursday June 11, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
This hands-on lab will provide an opportunity to install Linux for IBM Z into a z/VM virtual machine, do some basic system administration and configure commonly used packages such as Apache. There will also be an opportunity to install the docker engine and create some basic images and run those images in containers. The choices for installation will be RedHat 9.7, SUSE SLES 15 SP6, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. This is a multi-part lab to provide enough time to work through the lab workbook.
Speakers
RL

Richard Lewis

Executive I/T Specialist, IBM
Thursday June 11, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
2107

9:45am EDT

Linux for IBM Z Installation Hands-on Workshop - Part 2
Thursday June 11, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am EDT
This hands-on lab will provide an opportunity to install Linux for IBM Z into a z/VM virtual machine, do some basic system administration and configure commonly used packages such as Apache. There will also be an opportunity to install the docker engine and create some basic images and run those images in containers. The choices for installation will be RedHat 9.7, SUSE SLES 15 SP6, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. This is a multi-part lab to provide enough time to work through the lab workbook.
Speakers
RL

Richard Lewis

Executive I/T Specialist, IBM
Thursday June 11, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am EDT
2107

11:00am EDT

Linux for IBM Z Installation Hands-on Workshop - Part 3
Thursday June 11, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
This hands-on lab will provide an opportunity to install Linux for IBM Z into a z/VM virtual machine, do some basic system administration and configure commonly used packages such as Apache. There will also be an opportunity to install the docker engine and create some basic images and run those images in containers. The choices for installation will be RedHat 9.7, SUSE SLES 15 SP6, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. This is a multi-part lab to provide enough time to work through the lab workbook.
Speakers
RL

Richard Lewis

Executive I/T Specialist, IBM
Thursday June 11, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
2107

2:15pm EDT

Putting the ME in MainfraME
Thursday June 11, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
With the constant allure of trendy, new technologies, like AI, ML, and VR, why should you consider a career in mainframes? Join me as I share advice I've learned in the first five years of my career journey working on the mainframe, as well as how you can apply what you've learned in college as you start your role, to inspire your career decisions.
Speakers
Thursday June 11, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
2107

3:30pm EDT

A Beginner's Perspective: Q&A With A VCU Student
Thursday June 11, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
A Beginner's Perspective: Q&A With A VCU Student (This is your opportunity to interrogate a student with all your questions!) Victoria Castagnola / [email protected] This will be an opportunity for mainframe experts, newbies, and anyone in-between to ask for a beginner mainframer's perspective on things. At the speaker's first SHARE, she noticed that a lot of people wanted to know about what students thought about certain topics, mainframe-specific or technology related in general, especially from someone that didn't have to speak for a certain company or technology. Presentation will follow a loose topic format in which speaker will talk about her computer science journey and how she got interested in mainframe and then open the floor to questions and conversation. There will be some other topics included like the ever-present "modernization" and Victoria's take on what that even means. Any questions welcome.
Thursday June 11, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT
2107

4:45pm EDT

EMMA: A New Mainframe Education and Apprenticeship Engagement Model
Thursday June 11, 2026 4:45pm - 5:45pm EDT
The current educational and apprenticeship engagement model is failing to fulfill the needs of individuals looking to enter into a mainframe career and the corporations that have specific legacy environment personnel. The model being presented by EMMA, focuses the individual training to meet the desires of individuals by training to a career path. The model focuses and streamlines corporate legacy environment succession plan mitigation by tailoring the course structure to the specific needs.
Speakers
Thursday June 11, 2026 4:45pm - 5:45pm EDT
2107
 
Friday, June 12
 

8:30am EDT

21CS VSEn Hands-on-Lab - Part1
Friday June 12, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
In this session you can use one of our provided laptops to exercise the new installation and/or FSU from IBM z/VSE 6.2 or 21CS VSEn 6.3 to 6.4
Speakers
Friday June 12, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am EDT
2107

9:45am EDT

21CS VSEn Hands-on-lab - Part 2
Friday June 12, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am EDT
In this session you will be able to use the different VSEn Connectors, including VTAPE, Navigator, Health Checker and VSCode plugin to VSEn.
Speakers
Friday June 12, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am EDT
2107

1:00pm EDT

(B.Y.O.D) Hands-on Lab: Managing z/VM and Linux on IBM Z or LinuxONE
Friday June 12, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
This lab lets you choose from several monitoring, automation and backup/recovery scenarios for z/VM and Linux guests. You can choose from separate hands-on labs using IBM Operations Manager for z/VM or IBM Backup and Restore Manager for z/VM. Lab exercises include viewing and interacting with service machine and Linux guest consoles, taking an action based on a console message, monitoring user IDs for logoff, monitoring spool and page space, and backing up and recovering z/VM data.
Speakers
Friday June 12, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
2107

2:15pm EDT

Operational Monitoring and Automation of Multiple z/VM LPARs with Linux Guests
Friday June 12, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
As the Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE environments continue to grow, the need for software and solutions to manage these environments also grows. This session focuses on operational monitoring and automated operations across multiple z/VM LPARs, with or without SSI: (1) taking actions on other LPARs based on events on one LPAR, (2) automatically take action based on messages on z/VM service machines, on Linux guest consoles, and/or in Linux syslog data (3) view and interact with live consoles, for both monitoring and debugging purposes (4) monitor and manage spool space (5) send alerts to a central alerting system, such as IBM Netcool/OMNIbus or other systems that accept SNMP traps (6) send e-mails based on console messages, spool usage, etc. (7) automatically archive logging data when a disk approaches full.
Speakers
Friday June 12, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm EDT
2107
 
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