We will cover the IBM z/VM Express System Install project. Covering the details explaining why the ESI deployment bundle for z/VM is becoming so popular and how much time z/VM ESI can save clients with their journey to hybrid cloud. We will also cover what has been added, improved, and enhanced with z/VM 7.4. The session will wrap up with customer discussions regarding potential new features and requirements for future releases of z/VM ESI, including what we have planned for the ESI bundle with z/VM 7.5.
WARNING: Talks about SMAPI, and Rust at fairly low levels. Will be looking at bits and bytes. Join me to take a deep look at the SMAPI protocol and the work I've done to interact with it in a new way from the Rust programming language.
Acquisitions, scaling, or hardware upgrades often require product environment updates. In this session, we will share simple techniques and standard practices to save time, reduce effort, and eliminate errors through optimized processes. Learn why copying existing configurations beats starting from scratch. Review best practices for working with primary, alternate, and previous runtime environments, and how flexible service deployments and cloning can streamline z/VM product environment management.
VFILE provides NJE-like interconnect using open standard UFT protocol to include Linux and Windows in your collection. It mimics spool space on systems which don't have that providing a "delivery dock" so that files arrive safely, isolated from user filespace until received by the user. VFILE is a powerful alternative to services like FTP, more secure, easier to automate. And, yes, messaging works too.
Let's talk about the steps needed to enable your IFL-based Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform cluster for AI workloads using the Spyre adapter! In this session we will perform a live walk-through of the steps involved, from attaching the adapters to the cluster compute nodes through to installing required Operators. We'll even deploy a model and try some inferences!
This presentation will bring our z/VSE and VSEn customers up to date on new and important progress from CSI International. With the new announcement of the z17, CSI has been working hard to provide new and comprehensive advances. This presentation will highlight CSI International’s continued commitment to the z/VSE and VSEn platform.
We will explore all the exciting changes and enhancements available for TCP/IP. Addressing stronger support for security, TLS, and dynamic adjustments to deal with internet attacks.
Z/Cobol is our newest addition to our catalogue of tools and features available for the VSE. We will go over the progress of the Beta process and provide details of some of the advanced features available in this new language.
Data Miner Dash is a fast and easy way to examine data or produce reports with a minimal effort. We will go through what is new with this product and discuss some of the many success stories from the industry.
Network Folding has been incorporated into our new Network Appliance, allowing a wider range of implementation. This new produce significantly reduces network congestion in VSE and many other adjacent platforms.
Our initial release of the SSH Client Suite for VSE was batch-oriented. We've now enabled a 3270 interface to the suite and, experimentally, added a browser-based GUI. In this session I will describe and, if the presentation muses allow, demonstrate both interactive interfaces.
As principal engineer at Sine Nomine Associates, I have been doing Linux on the mainframe since it was a skunkworks project within IBM. I have authored several articles in publications such as Enterprise Technical Journal (and its predecessors) and have presented on z/VM and Linux... Read More →
Did you know there is a publicly accessible, historically accurate VM/System Product system? Travel back in time to the 1980s with VM/SP! Our incredibly diverse team of volunteer systems programmers has undertaken quite a journey and overcome some incredible hurdles to bring the PUBVM system to life! Join us to hear about how a college student, a young public-sector sysprog, a sysprog from IBM's CIO org, an SME from IBM's Washington Systems Center, and two retired IBM VM top-tier experts all came together to accomplish an incredible mission.
Velocity Software's zLOV version 610 stack of products, zVPS, zPRO, zTUNE and zVRM is focused on solving IBM Z and LinuxONE customer issues, along with support for IBM's latest z17 and LinuxONE 5 offerings. The goal of this session is to show the concerns brought to Velocity Software, and how this new product release resolves these problems, all while still using less than 1% of a processor. This also continues our effort in making IBM Z the most efficient and easy hybrid cloud platform to host Linux and OpenShift environments from.
z/VM was released 25 years ago in 2001. Its existence was sometimes in doubt but the influence of several individuals eventually ensured that it would be delivered. Since the initial release, there has been a continuing stream of enhancements. This presentation will review the background and describe some of the major innovations that have been introduced.
For over 30 years, 21CS has been at the forefront of mainframe data protection, recovery, and performance planning. Central to their success is the strategic alliance with IBM, which led to 21CS entering into a z/VSE source code agreement in 2021. Discover how 21CS continues to drive innovation in the z/OS and VSE space through its perfect mixture of expertise and new skilled talent and bold vision for what's next.
The z/VM ESI project provides a streamlined installation process for z/VM, along with a Linux system which we call the ELAN -- Express Linux Automation and Networking. Development of the ELAN is moving more Open, and this session talks about the changes to the development process, and what is currently included in the ELAN. We will also preview some exciting enhancements, along with new functions and deployment options!
This session will describe how to configure and use the CMS Shared File System. Administration, space management, and security will be discussed. A modern approach to managing SFS will also be demonstrated.
"A look at git, a source code management tool from a VMer's perspective. - The world according to CNTRL, AUX and update files. - The journey from file cabinets to being scattered across the globe. - Eek! Waiter, there's a bug in my code, I would like to know how it got there. - Oh.. you already fixed it! - Branches are cheap. - Will the real clone please stand up. - Keeping up with main. - Now where did you say my files are"
Some of the greatest innovation has come from a passion. It might be the desire to right a wrong or to help those in need or whatever else drives our hearts. In this session, you'll hear two stories of IBMers who felt a conviction to pursue something that had an impact much bigger than themselves. The stories involve the embracing of the internet and a machine that would save lives.
Your mainframe is your most valuable AI asset. Here's how to unlock it. Imagine an Operational Data Fabric (ODF) that provides real time and non-disruptive access to mainframe sources without requiring the data to be moved. The ODF simply makes the data consumable. This Operational Data Fabric doesn't just move raw data — it assembles it into business entities. For example, the ODF pulls together everything the mainframe knows about a Customer, (accounts, transactions, policies, billing history), alongside data from CRM, digital channels, and other systems, and presents it as a unified, governed, real-time data product. This is the "context" that makes the difference between an AI model that hallucinates and one that reasons accurately. Mainframe data has the transactional depth; this ODF gives it the structure. This structure provides AI-readiness without re-architecture. What AI needs is context-enriched, entity-resolved, temporally consistent data — essentially what a human analyst would assemble before making a decision. The ODF automates this assembly at runtime. Your mainframe transaction history becomes immediately usable as AI training context and real-time retrieval augmentation, without touching your mainframe architecture. Come learn more about how we are enabling others to implement this at Enterprise scale!
The open source movement has fundamentally redefined enterprise computing, proving that the traditional mainframe is not only alive but thriving as a modern, agile pillar of business infrastructure. The Open Mainframe Project currently stands as the vendor-neutral home for global community collaboration on the mainframe. This session delivers a comprehensive look into the cutting-edge milestones transforming the enterprise ecosystem today. We will explore the launch of the new Mainframe Infrastructure - a landmark milestone that establishes a clear, governed path to infrastructure access for open source projects worldwide. Attendees will discover how foundational initiatives like Zowe bridge modern DevOps tooling with traditional z/OS environments, and how Open Mainframe Project continues to cultivate the next generation of mainframers through its global mentorships, diversity initiatives, and projects like Mainframe Open Education, Feilong and the Mainframe Software Hub for Linux. Join us to learn how open source collaboration is ensuring longterm sustainability, accelerating delivery, and modernizing the enterprise mainframe for the decade ahead.
Brian Hugenbruch is an IBM Z and LinuxONE security expert with more than 20 years in teaching the full security stack for the platform around the world. But what happens when AI generates his slides for him? In a mash-up of technical presenting and PowerPoint karaoke, we're going to find out. This presentation will, in theory at least, cover technical detail regarding the security of our favorite platform, from hardware isolation up to secrets management. (Brian will issue appropriate warnings and corrections if necessary.). At the end, we'll assess how the AI tools (and the associated prompt(s)) performed in creating this deck.
