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10:00am CDT

Basics of IBM i Performance: Using PDI to Understand your System Performance Signature

Basics of IBM i Performance

Business Case:
IBM i often runs well with little or no focus on the performance of the system. But what if something unexpected does occur? If you understand the performance signature of your system when it is running well, it becomes much easier to identify problems if something goes wrong. In addition, being proactive by monitoring for unexpected situations can help prevent small problems turning into big ones. This module will show you how to use the Performance Data Investigator to understand your day-to-day performance signature, as well as how to use System Monitors to be notified of unexpected situations.

Part I: Using PDI to Understand your System Performance Signature
Part II: Performance Monitoring for Proactive Management
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 10:00am - 10:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

10:00am CDT

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin: Dealing with User Profiles

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin:

Business Case:
Very few shops today have a dedicated system administrator; so the administrator hat ends up with the developer or other staff. So where do you start? In the two Foundations of Systems Management modules, we'll cover the basics of what you need to know to administer IBM i. In our favor, IBM has been busy over the past several releases improving the tools and options for administering our system!

Foundations of Systems Management, Part I: Dealing with User Profiles
Foundations of Systems Management, Part I: Reading Joblogs
Foundations of Systems Management, Part I: Live Panel & Q&A

Speakers

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.

Larry has grown up with computers since his father became a CE in 1967. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Calvin College in 1982 and soon after began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36. Larry began working on the As/400 at its introduction In 1988.After spending many years as a developer Larry began working on communications, networking, and systems management tasks. Years of... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 10:00am - 10:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

11:00am CDT

Basics of IBM i Performance: Performance Monitoring for Proactive Management

Basics of IBM i Performance

Business Case:
IBM i often runs well with little or no focus on the performance of the system. But what if something unexpected does occur? If you understand the performance signature of your system when it is running well, it becomes much easier to identify problems if something goes wrong. In addition, being proactive by monitoring for unexpected situations can help prevent small problems turning into big ones. This module will show you how to use the Performance Data Investigator to understand your day-to-day performance signature, as well as how to use System Monitors to be notified of unexpected situations.

Part I: Using PDI to Understand your System Performance Signature
Part II: Performance Monitoring for Proactive Management
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 11:00am - 11:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

11:00am CDT

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin: Reading Joblogs

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin:

Business Case:
Very few shops today have a dedicated system administrator; so the administrator hat ends up with the developer or other staff. So where do you start? In the two Foundations of Systems Management modules, we'll cover the basics of what you need to know to administer IBM i. In our favor, IBM has been busy over the past several releases improving the tools and options for administering our system!

Foundations of Systems Management, Part I: Dealing with User Profiles
Foundations of Systems Management, Part I: Reading Joblogs
Foundations of Systems Management, Part I: Live Panel & Q&A

Speakers

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.

Larry has grown up with computers since his father became a CE in 1967. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Calvin College in 1982 and soon after began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36. Larry began working on the As/400 at its introduction In 1988.After spending many years as a developer Larry began working on communications, networking, and systems management tasks. Years of... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 11:00am - 11:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

12:00pm CDT

Basics of IBM i Performance: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Basics of IBM i Performance

Business Case:
IBM i often runs well with little or no focus on the performance of the system. But what if something unexpected does occur? If you understand the performance signature of your system when it is running well, it becomes much easier to identify problems if something goes wrong. In addition, being proactive by monitoring for unexpected situations can help prevent small problems turning into big ones. This module will show you how to use the Performance Data Investigator to understand your day-to-day performance signature, as well as how to use System Monitors to be notified of unexpected situations.

Part I: Using PDI to Understand your System Performance Signature
Part II: Performance Monitoring for Proactive Management
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

12:00pm CDT

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin:

Business Case:
Very few shops today have a dedicated system administrator; so the administrator hat ends up with the developer or other staff. So where do you start? In the two Foundations of Systems Management modules, we'll cover the basics of what you need to know to administer IBM i. In our favor, IBM has been busy over the past several releases improving the tools and options for administering our system!

Foundations of Systems Management, Part I: Dealing with User Profiles
Foundations of Systems Management, Part I: Reading Joblogs
Foundations of Systems Management, Part I: Live Panel & Q&A

Speakers

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.

Larry has grown up with computers since his father became a CE in 1967. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Calvin College in 1982 and soon after began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36. Larry began working on the As/400 at its introduction In 1988.After spending many years as a developer Larry began working on communications, networking, and systems management tasks. Years of... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

2:30pm CDT

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin, Part II: Manage your Spool Settings

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin, Part II

Business Case:
Very few shops today have a dedicated system administrator; so the administrator hat ends up with the developer or other staff. So where do you start? In the two Foundations of Systems Management modules, we'll cover the basics of what you need to know to administer IBM i. In our favor, IBM has been busy over the past several releases improving the tools and options for administering our system!

This module is a follow-on to the previous module.

Foundations of Systems Mngt, Part II: Working with Spooled Files and Controlling Joblog Output
Foundations of Systems Mngt, Part II: Assessing PTF Status & What’s Using my Disk Space?
Foundations of Systems Mngt, Part II: Live Panel & Q&A

Speakers

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.

Larry has grown up with computers since his father became a CE in 1967. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Calvin College in 1982 and soon after began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36. Larry began working on the As/400 at its introduction In 1988.After spending many years as a developer Larry began working on communications, networking, and systems management tasks. Years of... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 2:30pm - 3:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

2:30pm CDT

Modernize Your Servers and Storage: What's New with POWER9

Modernize Your Servers and Storage

Business Case:
Improve performance, resiliency, and security of your systems

Part I: What's New with POWER9
Part II: Options for Storage
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Daniel Sundt

IBM i Product Manager, IBM

Dan Sundt is an IBM i product manager. He has the responsibility for the IBM i business, including defining and guiding future directions and strategies. He works with the IBM i sales, marketing, and development teams as well as customers and partners to ensure that the IBM i operating... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 2:30pm - 3:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

3:30pm CDT

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin, Part II: Assessing PTF Status & What’s Using my Disk Space?

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin, Part II

Business Case:
Very few shops today have a dedicated system administrator; so the administrator hat ends up with the developer or other staff. So where do you start? In the two Foundations of Systems Management modules, we'll cover the basics of what you need to know to administer IBM i. In our favor, IBM has been busy over the past several releases improving the tools and options for administering our system!

This module is a follow-on to the previous module.

Foundations of Systems Mngt, Part II: Working with Spooled Files and Controlling Joblog Output
Foundations of Systems Mngt, Part II: Assessing PTF Status & What’s Using my Disk Space?
Foundations of Systems Mngt, Part II: Live Panel & Q&A

Speakers

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.

Larry has grown up with computers since his father became a CE in 1967. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Calvin College in 1982 and soon after began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36. Larry began working on the As/400 at its introduction In 1988.After spending many years as a developer Larry began working on communications, networking, and systems management tasks. Years of... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 3:30pm - 4:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

3:30pm CDT

Modernize Your Servers and Storage: Options for Storage

Modernize Your Servers and Storage

Business Case:
Improve performance, resiliency, and security of your systems

Part I: What's New with POWER9
Part II: Options for Storage
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Daniel Sundt

IBM i Product Manager, IBM

Dan Sundt is an IBM i product manager. He has the responsibility for the IBM i business, including defining and guiding future directions and strategies. He works with the IBM i sales, marketing, and development teams as well as customers and partners to ensure that the IBM i operating... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 3:30pm - 4:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

4:30pm CDT

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin, Part II: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Foundations of IBM i Systems Admin, Part II

Business Case:
Very few shops today have a dedicated system administrator; so the administrator hat ends up with the developer or other staff. So where do you start? In the two Foundations of Systems Management modules, we'll cover the basics of what you need to know to administer IBM i. In our favor, IBM has been busy over the past several releases improving the tools and options for administering our system!

This module is a follow-on to the previous module.

Foundations of Systems Mngt, Part II: Working with Spooled Files and Controlling Joblog Output
Foundations of Systems Mngt, Part II: Assessing PTF Status & What’s Using my Disk Space?
Foundations of Systems Mngt, Part II: Live Panel & Q&A

Speakers

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.

Larry has grown up with computers since his father became a CE in 1967. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Calvin College in 1982 and soon after began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36. Larry began working on the As/400 at its introduction In 1988.After spending many years as a developer Larry began working on communications, networking, and systems management tasks. Years of... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

4:30pm CDT

Modernize Your Servers and Storage: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Modernize Your Servers and Storage

Business Case:
Improve performance, resiliency, and security of your systems

Part I: What's New with POWER9
Part II: Options for Storage
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Daniel Sundt

IBM i Product Manager, IBM

Dan Sundt is an IBM i product manager. He has the responsibility for the IBM i business, including defining and guiding future directions and strategies. He works with the IBM i sales, marketing, and development teams as well as customers and partners to ensure that the IBM i operating... Read More →

Monday September 14, 2020 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

Learning Objective Improve performance, resiliency, and security of your systems

10:00am CDT

Keep Your System up to Date: Moving to 7.4

Keep Your System up to Date

Business Case:
Take advantage of the latest technologies and prevent yourself from experiencing problems IBM has already fixed

Part I: Moving to 7.4
Part II: Image Catalogs - How they Changed my Life!
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →

Tuesday September 15, 2020 10:00am - 10:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

10:00am CDT

Practical Performance Tips: Tips to Troubleshoot Locking Problems

Practical Performance Tips

Business Case:
Learn useful tips to help you identify and resolve common performance issues. This module will explore two areas of the system and provide practical tips on resolving common performance problems. The first session will review how to troubleshoot locking problems, with a review of how to use Job Watcher to identify and resolve contention issues. The section session will provide many useful tips on IFS performance.

Part I: Tips to Troubleshoot Locking Problems
Part II: Tips to Improve IFS Application Performance
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →

Tuesday September 15, 2020 10:00am - 10:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

11:00am CDT

Keep Your System up to Date: Image Catalogs - How They Changed my Life!

Keep Your System up to Date

Business Case:
Take advantage of the latest technologies and prevent yourself from experiencing problems IBM has already fixed

Part I: Moving to 7.4
Part II: Image Catalogs - How they Changed my Life!
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Jeffrey Carey

Sr. System Administrator, Ensono

Jeff Carey is an IBM i professional with over 25 years of experience on the platform, specializing in system administration. He currently is a Senior System Administrator for Ensono, a company providing managed services for Mainframe, IBM i, Cloud, and hybrid IT, headquartered in... Read More →

Tuesday September 15, 2020 11:00am - 11:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

11:00am CDT

Practical Performance Tips: Tips to Improve IFS Application Performance

Practical Performance Tips

Business Case:
Learn useful tips to help you identify and resolve common performance issues. This module will explore two areas of the system and provide practical tips on resolving common performance problems. The first session will review how to troubleshoot locking problems, with a review of how to use Job Watcher to identify and resolve contention issues. The section session will provide many useful tips on IFS performance.

Part I: Tips to Troubleshoot Locking Problems
Part II: Tips to Improve IFS Application Performance
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Margaret Fenlon

Software Engineer, IBM

Margaret started working for IBM in 1983 on the S/36. From 1986-1994 she worked in various areas of what is now the IBM i including Authorization Management support of POSIX and the integrated file system. She worked on the port of SAP R/3 from 1994-1997. In 1998 Margaret joined the... Read More →

Tuesday September 15, 2020 11:00am - 11:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

12:00pm CDT

Keep Your System up to Date: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Keep Your System up to Date

Business Case:
Take advantage of the latest technologies and prevent yourself from experiencing problems IBM has already fixed

Part I: Moving to 7.4
Part II: Image Catalogs - How they Changed my Life!
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →

Tuesday September 15, 2020 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

12:00pm CDT

Practical Performance Tips: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Practical Performance Tips

Business Case:
Learn useful tips to help you identify and resolve common performance issues. This module will explore two areas of the system and provide practical tips on resolving common performance problems. The first session will review how to troubleshoot locking problems, with a review of how to use Job Watcher to identify and resolve contention issues. The section session will provide many useful tips on IFS performance.

Part I: Tips to Troubleshoot Locking Problems
Part II: Tips to Improve IFS Application Performance
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →

Margaret Fenlon

Software Engineer, IBM

Margaret started working for IBM in 1983 on the S/36. From 1986-1994 she worked in various areas of what is now the IBM i including Authorization Management support of POSIX and the integrated file system. She worked on the port of SAP R/3 from 1994-1997. In 1998 Margaret joined the... Read More →

Tuesday September 15, 2020 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

2:30pm CDT

Practical SQL for Managing Your System: Introducing IBM i Services

Practical SQL for Managing your System

Business Case:
There are many system services that can be accessed through system-provided SQL views, procedures, and functions. These provide an SQL interface to access, transform, order, and subset the information without needing to code to a system API.

Part I: Introducing IBM i Services
Part II:
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

steve bradshaw

Technical Director, Rowton IT

I've worked in the IBM Business Partner world for over thirty years now and despite IBM's best attempts I still love them ;-)In 2008 I set up my practice (Rowton) and now spend my time supporting clients or designing new IT solutions using a combination of Power servers, Intel and... Read More →

Tuesday September 15, 2020 2:30pm - 3:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

3:30pm CDT

Practical SQL for Managing your System: Part II

Practical SQL for Managing your System

Business Case:
There are many system services that can be accessed through system-provided SQL views, procedures, and functions. These provide an SQL interface to access, transform, order, and subset the information without needing to code to a system API.

Part I: Introducing IBM i Services
Part II:
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Steve Pitcher

IBM i Administration, iTech Solutions

Steve Pitcher is a Solutions Expert on Systems Administration and Security with iTech Solutions Group and an Industry Analyst at MC Press Online. He’s been a specialist in IBM i solutions since 2000 with an emphasis on modernization, security and collaboration products. Steve has... Read More →

Tuesday September 15, 2020 3:30pm - 4:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

4:30pm CDT

Practical SQL for Managing Your System: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Practical SQL for Managing your System

Business Case:
There are many system services that can be accessed through system-provided SQL views, procedures, and functions. These provide an SQL interface to access, transform, order, and subset the information without needing to code to a system API.

Part I: Introducing IBM i Services
Part II:
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Steve Pitcher

IBM i Administration, iTech Solutions

Steve Pitcher is a Solutions Expert on Systems Administration and Security with iTech Solutions Group and an Industry Analyst at MC Press Online. He’s been a specialist in IBM i solutions since 2000 with an emphasis on modernization, security and collaboration products. Steve has... Read More →

steve bradshaw

Technical Director, Rowton IT

I've worked in the IBM Business Partner world for over thirty years now and despite IBM's best attempts I still love them ;-)In 2008 I set up my practice (Rowton) and now spend my time supporting clients or designing new IT solutions using a combination of Power servers, Intel and... Read More →

Tuesday September 15, 2020 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

10:00am CDT

Foundations of Work Management: Part I

Foundations of Work Management

Business Case:
Run multiple workloads on a single partition, these sessions will give you information to use your IBM i to its full potential

Part I:
Part II: Setting up Server Subsystems and Managing Jobs
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Sarah Jacob

VP of Customer Experience, Agile Technology Architects

Sarah Jacob is the Vice President of Customer Experience at Agile Technology Architects. She is a Subject Matter Expert in Power Systems Administration and a volunteer for COMMON. Sarah specializes in Backup and Recovery planning and recovery testing. Additionally, she acts as primary... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2020 10:00am - 10:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

10:00am CDT

Take Advantage of the Administration Runtime Expert: Practical Examples of Setting up ARE Template and Doing Systems Verifications

Take Advantage of the Administration Runtime Expert

Business Case:
Business-critical applications must be up and running reliably without failure. When something unexpected occurs, you must identify the cause and correct it quickly. We all want to find ways to make our jobs easier, and unexpected surprises are not fun. The relentless push to do more with less is only going to intensify while the tolerance for failure keeps dropping. Yet identifying points of failure can be tricky as complexities scale. IBM i offers a free product that helps ascertain application and infrastructure health. The IBM Administration Runtime Expert for i (ARE) can be used to define attributes of a healthy environment and use those defined attributes to validate that the environment is as expected. In this module, you will learn the basics for how to set up templates and validate systems, as well as how you can use ARE to ensure PTFs are consistent across your partitions.

Part I: Practical Examples of Setting up ARE Template and Doing Systems Verifications
Part II: Managing PTFs with ARE
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2020 10:00am - 10:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

11:00am CDT

Foundations of Work Management: Setting up Server Subsystems and Managing Jobs

Foundations of Work Management

Business Case:
Run multiple workloads on a single partition, these sessions will give you information to use your IBM i to its full potential

Part I:
Part II: Setting up Server Subsystems and Managing Jobs
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Sarah Jacob

VP of Customer Experience, Agile Technology Architects

Sarah Jacob is the Vice President of Customer Experience at Agile Technology Architects. She is a Subject Matter Expert in Power Systems Administration and a volunteer for COMMON. Sarah specializes in Backup and Recovery planning and recovery testing. Additionally, she acts as primary... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2020 11:00am - 11:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

11:00am CDT

Take Advantage of the Administration Runtime Expert: Managing PTFs with ARE

Take Advantage of the Administration Runtime Expert

Business Case:
Business-critical applications must be up and running reliably without failure. When something unexpected occurs, you must identify the cause and correct it quickly. We all want to find ways to make our jobs easier, and unexpected surprises are not fun. The relentless push to do more with less is only going to intensify while the tolerance for failure keeps dropping. Yet identifying points of failure can be tricky as complexities scale. IBM i offers a free product that helps ascertain application and infrastructure health. The IBM Administration Runtime Expert for i (ARE) can be used to define attributes of a healthy environment and use those defined attributes to validate that the environment is as expected. In this module, you will learn the basics for how to set up templates and validate systems, as well as how you can use ARE to ensure PTFs are consistent across your partitions.

Part I: Practical Examples of Setting up ARE Template and Doing Systems Verifications
Part II: Managing PTFs with ARE
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2020 11:00am - 11:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

12:00pm CDT

Foundations of Work Management: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Foundations of Work Management

Business Case:
Run multiple workloads on a single partition, these sessions will give you information to use your IBM i to its full potential

Part I:
Part II: Setting up Server Subsystems and Managing Jobs
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Sarah Jacob

VP of Customer Experience, Agile Technology Architects

Sarah Jacob is the Vice President of Customer Experience at Agile Technology Architects. She is a Subject Matter Expert in Power Systems Administration and a volunteer for COMMON. Sarah specializes in Backup and Recovery planning and recovery testing. Additionally, she acts as primary... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2020 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

12:00pm CDT

Take Advantage of the Administration Runtime Expert: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Take Advantage of the Administration Runtime Expert

Business Case:
Business-critical applications must be up and running reliably without failure. When something unexpected occurs, you must identify the cause and correct it quickly. We all want to find ways to make our jobs easier, and unexpected surprises are not fun. The relentless push to do more with less is only going to intensify while the tolerance for failure keeps dropping. Yet identifying points of failure can be tricky as complexities scale. IBM i offers a free product that helps ascertain application and infrastructure health. The IBM Administration Runtime Expert for i (ARE) can be used to define attributes of a healthy environment and use those defined attributes to validate that the environment is as expected. In this module, you will learn the basics for how to set up templates and validate systems, as well as how you can use ARE to ensure PTFs are consistent across your partitions.

Part I: Practical Examples of Setting up ARE Template and Doing Systems Verifications
Part II: Managing PTFs with ARE
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC

Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2020 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

2:30pm CDT

Be More Productive with Navigator: Latest Features in Navigator for i

Be More Productive with Navigator

Business Case:
So, you are not using Navigator for i... why? This is not the same old Navigator from even a few years ago. There are several new features that will be highlighted along with general usage. This, along with the dive into the performance analysis tools available, will make you a better IBM i Administrator.

Part I: Latest Features in Navigator for i
Part II: Performance Tasks in Navigator for i
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2020 2:30pm - 3:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

2:30pm CDT

Cloud for IBMi: Why is it Right for Your Enterprise?

Cloud for IBM i

Business Case:
Learn the pros and cons of moving workloads to the cloud

Part I: Why is it Right for Your Enterprise?
Part II: Backup Recovery and Data to the Cloud
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Richard Dolewski

VP, Enterprise Solutions, Connectria

Richard is a recognized SME and award-winning industry speaker specializing in, Cloud Computing Architecture, Business Resiliency, Disaster Recovery Planning and Backup & Recovery Program Design. He leads organizations through the new era of technology, achieving the desired, successful... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2020 2:30pm - 3:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

3:30pm CDT

Be More Productive with Navigator: Performance Tasks in Navigator for i

Be More Productive with Navigator

Business Case:
So, you are not using Navigator for i... why? This is not the same old Navigator from even a few years ago. There are several new features that will be highlighted along with general usage. This, along with the dive into the performance analysis tools available, will make you a better IBM i Administrator.

Part I: Latest Features in Navigator for i
Part II: Performance Tasks in Navigator for i
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Lora Powell

Advisory Software Engineer, IBM

Lora Powell is team lead for IBM Navigator for i. Her career with IBM since 1989 has been in Rochester, MN where for the past 10 years she had focused on Performance Data Investigator (PDI). Now the last few years she has expanded her influence to all aspects of Navigator.

Wednesday September 16, 2020 3:30pm - 4:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

3:30pm CDT

Cloud for IBMi: Backup Recovery and Data to the Cloud

Cloud for IBM i

Business Case:
Learn the pros and cons of moving workloads to the cloud

Part I: Why is it Right for Your Enterprise?
Part II: Backup Recovery and Data to the Cloud
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Richard Dolewski

VP, Enterprise Solutions, Connectria

Richard is a recognized SME and award-winning industry speaker specializing in, Cloud Computing Architecture, Business Resiliency, Disaster Recovery Planning and Backup & Recovery Program Design. He leads organizations through the new era of technology, achieving the desired, successful... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2020 3:30pm - 4:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

4:30pm CDT

Be More Productive with Navigator: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Be More Productive with Navigator

Business Case:
So, you are not using Navigator for i... why? This is not the same old Navigator from even a few years ago. There are several new features that will be highlighted along with general usage. This, along with the dive into the performance analysis tools available, will make you a better IBM i Administrator.

Part I: Latest Features in Navigator for i
Part II: Performance Tasks in Navigator for i
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →

Lora Powell

Advisory Software Engineer, IBM

Lora Powell is team lead for IBM Navigator for i. Her career with IBM since 1989 has been in Rochester, MN where for the past 10 years she had focused on Performance Data Investigator (PDI). Now the last few years she has expanded her influence to all aspects of Navigator.

Wednesday September 16, 2020 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

4:30pm CDT

Cloud for IBMi: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Cloud for IBM i

Business Case:
Learn the pros and cons of moving workloads to the cloud

Part I: Why is it Right for Your Enterprise?
Part II: Backup Recovery and Data to the Cloud
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Richard Dolewski

VP, Enterprise Solutions, Connectria

Richard is a recognized SME and award-winning industry speaker specializing in, Cloud Computing Architecture, Business Resiliency, Disaster Recovery Planning and Backup & Recovery Program Design. He leads organizations through the new era of technology, achieving the desired, successful... Read More →

Wednesday September 16, 2020 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

10:00am CDT

Integrating IBM i into Service Desks and other Enterprise-Class Help Desks: Integrating into SPLUNK

Integrating IBM i into Service Desks and other Enterprise-Class Help Desks

Business Case:
Today's enterprises rely on centralized view of security and IT operational data to efficiently manage their entire IT infrastructure. This is not always made easy by the IBM i.

Part I: Integrating into SPLUNK
Part II: Integrating into Enterprise-class Help Desks (Service Now, Microsoft)
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Chip Sutton

Principal Technology Architect, Precicely

Thursday September 17, 2020 10:00am - 10:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

10:00am CDT

Open Technologies to Manage your IBM i: Ansible - What and Why?

Open Technologies to Manage your IBM i

Business Case:
Manage your IBM i and all that surrounds it from a single technology, including Windows, Linux, and AIX

Part I: Ansible - What and Why?
Part II: NAGIOS - What and Why?
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Yun Wang

STSM, IBM i Business Architect, IBM

Wang Yun (王云) is senior technical staff member and business architect of IBM i development team, focusing on systems management and cloud management for i. He has been with IBM for 15 years and worked on various projects such as cloud enablement for i, automation for i, Db2 Mirror... Read More →

Thursday September 17, 2020 10:00am - 10:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

11:00am CDT

Integrating IBM i into Service Desks and other Enterprise-Class Help Desks: Integrating into Enterprise-Class Help Desks (ServiceNow, Micro Focus, MS COM)

Integrating IBM i into Service Desks and other Enterprise-Class Help Desks

Business Case:
Today's enterprises rely on centralized view of security and IT operational data to efficiently manage their entire IT infrastructure. This is not always made easy by the IBM i.

Part I: Integrating into SPLUNK
Part II: Integrating into Enterprise-class Help Desks (Service Now, Microsoft)
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Ian Hartley

Product Management Director, Precisely

Ian is a Product Management Director at Precisely where he is responsible for the Ironstream line of products. He has a varied background in software product development and architecture. Starting his IT career back in the 80's with the "Teach Yourself COBOL" manual landing on his... Read More →

Thursday September 17, 2020 11:00am - 11:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

11:00am CDT

Open Technologies to Manage your IBM i: NAGIOS - What and Why?

Open Technologies to Manage your IBM i

Business Case:
Manage your IBM i and all that surrounds it from a single technology, including Windows, Linux, and AIX

Part I: Ansible - What and Why?
Part II: NAGIOS - What and Why?
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Paul Singh

Garrett Guntly

Product Manager, Nagios Enterprises

Thursday September 17, 2020 11:00am - 11:55am CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

12:00pm CDT

Integrating IBM i into Service Desks and other Enterprise-Class Help Desks: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Integrating IBM i into Service Desks and other Enterprise-Class Help Desks

Business Case:
Today's enterprises rely on centralized view of security and IT operational data to efficiently manage their entire IT infrastructure. This is not always made easy by the IBM i.

Part I: Integrating into SPLUNK
Part II: Integrating into Enterprise-class Help Desks (Service Now, Microsoft)
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Ian Hartley

Product Management Director, Precisely

Ian is a Product Management Director at Precisely where he is responsible for the Ironstream line of products. He has a varied background in software product development and architecture. Starting his IT career back in the 80's with the "Teach Yourself COBOL" manual landing on his... Read More →

Chip Sutton

Principal Technology Architect, Precicely

Thursday September 17, 2020 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

12:00pm CDT

Open Technologies to Manage your IBM i: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Open Technologies to Manage your IBM i

Business Case:
Manage your IBM i and all that surrounds it from a single technology, including Windows, Linux, and AIX

Part I: Ansible - What and Why?
Part II: NAGIOS - What and Why?
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Tim Rowe

Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i, IBM

Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his... Read More →

Thursday September 17, 2020 12:00pm - 12:30pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

Learning Objective Manage your IBM I and all that surrounds it from a single technology, including Windows, Linux, and AIX

2:30pm CDT

IBM Support & Support Transformation: Using Salesforce and Other IBM Support Tools

IBM Support & Support Transformation

Business Case:
Understand the process for opening and managing a case and getting help from IBM support using the IBM Community portal. Introduce the Must Gather tools for easily collecting and sending data to IBM support for fast resolution. Including the behind the scenes look at how IBM support analyzes the Must Gather Data.

Part I: Using Salesforce and Other IBM Support Tools
Part II: Collecting Data using SYSSNAP/QMGTOOLS
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Holly Rademacher

Senior Software Engineer focusing on Database in the IBM i Global Support Center

Thursday September 17, 2020 2:30pm - 3:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

2:30pm CDT

Open Technologies to Manage your IBM i, Part II: Open Source Commands for the IBM i Administrator

Open Technologies to Manage your IBM i, Part II

Business Case:
Extend your IBM i Management using Open Source tooling

Part I: Open Source commands for the IBM I Administrator
Part II: RPMs for the System Administrator
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Kevin Adler

Software Engineer, IBM

Kevin Adler works at IBM, attempting to bring as much Linux and open source awesomeness to the IBM i platform. He has a wide range of knowledge on various computing subjects. He enjoys learning languages (both computer and natural) - currently he's learning Rust and French. If you... Read More →

Thursday September 17, 2020 2:30pm - 3:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

3:30pm CDT

IBM Support & Support Transformation: Collecting Data using SYSSNAP/QMGTOOLS

IBM Support & Support Transformation

Business Case:
Understand the process for opening and managing a case and getting help from IBM support using the IBM Community portal. Introduce the Must Gather tools for easily collecting and sending data to IBM support for fast resolution. Including the behind the scenes look at how IBM support analyzes the Must Gather Data.

Part I: Using Salesforce and Other IBM Support Tools
Part II: Collecting Data using SYSSNAP/QMGTOOLS
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Brian Bohner

Software Engineer, IBM

Brian has been a Software Engineer for the IBM i Global Support Center for almost 20 years. He is currently a member of the IBM i Internals, High Availability, and Power Virtual teams. He has also been a member on the Save/Restore, BRMS, Damage Assessment and Recovery, Small Products... Read More →

Thursday September 17, 2020 3:30pm - 4:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

3:30pm CDT

Open Technologies to Manage your IBMi, Part II: RPMs for the System Administrator

Open Technologies to Manage your IBM i, Part II

Business Case:
Extend your IBM i Management using Open Source tooling

Part I: Open Source commands for the IBM I Administrator
Part II: RPMs for the System Administrator
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Steve Pitcher

IBM i Administration, iTech Solutions

Steve Pitcher is a Solutions Expert on Systems Administration and Security with iTech Solutions Group and an Industry Analyst at MC Press Online. He’s been a specialist in IBM i solutions since 2000 with an emphasis on modernization, security and collaboration products. Steve has... Read More →

Kevin Adler

Software Engineer, IBM

Kevin Adler works at IBM, attempting to bring as much Linux and open source awesomeness to the IBM i platform. He has a wide range of knowledge on various computing subjects. He enjoys learning languages (both computer and natural) - currently he's learning Rust and French. If you... Read More →

Thursday September 17, 2020 3:30pm - 4:25pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

4:30pm CDT

IBM Support & Support Transformation: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

IBM Support & Support Transformation

Business Case:
Understand the process for opening and managing a case and getting help from IBM support using the IBM Community portal. Introduce the Must Gather tools for easily collecting and sending data to IBM support for fast resolution. Including the behind the scenes look at how IBM support analyzes the Must Gather Data.

Part I: Using Salesforce and Other IBM Support Tools
Part II: Collecting Data using SYSSNAP/QMGTOOLS
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Holly Rademacher

Senior Software Engineer focusing on Database in the IBM i Global Support Center

Brian Bohner

Software Engineer, IBM

Brian has been a Software Engineer for the IBM i Global Support Center for almost 20 years. He is currently a member of the IBM i Internals, High Availability, and Power Virtual teams. He has also been a member on the Save/Restore, BRMS, Damage Assessment and Recovery, Small Products... Read More →

Thursday September 17, 2020 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 2

Systems Management

4:30pm CDT

Open Technologies to Manage your IBMi, Part II: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Open Technologies to Manage your IBM i, Part II

Business Case:
Extend your IBM i Management using Open Source tooling

Part I: Open Source commands for the IBM I Administrator
Part II: RPMs for the System Administrator
Part III: LIVE Q&A and Panel Discussion

Speakers

Steve Pitcher

IBM i Administration, iTech Solutions

Steve Pitcher is a Solutions Expert on Systems Administration and Security with iTech Solutions Group and an Industry Analyst at MC Press Online. He’s been a specialist in IBM i solutions since 2000 with an emphasis on modernization, security and collaboration products. Steve has... Read More →

Tim Rowe

Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i, IBM

Tim Rowe is the Business Architect responsible for Application Development and Systems Management for the IBM i operating system. His responsibilities include helping to make sure that the IBM i has what is needed to be successful both today and into the future. He sends much of his... Read More →

Kevin Adler

Software Engineer, IBM

Kevin Adler works at IBM, attempting to bring as much Linux and open source awesomeness to the IBM i platform. He has a wide range of knowledge on various computing subjects. He enjoys learning languages (both computer and natural) - currently he's learning Rust and French. If you... Read More →

Thursday September 17, 2020 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
Systems Administration Room 1

Systems Management

9:00am CDT

FULL DAY WORKSHOP: Practical Guide to Running IBM i in the Cloud

Add this workshop to your agenda to gain a practical understanding of how to run IBM i in the cloud. This day's worth of education will provide you with multiple perspectives from various cloud providers and allow you to get your hands-on the tools themselves.

Organizations and tools presented include:

Skytap
Organizations struggle to modernize traditional applications from on-premises to the cloud. A lot of the time this is due to capacity constraints. In this workshop lab, using your own laptop you will gain hands on experience of IBM i on the Skytap cloud and discover how to use the cloud to give you the capacity you need when you need it.

As an attendee you’ll spin up your own IBM i LPARs, link them to your DevOps pipeline and push new code to build and deploy. John Bradshaw (Principal Architect) and Loke Tan(Director of Product Management) from Skytap will work with you to Build a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline for IBM i on the Skytap Platform.

HelpSystems
IBM Power Champion Tom Huntington will join for a portion of the day to help prepare you for your IBM i cloud journey. Tom shares expert advice on two important considerations when moving to the cloud: capacity and data migration. Sizing your cloud environment properly involves intimate knowledge of your current and projected performance needs beyond CPW, disk, and memory. Once you know how much capacity you need, you can then focus on getting your data and applications to the cloud. Tom demonstrates how you can migrate your data over time while keeping it in sync with your on-prem data until you are ready to switch over to the cloud.

Eradani
Dan Magid, CEO of Eradani, and Dave Romo, CTO of Eradani, will walk you through ways you can dramatically accelerate the development of software for your IBM iby taking advantage of the Cloud. They will show you how to Develop using the latest in modern DevOps processes, find and fix bugs at a much faster rate,test more comprehensively and modernize your overall application stack. Using a combination of open source tools, a direct connection to cloud native resources and on-demand environments, Dan and Dave will provide a live demo of IBM i development in the cloud with x86 and IBM i workloads working in tandem.

iTech Solutions
Its more than just hardware. Its having the right combination of Hardware, Services, Staff, and offerings to help you migrate your workload to the cloud. Because Cloud means something different to everyone, we offer High Availability Replication, Platform as a Service, Backup to the Cloud, Managed Administration of your environment, and even ability to host customer provided equipment. Come learn about what other things you need to think about when moving your workload to the cloud.

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →

Tom Huntington

EVP of Technical Solutions, Fortra

Tom Huntington is Executive Vice President of Technical Solutions at Fortra, and has been with the company for nearly 35 years. He helps manage the worldwide Fortra software engineer team that works to integrate and promote our automation and security solutions to partners and customers... Read More →

Daniel Magid

Eradani

Eradani extends modernization by transforming the people, tooling, and development languages used in IBM i businesses. Eradani "Connect" serves as a Enterprise Integration Hub for IBM i organizations, providing developers and operators exception volume, performance, and security when... Read More →

Loke Tan

Director, Product Management, Skytap

Started my career as a developer on an IBM System 38 writing COBOL & RPG applications for Diner's Club. Have spent many years building .NET and mobile applications. Most recently wrote and released a VR game on Steam. Professionally worked on bringing IBM i to the cloud on Skytap... Read More →

John Bradshaw

Principal Architect - EMEA, Skytap

I am the Principal Architect for Skytap in EMEA, and I'm responsible for helping customers get their datacentre sticky workloads out and into the cloud!I've held previous roles at AWS, Dropbox, Sopra Steria, and HP working in across delivery and architecture.

David Romo

Eradani

Dave comes to Eradani from Rocket Software where he was the Chief Architect of the DevOps and Cloud product lines. He delivered the first commercial Node.js and Angular applications on the IBM i. More than a decade ago, Dave also became the first to use Git running natively on IBM... Read More →

Friday September 18, 2020 9:00am - 4:00pm CDT
Application Development Room 1

Systems Management