ISYS 4453/5453 –ISYS 4453/5453 –Introduction to Enterprise Introduction to Enterprise ServersServers

Wednesday evenings– 5:30 to 8:20 PM

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What is the first thing that What is the first thing that comes to you mind for the comes to you mind for the word mainframe?word mainframe?

Common ChallengesCommon ChallengesSystem z is too expensiveSystem z is legacy, stabilized and

new development should be on other platforms◦Then, the z will eventually go away

I’m afraid if I use z I will have a “single point of failure”

The MF skills are all ready to retire—who will support “anything” MF going forward?

Myths that have to be Myths that have to be overcomeovercome

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QuestionsQuestions In what decade was the first MF?

◦ What was its name? Last year, the world produced more transistors than grains of rice?

t/f What MF name was used for the first follow on MF from above? By 2010, there will be more than 30 billion RFID tabs in circulation.

t/f What version of MF would used in the 90’s? What is the major database used on MFs? There are more than 1 billion camera phones in use today? t/f What has been the most prevalent programming language on the

MF? What are “modern” languages being used on the MF?

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Why take this course?Why take this course? Jobs

◦ Know companies like Baldor, Data-Tronics, Dillards, JB Hunt, Walmart, etc.

◦ http://mainframejobs.zjournal.com/a/jbb/find-jobs

Additional computing platform that many students do not have opportunity to learn

Broading skillsets as System z becomes more open and accessible

Fast growing server—appears to continue as a major computing platform

RAS—Reliability, Accessibility, ScalabilityDid I say Jobs? Or did I say Jobs?

Gartner’s platform positioning Gartner’s platform positioning 4Q08 – Platform Summary4Q08 – Platform Summary

Platform choice – Fit for purpose, workload and Platform choice – Fit for purpose, workload and situationsituationMany factors influence a platform selection, making it difficult to present a simple Many factors influence a platform selection, making it difficult to present a simple selection matrix.selection matrix.

GDPS-The Ultimate Availability GDPS-The Ultimate Availability SolutionSolution

World-Wide Corporate World-Wide Corporate UsersUsers

The expanding System z The expanding System z communitycommunity

Recent AnnouncementsRecent Announcements

Recent Announcements Recent Announcements (cont)(cont)

Why are datacenters consolidating Why are datacenters consolidating to System z ?to System z ?

Freedom vs. Freedom vs. ManageabilityManageability

System z clouds achieve operational System z clouds achieve operational efficiencyefficiencythrough economies of scalethrough economies of scale

Fractional Availability Improvements Fractional Availability Improvements Are ImportantAre Important

Where are IT Budgets being Where are IT Budgets being Spent?Spent?

The financial benefits of System z The financial benefits of System z are compellingare compelling

Linux on ZLinux on Z

Ft. Smith CompanyFt. Smith Company

Baldor Baldor (cont)(cont)

A government organization consolidates A government organization consolidates applications and data to drive down applications and data to drive down costs of hardware, software and costs of hardware, software and management by 70%!management by 70%!

Interesting facts about DB2 Interesting facts about DB2 on z/OSon z/OS

System z With DB2 Scales Further Than System z With DB2 Scales Further Than Best HP Superdome Banking Best HP Superdome Banking Benchmark, with JavaBenchmark, with Java

The Data Warehouse and BI Solution on The Data Warehouse and BI Solution on System zSystem z

Advantages of Portal on zAdvantages of Portal on z

New CICS 4.1 New CICS 4.1 InformationInformationhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yuyz4zPMO8&feature=channel_page

Application Performance Application Performance Characteristics – what fits on which Characteristics – what fits on which platform?platform?Workload performance varies by application and can be best

served by different platforms or the right mix of multiple platforms.

Teach the teachers…Teach the teachers…System z Professor Summer SeminarsSystem z Professor Summer Seminars

Faculty Spotlight in Mainframe Faculty Spotlight in Mainframe EducationEducation

Reference Schools worldwide teaching Reference Schools worldwide teaching System zSystem z

Global – Master the Mainframe Global – Master the Mainframe ContestContest

Ocoee High School FLOcoee High School FLMainframe MastersMainframe Masters

Course GoalsCourse Goals Be able to express the benefits of a mainframe

including◦ Z Series architectural concepts◦ Consolidation and TCO advantages of this

environment◦ Major applications running on the mainframe as

well as the type of applications for which it makes sense to put on a mainframe

◦ The role of JCL for scheduling and batch processing◦ How z/VM exploits virtualization and allows Linux to

be run as a virtual guest◦ Know the value of Linux on the mainframe

Course Goals Course Goals (cont)(cont)

System z skills under zOS◦ Be able to navigate TSO/ISPF and RDz

environments◦ Be able to create partitioned datasets;

edit, upload, download files◦ Be able to used selected utilities including

IDCAMS to create VSAM files◦ Be able to run simple programs that utilize

files and JCL on the mainframe

Course Goals Course Goals (cont)(cont)

Linux skills using the Integrated Facility for Linux.◦ Be able to effectively work in the Linux

environment including RDz◦ Be able to do essential system tasks◦ Be able to work with files including

creation, editing, coping, etc.◦ Be able to write basic Linux scripts◦ Be able to create Web sites using LAMP

(Linux, Apache, mySQL, PHP)