http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl Current agenda for CMG'07 en-us Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT webmaster@cmg.org webmaster@cmg.org http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7702 Computer system and Network performance data collection, analysis, modeling and capacity planning on any platform using bundled utilities and freely available tools such as Orca, BigBrother, OpenNMS, Nagios, Ganglia, SE Toolkit, R, Ethereal/Wireshark, Ntop, MySQL and PDQ.Overview: Capacity planning and performance management tools have been commercially available for many years. A new generation of freely available tools provides data collectors and analysis packages. As the underlying computer platforms and network devices have evolved, they have added improved data sources and have bundled free data collectors. Several open source and freeware projects have sprung up to collect and display cross-platform data, and with the advent of highly functional free statistics and modeling packages comprehensive analysis, modeling and archival storage can now be assembled. Free and bundled tools are of special interest to sites with very diverse mixes of systems, very large sites where licensing costs become prohibitive, and sites replacing a few large single systems with many more low cost horizontally scaled systems. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7702 181 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7717 Capacity Planning has never faced as many challenges as seen today on IBM System z9 processors. These large processors have the ability to support 60 different LPARs running traditional z/OS workloads, like CICS and IMS, and new workloads, like Linux on System z and Websphere. z/OS itself now supports 32 CPs in an LPAR and can be run with specialty processors like the zAAP which runs z/OS Java based workloads, and the new IBM System z9 zIIP which runs z/OS enclave SRB based workloads. Add to this mix the capacity issues from using other specialty CPs like an IFL used to run zLinux environments, and ICFs used to run Coupling Facility partitions. This workshop will introduce you to the methods IBM uses to describe processor capacity for IBM System z9 and IBM zSeries processors. We will discuss the use of LSPR data and the ability to easily use the LSPR data via a new tool, free from IBM, called zPCR. This hands-on lab will provide attendees with a copy of zPCR and several different capacity planning scenarios will be taught using the tool. Attendees are expected to bring their own laptops on which to run the exercises. Whether planning a processor migration or just changing your LPAR configurations learn how to use zPCR to understand the capacity impacts of the change. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7717 182 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7718 The .NET Framework is an extensible, object-oriented Class library that is used by millions of application developers. This workshop provides a thorough introduction to the most important performance-oriented aspects of building scalable .NET applications. Participants will gain hands-on exposure to the run-time architecture of .NET Framework applications, with an emphasis on the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and the managed-code environment in which the applications run. Additional performance considerations for .NET Components, WPF, ASP.NET and WCF web service-based applications will be discussed. The different programming models used to access to SQL Server, including LINQ, ADO.NET, and hosting of CLR-based programs are compared and contrasted. Specific techniques for exploiting parallelism on today’s multi-core machines are also considered. The Workshop is oriented around case studies that illustrate and emphasize the interpretation of the measurement data and the use of the tools. Bringing a portable computer capable of running Windows Vista or XP is highly recommended. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Windows: Windows http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7718 183 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7732 How often is your Storage Network blamed for application slowdowns? Surveys show that over 90% of the time the SAN is blamed for application performance issues, but after exhaustive and time consuming analysis, less than 10% of the time is the problem in the SAN! During this workshop, Finisar, the leading OEM provider of optical components and design and test equipment to the Storage vendors, will demonstrate best practices to instrumenting your SAN to ensure high-performance and trouble free storage network data paths so that applications have rapid, uninterrupted access to their data every time, all the time. This workshop will focus on instrumentation of non-disruptive, fault tolerant Traffic Analysis Points and proactive monitoring solutions to provide both real-time and historical data traffic visibility across your SAN network links to quickly and easily detect Fibre Channel network congestion, problems, and errors before users or applications are impacted. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7732 184 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7709 Most likely you have Java applications running within your enterprise. And perhaps the performance is not what you would like. The default settings for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) are usually sufficient for basic application, but when you stress the application, unexpected slowdowns can occur. This workshop examines various mechanism that you an employ to analyze the performance of your Java application, and how to tune those applications.The focus is not on making application changes, but rather on tuning the JVM or the application server hosting the application. After attending this workshop, you will be able to • Gather and analyze garbage collection statistics, and decide how to best tune the garbage collector based on the analysis. • Understand the various garbage collection algorithms, know the pros and cons of each one, and choose the one best for your application. • Use various tools based on the Java Management Extensions (JMX) to monitor the performance of the JVM, the application server, and even your application. • Describe various tuning parameters of the JVM and the middleware stack, including such things as database connection pools and thread pools used to process user requests. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7709 185 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7710 Web Services first appeared on the scene in 2000 and since then have quickly gained momentum in the industry. Almost every Fortune 500 company has incorporate Web Services in their IT strategy and small companies are using Web Services to integrate into the supply chains of their larger partners. Soon after Web Services started to gain traction, people started talking about Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) as being the key architectural pattern for achieving an agile IT infrastructure that enables ease of integration. More recently the concept of an Enterprise Service Bus has emerged as the solution to the problem of heterogenous application integration.This workshop will provide an introduction to Web Services, Service Oriented Architectures and the Enterprise Service Bus. We will start by describing Web Services and its basic building blocks. After reviewing the current state of Web Services in the industry, we will discuss the SOA architectural model and its relationship to Web Services. In the last part of the workshop we will focus on the concept of an Enterprise Service Bus and how it simplifies the management of the infrastructure for a large enterprise that has adopted the SOA architectural model. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7710 186 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7723 When embracing ITIL® as a discipline, Service Delivery and Capacity Management in particular should be high on the agenda for implementation to gain quick returns and meet all IT governance and compliance issues. Capacity Management covers both performance management and capacity planning and this workshop deals with it from A to A: • Alarms & Alerting reports on current performance • Analysis of & Advice on present & past performance • Analytical modeling & Assurance of future performanceThis workshop addresses all of the activities involved within the Capacity Management process. It addresses the theory, background, key concepts and their practical implementation. It shows the nature of the main activities: measurement, analysis and prediction and reporting on all of them. It looks at the required data sources and available key metrics and the tools and techniques involved in their collection and analysis. Various statistical and analytical models available for their interpretation are introduced. It considers the pragmatic detail in implementing the required activities and considers their interfaces with other ITSM processes. It includes some practical exercises and sample capacity plans based on case studies to underpin the techniques introduced. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7723 18E http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7713 Monitoring and a performance database are fundamental to successful performance management and capacity planning. A plethora of tools, both commercial and freeware, are available to aid in that task. The strength of those tools, however, lies in monitoring operating system data on a per-host basis rather than business metrics, process transaction rates and web-user response times. Moreover, modern applications are tiered across multiple hosts. This leaves open the problem of how to stitch all these data together in such a way as to be able to assess capacity for application scalability and service level objectives. PDQ (Pretty Damn Quick) is an open-source, freeware, performance modeling tool that helps you to solve that problem. PDQ has been developed over the past 15 years and is used by a number of corporations as part of their routine capacity planning. PDQ is available in C, Perl, Python, Java and PHP, and runs on any platform including: AIX, Solaris, Linux, z/OS and Windows XP. In this tutorial, you will learn the same techniques I have used with PDQ to solve actual capacity planning problems associated with multithreaded WebLogic servers, a spam-filtering farm, a tiered e-business application, a client-server insurance application and more. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7713 191 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7705 An intensive hands on workshop for performance management professionals who would like to learn the fundamentals of building and applying analytical models to proactively manage the performance of applications in multi-tier distributed environments including Web Servers, Application Servers based on Web Logic and Web Sphere as well as Oracle 10g, 10g RAC and DB2 UDB ESE DBMS supporting parallel processing. • During the workshop you will learn how to build and apply simple analytical models to predict the impact of expected growth in workload volume and database size, the impact of implementing new applications, database tuning, changing Application Servers and DBMS Servers software parameters controlling concurrency and upgrading hardware. • You will load our Excel spreadsheet with exercises to your notebook computer to practically perform workload characterization, building simple analytical queueing network models, and applying modeling results to justify strategic, tactical and operational performance management and capacity planning recommendations • At the end of the workshop you will summarize results and prepare a report with capacity management recommendations. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7705 192 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7730 IT staffs and application developers are facing a lot of issues in performance and scalability in a SQL Server environment, especially those moved over from DB2 and Oracle experience. This workshop is designed to help you with understanding and improving your SQL Server application in certain areas. It will focus on sharing the experience of using the performance features of the SQL Server and tuning your applications using SQL Server. Considering the complexity of database applications, it is not possible to cover all the areas in a half day workshop. We will only focus on optimization of data load, temporary database, and schema tuning.Attendees will learn how to use SQL Server Profiler and Database Engine Tuning Advisor monitor, discovery performance problems, and got tuning suggestions. Monitoring application and discovering problems are the starting point of real world examples. We will walk you through how to find root causes, come up with reasonable solutions, and implement those solutions. Attendees should be able to apply the material covered to their job. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Windows http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7730 193 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7729 While archiving data has been a practice in Information Technology since the early days of recording media, what constitutes archiving has become an area where there are many definitions. The ongoing capacity demands and the operational cost issues have led to a new focus on archiving of data. New technologies and new systems have been deployed that provide new opportunities for archiving and allow for more archiving discipline.The economics of archiving touch many different areas: • Capital expenditures • Operational costs • Data Protection In the current climate of litigation and protection, archiving of data carries along and heightens the need to handle some percentage of data according to regulatory compliance rules. The compliance requirements are in addition to providing capabilities regarding legal discovery which applies to any type of business. Archiving of data, to be effectively implemented, requires the integration of handling of different regulatory requirement and discovery demands. This workshop will characterize what constitutes archiving today and explain the different options available. The economics of employment of an archiving strategy will be detailed and the different regulatory and discovery requirements will be highlighted. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7729 194 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7715 This session will cover the logistical system planning and benefits of adequate capacity to maintain a rotational rather than cascading failover model. Methods of reducing availability will be discussed along with the capacity implications to maintain different models. One of the best techniques to minimize downtime is to plan for and implement rolling upgrades. Since failover models often result in non-zero disruptive take-overs, eliminating the need to fail back can significantly improve uptime.We will also compare and contrast current technologies for availability and future methodologies for the System p platform along with predicted affects on capacity planning. Capacity Upgrade on demand will be reviewed in terms of maximizing availability. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: UNIX http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7715 195 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7706 IBM WebSphere MQ (aka WMQ or MQSeries) is IBM’s Messaging Middleware offering.During this WMQ performance workshop, Peter Enrico will discuss: • Introduction to messaging, WMQ, and performance data • Application effects on MQ performance • z/OS setup for optimal WMQ performance • WMQ resource performance considerations • Topology effects on performancePlease note that although this workshop concentrates on WMQ for z/OS, most of the overview and performance concepts discussed apply to WMQ on any platform or application exploiting WMQ.For those of you that have attended previous Peter Enrico classes and CMG sessions you know this energetic workshop will be packed with lots of practical, useful, real world information and recommendations.Extra Offer : Send SMF Data Prior To The Workshop!Peter will once again offer workshop attendees the opportunity to send him SMF data. Peter will process any SMF data received at least 1 week prior to workshop. If the submitter attends the workshop Peter will return a CD containing tables and graphs of their own data. Then, on an informal basis, Peter will be available during CMG week to those wishing to discuss their WMQ SMF data with him.For data gathering instructions, email Peter at Peter.Enrico@EPStrategies.com. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7706 196 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7725 The hottest thing in ITIL this year is the new refreshed ITIL Version 3! Are you wondering what the key differences are between V2 and V3? There are some key concept changes in V3. This workshop session will give you an overview ofV3 as well as a key concepts overview of the each of the five new Core V3 Books, This workshop session will feature one of the new ITIL V3 authors, George Spalding, who will guide you through a look at the 5 new ITIL V3 Core Publications which will have a consistent structure: • Service Strategy • Service Design • Service Transition • Service Operation • Continual Service Improvement • Consistent Structure components o Learn the new concepts to ITIL V3 o Learn what the differences are between V2 and V3 and what it means to your organization o V3 V the Core 5 Books; overview of each Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7725 19E http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7156 Most IT organizations treat legacy applications as overhead rather than as valuable business assets. They spend considerable sums of money operating and maintaining these applications yet invest little in improving their returns to the business. This executive report examines how to evaluate and improve the value of legacy application portfolios, reviews the range of options available to modernize and manage legacy assets, and demonstrates the value of proactive application management. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Business Performance Management: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7156 242 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7054 Enterprise Workload Manager (EWLM) provides a way to monitor and respond to workload processing across multiple systems in a distributed heterogeneous environment. EWLM is mainframe technology (z/OS WLM) migrated out to distributed platforms. In this session Glenn Anderson, long-time WLM instructor, will share his impressions and experiences with EWLM. What is this EWLM thing anyway? How does EWLM fit with z/OS and WLM? Do we need both products? Why should System z people care about EWLM in the first place? The session will also review the latest EWLM status, announcements and updates. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7054 243 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7070 The Storage Performance Council (SPC) is a cross-vendor team of storage performance experts that has built the industry's first benchmarks for storage which have become the standard for decision making. The SPC has sought real-world workloads to become benchmarks that are vendor-neutral, platform independent, network storage capable. A significant number of both SPC-1 and SPC-2 results have been published to date. This panel session will discuss the status of the SPC and the Storage Industry standard performance benchmarks available and under development. Panelists include: Bruce McNutt of IBM, Leah Schoeb of SUN, Carrel (Sandy) Wilson of Fujitsu Computer Systems, Craig Parris of Seagate Technology, Chuck Paridon of HP, and Walter Baker of Storage Performance Council Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7070 244 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7168 One of the key factors in adopting new technologies is the availability of inexpensive tools for developers and experimenters. The ARM4.org open source project intends to produce an open source implementation of the ARM 4, and now ARM 4.1, standards suitable for a developer or an enterprise. Although still in it's infancy, the project has produced a working collector. This session describes the current state of the project and its development direction. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Linux and Unix: UNIX http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7168 245 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7209 Internet Marketing (IM) is the practice of applying advertising techniques to drive traffic to e-commerce sites. The business community has developed techniques that generates traffic to e-commerce sites, but little work has been done to develop analytic models that assess the performance of e-commerce sites resulting from Internet Marketing Campaigns (IMC). In this session, we develop analytic models to assess the performance impact of IMC’s upon web sites, which can then be used to address capacity planning issues. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7209 245 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7063 The Windows platform exposes performance counters as a means to measure the performance of system components and applications. Creating performance counters for general applications has not been straightforward and presented challenges. Windows Vista introduces a new performance counter infrastructure that greatly reduces the burden in adding counter providers. This session will describe how the new infrastructure enables easy creation of general counters and give examples of how to implement new counter data providers using the new managed and unmanaged APIs. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Windows: Windows http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7063 246 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7115 Performance is a key factor for usefulness and acceptance in business, especially when it comes to large scale enterprise systems. This session will discuss some of the issues that should be kept in mind while designing multi-tiered, multi-threaded systems using simulation. It will take into consideration models using queues to transfer requests between the tiers and also see how other application operations can be made optimized in large scale enterprise applications. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7115 247 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7783 In this session we present a metric called Headroom, which is used to quantify the remaining Capacity of a server. This metric, calculated from server measured performance data, is used to track historical change in remaining capacity. Often, in the absence of availability of business growth data a headroom trend projection can be used to predict when server capacity will be exhausted. Using PAWZ software we will show how such a methodology can be automated in support of IT resource planning. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7783 249 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7041 There are a handful of industry standards that speak to responsiveness in human-computer interaction. A severe limitation of these guidelines is that they quickly become outdated when technological advancement introduces newer and better forms of interaction. It is argued that the root of this limitation is the direct association of technology to metric. This session proposes a simple user-centric as opposed to a technology-centric framework to define responsiveness. Specifically, responsiveness is defined as what users expect as instantaneous, immediate, continuous, and captive. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Business Performance Management: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7041 252 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7187 The NASA Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) at the Goddard Space Flight Center provides high performance highly parallel systems to a community of computational earth and space scientists. Long running and highly parallel jobs are common in the workload. NCCS management structures batch queues and allocates resources to optimize system use and prioritize workloads. NCCS technical staff use a locally developed discrete event simulation tool to model the impacts of evolving workloads, potential system upgrades, alternative queue structures and resource allocation policies. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Linux and Unix: Linux http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7187 253 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7230 Yes, it is possible to improve performance of a z/OS environment while also lowering the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership). This Top-10 collection is based on recent experience from over 50 major installations and includes CICS, DB2, IRD,PR?SM, VWLC, WLM, zAAP just to name a few. Attendees of this session will learn proven best practices on how to set up, customize, report, and analyze the performance and capacity of z/OS and its major subsystems while never loosing sight of the effects on the TCO. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7230 254 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7050 Improving visualization of performance data is an orphaned area of performance tool development. Tool vendors avoid investing in development if they see no demand, while planners and analysts do not demand what they do not know. We attempt to cut this Gordian knot with 'Barry' a 3-d visualization tool based on barycentric coordinates. Potentially hundreds of computing nodes can be viewed as an animated cloud of points whose shape is correlated with the workload dynamics. 'Barry' provides an optimal impedance match between the measured computer and the cognitive computer (the analystÕs brain). Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7050 255 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7107 Utility computing and consolidation have been around for some time. They have been accelerated by the use of virtualization to ease the combination of applications on lightly used servers.The question is how to find the right mix of these interwoven approaches at a given site. This session describes popular hypervisor and partitioning options and other aspects of abstraction and virtualization. It reviews the factors involved, and outlines criteria for the capacity manager, in determining the appropriate mix for selected services to achieve the optimum cost-capacity-performance solution. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7107 256 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7006 Performance assurance plays a key role in today's complex applications and is an essential element of the application development life cycle. This presentation discusses a case study about integrating performance at a large national bank. Learn how custom monitoring, Six Sigma techniques, and daily production reports played an important role in identifying production issues. This presentation illustrates and examines the challenges and successes of performance planning, testing, analysis, and optimization after the release of ABC Bank’s CRM application. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Windows http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7006 257 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7599 The answer to this question is probably obvious to the people attending CMG. For many years we have studied, debated and improved our knowledge of application and system performance. We know that a mature IT organization is one that measures, plans for the future, then measures again, striving for continuous improvement without painful surprises. Business performance management and truly aligned IT service optimization require capacity planning. We know that.But the continuing trend over the years has been for CIOs to be asked to do more with less. There is constant management pressure to cut hardware, software, facilities, and personnel costs. It is no surprise that vendors are responding to this opportunity by offering operating systems, virtualization environments, application platforms, and other infrastructure elements that they purport will help organizations cut costs by automating or eliminating tasks such as capacity planning which have traditionally been considered as necessary for systems management. Trade journalists and analyst organizations are eager to join with vendors in promoting this idea that technology can now manage itself. The goal is to reduce the number of system administrators needed per server. Managers want to believe claims that various OS, virtualization, or middleware elements can decrease administrator-to-server ratios and reduce the cost of managing systems.With all of these influences conspiring, it seems inevitable that the question will be asked more and more often. Do we still need capacity planning? We know the answer is yes. But how do you convince a manager who does not subscribe to the same common sense principles that we as performance analysts embrace? How do you eloquently and convincingly answer the question? Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7599 2K2 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7599 What we are about to share with you here is not a step-by-step guide towards sustainable innovation. Instead, we are inviting all of you to participate in the unfolding of an embryonic new world order: the tectonic shift from today’s machine-dominated digital enterprises to tomorrow’s human-oriented digital global marketplace/ ecosystems.The last new world order was ushered in the19th Century with the Industrial Revolution, fueled by the invention of the steam engines, railroads and technology powered factories. It was all about maximizing productivity by transforming raw materials into goods of all stripes and manufacturing for the masses. In the 21st Century, the perfect storm of technological advances, business, political and social changes in the world (notably the coming of age of a generation of Digital Natives, the Age of Interactions, Wikinomics/Crowd-sourcing and the World is Flat) will catalyze the next phase of the Information Revolution.Data is the universal raw material that flows fluidly across highly interconnected and interdependent Digital Ecosystems while social networking collaborative tools will harness the tacit knowledge among global information workers at all levels. Simply put, we are entering the Age of Empowerment: it will be all about enriching human experience and enhancing quality of lives for the masses while preserving planet earth.Panelists include: Annie Shum of BEA Systems, Dr. Bernie Domanski of The City University of New York - CSI, Dr. Jeff Buzen and Mark Friedman of Microsoft Corp. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7599 2K2 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7507 This session reviews some of the statistical techniques which can be useful in performance analysis and capacity planning. The introduction of basic statistical concepts will emphasize the relationship between what you see in a graph and the statistical formulae. Topics will include the following: • Descriptive Statistics: • The Basics: average, variance, coefficient of variation, standard deviation, etc. • Graphic Techniques: linear plots, distributions, histogramme, box plot, etc. • T-test : comparing averages. • Predictive Statistics: • Linear regression, multivariate regression as an approximation for Time Series Analysis.The selection of a single number to represent the behavior of a variable, given in a set of values, requires some statement about the representative-ness of the single number. This examination looks at the statistical value of your input and output as seen in any modeling process. Excel implementations will be discussed. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7507 301 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7205 Computer Performance and Planning analysts have historically used a Performance Data Dase (PDB) as the basis for performance reporting and planning. Expanding the PDB to become an ITIL-defined Capacity Management Data Base (CDB) will enable analysts to raise the maturity of their efforts to add more business relevance to performance management. This session discusses the CDB requirements and identifies traditional and non-traditional disciplines in which CDB-enabled performance data can add significant value. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Business Performance Management: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7205 302 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7592 Today's internet and corporate intranets are based on the TCP/IP protocols suite.Do you know if your network is tuned? Are your TCP Profile parameters defined correctly? What errors are your TCP/IP stack encountering? What is the impact on CPU time of TCP/IP transmission, connection and errors?This session will describe how you may be able to do a step-by-step performance check of the TCP/IP network. We will do the following: 1. Describe the workload and response time 2. Find tuning opportunities 3. Review profile parameters 4. Find trouble spots in stack / socket performance 5. Detail areas where further investigation is neededIn a recent Network Health Check, we were able to eliminate communications errors affecting the important production DB2 application, eliminate unnecessary traffic and lower the CPU usage of TCP/IP. The session will address z/OS, Windows, and Linux platforms. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Network/Internet: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7592 303 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7586 Companies are continually looking for cost-reduction opportunities while simultaneously investing in hardware and software to drive business needs and competitive edge. MIPS levels are directly related to hardware and software costs. Industry analysts estimate that the cost for a single MIP is $3000-$7000. Market indicators suggest that MIPS are likely to continue to grow. MIPS growth is triggered by these events such as business growth, new technologies & application defects. An accepted practice has been to “throw” more MIPS at these problems. However, because hardware and software costs are tied to MIPS levels, and software portfolios have grown enormously over time, this is an increasingly expensive approach. The ideal solution is a proactive approach that identifies wasted MIPS and reduces cost associated with eliminating unnecessary MIPS consumption and growth. When you reduce MIPS levels, you directly reduce hardware and software cost. This solution addresses the root cause of unnecessary MIPS consumption by minimizing application inefficiencies that erode performance as well as identifying software defects and reoccurring faults that lead to the root cause of excessive MIPS usage. This solution offers a set of best practices that can be easily integrated into development, test and production processes. The earlier you can identify and correct problems in the application lifecycle, the greater the potential savings. Because environments are growing in complexity, the costs can escalate more quickly. This solution works with complex environments such as WebSphere MQ. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7586 304 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7578 The platform maintenance strategies session will present user scenarios and techniques to streamline the planned maintenance function in an IT environment. Both firmware and software maintenance cadences will be explored along with techniques and checklists designed to facilitate a successful maintenance event. There will be special emphasis on capacity planning for failover to accommodate evacuation of a CEC for firmware maintenance. There will be techniques and tools presented that may be used to assist in rolling upgrades and in shortening and minimizing maintenance impact. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Linux and Unix: UNIX http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7578 305 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7542 Application Performance Management (APM) is an emerging approach to operating high-quality information systems and improving their linkage to business objectives. Peter will describe a comprehensive APM framework that describes the essential perspectives, metrics, and precision required for world-class application performance. This session will challenge CMG members to re-think how they view application performance. A key methodology for successful APM is the Application Performance Index (Apdex) which is defined by the Apdex Alliance (see apdex.org). Peter will provide an overview of Apdex and present a case study that compares traditional performance reports and Apdex reports. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Network/Internet: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7542 306 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7106 Unsolicited e-mail, better known as spam, is considered to be one of the largest problems of todays Internet. Some sources claim that up to 90 percent of all e-mail is spam which is a large resource claim on e-mail infrastructures. In this session we report the results of an anti-spam pilot held between four European ISPs during the first six months of 2007. The combined effort on several areas from technical to procedural is tested. One of these is passive network monitoring technology (such as Lobster) used in cooperation with spam filtering appliances. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Network/Internet: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7106 307 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7191 This work discusses the suitability of Design of Experiments (DOE) methodology for storage performance tuning. The DOE estimates the main and interaction effects of three major storage factors, Cache Partition Size,LUN Strip Size and Cache Segment Size settings of an enterprise level storage system on the overall storage performance. Other factors influencing the performance are kept constant throughout the experiment to minimize the experiment duration and complexity. DOE has provided key idea, for effectively analyzing the storage factors relationship in storage performance tuning. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: Windows http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7191 307 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7507 This session reviews some of the statistical techniques which can be useful in performance analysis and capacity planning. The introduction of basic statistical concepts will emphasize the relationship between what you see in a graph and the statistical formulae. Topics will include the following: • Descriptive Statistics: • The Basics: average, variance, coefficient of variation, standard deviation, etc. • Graphic Techniques: linear plots, distributions, histogramme, box plot, etc. • T-test : comparing averages. • Predictive Statistics: • Linear regression, multivariate regression as an approximation for Time Series Analysis.The selection of a single number to represent the behavior of a variable, given in a set of values, requires some statement about the representative-ness of the single number. This examination looks at the statistical value of your input and output as seen in any modeling process. Excel implementations will be discussed. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7507 311 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7176 A company may have the best capacity planning tracking and forecasting methodologies and still miss the mark due to a lack of connection with business planning. A dialog between a company’s IT and business areas should identify business drivers and combine the trending of resources with business-oriented tracking and forecasting. This session discusses issues surrounding business-oriented capacity planning and steps that companies can take to incorporate business drivers into the capacity planning process. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Business Performance Management: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7176 312 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7592 Today's internet and corporate intranets are based on the TCP/IP protocols suite.Do you know if your network is tuned? Are your TCP Profile parameters defined correctly? What errors are your TCP/IP stack encountering? What is the impact on CPU time of TCP/IP transmission, connection and errors?This session will describe how you may be able to do a step-by-step performance check of the TCP/IP network. We will do the following: 1. Describe the workload and response time 2. Find tuning opportunities 3. Review profile parameters 4. Find trouble spots in stack / socket performance 5. Detail areas where further investigation is neededIn a recent Network Health Check, we were able to eliminate communications errors affecting the important production DB2 application, eliminate unnecessary traffic and lower the CPU usage of TCP/IP. The session will address z/OS, Windows, and Linux platforms. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Network/Internet: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7592 313 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7073 If you have a zSeries storage or I/O question this is the panel to ask. This 3 member panel is a who's who in mainframe storage and I/O performance. Come with your questions and your notebooks! You can email questions in advance to storage@cmg.org.Panelists include: Dr. Pat Artis of Performance Associates, Dr. Gilbert Houtekamer of Intellimagic, Tom Beretvas of EPS Strategies, Bruce McNutt of IBM. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7073 314 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7171 Knowing how big your mainframe is may sound simple, but is it? If you are only looking at it today, and not looking at yesterday or tomorrow, it is, but how do you compare it to the way it used to look or the way it may look in the future? IBM’s Intelligent Resource Director and new specialty engines may be a good thing but they also mean new challenges for capacity planning and performance reporting. This session is intended to offer a review of the RMF TYPE70 and TYPE72 records, and point out why what you actually get may not be what you think it is. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7171 315 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7411 The main objective of this sessionis to help you select the best deployment platform for your e-business applications. J2EE is THE platform for vendor-independent application development. When your applications are ready for production, you have to select the deployment platform which is best suited to host them. E-Business applications are only valuable if its accessibility, currency, consistency, security and integrity are guaranteed.The topics covered are:Mainframes and e-BusinessJava 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)The Mainframe as a Deployment PlatformWebSphere on zLinux or WebSphere on zSeries?Practical Examples and Experiences Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7411 316 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7561 Only rarely are sufficient time, resources and skilled individuals available to teams developing commercially driven software systems to effectively apply rigorous approaches to performance test the system. In these cases, it is critical to have a risk-based, flexible approach to collecting the data required to assist the development team in identifying and mitigating risks around areas of the application that are performing sub-optimally and to assist stakeholders in making sound business decisions related to performance risks.This session briefly outlines a heuristic approach to performance testing with a track record of success when applied on projects where more rigorous approaches are unlikely to be effective in adequately mitigating business risk in time to keep pace with the commercial aspects of the project. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7561 317 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7850 Many experts believe that as virtualization's popularity increases, Capacity Management's value would diminish just as fast. However, businesses complementing their virtual environments with Capacity Management are reaping additional benefits. Virtualization is exploding in popularity with virtual machine deployments expected to grow from 540,000 in 2006 to more than 4 million by 2009. The benefits are widely advertised, but the complexities and how to mitigate the issues have not been as widely discussed.TeamQuest enterprise performance specialist Jim Smith will explain how Capacity Management decreases the administration complexity that comes with virtualization. He will also demonstrate what will happen to response times when activity changes, when the guest will get "full", when an application activity will exceed server capacity, and when the application activity will exceed the cluster capacity. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7850 318 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7853 One of the main reasons that you come to CMG every year is to learn how to make your job easier with great tips and techniques from the experts! Join this session to learn how to take full advantage of BMC Performance Assurance for Mainframes including making better use of the Predictor Console. You’ll also hear some “how to” case studies based on feedback from our customers that you can use to improve capacity planning and forecasting in your shop – TODAY! Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7853 319 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7507 This session reviews some of the statistical techniques which can be useful in performance analysis and capacity planning. The introduction of basic statistical concepts will emphasize the relationship between what you see in a graph and the statistical formulae. Topics will include the following: • Descriptive Statistics: • The Basics: average, variance, coefficient of variation, standard deviation, etc. • Graphic Techniques: linear plots, distributions, histogramme, box plot, etc. • T-test : comparing averages. • Predictive Statistics: • Linear regression, multivariate regression as an approximation for Time Series Analysis.The selection of a single number to represent the behavior of a variable, given in a set of values, requires some statement about the representative-ness of the single number. This examination looks at the statistical value of your input and output as seen in any modeling process. Excel implementations will be discussed. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7507 321 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7108 This session addresses issues arising from establishing an effective monitoring and reporting regime for the Capacity Management process itself. Capacity Management practitioners collect metrics and provide their analysis and interpretation to underpin all the ITSM processes. The challenge often lies in gaining an understanding of business drivers for a service workload and identifying KPIs for the quality of the service. But few in Capacity Management then address the same challenge in applying the same techniques to their own activities. This session discusses experiences of some who do. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Business Performance Management: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7108 322 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7592 Today's internet and corporate intranets are based on the TCP/IP protocols suite.Do you know if your network is tuned? Are your TCP Profile parameters defined correctly? What errors are your TCP/IP stack encountering? What is the impact on CPU time of TCP/IP transmission, connection and errors?This session will describe how you may be able to do a step-by-step performance check of the TCP/IP network. We will do the following: 1. Describe the workload and response time 2. Find tuning opportunities 3. Review profile parameters 4. Find trouble spots in stack / socket performance 5. Detail areas where further investigation is neededIn a recent Network Health Check, we were able to eliminate communications errors affecting the important production DB2 application, eliminate unnecessary traffic and lower the CPU usage of TCP/IP. The session will address z/OS, Windows, and Linux platforms. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Network/Internet: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7592 323 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7548 The zIIP processor is a specialty engine announced for the System z9 family of processors. zIIPs now support both DB2 DDF workloads and TCP/IPSec workloads. This presentation will provide an overview of the zIIP technology itself, as well as how both DB2 and TCP/IPSec workloads exploit the zIIP. Information on capacity planning will be discussed and the speaker will describe the changes made to the IBM zCP3000 capacity planning tool to help estimate the potential CPU requirements to support zIIP environments. The speaker will discuss her experiences using this tool to estimate the potential amount of work which could be redirected to the zIIP and will share the results of the zIIP measurements done by the WSC. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7548 324 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7538 In this presentation, the speakers will cover the different types of hardware based replication technologies, Synchronous, Point-In-Time, and Asynchronous, including two and three data center options. We will cover the differences between the various technologies and how network bandwidth requirements may be affected by which one you might use. The importance of data integrity - and how that is accomplished using the various different types of replication and features unique to the HDS replication portfolio - will also be covered. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7538 325 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7109 Minimizing the number of servers and preparing sufficient resources are contradictory requirements in server consolidation. These requirements can be formalized as a variant of the bin packing problem, which is known to be NP-hard. The least-loaded, a load-balancing algorithm, is applied to the problem and compared to the classical First-Fit Decreasing algorithm designed to address the bin packing problem. Our technique of improving the algorithms is then presented. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7109 326 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7139 Most modern applications are networked and make heavy use of various communication protocols such as TCP/IP and SOAP over HTTP in case of Web Services. This session presents the results of an experimental evaluation of the communication and inherent processing overhead of these two protocols. Experiments were carried out to determine the impact of the size of reply message as well as the complexity of the SOAP reply message in terms of number of elements. Analysis of variance was used to determine the statistical significance of the differences obtained. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7139 327 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7851 Understand how to improve analysis with user agents in TeamQuest latest software Release 10. Augment the wide range of performance data gathered by TeamQuest-supplied agents to collect data on business processes, equipment, and applications unique to your site, network devices, device availability, disk usage by user, and much more. User agents allow for a non-intrusive, detailed analysis from custom sources. TeamQuest enterprise performance specialist Per Bauer will explain what makes user agents so powerful and will unveil tips on how to get the most from collecting the most comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date measurements possible. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7851 328 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7854 A survey of the top 10 topics requested by customers using BMC Performance Assurance tools for managing performance in virtualized environments. Performance reporting topics include strategies for reporting CPU usage of AIX micro-partitions and dynamic partitions, VMware virtual machines, and Solaris containers. Performance sizing/modeling topics include server consolidation techniques for initial sizing of AIX/HP partitioned systems or a VMware host, and continuing consolidation onto already virtualized AIX partitioned systems. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7854 329 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7591 This basic tutorial in the CMG-T foundation curriculum introduces the measurement techniques that are employed in monitoring computer performance. It focuses on the two major types of measurement procedures - interval-based sampling and event-driven measurements. It discusses the relative advantages and disadvantages of these two approaches, comparing and contrasting them in terms of their accuracy, validity, and reliability. The clock and timer facilities that interval-based sampling measurements rely upon are also described. Common measurement anomalies including missing or incomplete data capture are also discussed, along with overhead considerations. The class draws heavily on examples from the IBM mainframe hardware and software environment as well as Intel server hardware and the Windows operating system. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7591 331 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7083 In reviewing many of the CMG papers, there is a lot of space devoted to analyzing data, but not much space devoted to where this data came from. Now the standard performance metrics that your favorite operating system collects will provide a high level view as to what is happening. To get a more detailed view, it will be required that the application have ''hooks'' to gather application specific data.This session will provide an overview of how to instrument an application and how to analyze the data collected. The reader can then extend it to his/her specific environment. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Business Performance Management: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7083 332 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7582 The Windows network stack has been re-architected with performance as one of the fundamental goals of the design. This talk outlines the design-choices made to enhance the performance of the network I/O sub-system - among them, a different approach to packet-processing. The new network I/O sub-system also dramatically changes the hardware/software interface - this talk discusses how the design effectively leverages network hardware. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Windows: Windows http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7582 333 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7584 This presentation discusses tuning opportunities with common problem areas for different z/Series subsystems (e.g. DB2, DB2’s Distributed Data Facility (DDF), Java and Websphere Application Server, PL/1 and CICS). The speaker will present performance findings and tuning opportunities based on experiential projects from various companies. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7584 334 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7500 FICON channels provide excellent performance and are getting faster every year, yet many installations are not getting the best performance out of the FICON channels. In this paper we will discuss FICON channel performance from the Disk Subsystem perspective. Many installations see performance issues even though the FICON channel utilization seems to be low, resulting in statements like 'Our Disk Subsystem shows pending times in excess of 5 ms, yet it cannot be because of the channels, because RMF shows only 32% channel busy'. Processor FICON interfaces tend to support higher data rates than Disk Subsystem FICON interfaces, not only because they are faster but also because they have different tasks to perform, resulting in the imbalance in the quote. This makes it very hard to manage and plan Disk Subsystem FICON interface using standard processor-based measurements.The presentation will discuss the FICON architecture and implementation on the host and Disk Subsystem side, explaining why the requirements are different at each side of the link. We will propose new methods to monitor the health of the Disk Subsystem FICON interfaces, such as the effective data rate. With these metrics you will not only be able to easily see when your FICON links are becoming too busy, but you will also be to plan configurations with fewer links. We will show a sizing methodology that will allow you to use fewer host channels and yet avoid performance issues.Examples will be given on how to use and interpret standard measurement data to understand both ends of the FICON link, and also to monitor Disk Subsystem Host Adapter health. Finally, we will talk about the impact that long(er) distances have on FICON configuration planning. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7500 335 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7024 An earlier session in this series looked at tools that can be used to monitor Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) applications. But what happens if the data you are really interest in is not available, how can you gather that data? One possibility is to use a commercial profiling tool, but there is another, possibly simpler, mechanism: use the power of Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) to generate you own statistics. This session introduces AOP term and concepts and shows how they can be applied to performance monitoring. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Linux and Unix: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7024 336 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7201 The mission of ITIL Capacity Management is to ensure that the current and future capacity of IT infrastructure is provided to meet business application requirements at an acceptable cost. Traditional capacity management tools focus on the performance, capacity, and cost of the IT infrastructure within an enterprise. In this session, we examine hardware and software trends at the macro level and provide insight for long-term capacity planning beyond the local system and application environment. We introduce a performance model for Moore’s Law vs. Gates’ Law to quantify the study. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7201 337 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7785 System z is the platform of choice for performance and scalability, as long as you have a strategy to monitor the environment and proactively manage performance and availability. In this session you'll learn how to get more from System z by visualizing performance metrics for better control and automation of your mainframe application environment. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7785 338 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7877 For nearly 40 years Macro 4 has delivered world-class software solutions to a global customer base. During this time, the use of IT has been transformed and it is now clear that the days of having a single platform for each critical business applications are long gone. Application Performance Management allows you to approach performance tuning from an application, as well as a system, point of view. To implement performance management you need the right tools for the job. Designed specifically for z/OS, FreezeFrame and ExpeTune provide a cost-effective yet comprehensive solution that isolates performance problems in both batch and online applications, and produces useful and informative reports that are easy to understand. Additionally, ExpeTune DB provides a tool for DB2 performance analysts.Join us to learn about how the Macro 4 performance tools can assist you in Application Performance Management. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7877 339 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7591 This basic tutorial in the CMG-T foundation curriculum introduces the measurement techniques that are employed in monitoring computer performance. It focuses on the two major types of measurement procedures - interval-based sampling and event-driven measurements. It discusses the relative advantages and disadvantages of these two approaches, comparing and contrasting them in terms of their accuracy, validity, and reliability. The clock and timer facilities that interval-based sampling measurements rely upon are also described. Common measurement anomalies including missing or incomplete data capture are also discussed, along with overhead considerations. The class draws heavily on examples from the IBM mainframe hardware and software environment as well as Intel server hardware and the Windows operating system. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7591 341 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7551 Whilst performance testing is well recognized as a discipline within the application development lifecycle it is only part of an end-to-end performance assurance process. Software and systems quality, with specific regard to performance, should be assessed using a triumvirate of methods: firstly performance and capacity modeling; secondly performance, load and soak testing; and finally capacity management. By utilizing all three techniques appropriately it is possible to provide a holistic approach to application performance that can significantly improve mitigation of risks, thereby adding considerable value to the development process. This presentation will demonstrate how and when each of these three processes should be used, how to provide an integrated approach across the development lifecycle and, using real-life case-studies, how this has added value to clients' projects. Also addressed is how this three-phased approach can work within the challenges of an Agile development process. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Business Performance Management: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7551 342 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7581 Efficiently transferring files between local storage volumes and across networks requires thoughtful design in a variety of software components and protocols. This paper describes advances in Windows in this area, including performance data, measurement principles, and some of the design considerations and trade-offs made during development. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Windows: Windows http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7581 343 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7204 How many reports do you use to determine if your E2E (including the Mainframe) needs tuning? Are you sure you are looking at E2E from the same perspective as your End-User (i.e. user satisfaction with enterprise applications)? Would it help if you could convert many measurements into one number? Would this benefit your SOA applications? Taking it to the next level, how is the customer satisfaction of you application performance affecting your business goals? Here’s what the Apdex Alliance and Industry Leaders are now suggesting and what it takes to accomplish it. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7204 344 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7048 This presentation examines three important issues with virtual and robotic tape systems. Each of these topics is analyzed using queueing models with feedback. The approach is simplistic but reasonably accurate; more importantly, it allows us to examine each system from its roots to its impact. Topics include the following: 1. Robotic Pass Throughs and Drive Busy, 2. Concurrent Virtual Drives and job elongation, 3. The performance characteristics of synchronous vs. asynchronous replication with respect to concurrent virtual drives and elapsed time. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7048 345 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7122 When does the light on the executive dashboard turn from yellow to red? When do you order new hardware? Traditionally, these decisions are handled by setting thresholds — picking some number to use as an upper or lower limit. Thresholds might have worked well in the days of a handful of beloved systems. But for today’s complex environments, thresholding is not only painful to manage but conceptually bankrupt. Let’s talk about the problems with thresholds and dashboards and work to identify some practical alternatives. Vendors, put on your iron underwear and attend this session. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7122 346 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7213 The ability to evaluate the performance of a software system's architecture early in the design lifecycle lessens the risks associated with choosing a particular architecture. Unfortunately, such early evaluation is difficult due to incomplete information. Our focus has been on techniques that provide comparative performance information regarding various architectural choices, rather than absolute information. In this session, we demonstrate our method on a small web-based example. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7213 347 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7088 For web applications, major performance problems in production can only be corrected by recreating the production scenario in a controlled environment and arrive at the solution through performance testing and analysis. The key to this approach lies in accurately identifying parameters that can help recreate the production workload for load testing. The current practice for specifying these metrics is based on “guestimates” or derived from heuristics or rules of thumb. This session presents a methodology that removes this subjectivity by extracting these metrics from web access log files. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7088 347 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7852 This session will examine the key issues within the transition from ITIL v2 to ITIL v3. It includes an overview of the main changes while focusing on the key benefits and processes that will help a business adjust to modernized best practices. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7852 348 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7855 Strobe is Compuware's Application Performance Management (APM) tool that enables you to optimize application performance throughout the enterprise and helps you determine the precise nature and causes of performance bottlenecks. Join us to learn about the most beneficial and proven application performance management techniques. You will also learn how we support emerging technologies such as Java, WebSphere Application Server (WAS) and Distributed Data Facility (DDF). In addition, you will hear how iStrobe and AutoStrobe can make your APM efforts more productive. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7855 349 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7591 This basic tutorial in the CMG-T foundation curriculum introduces the measurement techniques that are employed in monitoring computer performance. It focuses on the two major types of measurement procedures - interval-based sampling and event-driven measurements. It discusses the relative advantages and disadvantages of these two approaches, comparing and contrasting them in terms of their accuracy, validity, and reliability. The clock and timer facilities that interval-based sampling measurements rely upon are also described. Common measurement anomalies including missing or incomplete data capture are also discussed, along with overhead considerations. The class draws heavily on examples from the IBM mainframe hardware and software environment as well as Intel server hardware and the Windows operating system. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7591 351 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7552 ITIL Version 3 has recently been launched to much fanfare with its structure a radical re-design from ITIL Version 2. The Capacity Management process is affected considerably as it is now spread across all five of the 'core' books: Service Strategy, Service Design, Service Transition, Service Operation and Continual Service Improvement. In this session the changes within ITIL Version 3 that impacting on the Capacity Management process will be covered in detail. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Business Performance Management: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7552 352 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7081 DB2 is a growing subsystem in many large system environments. A major part of this growth is as an enterprise server. Accompanying this growth is evolution of DB2, operating system, and processor capabilities. Installations exploiting this evolution must adjust data analysis and reporting to allow for changes in available data. Recent releases of z/OS and DB2 have included significant updates to RMF, DB2, and SMF 30 records. This session will discuss the sources and analysis of DB2 CPU metrics and corresponding response times. Primary focus items include DDF and zIIP. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7081 353 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7154 The most effective way to learn about an old but complex piece of equipment is to take it apart and rebuild it. The author was given such a learning opportunity when presented with an antique Service Definition dating back to the dawn of WLM. We learned several valuable lessons for the future while gaining control of its 89 Service Class Periods, 20 goals at Importance 1, and SRM coefficients smelling of old technology. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7154 354 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7206 Data centers are consolidating more and more storage into large disk arrays. In hyper-consolidated environments, where perhaps hundreds of servers are all accessing the same disk array, determining the causes of performance issues is becoming more and more difficult. This session describes a drill-down methodology that was employed to quickly sift through large amounts of data to determine the ultimate causes of the client’s performance issues and propose effective remedies. This methodology could be applied to any application running under any operating system on any vendor’s disk arrays. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7206 355 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7579 This session will cover IBM's System p platform virtualization and shared resources and capacity planning considerations that arise. We will cover new shared resource considerations on the Power6 platform / AIX V6 and differences from the Power5 / AIX 5.3 features along with changes in capacity planning that result from new features. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Linux and Unix: UNIX http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7579 356 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7210 In our quest for achieving optimal system performance, we tend to follow several methods and techniques. Some of these techniques are empirical in nature and use a scientific approach while others are artistic in nature and rely on rule-of-thumbs and past experience. This presentation will discuss some common traps that are experienced while managing the performance of our systems regardless of the technique used. Tips to recognize and avoid these traps are discussed so that the desired results can be achieved. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7210 357 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7540 The history of the modern Information Technology (IT) industry can be traced back to a time when computers were massive in size, small in number, and costly enough that only the largest organizations had one. This was the era of centralized computing: hardware, supporting software, and business applications clearly distinguishable and manageable with relative ease.Technological advancements lowered computing costs such that it is now the norm for businesses to deploy distributed computing infrastructures comprised of hundreds of interconnected computers. These modern IT infrastructures have proven to be much more challenging to manage than their predecessors. With the rapid adoption of virtualization technologies and SOA-based application development methodologies one can only imagine the complexity of the management problem that lies ahead!This presentation will offer a retrospective of IT systems evolution, the management issues precipitated by various disruptive technologies introduced along the way, and some insight into future challenges that lie ahead. The focus of this session will be on manageability -- specifically how current and expected technology adoption is driving the need for revised approaches to traditional systems management methodologies and tools. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7540 401 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7119 An enterprise collects data using many monitoring tools. Some collect numerous metrics; others use metrics to diagnose an issue after IT staff has been informed of a problem. Others analyze metrics to predict problems before they occur. With a shrinking IT budget and “do more with less” directives, IT professionals face a conundrum: what metrics should be collected to ensure the availability of critical business services? A metrics-collection approach review shows that collecting 40% of available metrics eliminates 94% of the most common problems, revealing a rapid declining ROI. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Business Performance Management: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7119 402 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7501 Windows Server 2008 shares the innovative improvements of Windows Vista while integrating significant new server features such TCP and IP v6 networking and SMB2 file serving. This talk will discuss performance and scalability improvements in Windows Server 2008 including analytical tools and methods used by the Windows server performance team. I will include information on how Windows Server 2008 uses new processor capabilities such as multi-core, as well as its improved, built-in performance analysis capabilities. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Windows: Windows http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7501 403 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7076 Today’s transactions on z/OS can run on zIIP and zAAP processors, as well as traditional general purpose processors. This session will discuss some typical transaction flows involving zIIP and zAAP processors and how the CPU time consumed is accumulated to the address space SMF 30, the processor SMF 70, and the WLM service class period SMF 72.3 records. Additional topics discussed will include dependent and independent enclaves, client SRBs, unmanaged treads, and other key concepts necessary to understand the interpretation of zIIP and zAAP CPU times. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7076 404 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7078 CUP, or Control Unit Port is a holdover from ESCON directors. In a FICON environment, CUP allows for in-band management, and opens the door to FICON director performance metrics via the RMF 74-7 record, more commonly known as the FICON Director Activity Report. In an effort to reduce acquisition costs and be more competitive on price, many vendors will try and make the case why you do not need CUP on FICON directors. This session will present the reasons why, from a performance management perspective, ''not to CUP'' is the wrong answer to the question posed by the session title. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7078 405 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7541 Testing and tuning the performance of applications is a complex task, undertaken by a team of individuals that may include performance engineers, QA testers, architects, developers, database administrators and related project team members. Fostering communication among these individuals can be challenging and can often lead to testing delays. This session will provide a new methodology for collaborative load testing an antidote to the iterative, multi-week process based on e-mail and conference calls that most organizations are forced to use today. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7541 406 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7012 At Caterpillar we call this the out of standard process. By identifying our applications and tracking monthly cpu utilization, we calculate the expected performance baseline. Each month all applications are measured for current activity and compared to the baseline. Those applications that exceed a specified threshold of variance are designated as “out of standard” or OOS for short. The OOS applications are scrutinized for a named cause of the variance. This process assigns one of three dispositions to the OOS application :anomaly, growth or tuning. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7012 407 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7856 Performance analysts, capacity planners and system administrators will understand how to effectively optimize IT service performance and quickly identify problems with TeamQuest IT Service Analyzer. Attendees will see how easy it is to analyze a problematic IT service or multi-tiered application and then zero in on the IT component that is causing the problem, regardless of where that component may reside. Jose Quinones will show how Analyzer offers both real-time and historical capabilities for proactive IT service performance analysis, problem diagnosis, root cause analysis, drill down, and reporting. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7856 408 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7786 The mainframe has long had best practices in place for financial management, including accounting and chargeback, but with the rise of distributed platforms the true value of the mainframe has been obscured. This session will provide strategies lower total cost of ownership through better approaches to software asset management, capacity planning and mainframe accounting. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7786 409 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7862 Application performance management (APM) links application performance goals to business objectives. APM assures that the user traffic flows operate properly. This session describes APM within the ITIL framework, and in the context of the stages of APM maturity. The Application Performance Index (Apdex) is an open standard methodology that is key to successful APM (see apdex.org). Apdex is a numerical measure of user satisfaction with the performance of enterprise applications. The session provides an overview of Apdex and how it enables better APM results. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7862 40A http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7580 The reach of virtualization is expanding to encompass almost all data center resources, significantly increasing the opportunities to align infrastructure usage with business priorities. This session discusses trends in data center virtualization including virtualization of servers, networks, files, and storage. In addition, this session discusses the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of virtualization technologies and how integrated management of virtualization will break down resource allocation silos to improve data center infrastructure management. At the end of this session, you will: 1. Understand the application of virtualization to data center resources 2. Understand different approaches to resource virtualization and management 3. Understand how virtualization technologies can be combined and managed Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Windows: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7580 411 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7504 For many years IT has been admonished to run "more like a business". What this phrase meant was never clear. Some strategist envisioned "more like a business" to mean profit driven, a concept that never gained much currency for internal IT organizations. Others took it simply to mean more structured management. Whatever the phrase might have meant, the change called for represented the dissatisfaction of business departments and corporate leadership with the services provided by IT. It reflected a need to move from a crisis driven management style to an organization that has its work-flow optimized, where planning is formalized, and customer knowledge is part of its culture. Today we can begin to describe and build a realizable organizational architecture in which "IT is a business". It does not require IT to become a profit center, but does force its executive to respond to market driven initiatives. It is built on the business process optimization model called for by ITIL and presents itself to its technologically savvy customers, the corporate profit centers, as a catalog of services. It uses new technologies such as the utility data center, SOA, and SAAS. It is the concrete fulfillment of IT being run like a business. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Business Performance Management: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7504 412 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7175 Newer mainframe CPU technologies show great promise for reducing hardware and software costs. Mainframe customers purchase books of CPUs that are enabled (as needed) as general purpose or lower-cost specialty engines. Another nuance of this capacity model is the temporary enabling of general purpose engines (Capacity on Demand). This session will discuss capacity planning techniques to size and plan for these new technologies. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7175 413 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7072 We've put together an all star cast of the top storage and storage networking experts in the industry to answer your questions. Come prepared with your questions, or email them in advance to storage@cmg.org. Disk, tape, SAN, IP, iSCSI, SATA, you name it. This panel can handle it!Panelists include: Greg Schultz of Storage IO, Tom Clark of Brocade Communication, Randy Kerns of ProStor Systems, John Webster of lluminata, Nancy Hurley of Bocada. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7072 414 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7550 In today's Complex Data Center Environments, Monitoring Performance is still an Important Function. How we performed this function in the past, was good for those old Environments. Today, we must adopt New Concepts and methodologies to provide effective Resource Usage, and take the necessary Corrective Actions to protect these Precious Resources. This session will look at some of these New Age Concepts. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7550 415 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7901 On August 1, 2007, IBM announced that it was moving the workload from 3900 distributed servers to 30 mainframe servers, an overall ratio of 130 virtual servers to one physical server using its Linux on z implementation. This paper analyzes several case studies of companies that have implemented mainframe virtualization and provides additional specifics on the approach, business case, and lessons learned from the IBM conversion. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7901 416 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7506 Reflecting across nearly 20 years of solving Oracle performance problems, I can recognize a single pattern of behavior that is the dominant reason for failure in all the projects I've witnessed. In almost every case I've seen, failures in diagnosing and repairing performance problems have been caused by unrecognized SKEW in diagnostic data. This presentation shows several examples that illustrate why skew is such a pervasive problem for performance analysts. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7506 417 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7857 From IT executives to business managers and IT clients, the need to demonstrate IT value and communicate IT service performance as it relates to business is imperative in today's environment to understand and exploit business advantages.Join Jose Quinones as he shows attendees how to perform analysis and reporting at a level that makes sense to IT management and business units. Use customized reports to show service delivery efficiency and concentrate IT optimization efforts on IT resources that affect the most important IT services. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7857 418 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7859 This session will cover how architecture changes in recent years have shifted common I/O bottlenecks, why traditional metrics are no longer sufficient, how to get visibility into things like the host adapter performance on the disk subsystem, the hard drives on the disk subsystem, FICON performance, dynamic and Hyper PAV sizing, and implications for remote copy protocols. Examples from all types of disk subsystems using actual RMF and CMF data processed using RMF Magic will be shown. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7859 419 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7863 This session describes the process and strategic choices enterprises must make to implement the Apdex methodology. The process leverages existing technologies and instrumentation tools while improving APM best practices. A state-of-the-art snapshot of APM best practices benchmarks for more than 300 companies will be presented. The elements of an Apdex implementation process model will be outlined in addition to strategies for involving the right parts of an organization to ensure a successful Apdex outcome. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT : http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7863 41A http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7589 Perhaps you have seen managers, employees and suppliers who don't just do their jobs better than others, but who inspire those around them to be better. As Dale puts it, "They are the people who put a lever to the human spirit and lift." Based on his book BETTER THAN PERFECT™, Dale Dauten will share his research on what it takes to be that one-in-a-hundred worker, the one who raises the organization's energy and standards. To make the program accessible and memorable, Dale will introduce a series of "mysteries" which will be solved during the course of the presentation. Why is it that the winningest coach of all time never talked to his teams about winning? Why has the phrase "I have an idea" come to be dreaded by many managers? Why are most jobs designed to be boring?The answers come via a deeper understanding of how organizations really function and how shrewd employees at all levels get better anyway. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7589 421 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7590 What is capacity planning? How does it differ from performance tuning? How do I get started? If you've been asking yourself these questions, then this CMG-T course is for you. As the name implies, capacity planning forcomputer systems is about predicting the future. Financial planners do that all the time so, not surprisingly, many of the tools and techniques are similar. The difference lies in the data to be analyzed and the metricsused to express computer system performance rather than financial performance. And just like today's fast-paced business climate, IT decisions are made and revised so rapidly that merely providing your management with a sense of planning direction is often more important than calculating the compass bearing. Elsewhere, I have called this kind of tactical planning, *Guerrilla Capacity Planning*. This boot camp course will get you in shape in three sessions. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Computer Performance Evaluation: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7590 431 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7200 Many Linux proof of concepts failed due to performance reasons, many of which would have been easily resolved by following guidelines in this presentation. Configuring Linux on z/VM is often counter-intuitive when new to the platform, and many system defaults do not default to good performance. This presentation will guide you through the performance etiquette and ensure you start a Linux project with proper guidelines. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Linux and Unix: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7200 432 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7593 This basic tutorial in the CMG-T foundation curriculum introduces the metrics that are available from the Windows operating system and most prevalent applications. The sheer number of available metrics makes it difficult for anyone, even those analysts who are well versed in performance analysis measurements on other platforms, to discern the most important performance counters. This course will provide the necessary information to enable the Windows performance analyst to ascertain what the most important metrics are, how to interpret them, and the most appropriate collection mechanisms. It will also highlight those measurements that are not easily obtainable. Performance data collection and analysis issues using standard tools will be discussed. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Windows: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7593 433 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7549 This fast paced presentation will cover the latest information on recent System z9 and z/OS performance and capacity planning issues. Recent performance enhancements, gotchas, and recommendations will be reviewed. Information on new WLM functionality, provided in the most recent z/OS releases, will be highlighted. Also covered will be the latest information relating to WSC performance flashes and white papers and new support in the WSC zPCR tool used to size System z processors. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT zSeries: zSeries http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7549 434 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7022 This session will review recent innovations in SAN transport protocols, including iSCSI/iSER, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over IP, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCOE). Also known as Data Center Ethernet, FCOE is of particular interest because it enables convergence of storage and LAN traffic on a common infrastructure. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Storage: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7022 435 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7174 Recent studies have indicated that servers in US data centers consume over one percent of the electrical power generated in the US. With increased demand for IT applications, many data centers are not prepared for the growth. This session analyzes the characteristics associated with IT electrical power, and how the capacity planner is uniquely positioned to apply their process, procedures, and products previously used on IT resources to data center resources. It also discusses technologies that the capacity manager may already be advocating to mitigate the projected data center constraints. Thu, 5 Jun 2008 17:17:29 GMT Hot Topics: Non-Specific http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7174 436 http://test.cmg.org/cgi-bin/agenda_2007.pl?action=more&token=7503 Console games are the ultimate real-time programming challenge. A delay of just a few milliseconds can mean the difference between a good game experience and a great game. Console game development is definitely not all fun and games. It requires pushing the hardware to its limit. This requires using sophisticated programming techniques and tools that can precisely measure performance and identify bottlenecks. Adding to the challenge is the customer expectation that each year’s games will be better than last year’s, even when the hardware is exactly the same.This session gives an overview of game performance too