Hi All

I finally got some time to listen to the replay/recording of Monitoring and Analysis of AIX, VMM & I/O and recommend this to anyone and everyone with an AIX instance/interest. Yes there are 3 parts they are large to download and each runs for about an hour, but this is really good performance information.

These and other recordings hosted by the AIX Virtual User Group make great resources available when you have time.

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Power%20Systems/page/AIX%20Virtual%20User%20Group%20-%20USA

Cheers Chris

Hello

On February 5 IBM announced the latest line up in our Power Systems stable.
We have refreshed the product range to include the new POWER7+ based processors.
Come along and hear about these additions. The session will give an overview of the POWER7+ technology, new models and features.
The session will have a definite technical flavour and is aimed at those interested in the technology or involved with the technical selling of Power platforms.
Please email me if you wish to attend.
Tuesday 5 March, Majestic Centre, Wellington. 10.30 to 11.30.

regards Roger 

Hi Folks,

Happy New Year! Hope you had a good break!

Three of the four Power p ITSO workshops have now been scheduled and are available in Australia, however if we get a lot of interest from NZ, then we can look at having them scheduled in NZ.

Please let me know asap if either yourself, client and or colleague/s are interested in any of the below workshops and I will keep you posted on the status of having them scheduled in NZ.

Course    Location    Start    Price ex GST    Length    Workshop
WRB182AU    Melbourne    18th March    
WRB186AU    Melbourne    TBA    

  Regards
Jacell Bangit
Education Specialist A/NZ
IBM Training for Systems
IBM Systems & Technology Group

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http://www.ibm.com/training/au
http://www.ibm.com/training/nz                    
                    


 

Please spread the word to your customers, clients, partners to attend the workshops, You are very welcome to join,  too.  
Please go through the following links for information and enrollment :  

IBM Systems Director for POWER Systems Management: Designing, Implementing and Management including Network Installation Manager (NIM), WRB186AU Open
Starts 23 Oct 2012 for 3 days in Sydney, Australia

ITSO workshops typically feature materials created by practitioners during residencies that produced IBM Redbooks. Our workshops usually are taught by Redbooks authors and are conducted in partnership with IBM IT Education Services.

                                 
Best regards / Mit freundlichem Gruss
Frieder A. Hamm

including:
IBM System x Technical Symposium
IBM PureSystems Technical Symposium
IBM Power Systems Technical Symposium
IBM System Storage Technical Symposium

Dear New Zealand colleagues,

Following its recent success in Sydney, IBM Training is bringing its IBM Systems Technical Symposium Series to Auckland from 13-15 November, to be held at Rydges Auckland Hotel.  Please put this date in your calendars now!  Attending this event is a smart and efficient way for customers, Business Partners and IBMers to catch up on key messages and up-to-date technical content in 3 intensive days of training.

Some of the feedback from Sydney attendees included:
- Well worth attending
- Enjoyed the networking
- Deep dive sessions useful
- Well organised event and wonderful speakers

The cost of registration will be $1875pp ex GST and you will gain access to sessions across all 4 events - System x, Storage, Power Systems and PureSystems.

Over the next few weeks we will be bringing you information on how to register, discounted hotel accommodation deals for those travelling to the event, information on technical sessions, labs and presenters, certification exam bookings etc, so watch your Inbox for updates.  Detailed event information will also be available from next week at ibm.com/events/asiapacific

IBMers and IBM Customers - registration details will be forwarded next week.
Business Partners - Reserve your place now!  Contact Marianne Junko (mjunko@au1.ibm.com) to request your Partner Reward Vouchers.

Enquiries - please call 0800 426 401 from NZ (or 1800 801 088 from Australia) or email stgedu@au1.ibm.com

We look forward to seeing you in Auckand.

Regards,

Danielle Lofting

Hi,

Please spread the word to your customers, clients, partners to attend the workshops, You are very welcome to join,  too.  
Please go through the following links for information and enrollment : 

		IBM POWER Systems Virtualization: Advanced Topics, Management and Best Practices (HMC, LPARs, Share LPARs, WPARs, VIO), WRB190AU Open Starts 10 Jul 2012 for 3 days in Melbourne, Australia
		IBM POWER Systems Virtualization: Advanced Topics, Management and Best Practices (HMC, LPARs, Share LPARs, WPARs, VIO), WRB190NZ Open Starts 17 Jul 2012 for 3 days in Auckland, New Zealand
		Managing Linux clusters using eXtreme Cluster Administration Tool (xCAT); deploying and management best practices, WRB197AU Open Starts 18 Sep 2012 for 3 days in Melbourne, Australia
		IBM Systems Director for POWER Systems Management: Designing, Implementing and Management including Network Installation Manager (NIM), WRB186AU Open Starts 23 Oct 2012 for 3 days in Sydney, Australia

ITSO workshops typically feature materials created by practitioners during residencies that produced IBM Redbooks. Our workshops usually are taught by Redbooks authors and are conducted in partnership with IBM IT Education Services.

                                 
Best regards / Mit freundlichem Gruss
Frieder A. Hamm

Sheraton on the Park, Sydney
ibm.com/events/asiapacific

This event offers attendees an intense, consolidated focus on how to reduce operation costs, simplify the IT environment, access current and upcoming solution providers and leverage the newest technology innovation – virtualization with the IBM POWER7™ technology.
Sessions will extensively cover a broad range of Power Systems topics, multiple training levels (beginner to advance), best practices, solution center/expo and certification testing.

This year's Power Symposium will be co-located with each of our other symposia - System Storage, System z and System x.  A ticket to the Power Symposium will gain you access to sessions across each of the streams - more choices, more training, more value than ever before!

Enrol before 30 June 2012 for Early Bird Discount on 10%
Go to:  http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/au/en?pageType=course_description&courseCode=APCONAU

Hi,

Please spread the word and invite your customers, clients, partners to attend the workshops,
You are very welcome to join,  too.  

ITSO workshops typically feature materials created by practitioners during residencies that produced IBM Redbooks. Our workshops usually are taught by Redbooks authors and are conducted in partnership with IBM IT Education Services.

Please go through the following links for information and enrollment :

Oracle Real Application Cluster on Power Systems, WRB185AU Open
Starts 22 May 2012 for 3 days in Sydney, Australia
IBM PowerHA SystemMirror 7.1 for AIX (update for HACMP users including Cluster Aware AIX), WRB182AU Open
Starts 28 May 2012 for 3 days in Sydney, Australia
Managing Linux clusters using eXtreme Cluster Administration Tool (xCAT); deploying and management best practices, WRB197AU Open
Starts 18 Sep 2012 for 3 days in Melbourne, Australia

The following workshops are not yet scheduled. Please let us know your interest to attend by using the "Notify Me"-Box on our IBM ITSO Website :

IBM POWER Systems Virtualization: Advanced Topics, Management and Best Practices (HMC, LPARs, Share LPARs, WPARs, VIO), WRB190AU Coming
Planned start is 10 Jul 2012 for 3 days in Sydney, Australia
IBM POWER Systems Virtualization: Advanced Topics, Management and Best Practices (HMC, LPARs, Share LPARs, WPARs, VIO), WRB190NZ Coming
Planned start is 17 Jul 2012 for 3 days in Wellington, New Zealand
IBM DB2 PureScale on POWER Systems, WRB193AU Potential
Starts 2Q/2012 for 3 days in Sydney, Australia
IBM Systems Director for POWER Systems Management: Designing, Implementing and Management including Network Installation Manager (NIM), WRB186AU Potential
Starts 23 Oct 2012 for 3 days in Sydney, Australia  
                                 
Best regards / Mit freundlichem Gruss
Frieder A. Hamm

The AIX Support Center Tools web site provides information about widely used
data gathering tools and recommendation tools that are used by AIX system
administrators in conjunction with the IBM support center team. Data gathering
tools like zsnap help reduce the amount of time spent during initial problem
determination. The recommendation tools help provide health check reports or

In case you missed this, I strongly recommend your subscriptions at IBM My notifications.

Possible Action Required: System time may not change properly at DST start/end dates on AIX 7.1 and AIX 6.1,

Spectrum and IBM announce

PowerNOW - New Zealand’s

You are invited to attend the latest Power Systems Announcements for 2011 and a presentation on the technology advantage of IBM Power Systems. PowerNOW is all about making IBM Power Systems work for you...

Speakers / Agenda:

• Latest IBM Power Systems Announcements
  Dale Wheeler (IBM – Power Systems Product Manager)
• Utilizing IBM Electronic Service Agent to automate hardware call logging
  Narend Chand (IBM – Team leader ITS Maintenance)
• Features and Benefits of IBM Power Systems that affect TCO and ROI
  Paul Tomlinson (Spectrum)
• Drinks and Pizza / Networking
  

Auckland

Thursday - 5th May 2011
Time: 4.00pm to 7.00pm
IBM New Zealand
Ground Floor
Blake Room
82 Wyndham Street, Auckland

Wellington

Wednesday - 11th May 2011
Time: 4.00pm to 7.00pm
IBM New Zealand, Level 11
Watson Senior Board Room
Majestic Centre
100 Willis Street, Wellington

Register here to attend PowerNOW
http://speccon.co.nz/powernow

 Please spread the word and invite your customers, clients, partners to attend the workshop, too.

Why are these ITSO workshops unique?
ITSO technical workshops are developed and taught by the same IBM experts that bring you IBM Redbooks publications. Attendees can expect the same excellent quality found in IBM Redbooks. Like Redbooks, these workshops contain the most up-to-date technical content based on the latest software and hardware releases, information based on best practices in the industry, and relevant and focused topics. Students will learn from experienced instructors–all seminars are taught by ITSO experts from around the world.

More information about the workshops and how to enroll :

• IBM Systems Director for POWER Systems Management: Designing, Implementing and Management including Network Installation Manager (NIM), WRB186AU Open
  Starts 22 Jun 2011 for 3 days in Melbourne, Australia
• IBM POWER Systems Virtualization: Advanced Topics, Management and Best Practices (HMC, LPARs, Share LPARs, WPARs, VIO), WRB190AU Open
  Starts 27 Jun 2011 for 3 days in Melbourne, Australia
• Oracle 11g Rac on POWER Systems Implementation Best Practices, WRB185AU Open
  Starts 12 Jul 2011 for 3 days in Sydney, Australia
• IBM PowerHA SystemMirror 7.1 for AIX (update for HACMP users including Cluster Aware AIX), WRB182AU Coming
  Planned start is 06 Jul 2011 for 3 days in Sydney, Australia
  

Best regards / Mit freundlichem Gruss
Frieder A. Hamm
Program Manager for ITSO Workshops
International Technical Support Organization and Authoring Services
Germany : Phone ++49-711-6599185 Mobile ++49-172-7521804 Fax ++49-711-6573250 e-mail a.fr.hamm@us.ibm.com

Guide to selecting an AIX or VIOS Multipathing path control module

I prefer AIXPCM, as it is part of AIX, so easier from a support perspective, and reduces upgrade time and complexity.

 

By Jaqui Lynch

The past two years have been major events in the world of UNIX. In 2009 UNIX celebrated 40 years, and last month was the 25th birthday for AIX. In this article, I’ll take a brief walk through time and look at the progression UNIX and AIX have taken.

http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/aixextra/2011/02/building-a-legacy.html

 IBM TRAINING FOR SYSTEMS
POWER SYSTEM P (AIX) TRAINING UPDATE

A quick update from the IBM Training for Systems team. 

GPFS training update

GPFS training has undergone a course refresh and the new course will run for the first time on 18 April in Sydney.  This 2.5 day course includes information on installing, configuring, and monitoring a GPFS cluster. Many features are described and tested in hands on lab activities including storage management, HA options, cluster management, and Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) tools.

AN81AU - GPFS 3.2 System Administration  
18 April - Sydney
Course description/enrol at:
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/au/en?pageType=course_description&includeNotScheduled=y&courseCode=AN81AU

Save the date!

IBM Power Systems Technical Symposium 2011
16-19 August 2011 - Sydney (Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel).

Bookmark this page and visit regularly as more information is posted.  Registration now available at the same link.
ibm.com/events/asiapacific

Updated Power System p training schedule

IBMPowerSystemptrainingJanJun2011v2.pdf

Top 4 Power System p courses at the moment...

AN31AU - Power Systems for AIX - Virtualization II: Advanced PowerVM and Performance
4 April - Sydney
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/au/en?pageType=course_description&courseCode=AN31AU

AN22AU - AIX Network Installation Manager (NIM) I: Concepts and Configuration
4 April - Melbourne
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/au/en?pageType=course_description&courseCode=AN22AU

AN12AU - Power Systems for AIX II: AIX Implementation and Administration
21 February - Sydney (places still available for Feb class)
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/au/en?pageType=course_description&courseCode=AN12AU

AN14AU - AIX 6 Jumpstart for UNIX Professionals
4 April - Sydney
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss/au/en?pageType=course_description&courseCode=AN14AU

**IBMers should enrol at Learning@IBM**

IBM Training for Systems - Enquiries 1800 801 088 (or NZ 0800 801 426) - stgedu@au1.ibm.com

If you no longer wish to receive updates from IBM Training, please reply with REMOVE to dlofting@au1.ibm.com

Regards,
Danielle Lofting
Education Specialist – A/NZ (part-time)
IBM Systems and Technology Group, IBM Australia
p. 1800 801 088
e. dlofting@au1.ibm.com
www.ibm.com/training/au

 Hello to our Trans-Tasman colleagues,

The next few months are busy for hardware/storage technical training in New Zealand.  We currently have a host of courses scheduled for System x, VMware, System Storage and Power Systems.  For those unaware, IBM is now a Global VMware Authorised Training Centre, so you can be assured that when you attend VMware training with IBM, you receive the same quality course material and qualified instructors as you do from VMware themselves. 

Please find our updated technical training schedule attached.

2011JanJunNZschedulev2.pdf

If you have a selection of training courses to be completed by people in your organisation over the next few months, please consider our Education Packs which allow you to buy 12 months worth of training at a discounted rate.

If the course you need isn't scheduled, please let us know.  You can contact us on 0800 426 801 or stgedu@au1.ibm.com

Over here in Melbourne we are busily organising our 4th Annual IBM System x and BladeCenter Technical Symposium.  Details are available at:  http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=page&c=G276651F86973B80
We hope you will consider joining us at this event!!

Free to share this schedule with colleagues and clients who we may have missed sending this to and please don't hesitate to contact us if you require any assistance.

Regards,
 
Danielle Lofting
Education Specialist – A/NZ (part-time)
IBM Systems and Technology Group
IBM Australia
e. dlofting@au1.ibm.com
www.ibm.com/training/au

IBM is a VMware Authorised Training Centre - check out our offerings at ibm.com/training/au/vmware

 Pat O'Rourke is from the IBM briefing lab and has deep knowledge of the Power product line.  This week, Pat will cover the I/O options and considerations for POWER7 servers.  I/O drawers, adapters, placement, split backplanes, and even some SSD (Solid State Disk) will be covered.  This gets pretty deep into the server I/O architecture and helps you better under the server capabilities and how to best use them.
This webinar is 90 minutes.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/AIX+Virtual+User+Group+-+USA

 Power IT Pro is holding a free one-day online conference featuring IBM and independent  AIX experts on November 16, 2010.  

Information and registration for this event is at http://app.tech.pentontech.com/e/es.aspx?s=1481&e=39305&elq=445d152f92ad4f90a90ddb554a662dc6 and we would appreciate you forwarding this info to your membership.  This virtual event offers your members updates, education, and in-depth technical exploration on topics for Power Systems and AIX users. This is a great opportunity for your members to get access to AIX education from their own office.

 The zsnap command is a supplemental tool used by AIX support personnel to gather debugging data. Built around the standard AIX snap command, the zsnap command gathers additional information that the snap command does not provide. You can also use the zsnap command to send a testcase directly to IBM from the machine that generated the testcase data. If needed, the zsnap command can fork multiple calls to the snap command, which results in quicker data gathering than if done via snap.

 zsnap Utility for AIX http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg3T4000034

Romulo M. de Araujo
Technology Specialist

Solnet Solutions Limited
Level 12, Solnet House
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PO Box 397, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
DDI +64 4 462 5024, Mobile +64 21 276 9196
Main +64 4 462 5000, Fax +64 4 462 5012
E-mail: romulo.araujo@solnetsoltuions.co.nz

Thanks to Joe at the VUG for this one:

Hi Everyone,
At the June webinar I mentioned a new set of IBM courses that were being
offered.  These are FREE of charge, NO COST, COMPLIMENTARY classes.  They
are a bit like the AIX VUG Webinars with each class having a single focus.
I have put a link to the material as well as the web site on the AIX VUG
Wiki.  It is just above the Next Sessions heading and is labeled Power Test
Drive Course Information.  Check it out for more focused education from
IBM.

AIX VUG Wiki:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/display/WikiPtype/AIX+Virtual+User+Group+-+Central+Region+USA

joe

Joe Armstrong

Hi All

This in from Tao chen in China - Thanks
 
I just came across this page, with many learning materials on packet-level network analysis with Wireshark:
http://www.cacetech.com/sharkfest.10/

POWER7 based machines introduces the Active Memory Expansion (AME) which makes the memory of an AIX 6 Logical Partition (LPAR) seem larger than is actually is by compression memory pages on the fly. This movie covers the basics of how it works, how to switch it on at the LPAR level, running the "amepat" tool to predetermine good AME settings and its effect and then how to monitor it while its running.

 Want to know more about new IBM #POWER7 systems. Go here.

Just read the news about #IBM #POWER7 announcements. Check it out

#IBM announces #POWER7 redefines the benchmarks against which performance is measured

 Hi All

Looks like we now have a Blog, File Sharing, a Wiki, and Activities, I will have a play and see what we can do with them

Cheers Chris