Common Europe Congress 2021: Full Schedule

Welcome to Common Europe Congress 2021 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the largest IBM Power Systems community gathering in Europe with in-depth workshops, deep dives, presentations. See the exciting agenda below; see more and register immediately: https://comeur.org/cec2021/

09:15 CET

A day in the life of an IBM i System Administrator

A session containing a sample of tips and tools used on a daily basis for managing IBM i partitions with 200 TB storage, 4.5 TB table with 7.3 billion rows and lots of streamfiles, including 36 GB XML files.

The tools covered include ACS and SSL, SSH, SQL and Open Source tools.

This session is a fast-paced view over the challenges I meet and the tools I use in a normal workday as an IBM i systems administrator. It also includes tips for administration of IBM i.

The objective of this session is to inspire rather than educate.

Speakers

Christian Jørgensen

Network of Music Partners A/S

IBM ChampionLong time experience with IBM i - since 1988.Member of Code for IBM i core team.IBM i and Open Source freak with public git repositories:https://github.com/chrjorgensenhttps://bitbucket.org/repo/all?name=christianjorgensenBlog with a few articles: http://ibmirules.blo... Read More →

Monday November 1, 2021 09:15 - 10:15 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security, Open Source

10:30 CET

Agentless performance insights from your Power servers

We have access to a lot of performance data from our Power servers. I will show you how to retrieve this data and visualize it, to give you insights into how your Power servers and logical partitions are performing. While this gives you a good overall look at your platform performance and capacity usage, it is also invaluable when troubleshooting. The components I use and demonstrate can be installed on a small AIX or Linux partition (or Linux x86 VM) and are all open source and free to use. I will demonstrate some of our standard Grafana dashboards and how you can build your own custom dashboards and graphs.

Speakers

Mark Nellemann

Brand Technical Specialist IBM Power, IBM Denmark

I work as a technical specialist for the IBM Power brand. My job involves helping new customers, business partners - and most importantly, our existing customers - to get the most out of the excellent line of IBM Power servers.

Monday November 1, 2021 10:30 - 11:30 CET
G16 - Room 16

Systems & Security, Infrastructure

10:30 CET

Pete’s Perspective on IBM i

In this session, Pete Massiello will go over his thoughts on the future and direction of IBM i.

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

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

Monday November 1, 2021 10:30 - 11:30 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security

11:45 CET

A crash ? Recover your last data 10 min before the incident, even WITHOUT any HA solution!

The ‘Recover for i’ new solution allows you to lose only a few data in case of an incident! No HA solution? Never mind, just restore your LTO tapes, then ask ‘Recover for i’ to do the rest… How? He makes incremental database backups “on the flow” without any constraint. The only need is a FTP/NFS server (on or off-site) to store all the 10-minutes increments. 'Recover for i' manages, automates, monitors and reports all incremental backups and, of course, all recovery operations. It’s running on dozens of IBM i partitions, sold by our business partners. Remember : M81 is a system software development firm (3 products, 200 end-user customers, 50 partners in 18 countries).

Speakers

Pascal Ruckebusch

CEO, M81

Pascal Ruckebusch has felt into the AS/400 since he was young … Many jobs: developer, product manager, system expert, technical manager always in the IBM i world…Pascal founded M81 editor because he detected that this platform still needs improvements in areas as important as... Read More →

Monday November 1, 2021 11:45 - 12:10 CET
F18 - Room 18

Systems & Security, HA

13:10 CET

Tips & Tricks to Saving Disk Space and Improving Performance

What can you do to stop the rampant growth of data that’s eating up disk space? How do you improve system performance? Come to this session to find out how to make the most out of your existing configuration by leveraging the many optimizations and cleanup techniques that are a part of i5/OS, including reorganization of physical files, sharing of access paths, and using the DISKTASK command. Pinpoint how to reduce your disk I/O by reorganizing files and clean up your system using the Retrieve Disk Information (RTVDSKINF) and Retrieve Directory Information (RTVDIRINF) commands.

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Monday November 1, 2021 13:10 - 14:10 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security

14:25 CET

Single Sign On on IBM i

Single Sign On can help to minimize problems with locked account, weak password, NetServer locked accounts.
Join and learn step by step how to implement SSO on IBM i environment. Get familiar with the requirements, troubleshooting and best practice

Speakers

Bartlomiej Grabowski

IBM POWER Systems Principal Support Specialist, DHL

Bartlomiej Grabowski known as Bart, a B.A Computer Science. IBM Champion and Platinum Redbook author with over 15 technical publications. +18 years of experience in various worldwide solutions works for DHL IT Services - one of the biggest IBM i installations. He runs a personal blog... Read More →

Monday November 1, 2021 14:25 - 15:25 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security, Infrastructure

16:50 CET

Round Table System Management

Div. Speakers

Moderators

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Speakers

Rudi van Helvoirt

Technical Director, Easi Nederland

After having started as a System/38 programmer in 1986. In 1989 the switch was made to system programming and systems management.Being passionate about systems management he founded van Helvoirt Automatisering in 1993.Rudi enjoys helping IBM i customers ever since for running their... Read More →

Kim Gregers Petersen

Technology Partner Architect, IBM

Bartlomiej Grabowski

IBM POWER Systems Principal Support Specialist, DHL

Monday November 1, 2021 16:50 - 17:50 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security

08:00 CET

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

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

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Tuesday November 2, 2021 08:00 - 09:00 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security

10:40 CET

Moving from Classic HMC GUI to Enhanced HMC GUI

The new enhanced GUI is really nice, but if you haven't used it, it is very different from the classic GUI. It is time to get on this GUI. It seems that you can't find anything, and things work and behave differently. Come to this session to learn where familiar functions are located now and how they work.

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Tuesday November 2, 2021 10:40 - 11:40 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security, Infrastructure

13:15 CET

Panel Session - System Management & Security

Moderators

Rudi van Helvoirt

Technical Director, Easi Nederland

Speakers

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM

Morten Buur Rasmussen is a performance Specialist at IBM Technology Services. Morten has 38 years of experience in the computing field. He started working with the S/38 and AS/400 in 1988 as programmer.Before joining the Lab Services, he worked for IBM Denmark and several European... Read More →

Janus Hertz

Consulting IT Specialist, IBM

IBM Technology Expert Labs Consultant - IBM Power / IBM i - Virtualization, Security, HA/DR - IBM Northern Europe

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Tuesday November 2, 2021 13:15 - 14:15 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security

14:30 CET

What to Know When Moving to the Cloud

In this session, we'll discuss what you need to think about when moving to the cloud. It’s not as easy as just moving your workload from one machine to another. Pete will cover: Costs associated with moving to the cloud, what you should be moving, understanding planning, migration, testing and more.

Speakers

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.

Tuesday November 2, 2021 14:30 - 15:30 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security, Cloud Computing

15:55 CET

Hidden Gems of HMC - the enhanced user interface

Bart Grabowski - IBM Champion and Platinum Redbook Author talks about hidden gems in the HMC interface. Get familiar with the enhanced interface, learn how to customize the view, use Pins, manage VIOS install,backup, restore using the HMC. And many others.

Speakers

Bartlomiej Grabowski

IBM POWER Systems Principal Support Specialist, DHL

Tuesday November 2, 2021 15:55 - 16:55 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security, Infrastructure

15:55 CET

Live Demo of the New IBM Navigator for i - live-stream

The IBM Navigator has been around for a very long time, the good news, a new version has just been delivered that re-images Navigator from the ground up. Really, the only thing that the same is the Title. The User interaction, tables, data and architecture are all completely new and are leveraging the very latest in modern technology. As the title says “we will explore many of the new aspects of the IBM Navigator via a live demo”.

This session is a live-stream.

Speakers

Tim Rowe

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

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

Tuesday November 2, 2021 15:55 - 16:55 CET
F18 - Room 18

Systems & Security, Infrastructure

17:10 CET

Common Observations and Pitfalls in the IBM i Performance Area

There are typical performance pitfalls that IBM Lab Services consultants find during many performance assessments. Some of the most important areas will be covered during the presentation. The main focus will be around the Power8 observations and experience, but also other areas are covered. Please be aware this is an advanced presentation.

Speakers

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM

Tuesday November 2, 2021 17:10 - 18:10 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security, DB2

08:00 CET

HA solutions for IBM i

HA solutions for IBM i - how to pick the right solution. Where are the hitches?

Bart Grabowski - IBM Champion and Platinum Redbook Author talks aboout IBM i High Availability experience from perspective of a leading logistic company. The session talks about advantages, and disadvantages between three main HA solutions: independent ASP, Full System Replication and a software replication.

Speakers

Bartlomiej Grabowski

IBM POWER Systems Principal Support Specialist, DHL

Wednesday November 3, 2021 08:00 - 09:00 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security, HA

08:00 CET

VIOS Planning Consideration for IBM i

How do you plan for Virtual I/O Server. What to virtualize, sizing etc.
What is NPIV and how does it work. How do you select the right network virtualization.
A few installation tips and tricks.

Plan well before you start and you won't go wrong.

Speakers

Lars Johannesson

IT Specialist, IBM Danmark

Lab Services ConsultantPower

Wednesday November 3, 2021 08:00 - 09:00 CET
G16 - Room 16

Systems & Security, Infrastructure

09:15 CET

IBM PowerVM VIOS Management and monitoring for IBM i

Management and monitoring of the Virtual I/O Server is important.
What do I need to do, to have a safe and secure VIOS installation.
How do I update Adapter Firmware and install a Fix package.
Do I need to backup my VIOS and how.

How do you manage your Virtual I/O Servers, Stay current on firmware, have the right backups etc.

Speakers

Lars Johannesson

IT Specialist, IBM Danmark

Lab Services ConsultantPower

Wednesday November 3, 2021 09:15 - 10:15 CET
G16 - Room 16

Systems & Security, Infrastructure

09:15 CET

Old habits die hard, see what you can modernize as a system administrators

In this session examples are shown in which modern tools are used to modernize the way you work as a system administrator.
From ARE, to ACS functions like Schemas, Run SQL scripts and SQL Performance Center, Also BRMS and the Advanced Job Scheduler are mentioned.
Of course the New Navigator for i can not be ignored.
It is up to you to decide what to adopt, my guess is that it is not unthinkable that some of the examples will change the way you work.

Speakers

Rudi van Helvoirt

Technical Director, Easi Nederland

Wednesday November 3, 2021 09:15 - 10:15 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security, Microservices

10:45 CET

Practical customer examples where iDoctor helps solving the performance problems

This presentation gives you some practical examples where you see how you can use iDoctor and Collection Service Investigator to show performance data so you will be able to understand and solve performance problems. You will also see examples of iDoctor and Job Watcher where you can get deeper information about jobs/threads that can help you solve performance problems.

Speakers

Morten Buur Rasmussen

Power Performance Specialist, IBM

Wednesday November 3, 2021 10:45 - 11:45 CET
E19 - Room 19

Systems & Security