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Systems Management Customer PanelLinux on IBM System z Executive Advisory Customer CouncilSeptember 12, 2014

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Customer Panel

Steve CongerADP

Sam D’AngeloAIG

Ashley GeorgeBBH

Aaron GravesCTI

LPARs 40+ 21 12 27

IFLs 550+ 74 20 69

Virtual Machines

3100+ DR>5000

305 ~350 ~600

Applications 40+ 12 ~50 ~50

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Disciplines of Systems Management

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• Scheduling and running common events and processesAutomationAutomation

• Monitor and acting on events and conditions of the systemMonitoringMonitoring

• Disaster Recovery and Backups/RestoresBusiness ContinuityBusiness Continuity

• Tape and storage managementData ManagementData Management

• Charge back and billing; InventoryAccountingAccounting

• Enforcing permissions, tracking, and auditing.SecuritySecurity

• Performance Management and Capacity PlanningPerformancePerformance

• Creating and changing the resources and configurations of virtual machines and perhaps guest systemsProvisioningProvisioning

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Importance of Disciplines to Business Needs

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Disciplines our Panelists would Add

Workload Management

ROI – ability to capture the business aspect on overall systems management

Change Management

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Customer Panel

Steve CongerADP

Sam D’AngeloAIG

Ashley GeorgeBBH

Aaron GravesCTI

LPARs 40+ 21 12 27

IFLs 550+ 74 20 69

Virtual Machines

3100+ DR>5000

305 ~350 ~600

Applications 40+ 12 ~50 ~50

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