A huge thank you to IBM for hosting the meeting in particular Roger Fowler who not only did three sessions, but arranged the room & catering; many thanks!

My personal thanks to Julie for running the day in my absence.

Mark Wilson

Chairman

GSE Large Systems Working Group

Apologies:

Mark Wilson (RSM Partners)

Mike Fitzgerald (Fitz Software)

1. Minutes of previous meeting and matters arising.
No matters arising.

2. GUIDE Business
Julie-Ann Williams took the chair, explaining that Mark Wilson was unable to attend due to pressure of work

Dave Cartwright was volunteered to take the minutes

GSE would welcome any User Experience papers to be presented at the Conference, or at other LSWG meetings

At present there are no unfilled permanent positions in LSWG

LSWG Meetings:
The next meeting for the Group will be at the annual GSE Conference on 28th and 29th October at Chesford Grange Hotel just outside Kenilworth

3. Announcements
None

4. Experiences
None

5. Presentations
IBM Updates – Roger Fowler (IBM)
The presentation can be found here : Here

z10 Hardware Update – Roger Fowler (IBM)
The presentation can be found here : Here

zOS 1.10 technical Update – Roger Fowler (IBM)
The presentation can be found here : Here

zOS Penetration Testing – Ray Evans (IBM)
The presentation can be found here : Here

CA’s Experience with zIIP - Niall Buchanan (CA)
The presentation can be found here : Here

Vendor Updates:
SML – Richard Kelly
The presentation can be found here : Here

6. Hints and Tips

Six of those present had STK Silos, and most expressed dissatisfaction with the service from Sun.  There was some discussion on what could be done with a suggestion that publicity from The Register may help.  JAW to follow-up.

2) Roger Fowler reprised an item from his Z10 EC Update.  A “Send PPD” operation from a Linux console can take up to 24 hours to action, but is immediate if done from the Hardware Management Console, although not via Single Element Operation.  This does not affect OS2 consoles.

3) AGCO had experienced S46D RC=14 abends in a legacy file transfer application.
It was eventually traced to a fault in Abend-Aid 10.1 fixed by Compuware X78310A.

4) JAW prompted a discussion on the greying of the Sysprog Workforce.  She wondered if GSE could help member companies in any way, perhaps by establishing a Newby Working Group.  There are already student discounts and 101 sessions at the Annual Conference.  This topic will be followed up at subsequent meetings.

7. Events
None