ASAP University Conference 2024
Agenda
| Time | Course Code | Course Title | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Registration & Exhibitors Setup | ||
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | S100 | Overview | A high-level view of ASAP and workload automation and the different architectures available |
| 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | S101d | Introduction to Workload Automation | An introduction to the Distributed variant of Workload Automation; Explaining the core concepts |
| 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | S102m | Introduction to Z Workload Automation | An introduction to the zOS variant of Workload Automation; Explaining the core concepts |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | First-timers Orientation | ||
| 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception | Welcome Event Sponsored by IBM – Great Food, Great Fun, Great People! |
| Time | Course Code | Course Title | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | M100 | Welcome & Plenary | |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | M200 | Keynote Speaker | |
| 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM | M300 | Sponsor Overview | |
| 10:45 AM – 11:15 AM | Group Photo & Refreshment Break | ||
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | M400 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| M401d | Master Backup Master Architecture | Why HADR (cluster do not work) does not work with Masters | |
| M402m | Getting started with zCentric Agents | Just because you’re on the mainframe doesn’t mean all your workload has to run there. This session will introduce you to the concept of z-Centric agents that can run your work on Windows, Unix, Linux and beyond. It will show you how to connect them to blow your workload far and wide. | |
| M404 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| M405 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| M406 | D Master – Z jobs | How to launch and track native z/OS batch jobs from a distributed Master Domain Manager; This shows you how to install the IBM Workload Scheduler Agent for z/OS aka the dCentric agent. | |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Lunch | ||
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | M500 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| M501d | Reporting | ||
| M502m | Historical Reporting on Z | Did you know that the historical reporting that the Distributed product uses in the DWC can also be used by ZWS? This session will show you what you need to do to get those pretty reports out of the Big Iron. | |
| M504 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| M505 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | Segus/Horizont | |
| M506 | Converting to Workload Automation | While z/OS is more than capable of running your workload across the entire enterprise, you might want to split control so Z does Z and D does D, or indeed move all of the control to D. This session will discuss what options there are, and how to get there. | |
| 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Refreshment Break | ||
| 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM | M600 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| M601d | 10.2.1 Certs | 10.2.1 Certs have changed a bit; please explain what is going on. This class is about the changes to the install and what is needed in 10.2.1 to get a successful install from the new perspective of having used Certs. | |
| M602m | Understanding MLOG Statistics – The Key to Performance | Ever wondered what all those statistic messages are that keep appearing on the EQQMLOG? This session will show you what they mean and how you can use them to tune your controller. | |
| M604 | Workload Scheduler Certification Labs | ||
| M605 | HCL Universal Orchestrator | The new cloud native orchestrator for your cloud and business workloads | |
| M606 | Observability | What is Observability and how can it help me in my environment? (Practical applications) | |
| 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM | Refreshment Break Including Desert | ||
| 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM | M700 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| M701d | Health Check | What goes into a health check and how you can do a self health check | |
| M702m | Zowe – Not Just A Pretty Face | A look at how Zowe can extend the reach of z/OS in the Enterprise with User Interfaces and Command Line Interfaces | |
| M704 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| M705 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| M706 | Blow Away Those Certificate Blues | Getting Certs to work | |
| 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM | SEGUS Evening Event |
| Time | Course Code | Course Title | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | T100 | Welcome & Plenary | |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | T200 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| T201d | Self Service | ||
| T202m | AI Infused Scheduling | ||
| T204 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| T205 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| T206 | Cloud Architecture | Master on cloud, agents on cloud, hybrid | |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | T300 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| T301d | Aida | How to use and how to install? What practical good does this do for my company? | |
| T302m | When You Get Hit By A Hurricane | When disaster strikes and everything is in a mess you sometimes don’t know where to start to get things back to calmer waters. This session relates to a genuine customer experience of what they did to get things going and speed things up. | |
| T304 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| T305 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| T306 | Deadline and Durations | Pair with SLA/Critical path | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Refreshment Break | ||
| 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM | T400 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| T401d | Docker Environments/ Container Basics | Basics on what is a container and how does it benefit me to know how to install and maintain a docker master and agents – getting images from fix central | |
| T402m | Z-chat Ops | Z-chat ops allows you to integrate key ZWS information into your in-house messaging tools. This session will show you the benefits and methods. | |
| T404 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| T405 | HCL AI-Powered Operations | The intelligent add-ons that empower HCL customers | |
| T406 | Z Master – D jobs | How to launch and track native distributed batch jobs from a Z/OS controller – This shows you how to install the IBM Workload Scheduler Agent for z/OS aka the dCentric agent. | |
| 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM | Lunch | ||
| 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | T500 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| T501d | Authentication | Oauth2/openid/jwt with WA | |
| T502m | The Exit Workbench / zCX Containers | All ZWS exits have to be written in Assembler, but Assembler experience is rapidly retiring. This session gives you an introduction to the new Exit Workbench which allows exits to be written in Metal-C, a more modern C like language which will then create Assembler modules for you. | |
| T504 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| T505 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| T506 | Kubernetes Environments | How to install and maintain a Kubernetes master and agents | |
| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Refreshment Break | ||
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | T600 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| T601d | Event Rules | Understanding Workload Automation Events | |
| T602m | Protecting Your Job With JCL Expert | The latest on the JCL validation tool JCL Expert and how it integrates with ZWS | |
| T604 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| T605 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| T606 | Scheduling the Impossible | Your customers can come up with some pretty complex criteria sometimes. Sometimes they sound easy until you try to code them, sometimes they sound impossible, but can be deceptively easy to do. This session will look at some of these criteria, how to analyze them and what features can be used to code them. | |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Refreshment Break | ||
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | T700 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| T701d | SQL Tables | What are the tables used by Workload Automation and what kind of reporting can be done? | |
| T702m | Connecting to the Common Data Provider | This session will introduce you to the Common Data Provider, how it integrates with ZWS and where it can send your data. | |
| T704 | Workload Scheduler Certification lab | ||
| T705 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| T706 | SLA/Critical Path Management – Z vs. D | Pair with Deadline and Durations |
| Time | Course Code | Course Title | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:30 AM – 8:30 AM | Continental Breakfast | ||
| 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM | W100 | Welcome & Plenary | |
| 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | W200 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| W201d | Dashboards | How to make Dashboards work for you, what are all the possibilities | |
| W202m | WAPL Introduction | With over 100 commands to learn WAPL can be quite daunting to get started with. This session will show you how to find your way around. | |
| W204 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| W205 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| W206 | Service Now | This looks at how the product can interact with Service Now and what features you can craft to do similar things with other products. | |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | W300 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| W301d | Automations | What awesome automations have you seen? Look to have interactions with people in the class and ask about the cool stuff they are doing. | |
| W302m | WAPL Keeping Your Pond in Order | Development environments can be a bit like the Everglades, wild and dangerous with nobody keeping things in check. In this session we look at what can be done to keep your test controllers from being filled up with old, failed jobs. | |
| W304 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| W305 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| W306 | Open AI Chat GBT | Instana | |
| 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM | Refreshment Break | ||
| 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM | W400 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| W401d | Rest API | Basics API, history, job type(gotcha), and uses outside WA | |
| W402m | WAPL Variable Weather | ZWS holds a host of information in variables and provides the ability to create your own in variable tables. This session shows you some clever tricks with variables and how they interact with WAPL. | |
| W404 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| W405 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| W406 | Automation Trends | What are we being asked? Can it spark ideas for your environment? | |
| 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM | Lunch | ||
| 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | W500 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| W501d | 10.2.1 Orchestration Monitor | New 10.2.1 functionality | |
| W502m | Tech Talk / Ask the Expert | All the crucial information from support to keep your installation up to date | |
| W504 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| W505 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| W506 | Audit (Z vs. D) | When the auditors come knocking what do we have for them? This session looks at what we have in the Audit for Z and D, how to configure it and how to get at it. | |
| 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Refreshment Break | ||
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | W600 Sessions | ||
| W601d | Empowering Automation: A Deep Dive into Workload Automation Plugins | General reference for how all plug-ins work, how to create a plug-in and some examples of using current plug-ins | |
| W602m | WAPL Frogman’s Holiday | Every year you have the task of adding this years holidays to your calendars and extending periods. This session will show you how you can automate this using WAPL. | |
| W604 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| W605 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| W606 | Let’s Head for the Pools | What is the difference between zCentric and Dynamic agents when connected to z/O? This session looks at how to install and configure Dynamic agents with z/OS, letting the mainframe play in the pools as compared to the distributed pools. | |
| 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Refreshment Break | ||
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | W700 Concurrent Sessions | ||
| W701d | Tech Talk / Ask the Expert | Aida Basics | |
| W702m | WAPL Storming the Current Plan | From holding and releasing jobs, to adding or removing jobs from the Workload, there are a lot of things WAPL can do to make your current plan more dynamic and put the wind in your sails. | |
| W704 | Workload Scheduler Certification Lab | ||
| W705 | Strategic Business Partners Exchange | ||
| W706 | DWC on Z – Putting the Console on a Big Box | How to install the Dynamic Workload Console natively on z/OS directly using RACF for security | |
| 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Awards Ceremony and Reception |