Stream: Indianapolis
Time: 11:15 - 12:00
It is simple to state the requirement but proves complex to resolve in practice. You may start with a common LPAR baseline, but things change quickly when you start a rollout that is modified by localized application requirements adding different maintenance procedures and layers. What ongoing inspections must be undertaken and what freeform combinations can truly detect both valid and unsound changes violating your stewardship and standards. Mike will discuss the projects they had for highlighting local and global reporting (from 5 to near 200 LPARs) where when you think of security as an issue the need to capture parmlib member differences has real implications.
There is currently no attachment for Capturing Configuration Drift and Change Detection across the Sysplex
Mike began on the IBM mainframe in Germany in the 1980s with major software houses specialising in migration projects across multiple mainframe platforms (VM, VSE, MVS, BS1000, BS2000). Projects planning encompassed all aspects of the computer centre - hardware, OS, system software, applications software, personnel, etc. Fitz Software & Co. was formed in Ireland in 1991 and introduces niche z/OS products throughout EMEA. Part of their portfolio, with appropriate background and skills to his IPL related presentations, includes the product ICE (Integrity Controls Environment) with focus on z/OS IMAGE and sub-system definition, image/sysplex changes impact and management.