This document summarizes the agenda for a System z Usergroup meeting in Serbia in March 2012. The agenda includes presentations on recent System z news and events, successful tuning of a z800 mainframe at Customs Administration, practical experiences with MQ and DB2, and an academic initiative partnering students with Customs Administration. There will also be discussions of IBM Business Partners providing z/OS installation and support, useful information and trends, and an opportunity for information sharing.

1. System z Korisnička grupa, Srbija
System z Usergroup, Serbia
Mart 2012
Soho bar

2. System z Usergroup

3. Teme za danas - Agenda
 z novosti, z skupovi u 2012 - Miloš Kaljević, IBM (15 min)
 Uspešno tjuniranje z800 mejnfrejma, z/OS-a, CICS-a i DB2 u Carini -
Marko Denda, Uprava Carina (30 min)
 Praktična iskustva sa MQ i DB2, Ivana Martać, Uprava Carina (15 min)
 Akademska inicijativa na Matematičkom fakultetu (izborni predmeti,
praksa sa Carinom) - Nenad Mitić, MATF; Marko Denda (15 min)
 Pauza za ručak (30-40 min)
 IBM Business partneri na z platformi:
- Instalacija i održavanje z/OS-a: Više puta u manjim obrocima –
Dražen Spalatin, CROZ (30 min)
- Informacije o z aktivnostima - Zoran Antić, SBS (15 min)
 Korisne informacije, problemi, trendovi
 Razmena informacija i iskustava
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4. Frequency of z/OS releases
• z/OS release schedule of approximately every two
years is planned
• The next release is planned to be available in the
second half of 2013
• N-2 coexistence policy for z/OS releases will continue
• Support for Release 12 and 13 will be extended
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5. SHARE Atlanta Usergroup
Track Index (mart 2012-te):
Application Development
Big Data - Big Analytics - Big Needs
CICS Systems Programming
Cloud in the Enterprise
Data Center and IT Management
Data Center Modernization
Linux Systems Management
Network Support and Management
Responsibly Architected Application Solutions
Security and Compliance
Software Architecture
Storage Administration
The Dark Side of Virtualization
zNextGen
z/OS Systems Programming
z/VM Systems Programming
http://share.confex.com/share/118/webprogram/uploadlistall.html
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6. Nove CICS knjige u zadnja 3 meseca
• CICS and SOA: Architecture and Integration Choices,
Draft Redbooks, last update 22 March 2012
• Implementation of Popular Business Solutions with CICS Tools,
published 25 January 2012
• IBM Problem Determination Tools for z/OS,
published 24 January 2012
• IBM CICS System Management: New Features in Version 4.2,
published 23 January 2012
• IBM CICS Event Processing: New Features in V4.2,
published 9 December 2011
• CICS Transaction Server from Start to Finish,
published 7 December 2011
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7. z skupovi u 2012 / z events in 2012
 System z Premier Event - Marbelja, Španija (16-18 april)
 SQL Adria - Ljubljana
 System z Usergroup – Srbija (oktobar)
 MVS (z) korisnička konferencija – organizator Poštanska
 Akademska inicijativa
 Monpelje: zSecurity (septembar)
 Jadranska konferencija z korisnika
 Rational RDz UT workshop
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8. RDz Unit Test Offering Description
The RDz Unit Test Feature consists of:
 Unit Test Environment (based on zPDT)
• Unit Test Environment can provide a System z
RDz Unit Test development platform on a PC
RTCz Agent RDz Agent  Software stack provides a choice of IBM middleware
test environments
System z S/W Stack • actual middleware software (including z/OS)
Debug Tool • actual enterprise compilers
CICS DB2 WebSphere/z IMS • no API simulation
Assembler COBOL C/C++ PL/I
z/OS
 RDz and RTCz agents
• packaged for simplification
Unit Test Environment • still need RTC and RDz client license(s) to activate
x86 PC running Linux <USB License Key>
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9. Two Basic Rational Developer for System z
Offerings
Rational Developer for System z with EGL
IBM Rational Developer for System z
with EGL
Bundles Rational Developer for System z Rational Developer  Rational Business
capability with Rational Business Developer for System z Developer
(RBD)  Edit, Compile, Debug
EGL, JSF, Rich UI
 Web Services
Best for creating System z applications with COBOL Gen,
 PD Integration
EGL web or Rich UI front-end applications etc
(Web 2.0)
Eclipse
Rational Developer for System z with
IBM Rational Developer for System z Java
with Java
Bundles Rational Developer for System z Rational Developer  Rational Application
capability with Rational Application Developer for System z Developer
(RAD)  Edit, Compile, Debug JEE, JSF, Web 2.0
Best for creating System z applications  Web Services J2C tools
combined with Java Enterprise Edition  PD Integration etc
front-end applications
Eclipse
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10. zSW in new CEE
CEE since July 2010: 29 countries, population 480 million
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