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Unlock the Power of IBM i at POWERUp 2025!

Join us in Disneyland, California, for POWERUp 2025, the premier conference for IBM i professionals. Whether you’re an experienced expert or just starting your IBM i journey, this event offers unparalleled education, hands-on workshops, and valuable networking opportunities. Stay ahead of the curve with insights from industry leaders, explore the latest innovations, and connect with a thriving community that shares your passion for IBM i. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your knowledge, grow your skills, and power up your career!
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Monday, May 19
 

10:00am PDT

Adoption, Care & Feeding of Open Source Packages
Monday May 19, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Amazon
As more and more development teams embrace Open Source technologies on the IBM i, it will be important that Systems Administrators know the basics of managing these packages on the IBM i. This session will predominantly look at the Open Source Package Management capabilities included with IBM i Access Client Solutions as the go to environment for those who are not themselves using the Open Source packages, but will also cover the Shell YUM commands that can also be used by more advanced users to manage packages.  We will also discuss approaches to managing this environment in various secured network environments, and general recommendations on updating individual packages.

Learning Objectives:
As a Systems Administrator, or other responsible party, become familiar and proficient with Open Source Package Management on IBM i.
Speakers
avatar for Wayne Bowers

Wayne Bowers

Software Engineer, IBM
Wayne Bowers has been with IBM since 1997, where he works with the IBM i Global Support Center in Rochester MN. He is an Advisory Software Engineer specializing in the support of the IBM i Access (aka Client Access) products, Console, the TCP Telnet communications server, and the... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Amazon 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management

10:00am PDT

Elevate Your IBMi Game: Transforming Bad Habits in Best
Monday May 19, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Magic Ballroom 2

Best Practices is all about meeting IBM system compliance to achieve optimal results. Don’t let old myths or newly formed bad habits be the difference between success or a failure in service delivery. This session will examine V7R4/R5 System configurations, BRMS Backups, Disaster Recovery, and Security Management. Examine assumptions, technical gaps, blunders, and recommendations. Hear actual lessons learned so you do not make the same IBM i assumptions others have made. IT is not a game of chance.
Speakers
avatar for Richard Dolewski

Richard Dolewski

VP, Hybrid Enterprise Solutions, Lightedge
Richard is a recognized SME and award-winning industry speaker specializing in, Cloud Computing Architecture, Business Resiliency, Disaster Recovery Planning and Backup & Recovery Program Design. He leads organizations through the new era of technology, achieving the desired, successful... Read More →
JP
Monday May 19, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Magic Ballroom 2 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management

10:00am PDT

Introduction to the Navigator for i Performance Tasks
Monday May 19, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Magic Ballroom 3
Navigator for i has a rich set of tools to help you understand the performance of your IBM i. This session will demonstrate how to use Navigator for performance management tasks such as Custom Charts for specific metrics, System Monitors for real-time monitoring, the Performance Data Investigator to understand your performance signature, and Graph History for long-term trending.

Attend this session to learn about all about the performance management features in Navigator.
Speakers
avatar for Dawn May

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC
Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am PDT
Magic Ballroom 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management

11:15am PDT

IBM Power Virtual Server: What is new and how is that helping my business
Monday May 19, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT
Magic Ballroom 2
In this session we will discuss what new features and improvements have been implemented on IBM Power Virtual server and how these improvements will help your business. 
We will also discuss by real examples how other business use IBM Power Virtual Server
Speakers
avatar for Tonny Bastiaans

Tonny Bastiaans

offering manager, IBM
Tonny Bastiaans is World Wide Product manager Power System at IBM. Started more than 20 years ago as an engineer on RS6000 systems (the predecessor of Power). He moved via several roles to his current role. With his technical background he is bridging the gap between technic and business... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 11:15am - 12:15pm PDT
Magic Ballroom 2 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management

3:15pm PDT

Clean up your i
Monday May 19, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT
Safari
How much disk storage do you have on your system? The most common answer is 'not enough!' Attend this session and find out where all that space went, what you can clean up, and what should be left alone.  

Learn about ways to report and find disk usage as well as understanding how you use it.
 
Develop a deeper understanding of the tools IBM has built into IBM i, ESPECIALLY SQL Tools, and how to leverage them to help keep your system clean.
 
Walk away with a solid understanding of how to clean up your disk space, manage your IFS, and reorganize your files.
Speakers
avatar for Larry Bolhuis

Larry Bolhuis

Cloud and Datacenter Engineer, IBM Champion, Service Express Inc.
Larry has grown up with computers since his father became a CE in 1967. He obtained a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Calvin College in 1982 and soon after began working on IBM midrange equipment with the S/34 and S/36. Larry began working on the As/400 at its introduction In 1988.After spending many years as a developer Larry began working on communications, networking, and systems management tasks. Years of... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT
Safari 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management

3:15pm PDT

Understand Your Performance Signature
Monday May 19, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT
North Ballroom B
IBM i often runs well with little or no focus on the performance of the system. But what if something unexpected does occur? If you understand the performance signature of your system when it is running well, it becomes much easier to identify and resolve problems if something goes wrong. This session will show you how to use the Performance Data Investigator to understand your day-to-day performance signature. This session will being with an overview of the wait accounting technology built into IBM i, as this is the foundation to understanding many of the charts in the Performance Data Investigator. This session will review many graphs available within the Performance Data Investigator and describe how to understand what the charts show.
Speakers
avatar for Dawn May

Dawn May

Owner, Dawn May Consulting, LLC
Dawn has been involved with COMMON for over 20 years and has been a consistent volunteer since 2008. She's been a member of the strategic education team, a subject matter expert, and a speaker. Now, as President of COMMON, she's focused on leading COMMON as the industry leader of... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 3:15pm - 4:15pm PDT
North Ballroom B 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management

4:30pm PDT

How to use Performance Data Investigator (PDI) - CPU and Disk Times
Monday May 19, 2025 4:30pm - 4:50pm PDT
South Ballroom A
In this session we'll see the options that has the PDI (one tool from Navigator for i) to review and investigate performance data for CPU and Disk related metrics.
Speakers
avatar for Juan Araya

Juan Araya

IBM Champion | Practice Leader for IBM Systems, GBM
Professional in Computer and Systems Engineering. IBM Champion to IBM Systems. Speaker in Common Latam events, and speaker for the Central America & Caribbean IBM i's Forums from GBM.Expert in Solutions with IBM Power, IBM Z, RedHat and IBM Storage. Certified Consultant in High Availability... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 4:30pm - 4:50pm PDT
South Ballroom A 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management

4:30pm PDT

SQL data marts
Monday May 19, 2025 4:30pm - 4:50pm PDT
Magic Ballroom 3
This year IBM created data marts that allow us more control over the way we can monitor data from the system audit journal and special authorities. Learn how to create and use these data marts, and how it becomes an easy way to gather and store this information for your LPAR.
Speakers
avatar for Simon Hutchinson

Simon Hutchinson

Founder & author, RPGPGM.COM
Simon Hutchinson has been writing his highly acclaimed IBM i blog, RPGPGM.COM, for eleven years sharing his knowledge, experience, and giving many detailed examples of the latest RPG, SQL, and CL. His work has led him to be recognized by IBM as an IBM Champion for Power and IBM i Community Advocate. He is a subject matter expert for COMMON Americas, awarded... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 4:30pm - 4:50pm PDT
Magic Ballroom 3 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management

4:30pm PDT

System Limits on IBM i
Monday May 19, 2025 4:30pm - 4:50pm PDT
North Ballroom B
IBM i is an operating system that was built from the ground up to satisfy the needs of business computing. Even with its robust capabilities, IBM i customers requested additional insight into the top consumption of the most important system resources. Their request came from a business requirement to achieve optimal operations and limit any risk or potential outage related to over consumption of system resources. The IBM i response to this requirement was to architect On-Demand tracking of IBM i System limits. Attend this session to understand the architecture of System Limits and the different components within the operating system that have been instrumented for tracking. Lastly, the session will include details for how customers can leverage and consume this new source of system health insight.

Relevant resources:
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/tracking-important-system-limits
Speakers
avatar for Scott Forstie

Scott Forstie

STSM, Db2 for i Architect, IBM
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 4:30pm - 4:50pm PDT
North Ballroom B 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management

5:05pm PDT

Understanding Various Parts of the Save process
Monday May 19, 2025 5:05pm - 5:25pm PDT
Nile
Understand the different ways to save your system, such as using BRMS or traditional native commands. Along the way, tips will be given on best practices and ensuring you have what it takes to recover.
 
Speakers
avatar for Pete Massiello

Pete Massiello

IBM i Advisor, Massiello Holding Corp.
Pete Massiello has been working with the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i since 1989, focusing on systems management and technical support. He has held numerous technical positions through out his career. He is the President of iTech Solutions Group, an IBM Premier Business Partner delivering... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 5:05pm - 5:25pm PDT
Nile 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management

5:05pm PDT

What is SYSTOOLS and how can you leverage it?
Monday May 19, 2025 5:05pm - 5:25pm PDT
North Ballroom B
Db2 for i provides useful tools and examples in the SYSTOOLS schema. Come to this session to learn what shiny gems lie within this unopened treasure chest. You need not be an SQL programmer to gain tremendous value from SQL tools!
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=optimization-systools
Speakers
avatar for Scott Forstie

Scott Forstie

STSM, Db2 for i Architect, IBM
Scott Forstie is a Senior Technical Staff Member within IBM i development and spends most of his time working as the Db2 for i Architect. He has worked on IBM operating system development since joining IBM in 1989.Scott is a frequently published author, speaker at industry events... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 5:05pm - 5:25pm PDT
North Ballroom B 1150 Magic Way, Anaheim, CA 92802
  Systems Management
 
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