Steve Wilkins VM Developer Page

A bit about Steve:
Since 1988, I have worked in various areas of VM, beginning in VM/SP development, and later working in VM/XA CP Development focusing on disk and tape support. When I'm not working on z/VM, I enjoy spending time with my family, attending concerts and hockey games, playing electric guitar, and riding a Harley on the occasional sunny days in upstate New York.

VM-related items:
I am the VM strategist for I/O device support. I've attended many conferences, customer sites, and briefings over the last several years. It has been a pleasure to talk with customers, especially those who attend the IBM System z Technical Conferences (US and EMEA) and the user groups SHARE, WAVV, BayBunch, and CAVMEN.

VM has completed direct attach support for XIV disk subsystems. If interested in this support, please visit VM Support for XIV for a support overview.

Here are some presentations I have written and/or presented at conferences and user group meetings. Please see the developer page for Eric Farman for additional VM I/O content.

WAVV April 2011

• What's New in z/VM I/O Support?
• z/VM PAV and HyperPAV Support
• Using SCSI in a z/VM Environment
• z/VM and TS1120/30 Tape Encryption



For Customer Visits 2009

• VM-Linux on System z Storage Technologies



System z Expo 2007

• VM Device Overview
• Introduction to the DS6000
• Using z/VM in a SCSI Environment
• VM PAV and HyperPAV Support



WAVV May 2007

• Introduction to the DS6000
• Using z/VM in a SCSI Environment (with SVC info)
• VM PAV and HyperPAV Support



WAVV May 2005

• z/VM Storage Update: DS6000 and DS8000
• z/VM Resource Manager

This photo was taken in Innsbruck, Austria following the April 2005 zSeries Technical Conference.