Name: Automation with Ansible (AAP) and Power Systems - PowerVC, HMC, AIX & Linux
Start: 2025-06-05T09:10:00+0200
End: 2025-06-05T10:10:00+0200

WELCOME TO COMMON EUROPE CONGRESS 2025

Don’t forget to reach out to your local country user group to get the discount code for the congress!

Common Europe, in collaboration with Common Sweden, is delighted to be holding its annual flagship event, Common Europe Congress, in the friendly city of Gothenburg offering extensive education, networking and relaxation opportunities. It’s also a great opportunity for exploring the city… so why not take a family mini-break as well.
Congress education areas targeted are IBM Power hardware, Application Development, Advanced RPG, Open Source tools and Languages, System Management, Db2 and SQL, IBM Storage, IBM i services and microservices, Security and Compliance and much more.
There will be two AIX / Linux tracks, to emphasize the Power Systems character of Common Europe.
Top IBM Business Architects and industry experts have already agreed to share their knowledge on the latest announcements, customer cases as well as practical subjects.
The congress content includes:

3 ½ days of latest education delivered by top IBM and industry leading speakers punctuated by large breaks offering maximum networking,
Three-hour in-depth workshops, 60 minutes’ education sessions and solution provider’s special slots,
A Solution Providers’ Centre open for 2 ½ days with top European and worldwide technology companies at their booths presenting innovative practical solutions that will enhance our solutions,
A Congress Dinner in the hotel with live entertainment.

We have negotiated special room rates in the Congress hotel itself,
The Common Europe Organization Team looks forward to seeing you in picturesque Gothenburg.

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

Thursday June 5, 2025 09:10 - 10:10 CEST

10 - R15

• Session is all about how we went from semi manual workflow to deployment of an IKEA AIX Technical Standard via Ansible and PowerVC. The sessions shows our workflow for deployment and delete plus D2D tasks including
zoning, storage, power systems, dual vios and AIX configuration. To support this automation even more we use EP20.

By Stephan Åkeborg

Speakers

Stephan Åkeborg

Systems Engineer Digital Compute Platforms, IKEA

Keep an expert competence within Power Systems, PowerVM, AIX and PowerHA, Linux, Storage Protect and Storage Systems. Cloud implementations based on PowerVC in complex environments, including automation through Ansible.Maintain IBM certifications.Other specialties: Customer suited... Read More →

Thursday June 5, 2025 09:10 - 10:10 CEST
10 - R15

AIX/Linux