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SNIA Developer Conference September 15-17, 2025 | Santa Clara, CA

Storage Management Architect

Storage Networking Industry Association

Mike Walker's professional experience includes over 38 years at IBM Corporation where he most recently served as a senior technical staff member before retiring. His job history includes working as a programmer in Ad Tech and working on the VM operating system. He has served on numerous SNIA committees since 2003 and was instrumental in developing the SMI-S specification.

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Storage Resource Management

Simplifying Client Interactions with SMI-S using PyWBEM

For client applications interacting with SMI-S implementations, PyWBEM is a python package that provides access to WBEM Servers. It also provides a mechanism for mocking WBEM Servers. In this presentation, Mike Walker will provide an overview of PyWBEM, with an emphasis on how to learn to interact with SMI-S, through open-source mockup SMI-S 1.8.0 WBEM servers available on Github. He will highlight multiple use cases for the mockup servers, including: - Exploring new features in SMI-S 1.8.0 - Developing IT applications on your local system - Developing client software on your local system

Mike Walker
Storage Management Architect
Storage Networking Industry Association
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