IBM z/VM

IBM z/VM is a hypervisor that can run hundreds to thousands of Linux servers on a single mainframe, together with classic operating systems, such as z/OS and z/VSE.

Components

 * Control Program (CP):hypervisor and real-machine resource manager
 * Conversational Monitor System (CMS):application and interactive user environment and file systems
 * Language Environment
 * Open Systems Adapter (OSA)
 * REXX/VM:REXX programming language interpreter
 * TCP/IP for z/VM:support for the TCP/IP networking
 * Transparent Services Access Facility (TSAF):communication services
 * Virtual Machine Serviceability Enhancements Staged/Extended (VMSES/E):tools suite for installing and servicing

Optional Facilities and Features

 * Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem for VM (DFSMS/VM)
 * Directory Maintenance Facility
 * Open Systems Adapter/Support Facility
 * Performance Toolkit
 * RACF Security Server
 * Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem Networking (RSCS)

Versions

 * V3R1.0
 * V6.1
 * V6R2.0 (2010)
 * V6.3 (2013)
 * V6.4 (2016)

Links

 * z/VM Overview