VM/SP

IBM Virtual Machine/System Product (VM/SP) is a multi-user, multi-processing operating system for interactive processing. It incorporates features from the earlier VM/370 R6, VM/BSE R2, and VM/SE R2.

Releases

5664-167

• Release 1 (1980) - withdrawn 1984-08
  • EXEC 2 support
  • System Product Editor
• Release 2 (Jul 1982) - withdrawn 1985-12-31
• Release 3 (Apr 1984)
  • includes System Product Interpreter (REXX)
• Release 4 (1985)
  • native SNA support via GCS
• Release 5 (Apr 1987) - EOS 06/92
• Release 6 (Nov 1988) - EOS 11/92

Other products:

• VM/IPF (5664-318)
• VM/XA SP (5664-308)
• VM/SP HPO (5664-173)
• VM/IS (5664-301)

Publications

• VM/SP Release 6 Guide, SC24-5368
• VM/SP CMS Shared File System Administration, SC24-5367

• VM/SP System Product Interpreter User's Guide, SC24-5238-04
• VM/SP System Product Interpreter Reference, SC24-5239-1
• VM/SP System Product Interpreter Reference Summary

• VM/SP Introduction, GC19-6200
• VM/SP System Messages and Codes Release 3, SC19-6204-2
• VM/SP Terminal User's Guide, GC19-6206
• VM/SP Library Guide and Master Index, GC19-6207
• VM/SP CMS: Command Reference, SC19-6209
• VM/SP CMS: User's Guide, SC19-6210
• VM/SP CP Command Reference for General Users, SC19-6211

• VM/SP System Product Editor: User's Guide, SC24-5220
• VM/SP CMS: Primer, SC24-5236

Links

• VM History and Heritage