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Revision as of 14:28, 20 June 2020

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)
  • V7R1 (2020)

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