IBM z/VM® is an operating system with security-rich and scalable hypervisor and virtualization technology designed to run guest servers such as Linux®, z/OS® and z/TPF virtual machines as well as Red Hat® OpenShift® on IBM Z® and LinuxONE servers.
IBM z/VM is designed to run hundreds to thousands of guest servers on a single IBM Z server or IBM LinuxONE server (where only Linux and z/VM guests are supported) with the highest degrees of efficiency and elasticity.
The ability of z/VM to support multiple machine images and architectures provides a highly flexible production and test environment for IBM Z and LinuxONE operating systems to:
- simplify migration from one release to another.
- facilitate the transition to newer applications.
- provide a test environment whenever one is needed.
- consolidate many systems onto one physical server.
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Realize the benefits of on-premises cloud computing as part of hybrid cloud.
Run up to thousands of Linux and container workloads for extreme scalability and efficiency.
Help achieve continuous availability by integrating with IBM resiliency-focused offerings.
Share and coordinate resources within a single systems image to reduce planned outages and balance workloads across z/VM systems.
Take advantage of enhanced capabilities for monitoring, managing and viewing performance data of multiple z/VM systems.
Add, delete or alter statements to your VM user directory with automated validation to reduce errors.
Know the latest service updates, news, resources and best practices for protecting your z/VM and guest systems.
Extract real-time performance data and send it to enterprise observability products for visualization and analysis.
There are general hardware and storage requirements for installing and operating z/VM® 7.3, and some z/VM facilities have additional hardware requirements.
IBM z/VM 7.3 has prerequisite licensed programs, and some z/VM facilities might have additional program requirements.
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IBM Infrastructure Suite
Manage z/VM and Linux systems with a complete solution.
IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center
Simplify infrastructure management of z/VM-based Linux virtual machines.
IBM Operations Manager
Automate and monitor your z/VM systems and its guests.
IBM Tivoli® OMEGAMON® XE
View system performance data to manage complex environments more effectively.
IBM Tape Manager for z/VM
Manage, monitor and protect your tape devices, tape volumes and tape mount requests.
IBM Backup and Restore Manager
Back up and restore files and data on z/VM systems and images of non-z/VM guest systems.
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