Besides the z/VM 6.4 announcement there was a KVM for IBM z Systems release announced on Tuesday, too.

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) provides a new virtualization option for Linux on z Systems, available since more than a year. That is you may choose to run Linux in an LPAR, a z/VM guest or KVM guest.

Just today a new KVM for IBM z Systems release is available: KVM for IBM z Systems V1.1.2.

KVM for IBM z Systems can run on IBM LinuxONE, zBC12, zEC12, z13s and z13.
The new KVM release supports SUSE SLES 12 SP1 or later - and Canonical Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, or later LTS releases.

Key new V1.1.2 functions:

• Guest operating system installation from CD or DVD
• Dynamic add virtual CPUs to a running guest
• Same virt-manager applications and virt-install tools as on x86
• Pacemaker and Crocosync to ensure high availability of critical resources
• Web browser based installer
• text-based installer options
• Kimchi tool to support user management, user activity logging, system module functionalities
• IBM License Metric Tool to manage IBM software licensing entitlements

You can find more detailed information in the announcement letter - here.

Enjoy your weekend.