Installation of the z/VM V6R4.0 and Higher System with RSU

The z/VM System is a pre-built VM system that serves as an installation platform for other IBM Licensed Products in the z/VM SDO package. The z/VM Installation Guide should be followed to load the system from the delivery media. Once loaded the z/VM System may be tailored to your individual requirements.

The pre-built VM system contains the following:

Prerequisite IBM licensed programs:

• EREP/VM, V3.5 (5654-260)

• ICKDSF for VM, V1.17 (5684-042) (includes ICKDSF Standalone release 17)

  • EREP and ICKDSF are pre-installed on the z/VM 6.2 and higher System DDR.

The z/VM System contains z/VM Version 6 Release 2.0 and higher and includes the following components and facilities:

• AVS

• Control Program (CP)

• Conversational Monitoring System (CMS)

• Dump Viewing Facility (DVF)

• Group Control System (GCS)

• HCD and HCM for z/VM, function level 640

• Language Environment (LE), function level 620

• Open Systems Adapter/Support Facility (OSA/SF), function level 440

• REstructured eXtended eXecutor (REXX)

• Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), function level 620

• Transparent Services Access Facility (TSAF)

• VM Serviceability Enhancements Staged/Extended (VMSES/E)

• SFS and CRR file pools

• Dasd Dump Restore (DDR) program

• Translated CP and CMS message repositories

• English and translated z/VM HELP files

• 3800 printer image library object code

• 3800 printer image library source

New Component delivered with z/VM 6.4:

• z/VM Cloud Manager Appliance

z/VM Optional Features:

• DirMaint

• Performance Toolkit for VM

• RACF Security Server for z/VM

• RSCS Networking for z/VM

• Single System Image Feature for z/VM

• IBM Wave Feature for z/VM

Notes

1. ICKDSF and EREP are not part of the z/VM product. They are separate prerequisite IBM licensed programs that are included in the z/VM System Image for convenience. Before using ICKDSF and EREP/VM you must be already licensed for them, or you must place orders for them to establish licenses.

2. The DirMaint, Performance Toolkit for VM, RACF Security Server for z/VM and RSCS Networking for z/VM optional features are included in the z/VM System Image for convenience. They are installed disabled. If you decide to use any of these features, you must place orders for them so that you can enable them.

3. The DFSMS/VM optional feature is not included in the z/VM System Image. If desired, DFSMS/VM must be ordered as a no-cost optional feature of z/VM.

4. The IBM z/VM Single System Image Feature is not installed in the z/VM System Image. If desired, this feature must be ordered through the z/VM SDO.

5. The IBM Wave for z/VM Feature is not included in the z/VM System Image. If desired, this feature must be ordered through the z/VM SDO.

Product Packaging

The z/VM 6.2 and higher System Image is available as:

• Binary image on DVD or Internet delivery

• The restricted source and the PL/X source are not orderable or shipped with z/VM V6. Both will be available as no-charge downloads from IBM Resource Link at:

       http://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink 

• If you are not registered with Resource Link, you will be required to register for a user ID and password. You must also be licensed for z/VM V6 and entitlement will be verified when you request the source code. After approval, you will receive instructions describing how to download the code.

Except for EREP, ICKDSF/VM, and the NLS HELP files, the products/components/features are serviced on the stacked RSU. The stacked RSU will be updated and refreshed in the product install package. The naming convention for the stacked RSU is 6rnn (ie. Vrnn, where nn is incremented by one for each level built and r is the z/VM release number).

Withdrawal of distribution medium

As of z/VM 6.4, the product will no longer be available on Tape.

z/VM is distributed on DVD, and through electronic Internet delivery.

Withdrawal of Installation DASD

z/VM 6.4 is planned to be the last release to allow installation using Model 3 3390 DASD (Direct Access Storage Devices) volumes. Future z/VM releases will support 3390 installation using only model 9 or model 27 DASD. Installation on SCSI volumes will not be affected. Refer to z/VM Software announcement dated October 25, 2016.

Distribution of the Recommended Service Update (RSU) on CD-ROM in Optical Media Attachment/2 (OMA/2) format has been discontinued.

Changes to the z/VM System Delivery Offering (SDO)

The following changes were included with z/VM 6.2:

• Virtualization technology and Linux enablement

  • z/VM V6.2 and higher implements multi-system virtualization clustering technology allowing up to four z/VM instances to be clustered together as members in a Single System Image (SSI). This multi-system virtualization clustering technology is a first for the mainframe. Members of a z/VM SSI cluster are managed, serviced and administered as a single system and share the following resources:

    • User directory

    • Minidisks

    • SPOOL files

    • Network device MAC addresses

  • Live Guest Relocation (LGR) is a function of a z/VM SSI cluster that provides the capability for a running Linux virtual machine to be moved transparently without disruption from one z/VM system to another within a Single System Image. Live Guest Relocation provides continuity for virtual server workloads during planned z/VM and machine outages, such as service and hardware upgrades.