Updated: 13 July 2012

See also z/VM Storage Management page.

System Management: Features, functions, and related products

	Extreme Cloud Administration Toolkit (xCAT) on z/VM can manage, provision, and monitor physical and virtual machines, and is available as a free download. For more information on how to download and other information on xCAT, refer to: Cloud Computing with xCAT on z/VM, by Thang Pham Frequently Asked Questions
	DirMaint
	Operations Manager for z/VM - See Tecdocs White Paper: Putting Operations Manager Configuration Files and Automation EXECs in Shared File System
	VM Resource Manager (VMRM)
	Systems Management Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) as documented in the z/VM Systems Management Application Programming (part of the z/VM product library.)
	For z/VM V5.3, new and enhanced API functions are implemented using the new sockets-based server. Functions provided in earlier releases of z/VM can also be invoked through the new server. The sockets-based server replaces the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) server and CSL routines that were used to call the Virtual Systems Management API in previous releases of z/VM. The RPC server is still available in z/VM V5.3, with all of the functions that were available in z/VM V5.2. Statement of direction (**) regarding the RPC server support for the Systems Management API from the z/VM V5.3 announcement: IBM intends to withdraw support for the RPC/CSL interface from the Systems Management API server in a future z/VM release.
	See also:
	z/VM Systems and Storage Management products from IBM
	VM Licensed Programs (LP) Migration Matrix

Products and Solutions from Independent Software Vendors
ISV products that run on z/VM
Search the IBM Global Solutions Directory of IBM Partner products

IBM Virtualization Engine and Infrastructure Services
IBM Virtualization Engine for System z9 and zSeries
IBM Virtualization Engine for Linux on System z9 and zSeries
IBM Director Internet portal
IBM Director for Linux on System z
View the IBM Director Flashdemo which has a new scenario
     "Managing mainframe virtual servers"

Networking, Security, Performance, Printing
z/VM virtual networking
z/VM security and integrity
VM performance resources (z/VM report, tips, FAQ, etc.)
VM printing resources (tips, links, etc)

Downloads and Discussions with the VM Community
Listserv discussions with the VM and Linux community
VM Downloads

Recent Presentations
z/VM System Management, by Chuck Brazie (05-2008)
z/VM Resource Manager, by Christine Casey (04-2007)
z/VM Linux Guest System Deployment and Management with
         IBM Director, by Chuck Brazie (05-2008)
Managing z/VM and Linux on System z: Brief Overview ,
         by Tracy Dean
Integrating IBM's Solutions: System and Performance Management
         of z/VM and Linux on System z , by Tracy Dean