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VM/ESA Version 2 Release 4

This page includes reference information for VM/ESA V2.R4.0 and made available in the time period following its announcement until service ends.
Updated only to remove old/non-functioning links.
 
VM/ESA V2.R4 ended service June 2003.
The newest VM products are called z/VM.
See z/VM Upgrade page and z/VM V5.3 resources.  

* Announcement Information
For announcements pertaining to your countries/geographies search Worldwide announcement letters.

   June 2003 Effective
     VM/ESA V2 R4.0 ended service effective June 2003
    September 2001
     VM/ESA V2 R4.0 Withdrawn From Marketing September 2001

   May 1999
   VM/ESA Announcement Summary
   (US) VM/ESA V2 R4.0 Announcement (299-129)
   (US) Tivoli ADSM V3.1 Announcement (299-126)

   August 1999:
   Press Release (04 August 1999)

   September 1999
   (US) SW Withdrawal: Tivoli ADSM V2.1 & V3.1 (999-289)
   (US) Tivoli Storage Management Product Set for System/390 (299-282)
   (US) End-of-Service announcements for selected S/390 programs


   February 2000
   (US) IBM VM/ESA "First in a Location" Promotion
   (US) S/390 G5/G6 Servers: New Features and Functions for 2000
   (US)VSE/ESA V2R5.0 Preview
   (US)IBM OS/390 V2 R9.0: Transform Your Core Business

   March 2000
   The IBM® JavaTM Port for VM/ESA, Developer Release 1.1.6 became available

   April 2000
   IBM DB2 Connect V7.1
   IBM DB2 for VSE & VM, V7 R1 preview


   May 2000
    IBM Unveils Linux Software and Services for S/390 Server

   September 2000
   IBM DB2 for VSE & VM, V7 R1 GA
   VM/ESA IMAP Server, Beta 1.5
   New PSF/VM function adds TCP/IP support
   IBM COBOL for OS/390 & VM V2R2 (US, 200-331)


* FAQ (removed)

* VM/ESA Reference information

    Performance Report for VM/ESA V2 R4.0
    Licensed Products Migration Matrix for VM/ESA V2R4.0
    Non-IBM Solution Developers Products Matrix for VM/ESA V2 R4.0
    S/390 VM/ESA Reference Guide
    Service resources
    SDO - System Delivery Offering
    VM and Linux resources
    Pipelines reference page
    IBM Introduction to Pipelines web tutorial
    IBM Multistream Pipelines web tutorial

* Spec Sheets
    VM/ESA Version2 Release 4.0 PDF TCP/IP Feature for VM/ESA

* White Papers
    The Best Kept Secrets about e-business on VM ( Adobe Acrobat PDF)
    e-business with VM/ESA and VSE/ESA ( HTML or ( Adobe Acrobat PDF)

* Online Publications
    VM/ESA V2 R4.0 General Information (GC24-5745-03)
    VM/ESA V2 R4.0 and related products internet (PDF) library
    VM/ESA V2 R4.0 and related products (BookManager) library
    VM/ESA V2 R4.0 CMS and CP Data Areas and Control Blocks