IBM z/VM 7.4 Preview

Last Updated: 6 February 2024


Overview

Planned availability date - Third quarter, 2024

z/VM 7.4 will provide IBM clients with a premier hypervisor on their modernization journey to hybrid cloud, hosting enterprise-class virtual servers to exploit IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE advantages in scalability, performance, high availability, and security.

Virtualization is fundamental to delivering infrastructure as a service (IaaS), the basic building block for a cloud operations model. IBM continues to invest in z/VM technology to provide leading-edge virtualization capabilities, helping to meet the needs of IT organizations to deliver the foundation for user satisfaction with various types of workloads, including:

  • Cloud-native workloads based on Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and IBM Cloud Paks or other container technologies
  • Non-containerized workloads, deployed using cloud and traditional operations models, available from IBM such as IBM WebSphere, open source such as MongoDB, or ISVs

z/VM 7.4 will provide:

  • Timely, client-driven function, previously delivered in the service stream of z/VM 7.3
    • New function delivered with z/VM 7.3 positions z/VM 7.4 with improved:
      • Consumability through the performance data pump
      • Performance with reduced guest logoff time
      • Scalability supporting 2 TB guest virtual memory, improved CPU handling, and providing 8-member SSI support
      • Resilience and usability provided by numerous enhancements
      • Security with secure guest IPL, a new compliance interface, and Digital Signature Verification of service
    • For a detailed description of function delivered in the z/VM 7.3 service stream, see the z/VM New Function website.
  • A new strategy for applying z/VM service in a linear fashion
  • A new Architecture Level Set (ALS) that requires one of the following IBM Z and IBM LinuxONE servers, or later:
    • IBM z15 Models T01 and T02
    • IBM LinuxONE III Models LT1 and LT2

Product information, including Technotes, system requirements, and other information is available on the IBM Documentation website.


 

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