Last Updated: 19 June 2025
Update: Revised z/VM 7.3 and z/VM 7.4 publications, that include information on IBM z17 Hardware Support and Exploitation, are now available.
The z/VM Library offers all available PDFs for current and recent z/VM releases. If you are up-to-date with your service, still at the GA level, or out of support and migrating soon -- you can find all the documentation you need.
The z/VM Library also offers complete PDF collections of the documentation. These collections are indexed, meaning you can search for any terms and it will return all matches from any document within the collection. No more hunting for a specific manual to find exactly what you need.
z/VM product information
- z/VM 7.4 PDFs (June 2025)
- z/VM 7.3 PDFs (June 2025)
- z/VM 7.2 PDFs
- z/VM 7.1 PDFs
- z/VM 6.x PDFs
- z/VM Related PDFs
- z/VM Complete Indexed PDF Collections
- z/VM 7.4 Library in IBM z/VM Documentation
- z/VM 7.3 Library in IBM z/VM Documentation
- z/VM 7.2 Library in IBM z/VM Documentation
- IBM Docs z/VM 7.4 PDFs
- IBM Docs z/VM 7.3 PDFs
- IBM Docs z/VM 7.2 PDFs
- Redbooks publications for z/VM
- z/VM Program Directories
- z/VM Data Areas, Control Blocks, and Monitor Records
- Temporary information on new commands from VM65414
- Temporary information on new commands from VM65396
- z/VM Glossary of Terms
Linux on IBM Z documentation
- Linux on IBM Z Resources
- IBM Knowledge Center - Linux on Z and LinuxONE
- Development Stream Documentation for Linux on Z and LinuxONE
White papers, consultant reports, performance reports
- Managing z/OS guests on z/VM with IBM Operations Manager for z/VM (August 2020)
- z/VM Performance Report
- The Value of z/VM: Security and Integrity (April 2005)
- ESA/390 interpretive execution architecture foundation for VM/ESA (1991)
Data sheets, brochures
- z/VM 6.3 Data Sheet
- z/VM 6.2 Data Sheet
- z/VM 6.1 Data Sheet
- z/VM 5.4 Data Sheet
- z/VM 5.3 Data Sheet
- Linux on IBM System z with z/VM V6 (10-2009)
- Linux on IBM System z with z/VM V5.4 (10-2009)
Reference guides