Last Updated: 3 April 2025

The table below contains collections of IBM z/VM documentation in Adobe Acrobat indexed PDF format. Once you download and extract one of the collection ZIP files, you will have an offline way to search the z/VM Library.

The ZIP files contain PDF files for all publications in the z/VM Library for the selected quarter or release. The 6.4 and greater collections also contain an HTML index file which lists the publication titles, and an Adobe Acrobat full text search index for the entire collection (PDX file). By using the PDX file you can perform a comprehensive search across all the PDFs within the collection.

New Indexed PDF collections will be provided on a quarterly basis when z/VM New Function APARs drive changes to publications.

Note: Starting with the 2019 April Refresh Collection the z/VM Related PDFs will no longer be included. Please see earlier collections or see the Related PDFs page.

Instructions on how to use the indexed PDF collection