z/VM resources for Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE
Enjoy the benefits of running Linux virtual machines on IBM Z or LinuxONE hardware under one of the world's most secure, functionally capable, and feature-rich enterprise virtualization platforms: IBM z/VM.
Security and resiliency don't need to be expensive
Rely on hardware designed for 99.99999% availability, workload isolation, and faster recovery, coupled with class-leading enterprise virtualization to host thousands of virtual machines on a single system.
The highest levels of security, performance, scalability, and system management offer a solid foundation for your hybrid cloud IT infrastructure. With virtualization density known for setting leadership trends in the market, learn how workloads consolidated onto Linux under z/VM share resources to reduce costs.
Linux server virtualization
Within the z/VM environment, Linux images benefit from the ability to share hardware and software resources and use internal high-speed communications. While benefiting from the reliability, availability and serviceability of IBM Z, z/VM offers an ideal platform for consolidating select UNIX, Windows, and Linux workloads on a single physical server which allows you to run hundreds to thousands of Linux images. z/VM V6 uses an engine-based Value Unit pricing which is designed to provide a decreasing price curve as hardware capacities and workload grow, which can help improve price performance.
Continually enhanced for Linux workloads
Each new version and most new service levels contain enhancements to support Linux workloads.
Hardware
Built to run Linux alongside other operating systems, IBM z15 single- and multi-frame systems deliver security, privacy, and resiliency as part of your hybrid cloud infrastructure.
IBM LinuxONE is designed with clients for open innovation that combines the best of Linux and open technology with the best of enterprise computing in one system.
Linux distributions
Run a variety of Linux distributions as z/VM virtual machines -- including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and Canonical Ubuntu Linux -- with a common experience.
Getting started
If you will be supporting Linux on z/VM, consider attending any of the following:
- A course from IBM Training
- A free Live Virtual Class (LVC) from IBM
- Formal VM-related classes and training from non-IBM sources
Visit the z/VM online library, which includes a getting started publication z/VM: Getting Started with Linux on Z
Visit the z/VM Begin with the Basics page
Technical publications
IBM Redbooks publications
- Virtualization Cookbook for RHEL 6.0 on z/VM
- Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 11 SP1
- Sharing and maintaining RHEL 5.3 Linux under z/VM
- z/VSE Using DB2 on Linux for System z
- Leveraging IBM Cognos 8 BI for Linux on IBM System z
- Practical Migration to Linux on System z
- Implementing Application Servers on Linux on System z
- Linux on System z High Availability with Linux-HA Release 2
- Use Linux-HA to Create a HA J2EE Environment
- z/VM and Linux Operations for z/OS System Programmers
- The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2
- Problem Determination for Linux on System z
- Linux on z/VM: Performance Measurement and Tuning
- Sharing and maintaining Linux under z/VM
- Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/VM Basics
- IBM CCL for Linux on System z V1.2.1 Implementation
- WebSphere Portal Server Cloning on Linux on System z
- The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES9
- Best Practices for Lotus Domino on System z
- Linux for zSeries and System z9
- From LPAR to Virtual Servers in Two Days
- Cloning FCP-attached SCSI Disks on SLES9 Linux for zSeries Systems
- Networking Overview for Linux on zSeries
- Implementing Fibre Channel Protocol
- Accounting and Monitoring for z/VM Linux guest machines
- Linux for S/390 Redbook
- Building Linux Systems Under VM
- Cloning Linux Images in z/VM
- Large Scale Linux Deployment
- Linux for zSeries and S/390: ISP/ASP Solutions
- Linux for zSeries and S/390: Distributions
- Data Mart Solutions with DB2 for Linux on zSeries
- Linux on zSeries: Application Dev.
- Linux on zSeries: Systems Mgmt.
- High Availability for z/VM and Linux
- Getting Started with zSeries Fibre Channel Protocol
- Experiences with Oracle for Linux on zSeries
- Linux on IBM zSeries and S/390: Porting LEAF
- Managing a Samba Server from z/VM
- Performance Measurement and Tuning
- IBM Lotus Domino 6.5 for Linux on zSeries Implementation
- z/VM Configuration for WebSphere Deployments
- Linux with zSeries and ESS: Essentials
- Format/Label a DASD Volume for Linux Guests Under z/VM
- Partitioning DASD for Linux Guests
- Building SuSE SLES8 Systems under z/VM