Last Updated: 13 September 2022
Sources of z/VM-related news and information
Do you need information about z/VM, virtualization, and Linux on IBM Z but don't know where to look? Here are a few suggestions for sources and items with subscriptions to ensure the latest news is delivered directly to you.
z/VM News and Updates
- September 13, 2022 - z/VM 7.3 Announcement
- August 2, 2022 - 50th Anniversary of IBM VM products
- April 5, 2022 - z/VM 7.3 Preview Announcement
- April 5, 2022 - z/VM service required for the IBM z16
- August 16, 2021 - z/VM 7.2 achieves FIPS 140-2 validation
- October 5, 2020 - Anonymous FTP to testcase.boulder.ibm.com is no longer allowed
- September 18, 2020 - z/VM 7.2 is now available.
- August 4, 2020 - z/VM 7.2 Announcement
- April 14, 2020 - z/VM 7.2 Preview Announcement
- April 14, 2020 - z/VM service required for the IBM z15 and LinuxONE III servers
- February 21, 2020 - z/VM Spotlight: Dynamic Crypto - New function for z/VM 7.1
- January 23, 2020 - z/VM 7.1 7104 RSU now available
- September 26, 2019 - z/VM 7.1 7103 RSU now available
- September 12, 2019 - IBM WAVE for z/VM 1.2
- September 12, 2019 - z/VM Support for IBM z15 and LinuxONE III
- September 12, 2019 - z/VM Spotlight: 80 Logical Processor Support - New function for z/VM 7.1
- July 26, 2019 - z/VM Spotlight: Extended Address Volume (EAV) Paging Support - New function for z/VM 7.1
- June 3, 2019 - z/VM Spotlight: VSwitch Priority Queuing - New function for z/VM 7.1
- z/VM 7.1 Announcement - A new era for delivering enhancements to z/VM advanced virtualization technology
- z/VM Continuous Delivery News - provides news on upcoming and available new function for z/VM
- z/VM-Centric Information for Global Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR)
- z/VM Site News and Changes - organized by month so that you can keep apprised of the latest information
Release-specific z/VM resources
Guest system z/VM resources
- z/VM and Linux resources
- z/VM and VSE resources
- z/VM and z/OS resources
- See also technical resources
Important product dates, upgrade and migration information
Not sure if you're on a supported release? Are you thinking about migrating or upgrading to a supported release?
Listen and learn about z/VM
- VM Events - conferences, user groups and meetings
- Customer references and stories
- z/VM, Linux on IBM Z, z/VSE Live Virtual Classes
- z/VM and Linux training from IBM Training
Subscribe to IBM Z newsletters and magazines
- IBM Systems Magazine - Mainframe Edition
- MainframeZone - a site for mainframe enthusiasts
- IBM Subscriptions - customize news and announcement e-mails from IBM
- IBM Redbooks - weekly e-mail about Books, Papers, Residencies, etc.