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VM news and site changes
Keep apprised of news, announcement and events with this handy reference to highlights and news links, organized by month.
| December 2011 |
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General Availability
z/VM V6.2 is generally available on December 2, 2011. |
| October 2011 |
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IBM Announcements, October 12, 2011 - Accelerate the Journey to
Smarter Computing
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| July 2011 |
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z/VM V6.1 and z/VM V5.4 SDO July Update We've updated our SDO information for z/VM V6.1 and z/VM V5.4 (07-2011) (Thanks to Willian Rampazzo) |
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IBM zEnterprise 114 Announcement, July 12, 2011 Introducing a new member of the zEnterprise family. |
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2011 IBM Technical Conference Mark your calendars for 2011 IBM System z Technical University featuring z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE and Linux on System z |
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IBM WebCasts (Live Virtual Class) for July
Backing Up and Restoring z/VM and Linux with IBM Solutions Date: July 13 Speaker: Tracy Dean - Product Manager, IBM Management Software for z/VM View description and link to registration for live call (or later automatic replay) |
Customer Stories and Case Studies
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| June 2011 |
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IBM 100th Anniversary |
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IBM WebCasts (Live Virtual Class) for June
Automating Operations on z/VM and Linux with IBM Solutions Date: June 22 Speaker: Tracy Dean - Product Manager, IBM Management Software for z/VM View description and link to registration for live call (or later automatic replay) |
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June User Groups and One-day Updates
Consider spending a day with one of the regional user groups for z/VM and Linux updates and to connect with colleagues. Below are opportunities for valuable events!
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IBM Announcements - June 2011
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| May 2011 |
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z/VM Red Alert (April 2011)
New Red Alert pertaining to those who run Linux on z/VM. APAR VM64862 is in error View details at z/VM Red Alert page. |
z/VM Required Service
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Articles and Magazines
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z/VM V6.1 and z/VM V5.4 SDO May Update We've updated our SDO information for z/VM V6.1 and z/VM V5.4 (05-2011) (Thanks to Willian Rampazzo) |
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System z Technology Summit System z Technology summit meetings will be held in several US cities and Canada through May |
Customer Stories and Case Studies
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IBM WebCasts (Live Virtual Class) for May
Live Demo: Setup of simple and multipathed disk I/O configurations of ECKD and zfcp Volumes on Linux on System z Date: May 10/11 Speaker: Thorsten Diehl, Linux on System z System & Performance Evaluation View description and link to launch the automatic replay. Bringing You Up to Date with LE for z/VSE Date: May 12 Speaker: Wolfgang Bosch, IBM Boeblingen - z/VSE Development & Service, Language Environment for z/VSE View description and link to launch the automatic replay. |
| April 2011 |
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2011 IBM Technical Conferences Mark your calendars for 2011 IBM System z Technical Universities featuring z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE and Linux on System z |
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z/VM Red Alert (April 2011)
New Red Alert pertaining to those who run Linux on z/VM. APAR VM64862 is in error View details at z/VM Red Alert page. |
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April User Groups and One-day Updates
Consider spending a day with one of the regional user groups for z/VM and Linux updates and to connect with colleagues. Below are opportunities for valuable events!
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IBM Announcements - April 2011
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IBM White Papers
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Articles and Magazines
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IBM WebCast (Live Virtual Class) for April
Problem Reporting and Analysis Linux on System z - How to survive a Linux critical situation Date: April 6/7 Speaker: Sven Schuetz, Linux on System z Service Team, IBM Germany View description and link to launch the automatic replay. |
| March 2011 |
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Press & Articles
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IBM WebCasts (Live Virtual Classes) for March
Red Hat Enterprise Server Performance Report for Linux on System z Date: March 24 Speaker: Joerg Schmidbauer, IBM z/VSE Development & Service View description and link to automatic replay Overview of Cryptography and Enhancements on z/VSE 4.3 Dates: March 16&17 Speaker: Christian Ehrhardt, Linux on System z Performance Analyst, IBM Germany View description and link to automatic replay |
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One-day updates and User Groups Consider spending a day with one of the regional user groups for z/VM and Linux updates and to connect with colleagues. Below is an opportunity for a valuable one-day event!
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IBM Redpaper |
Customer Stories and Case Studies
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z/VM Required Service
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| February 2011 |
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IBM WebCast (Live Virtual Class) for February
Lessons learned from putting Linux on System z in Production Dates: Feb. 16&17 Speaker: Hans-Joachim Picht, Linux on System z Initiatives, IBM Germany View description and/or listen to automatic replay. |
IBM Announcements - February 2011
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Customer Stories and Case Studies
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IBM Redbooks
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Destination z
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Articles and Magazines
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Mainframe jobs Here are a few web sites for employers seeking mainframe skills and for persons seeking mainframe jobs. This collection of links can be found at www.vm.ibm.com/jobs/.
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IBM at 100
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| January 2011 |
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z/VM V6.1 and z/VM V5.4 SDO January Update We've updated our SDO information for z/VM V6.1 and z/VM V5.4 (01-2011) (Thanks to Willian Rampazzo) |
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System z Technology Summit System z Technology summit meetings will be held in several US cities and Canada through March. |
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Mainframe Executive Read about z196 and more in the January/February digital edition of Mainframe Executive.
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Draft books and papers from the ITSO
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White Paper Read about the 
Consolidation of Lotus Domino and
Lotus Notes to Linux on System z
(December 2010)
by Gerald Hosch (IBM Boeblingen)
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Need help with your Linux on z/VM implementation? IBM can help. View IBM Implementation Services for System z - z/VM and Linux
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IBM WebCast (Live Virtual Class) for January
Best Practices for WebSphere Application Server on Linux on System z Speaker: Steve Wehr, Senior Engineer, IBM System z New Technology Center Description and automatic replay with charts
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Linux and z/VM classes from IBM in 2011 Some of the IBM Classes for z/VM and Linux on System z have been scheduled in cities around the US, and as Live Virtual Classes. See the events calendar for dates and locations.
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IBM Master the Mainframe Contest The results of the 2010 Master the Mainframe contest are in. Over 3500 students from the US and Canada (except Quebec) participated.
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One-day updates and User Groups Consider spending a day with one of the regional user groups for z/VM and Linux updates and to connect with colleagues. Below are opportunities these valuable one-day events!
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| Historical information |
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| Link or view news or changes made during these years: 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996. |
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