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z/VM Technical Resources
Last Updated: 3 April 2025
By release
Data Areas, Control Blocks, and Monitor Records
Technical information on z/VM components and development areas
- z/VM Memory Management
- z/VM Storage Management
- z/VM Systems Management
- z/VM Virtual Networking
- z/VM TCPIP
- z/VM Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem (RSCS)
- z/VM VM/Pass-Through Facility (PVM)
z/VM community
- Open Mainframe Project
- z/VM and Linux on Z listserv communities
- IBM z/VM Developer Pages
- z/VM Downloads
- Sources for VM, Linux, and Mainframe job seekers and employers
- Archive of VMSHARE Electronic Conference
Order and upgrade
- How to buy
- Upgrade to a supported release
- FAQ -Frequently asked questions
- Withdrawal from Marketing (WFM) announced dates
- VM Licensed Programs (LP) Migration Matrix
- IBM Z Hypervisor Proxies for IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT)
Other z/VM technical resources
- z/VM performance resources (z/VM report, tips, FAQ, etc.)
- z/VM security and integrity
- VM printing resources (tips, links, etc)
- z/VM installation resources
- z/VM service page for RSU, program directories, and more
- z/Architecture CMS information
- Product documentation and literature
- Quick access to IBM Systems support
- Technical Support FLASH
- z/VM Support for Parallel Access Volumes (PAVs)
- z/VM V6 Reference Guide 07-2010
- z/VM V5.4 Reference Guide 10-2009
- IBM Global Technology Services - VM and VSE Specialists
- End of Service (EOS) announced dates
- z/VM V6.3 CP Planning and Administration Guide - Updated section, "Allocating Space for CP Hard Abend Dumps" 07-2013
- Avoid IPL Failures - Reminder to update the Stand Alone Program Loader (SAPL) for z14
Guest Operating Systems
- z/VM and Linux
- z/VM and z/OS - including Parallel Sysplex
- z/VM and z/VSE
Application development
z/VM Web servers and browsers
- ESAWEB by Velocity Software, Inc
- z/Web-Server for VM by Illustro Systems International, LLC
- Charlotte 2.1 Web browser via the VM download library
- "The Charlotte Web Browser", an interview from the REXX Language Association News
