This IBM Redbooks publication shows the strengths of z/VM and how you can use these strengths to create a highly flexible test and production environment.

Some of the strengths of z/VM that are shown in this book are that you can run Linux on z/VM, you can run a sysplex under z/VM, and you can develop code under z/VM for z/TPF. You can also provision Linux guests under z/VM. A vswitch allows you to connect all of your guests (all operating systems that run under z/VM) easily to the network. You can simulate your production environment on a sysplex.

The intention of this book is to show the strengths of z/VM and how you can use these strengths to simulate your production

environment and expand your application development and testing environments.

Part 1. Introducing z/VM

Chapter 1. z/VM virtualization

Chapter 2. Virtual networking for Linux on System z

Chapter 3. Resource management under z/VM

Chapter 4. Outlook on z/VM Version 5 Release 3.0

Part 2. Developing, deploying, and managing your environment

Chapter 5. Cloning a production environment (a practical scenario)

Chapter 6. Parallel Sysplex under z/VM

Chapter 7. z/TPF

Chapter 8. The Communication Controller for Linux on System z

Chapter 9. z/VM system management tools

Chapter 10. Porting applications to Linux on System z

Appendix A. Sample scripts to use when cloning systems

Appendix B. Sample REXX script to IPL z/OS systems on z/VM

Appendix C. Additional material