z⁄VM Education - Unit 11 - z⁄VM - Virtualization Basics

This presentation is a perfect starting point for anyone interested in learning about the basics of IBM z/VM. The presentation delves into the history of z/VM that first began more than 50 years ago. The presentation explains the reasons for virtualizing, and goes over the concepts of IBM Z hardware and the z/VM Hypervisor.

Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 1:25 - Agenda 1:54 - IBM Z Nomenclature 3:26 - Why Virtualize? 4:34 - Virtualization Timeline 7:30 - IBM Z Architecture and Virtualization 14:01 - Virtual Machines 15:53 - Processors and z/VM 17:20 - Memory and z/VM 18:31 - I/O and z/VM 24:05 - Networking and z/VM 26:51 - SPOOL and z/VM 27:59 - Security and z/VM 29:30 - Over-committing Resources 35:05 - How to Build z/VM 39:34 - Dynamic Resource Management 45:19 - Problem Determination 46:49 - System Readiness 48:01 - z/VM Helpful Resources

z/VM Virtualization Basics presentation - https://www.vm.ibm.com/library/presentations/vmbasics.pdf

z/VM links and resources: IBMVM Listserv - http://listserv.uark.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=IBMVM Linux 390 Listserv - http://www.cavmen.org/list390.html Listserv Information - https://www.vm.ibm.com/techinfo/listserv.html z/VM Library - https://www.vm.ibm.com/library/ RedBooks - https://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/domains/zsystems