KVM on bare metal! Don't know if it's the same as zLinux.. I think zLinux is SLES or RHAT on top of zVM.. ?
– Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bernd Oppolzer Sent: 24 January 2019 12:52 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz Am 24.01.2019 um 13:25 schrieb R.S.: > W dniu 2019-01-24 o 13:17, John McKown pisze: >> This is mainly a curiosity question. I know of: z/OS, z/VSE, z/TPF, >> and z/Linux. Are there any others? >> >> OK, the real reason I'm asking is to be a bit weird in a game that I >> play. >> It is "No Man's Sky",which is a space exploration game. When you >> discover a new star system or planet, you can rename it. So I plan to >> find a star with "n" planets, where "n" is the number of OSes which >> run on the IBMz platform. I will name the star IBMz, and the planets >> after the OSes. If there are any moons around a planet, I will try to >> name them after some major subsystem which runs on the OS with that >> name, such as JES2 or POWER or RSCS. >> > > > It depends. > There were historical OSes like Amdahl UTS or AIX/ESA. > There is "something" like CFCC (Coupling Facility Control Code). > There is z/VM which is hypervisor or just OS. > Sometimes TPF was not counted as OS even by IBM. > There is/was OpenSolaris ported on mainframe, but AFAIK only under z/VM. > There is CMS (part of z/VM), which currently can ruch only under z/VM, > but AFAIK in the past it could run on bare metal as well. > There are many zLinux distros like Debian, Fedora, SUSE, Redhat, > Slackware, Ubuntu... > > MUSIC/SP, but I don't know - if there is a version of MUSIC/SP still running anywhere in the "real world" and not only with emulators in hobbyists' environments - if it really would round on a current z Hardware Kind regards Bernd ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN MARKSANDSPENCER.COM ________________________________ Unless otherwise stated above: Marks and Spencer plc Registered Office: Waterside House 35 North Wharf Road London W2 1NW Registered No. 214436 in England and Wales. Telephone (020) 7935 4422 Facsimile (020) 7487 2670 www.marksandspencer.com Please note that electronic mail may be monitored. This e-mail is confidential. If you received it by mistake, please let us know and then delete it from your system; you should not copy, disclose, or distribute its contents to anyone nor act in reliance on this e-mail, as this is prohibited and may be unlawful. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
