IBM z/VM 7.2

IBM z/VM® is an security-rich and scalable hypervisor designed to run hundreds to thousands of guest servers on a single IBM Z server or IBM LinuxONE server.

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IBM z/VM is designed to run hundreds to thousands of guest servers on a single IBM Z server or IBM LinuxONE server (where only Linux and z/VM guests are supported) with the highest degrees of efficiency and elasticity.

The ability of z/VM to support multiple machine images and architectures provides a highly flexible production and test environment for IBM Z and LinuxONE operating systems to:

- simplify migration from one release to another.

- facilitate the transition to newer applications.

- provide a test environment whenever one is needed.

- consolidate many systems onto one physical server.

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