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z/VM is the successor to IBM's VM/ESA® operating system. Some products and functions supported
on z/VM and some publications might continue to use VM/ESA in their names.
Withdrawal of distribution medium
z/VM V5.4 will not be available on the 3480 tape medium, satisfying the statement of direction made in the
Software Announcement dated February 6, 2007.
Simultaneous with this withdrawal, 3490 Tape Subsystems will not be supported for installation by z/VM.
z/VM continues to be distributed on 3590 and 3592 tape media, on DVDs, and Internet delivery through
Shopz. Effective November 5, 2008, service on 3480 and 3490E tape media is planned to be
discontinued from Shopz.
Also, distribution of the Recommended Service Update (RSU) on CD-ROM in Optical Media Attachment/2
(OMA/2) format has been discontinued for all currently-supported and future z/VM releases. SERVLINK
files (virtual tape images) will continue to be delivered on the RSU CD-ROM.
Changes to the z/VM System Delivery Offering (SDO)
With the general availability of z/VM V5.4, the following changes have been made to the z/VM V5.4 SDO:
Removed shipment of the SDO Enabling Aid with the product order. The Enabling Aid is planned to
be available by September 12, 2008, at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/zseries/zvm/sdo/.
Removed Host Management Facility (HMF), V1.1 (5684-157), from the V5.4 SDO. HMF was
announced to be withdrawn from marketing effective September 8 , 2008, in the Software
Announcement dated June 2, 2008. HMF is replaced by IBM Operations Manager for z/VM
(5697-J10), version 1 release 2.0, or later. Service support for HMF V1.1 is planned to be
discontinued on April 5, 2010 as announced in the IBM Withdrawal and Service Announcement dated
February 03, 2009.
Removed VisualAge Generator Server for MVS, VM, and VSE, V1.2 (5648-B02), from the V5.4 SDO.
VisualAge Generator Server for MVS, VM, and VSE, V1.2, was withdrawn from marketing effective
June 3, 2008, in the Software Announcement dated June 2, 2008.
Removed RSCS, V3.2 (5684-096), from the V5.4 SDO. RSCS V3.2 was withdrawn from marketing
effective May 26, 2008, in the Software Announcement dated December 4, 2007. Discontinuation of
service for RSCS V3.2.0 is effective October 31, 2009.
With z/VM 5.4, Language Environment (LE) is at Function Level (FL) 540. This Function Level of LE is
required for the execution of LE Applications under z/VM 5.4. Therefore versions of LE at a Function
Level lower than 540 should not be migrated to z/VM 5.4. Attempts to execute LE Applications under
levels of LE lower than Function Level 540 will fail.
z/VM V5.4 Information Center
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