David Boyes wrote "and there is an embedded cut-down LE preinstalled that will probably suffice for your use."
The LE supplied with z/VM is the complete LE package. It contains the run-time libraries for C/C++, COBOL, and PL/I. There is no other version of LE available or needed for z/VM. This is the prereq that satisifies the DFSMS requirement. Mike Donovan