VIEW for VMWare for z/VM implies directory management and security
interface, as well as other z/VM functions. Probably zPRO is closer to
the requirement for that.
Stephen Frazier wrote:
Dave Jones wrote:
Hi, Steve.
On July 22,2008, Gary Dennis of Mantissa Corp made the following
statement on the VM list:
In Q1 2009 Mantissa will deliver a system that permits
unaltered Windows operating systems to run under z/VM.
Gary Dennis
Mantissa Corporation
I am guessing that the way that this might work is to run the Windows
system 'headless' on z/VM, and then have some sort of thin client
connect to the server. I believe that Microsoft has implemented a
protocol for doing just this sort of thing.
Have a good one.
I expect that it will work somewhat like VMware VIEW. The user logs on
to VIEW with a thin client and their desktop (running on a X86 VMware
server) appears. VIEW keeps track of the users and which virtual machine
belongs to which user. VIEW also creates new virtual machines for new
users from a template (think of a virtual machine with no cpu or
memory). VIEW is a well thought out front end for VMware. Now that
Mantissa is running Windows on z/VM the obvious next step is VIEW for
z/VM. :) Maybe Mantissa has already done it.
