Hi, i'm really interested in getting a deeper understanding of IBM z/VM.
I was very happy that IBM offers now a evaluation version of z/VM 5.3 to everyone: http://www.vm.ibm.com/eval/ I really like hercules to play around with Linux for zSeries - but is it also allowed to run this z/VM evaluation version on hercules ? As i can remember, this was not allowed in the past. >From my point of view this would be really good for z/VM because: - everybody (i.e. students) can get a deeper experience of z/VM - one can have full administration priviledges (employers/universities do typically not grant full administration priviledges) - one can have a portable mainframe (i.e. you play around with z/VM in the subway) - a better motivation to build up z/VM knowledge, because you are not dependent to your employers or university hardware - also universities which do not own a mainframe can teach mainframe knowledge - companies test their software on the mainframe - this emulator is available on linux and windows How can i install the z/VM eval version on hercules? Are there any redbooks/howtos available? (With the 3.0.6 release, hercules supports dvd-hmc support.) Really cool would be a set of hercules dasd-images downloadable at the IBM website ;-) Best regards Marc Schöchlin
