VM/370
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VM/370 is IBM's pioneering virtual machine operating system that allowed multiple independent OS environments to run concurrently on System/370 mainframe hardware.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VM/370 canonical | 6 |
| VM/XA | 1 |
| Virtual Machine Facility/370 | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IBM mainframe operating system
ⓘ
operating system ⓘ virtual machine monitor ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
VM/370
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Virtual Machine Facility/370
|
| announcedBy | IBM ⓘ |
| architecture | virtual machine architecture ⓘ |
| basedOn | CP-67 ⓘ |
| category |
IBM VM family
ⓘ
surface form:
IBM virtualization technology
mainframe virtualization ⓘ |
| component |
Control Program (CP)
ⓘ
surface form:
Control Program
Conversational Monitor System (CMS) ⓘ
surface form:
Conversational Monitor System
|
| designGoal |
efficient sharing of mainframe resources
ⓘ
isolation between virtual machines ⓘ |
| developer |
IBM
ⓘ
IBM Cambridge Scientific Center ⓘ |
| enables |
multiple concurrent virtual machines
ⓘ
time-sharing of System/370 hardware ⓘ |
| feature |
debugging and instrumentation facilities for guest OSes
ⓘ
full virtualization of System/370 hardware ⓘ interactive time-sharing via CMS ⓘ spooling ⓘ virtual card readers and punches ⓘ virtual disks (minidisks) ⓘ virtual printers ⓘ |
| influenced |
IBM VM family
ⓘ
modern hypervisors ⓘ virtualization research ⓘ |
| introduced | early 1970s ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allowing multiple independent OS environments to run concurrently on System/370 hardware
ⓘ
pioneering commercial virtual machine operating system ⓘ |
| predecessor | CP/CMS ⓘ |
| provides | virtual 370 instruction set to guests ⓘ |
| runsOn | IBM System/370 ⓘ |
| successor |
IBM VM family
ⓘ
surface form:
VM/ESA
z/VM ⓘ
surface form:
VM/SP
z/VM ⓘ
surface form:
VM/XA
z/VM ⓘ |
| supports |
CMS
ⓘ
DOS/VS ⓘ MVS ⓘ OS/360 ⓘ multiple guest operating systems ⓘ |
| supportsHardware | IBM System/370 virtual memory models ⓘ |
| supportsMode |
multi-user guest operating system virtual machine
ⓘ
single-user CMS virtual machine ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
VM/XA
this entity surface form:
Virtual Machine Facility/370