Control Program (CP)
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Control Program (CP) is the core virtualization component of IBM's z/VM operating system that manages hardware resources and provides virtual machines for guest operating systems.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Control Program | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component of z/VM
ⓘ
hypervisor ⓘ virtual machine monitor ⓘ |
| category |
mainframe virtualization software
ⓘ
system software ⓘ |
| configurationInterface | CP commands ⓘ |
| designedFor |
concurrent execution of multiple operating systems
ⓘ
multi-user time-sharing ⓘ |
| developer | IBM ⓘ |
| documentationTitle | z/VM CP Planning and Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| evolvedInto | z/VM Control Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPredecessor |
CP-40
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CP-67 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| implementsConcept |
full virtualization
ⓘ
time-sharing ⓘ |
| introducedInProductLine | IBM VM/370 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfImplementation | assembler ⓘ |
| managesResourceType |
CPU
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
I/O devices ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily |
VM family
ⓘ
z/VM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | IBM z/VM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
isolate guest operating systems
ⓘ
manage hardware resources for virtual machines ⓘ schedule virtual CPUs ⓘ |
| provides |
virtual machines
ⓘ
virtualization of hardware resources ⓘ |
| providesCapability |
logical partitioning at virtual machine level
ⓘ
virtual I/O channels ⓘ virtual networking ⓘ virtual storage management ⓘ |
| providesInterfaceTo | CMS control program interface commands ⓘ |
| runsOnPlatform |
IBM Z
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IBM mainframe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityRole | enforces isolation between virtual machines ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
performance monitoring for guests
ⓘ
resource overcommitment ⓘ virtual machine checkpointing ⓘ virtual machine paging ⓘ virtual machine relocation ⓘ |
| supportsGuestType |
CMS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Linux on IBM Z NERFINISHED ⓘ z/OS NERFINISHED ⓘ z/VSE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vendor | IBM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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