I did not see this mentioned, but, if you use BCPII, it will not be available 
in your Guest:

HWI010I BCPII DOES NOT OPERATE ON A VM GUEST. BCPII INITIALIZATION 
IS HALTED.                                                         

If you use BCPII for critical processes you may need a rethink.

> Thanks for confirming my own research on the subject.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark Jacobs
> ________________________________________
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Mary 
> Anne Matyaz [[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 9:07 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: zOS under zVM
> 
> Mark,
> 
> Here's my doc on the subject...
> 
> Mary Anne
> 
> Differences b/w running native LPAR and running as a z/VM guest
> 
> In a single system:
> 
> The only issue I’m aware of is some strangeness with your performance 
> monitors.
> 
> In a SYSPLEX:
> 
> --A new CFRM policy is required, specifying SIMDEV for the coupling facility:
> 
>               CF NAME(CFCC1
>                      TYPE(SIMDEV)
>                      MFG(IBM)
>                      PLANT(EN)
>                      SEQUENCE(0000000CFCC1)
>                      PARTITION(0)
>                      CPCID(00)
>                      DUMPSPACE(2000)
> 
> Type Number (TYPE) - SIMDEV specifies that this is a z/VM simulated   message 
> device type.
>     Manufacturer (MFG) - IBM® indicates IBM as the manufacturer.
>     Plant (PLANT) - EN indicates Endicott as the manufacturing plant.
>     Sequence # (SEQUENCE) - The 12-byte field will contain the CF Service 
> Machine user ID    right justified. Pad all leading unused characters with 
> EBCDIC zeros. For example, if a CF Service Machine of CFCC1 is specified, 
> SEQUENCE is 0000000CFCC1. Your DR provider may have a different CF name.
> 
> 
> --A different CLOCKxx member may be needed specifying SIMETRID:
> 
> TIMEZONE W.04.00.00
> ETRMODE YES
> ETRDELTA 10
> ETRZONE YES
> SIMETRID 00
> 
> --Possible CFSizing needed:
> 
> If you are on a processor that has a lower level of CF Code, you may need to 
> resize your structures. For example, if your DR provider has a z10 (CFLEVEL 
> 16) and you are running on a z9 (CFLEVEL 15), you may need to increase the 
> storage size of the CF.
> 
> 
> >It's been many, many years since we've run our sysplex under zVM. Our next 
> >DR exercise will be hosted in a VM >environment and I'm looking for any 
> >environmental setup concerns that I need to consider.
> 
> >I know that we'll have to change LOADxx, but I'm unsure about anything else.
> 
> >Any advice on what I have to do would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> >Mark Jacobs
> >Time Customer Service
> 
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