The Hercules community are running some older operating systems. Could be that Hercules runs more than z is capable of.
As Goldmember would say, ''Ïsn't that weird". On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 1:51 AM Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh < vignesh.v.sankaranaraya...@marks-and-spencer.com> wrote: > Oh how about zAWARE ?? > > – Vignesh > Mainframe Infrastructure > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: 24 January 2019 14:37 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz > > On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:25:48 +0100, R.S. wrote: > > > >It depends. > >There were historical OSes like Amdahl UTS or AIX/ESA. > >There is "something" like CFCC (Coupling Facility Control Code). > >There is z/VM which is hypervisor or just OS. > >Sometimes TPF was not counted as OS even by IBM. > >There is/was OpenSolaris ported on mainframe, but AFAIK only under z/VM. > >There is CMS (part of z/VM), which currently can ruch only under z/VM, > >but AFAIK in the past it could run on bare metal as well. > >There are many zLinux distros like Debian, Fedora, SUSE, Redhat, > >Slackware, Ubuntu... > > > How do you count PR/SM, sort of a hyperhypervisor, so: > PR/SM : z/VM :: z/VM : CMS ... > > Nowadays, most of the others won't run on "bare metal", only under PR/SM. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > MARKSANDSPENCER.COM > ________________________________ > Unless otherwise stated above: > Marks and Spencer plc > Registered Office: > Waterside House > 35 North Wharf Road > London > W2 1NW > > Registered No. 214436 in England and Wales. > > Telephone (020) 7935 4422 > Facsimile (020) 7487 2670 > > www.marksandspencer.com > > Please note that electronic mail may be monitored. > > This e-mail is confidential. If you received it by mistake, please let us > know and then delete it from your system; you should not copy, disclose, or > distribute its contents to anyone nor act in reliance on this e-mail, as > this is prohibited and may be unlawful. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
