zAware was not an OS. Originally it was firmware. BTW: It was transitioned to IBM Operational Analytics for z Systems
________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh <[email protected]> Sent: 24 January 2019 14:51 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: how many OSes run on IBMz Oh how about zAWARE ?? – Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: 24 January 2019 14:37 To: [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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<http://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 [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
