Hello Marc Schoechlin, Hercules can run most IBM z/xxx products along with the older VM/ESA and VSE products. BUT... it is highly illegal.
The Wrath and Fury of IBM LEGAL will ascend from the sky. And you will be told to "CEASE AND DISSIST NOW!" with great emphasis on the NOW. Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-363-5050 ext 35050 -----Original Message----- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Marc Schoechlin Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 2:04 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Installing IBM z/VM to Hercules Hi, i'm really interested in getting a deeper understanding of IBM z/VM. I was very happy that IBM offers now a evaluation version of z/VM 5.3 to everyone: http://www.vm.ibm.com/eval/ I really like hercules to play around with Linux for zSeries - but is it also allowed to run this z/VM evaluation version on hercules ? As i can remember, this was not allowed in the past. >From my point of view this would be really good for z/VM because: - everybody (i.e. students) can get a deeper experience of z/VM - one can have full administration priviledges (employers/universities do typically not grant full administration priviledges) - one can have a portable mainframe (i.e. you play around with z/VM in the subway) - a better motivation to build up z/VM knowledge, because you are not dependent to your employers or university hardware - also universities which do not own a mainframe can teach mainframe knowledge - companies test their software on the mainframe - this emulator is available on linux and windows How can i install the z/VM eval version on hercules? Are there any redbooks/howtos available? (With the 3.0.6 release, hercules supports dvd-hmc support.) Really cool would be a set of hercules dasd-images downloadable at the IBM website ;-) Best regards Marc Schöchlin
