I cannot find much that is available only in z/VM 6.1. I looked through the items in the announcment letter, and most of them say they are supported by PTF in z/VM 5.3 or 5.4.
The only z/VM 6.1 only items I found were: 1. Limited to z10 only 2. Prefetch guest data into processor cache 3. Closer integration with IBM Systems Director What am I missing? Here is my table: Feature First release Other Support for Crypto Express3 z/VM 5.3 z10 only Support for Linux guests using dynamic storage reconfiguration z/VM 5.4 IBM FICON Express8 z/VM 5.3 IBM Extended Address Volumes (EAV) z/VM 5.4 DS8000 IBM FlashCopy SE z/VM 5.4 IBM DS8000 Full Disk Encryption z/VM 5.4 DS8000 IBM System Storage TS7700 Virtualization Engine z/VM 5.3 z/VSE o nly Worldwide port name (WWPN) prediction tool z/VM 5.3 Prefetch guest data into processor cache z/VM 6.1 z10 only OSA-Express QDIO data connection isolation z/VM 5.3 z10 only CMS-based z/VM SSL server z/VM 5.4 Additional tape encryption z/VM 5.3 Multiple file dumps z/VM 5.3 Closer integration with IBM Systems Director z/VM 6.1 Limited to Z10 only z/VM 6.1 z10 only Alan Ackerman Alan (dot) Ackerman (at) Bank of America (dot) com
