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The IBM z/VM Center extension for IBM Director allows you to manage and clone Linux guests running on z/VM. This IBM Redpaper provides complete instructions for the z/VM System Programmer on how to enable a z/VM Version 5.2 system to be managed using IBM Director and the z/VM Center extension and how to use z/VM Center to deploy and manage Linux guests.

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Linux for zSeries

Several (non-IBM) Linux distributions can be used on a mainframe. There are two generic names for these distributions:

Linux for S/390 (uses 31-bit addressing and 32-bit registers)

Linux for zSeries (uses 64-bit addressing and registers)

Linux is becoming a favorite to run on z/VM in it's own LPAR

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