OpenSolaris for System z is a discontinued port of the OpenSolaris operating system to the IBM System z line of mainframe computers. OpenSolaris is based...
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OpenSolaris (/ˌoʊpən səˈlɑːrɪs/) is a discontinued open-source computer operating system for SPARC and x86 based systems, created by Sun Microsystems and...
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kernel, effectively turning Solaris version 11 back into a closed source proprietary operating system. Following that, OpenSolaris was forked as Illumos and...
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Hercules emulator z/VM z/OS OpenSolaris for System z Gameframe IBM z13 IBM z196 IBM zEC12 z/Architecture IBM Mainframes - IBM Z, IBM, retrieved 2015-04-20...
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IBM Z or Linux on zSystems is the collective term for the Linux operating system compiled to run on IBM mainframes, especially IBM Z / IBM zSystems and...
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enhance UNIX System Services. Typically every release of z/OS includes enhancements to z/OS UNIX. Linux on IBM Z OpenSolaris for System z UTS (Mainframe...
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Hercules (emulator) (category IBM System/360 mainframe line)
Associates brought OpenSolaris to System z, relying on features provided by z/VM. Emulation of those specific z/VM features for OpenSolaris is included starting...
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Advanced Interactive eXecutive, a System V Unix version) OpenSolaris for System z UTS (developed by Amdahl) Linux on IBM Z Others on IBM S/360, S/370, and...
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IBM mainframe (section IBM System/360)
(Mainframe UNIX). In October 2008, Sine Nomine Associates introduced OpenSolaris on System z; it has since been discontinued. Current IBM mainframes run all...
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Z.) On 16 September 2022, IBM released z/VM Version 7.3 which requires z/Architecture, implemented in IBM's EC12, BC12 and later models. OpenSolaris for...
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ZFS (redirect from Zettabyte File System)
system in 2001. Large parts of Solaris, including ZFS, were published under an open source license as OpenSolaris for around 5 years from 2005 before...
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Oracle ZFS (redirect from Z filesystem)
from other non-proprietary Solaris-based distributions, it is recommended to upgrade to Solaris 11 Express from OpenSolaris (snv_134b), and thereby stay...
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predecessor, TPF/ESA). Other operating systems available include Linux on System z, OpenSolaris for System z, UTS, and MUSIC/SP (at least in principle)...
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operating systems used on IBM mainframes System/370, System/390, zSeries, System z and compatible systems, including the Hercules emulator for personal...
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build 51 beta of Solaris 10, and subsequently in the first full release of Solaris 10, 2005. It is present in illumos (formerly OpenSolaris) distributions...
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Amdahl UTS (category Operating system stubs)
create a proprietary operating system, and instead would focus on UTS. Linux on IBM Z OpenSolaris for System z UNIX System Services in OS/390 and its successors...
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the OpenOffice.org and OpenSolaris projects, based on their formerly closed-source StarOffice and Solaris software products. Open API Open format Open mainframe...
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to near native in most cases. However, some products such as coLinux, Xen, z/VM (in real mode) do not suffer the cost of CPU-level slowdowns as the CPU-level...
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confidence to adopt new IBM systems fairly quickly. IBM's current mainframe operating systems, z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE, and z/TPF, are backward compatible...
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Microsystems for use on Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris, ported to FreeBSD 7.0, NetBSD (as of August 2009), Linux and to FUSE (not to be confused with the two zFSes...
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OpenZFS is an open-source implementation of the ZFS file system and volume manager initially developed by Sun Microsystems for the Solaris operating system...
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Accelerator, zAware, and z/VSE Network Appliance, and they also supported the Z port of the now abandoned OpenSolaris operating system. Fujitsu and Hitachi...
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are also provided for more up-to-date versions which may be less tested. "BrandZ (Community Group brandz.WebHome) - XWiki". Opensolaris.org. October 26...
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Unix (redirect from Unix system)
members of the OpenSolaris community to fork OpenSolaris into the illumos kernel. As of 2014, illumos remains the only active, open-source System V derivative...
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The OpenSolaris posix_spawn() implementation posix_spawn – System Interfaces Reference, The Single UNIX Specification, Version 5 from The Open Group...
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z/OS is a 64-bit operating system for IBM z/Architecture mainframes, introduced by IBM in October 2000. It derives from and is the successor to OS/390...
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Trusted Solaris 8 was a security-focused version of the Solaris Unix operating system. Aimed primarily at the government computing sector, Trusted Solaris adds...
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Computing platform (redirect from System platform)
HP-UX IBM AIX A/UX Solaris OpenSolaris illumos OpenIndiana MINIX GNU Hurd PENGUIN Android ChromeOS OSF/1 Tru64 UNIX z/OS VM OpenVMS DOS MS-DOS / IBM...
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sourcing of Ancient UNIX systems, as well as modern successors such as the ditroff-based open-sourced versions found on OpenSolaris and Plan 9 from Bell Labs...
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MVS (redirect from MVS Operating System)
commonly called MVS, is the most commonly used operating system on the System/370, System/390 and IBM Z IBM mainframe computers. IBM developed MVS, along with...
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