PR/SM

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In mainframe computing a PR/SM (Processor Resource/System Manager) is a type-1 Hypervisor (a virtual machine) that allows multiple logical partitions to share physical resources such as CPUs, I/O channels and direct access storage devices (DASD). It is integrated with all IBM System z machines.

IBM introduced PR/SM in 1985 with the IBM 3090-E processors.

IBM developed the concept of hypervisors in their CP-40 and CP-67, and in 1972 provided it for the S/370 as Virtual Machine Facility/370.[1] IBM introduced the Start Interpretive Execution (SIE) instruction as part of 370-XA on the 3081, and VM/XA versions of VM to exploit it. PR/SM is a type-1 Hypervisor based on the CP component of VM/XA that runs directly on the machine level and allocates system resources across LPAR's to share physical resources. It is a standard feature on IBM System z machines.

References

  1. ↑ 1990, 2002, Copyright IBM Corp. (2002-04-12). z/VM built on IBM Virtualization Technology General Information Version 4 Release 3.0. GC24-5991-04. 


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