Do you mean the wonderful VM that runs on mainframes class servers? I think that will require IBM hardware, probably badged as zSeries.
I started on VM/XA in 1990 eventually migrating to VM/ESA but then we dropped mainframes for unix, specifically AIX first.
AIX will also not run on x86 hardware. It requires IBM pSeries or (less usually) iSeries however all current IBM hardware can be partitioned to share the overall hardware between many running operating systems.
I hope that this helps, but if I've missed the point, please write back.
Here is a short overview which IBM hardware can run which OS:
pSeries (POWER-based Platform, currently P8): AIX (=IBMs UNIX), Linux (SuSe, Ubuntu), iOS (formerly known as AS/400)
zSeries (mainframes): z/OS (replaced MVS, OS/390 and VM), z/Linux
xSeries (=Intel-compatible): Linux and everything else running on Intel-systems.
pSeries systems can use either the IBM hypervisor which runs iOS-, AIX- and Linux-LPARs or (only Power8) the Power-KVM (=Linux' KVM adapted for pSeries) with Linux-Systems as LPARs. Notice, however, that Power-KVM has a slightly smaller throughput than IBMs hypervisor.
zSeries can run z/OS and z/Linux
For xSeries the same as for any Intel-compatible PC applies.
Your information is very sufficient.
I had played @\(Xserver\) series even IBM OEM for CISCO server before mainly for Intel Chips before.
By the way not sure IBM Virtual Machine could be load on normal Intel Chip \(Desktop and Notebook\) than install IBM AIX OS as guest server - most probably answer should be no.
Thank you,
Regards,
Wang Chen Yung
I do not know what you mean by "IBM Virtual Machine" - this is no software product i know. AIX only runs on pSeries hardware, therefore - whatever IBM Virtual Machine might be - the answer is indeed no.
IBM VM is a wonderful operating system, both as a hypervisor (creating guest environments) or as an operational environment. We had both. VM/ESA on the machine, then an operational VM/XA for business users and MVS/ESA sharing the same physical mainframe. We switched it off in the early hours of 1/1/2000, although it still worked just fine.
You need to use a RISC based system which is a P-Series system. For something cheaper you may want to look into a RS/6000.
You can not use AIX/VIOS on a Intel based system.
Just in case, also to clear up, There are no visualization software out there that I know of that allows you to install AIX as a guest.
VMware
virtual box
etc.
I remember a long time ago someone had mentioned they got this working on PearPC but not VIOS only AIX 5.3. I wouldn't get my hopes up about this though because I have not seen any updates recently.
IBM z\\VM should be mainframe. What is the guest operating System \(VMware term\) could be run on this platform.
Please advice.
Regards,
Wang Chen Yung
On P-series, you'd VIOS for "virtualization". That more like Sun "domains". AIX supports the idea of "containers" as well for a softer form of virtualization. z/VM is for the zSeries mainframes.
Apart from "in the lab", AIX doesn't run on x86... Could it? I'll let you decipher "in the lab". As for VIOS, probably not (today).
So, right now, if you want/need AIX, you really need to get a p-Series host. Or you can pursue a cloud offering if you want something cheaper (talking about just playing around or learning AIX). Most people don't want AIX experience, but the whole shebang... that is, they will want VIOS experience. Getting into p-Series, VIOS and AIX isn't going to be cheap. Just the way IBM made that.