<s>
z/VM	B-Application
is	O
the	O
current	O
version	O
in	O
IBM	O
's	O
VM	B-Application
family	I-Application
of	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
z/VM	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2000	O
and	O
remains	O
in	O
active	O
use	O
and	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
directly	O
based	O
on	O
technology	O
and	O
concepts	O
dating	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
1960s	O
,	O
with	O
IBM	O
's	O
CP/CMS	B-Application
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
System/360	I-Device
-67	I-Device
(	O
see	O
article	O
History	B-Application
of	I-Application
CP/CMS	I-Application
for	O
historical	O
details	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
z/VM	B-Application
runs	O
on	O
IBM	O
's	O
IBM	B-Device
Z	I-Device
family	O
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
support	O
large	O
numbers	O
(	O
thousands	O
)	O
of	O
Linux	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
See	O
Linux	B-Application
on	I-Application
IBM	I-Application
Z	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
16	O
September	O
2022	O
,	O
IBM	O
released	O
z/VM	B-Application
Version	O
7.3	O
which	O
requires	O
z/Architecture	B-Device
,	O
implemented	O
in	O
IBM	O
's	O
EC12	O
,	O
BC12	O
and	O
later	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
