The database manager runs on a VM/ESA Version 2 Release 3 or later operating system. If you are running VSE as a guest operating system under VM, VSE users and applications can access DB2 Server for VM servers. This feature is called VSE Guest Sharing.
If DRDA code is installed, DB2 Server for VM requesters can use the DRDA protocol to access servers on other platforms, and requesters on other platforms can use the DRDA protocol to access a DB2 Server for VM database. For more information, see Chapter 15, Using a DRDA Environment.
Note that this product does not support mixed levels of CP and CMS.