IBM announces the end of service for older versions of DataMirror software

End of Service

• IBM iReflect versions 1.x, 2.x, and 3.0
• IBM iCluster versions 1.5.x, 2.x, 4.0, and 5.0
• IBM HA Suite versions 2.x, 3.0.x, 3.5.x, and 3.7
• IBM PointBase versions 4.x, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6
• IBM Constellar Hub versions 3.5.x, 3.7.0 and 4.0
• IBM ERP Gateway version 3.0.1
• IBM DB/XML versions 2.x and 3.0

IBM continues to strengthen its change data capture and high availability solutions with new product releases. With the introduction of new products, the previously available versions listed above will end of service on September 2010.

Contact your IBM InfoSphere Account Team or Account Executive to discuss how to proceed. Additional license fees may be required.

• IBM iReflect, now renamed to IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture for Oracle Replication, is an actively maintained product. Customers on product versions reaching end of service should upgrade to version 3.1. For more information on InfoSphere Change Data Capture for Oracle Replication, please refer to announcement 208-085
• IBM iCluster, now renamed to IBM iCluster for i, is an actively maintained product. Customers on product versions reaching end of service should upgrade to version 5.2. For more information on IBM iCluster for i, please refer to announcement A08-1390
• IBM HA Suite is replaced by IBM iCluster for i version 5.2
• IBM PointBase versions 4.x, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6 are replaced by IBM DB2 Everyplace version 9.1 or IBM solidDB version 6.3
• IBM Constellar Hub versions 3.5.x and 4.0 are replaced by IBM InfoSphere DataStage version 8.1
• IBM ERP Gateway version 3.0.1 has no replacement product
• IBM DB/XML versions 2.x and 3.0 are replaced by IBM InfoSphere DataStage version 8.1

Note: IBM InfoSphere Change Data Capture is not impacted by this announcement. Also, HA Suite is a legacy high availability solution that has since been replaced by iCluster.