IBM Software Support Lifecycle

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Product name (**Indicates comments/exception)	Version Rel./Mod.	Policy type¹	Product ID	General availability²	End of Support
z/OS	1.11	S	5694-A01	25 Sep 2009
z/OS	1.10	S	5694-A01	26 Sep 2008
z/OS	1.9	S	5694-A01	28 Sep 2007
z/OS	1.8	S	5694-A01	29 Sep 2006	30 Sep 2009
z/OS	1.7	S	5694-A01	30 Sep 2005	30 Sep 2008
z/OS	1.6	S	5694-A01	24 Sep 2004	30 Sep 2007
z/OS	1.5	S	5694-A01	26 Mar 2004	31 Mar 2007
z/OS	1.4	S	5694-A01	27 Sep 2002	31 Mar 2007
z/OS	1.3	S	5694-A01	29 Mar 2002	31 Mar 2005
z/OS	1.2	S	5694-A01	26 Oct 2001	31 Oct 2004
z/OS	1.1	S	5694-A01	30 Mar 2001	31 Mar 2004
z/OS.e	1.8	S	5655-G52	29 Sep 2006	30 Sep 2009
z/OS.e	1.7	S	5655-G52	30 Sep 2005	30 Sep 2008
z/OS.e	1.6	S	5655-G52	24 Sep 2004	30 Sep 2007
z/OS.e	1.5	S	5655-G52	26 Mar 2004	31 Mar 2007
z/OS.e	1.4	S	5655-G52	27 Sep 2002	31 Mar 2007
z/OS.e	1.3	S	5655-G52	29 Mar 2002	31 Mar 2005
z/Transaction Processing Facility Enterprise Edition	1.1	O	5748-T15	16 Sep 2005
z/VM	5.4	S	5741-A05	12 Sep 2008	30 Sep 2013
z/VM	5.3	S	5741-A05	29 Jun 2007	30 Sep 2010
z/VM	5.2	S	5741-A05	16 Dec 2005	30 Apr 2009
z/VM	5.1	S	5741-A05	24 Sep 2004	30 Sep 2007
z/VM	4.4	S	5739-A03	13 May 2003	30 Sep 2006
z/VM	4.3	S	5739-A03	31 May 2002	31 May 2005
z/VM	4.2	S	5739-A03	26 Oct 2001	31 Dec 2003
z/VM	4.1	S	5739-A03	20 Jul 2001	30 Jun 2003
z/VM SDO	4.4	S	5739-A04	13 May 2003	30 Sep 2006
z/VM SDO	4.3	S	5739-A04	31 May 2002	31 May 2005
z/VM SDO	4.2	S	5739-A04	26 Oct 2001	30 Dec 2003
z/VSE	4.2	S	5609-ZV4	17 Oct 2008
z/VSE	4.1	S	5609-ZV4	16 Mar 2007	30 Apr 2010
z/VSE	3.1	S	5609-ZVS	04 Mar 2005	31 Jul 2009

¹ The policy type column indicates whether IBM's standard ("S"), enhanced ("E") or other ("O") software support lifecycle policy applies to each product.

² The General Availability (GA) date listed above is based on the latest date that a version/release of the product is available to all users, regardless of language or media.

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