Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM PowerSC Standard, IBM PowerVC, and IBM i Access for Windows selected version and releases
IBM United States Withdrawal Announcement 918-058April 24, 2018
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Overview
Effective April 30, 2019, IBM® will withdraw support for the following Release level of the offering that ships with these programs licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement. The Program Product ID's are not withdrawing support, just this "Release level" of the offering that is shipped under these Program numbers:
Program number | Program release name | Withdrawal from support date |
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5765-PSE | IBM PowerSC V1.1 | April 30, 2019 |
5765-VCS | IBM PowerVC V1.3 | April 30, 2019 |
5765-VCC | IBM Cloud PowerVC V1.3 | April 30, 2019 |
Effective April 30, 2019, IBM will withdraw support for the following programs licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:
Program number | Program release name | Withdrawal from support date |
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5770-XE1 | IBM i Access for Windows 7.1 1 | April 30, 2019 |
Note:1 This withdrawal from service announcement applies to IBM i Access for Windows 7.1 which is delivered with IBM i 7.3 and 7.2. Withdrawal from service for IBM i 7.1 (with IBM i Access for Windows 7.1) was previously announced. See the Software Announcement 917-080, dated April 11, 2017.
Withdrawn programs
Effective June 19, 2018, the following release level for these programs and features will be withdrawn from marketing:
Program number | Program/Feature name | VRM |
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5765-PSE 3 | IBM PowerSC | 1.1.x |
5765-VCS 3 | IBM PowerVC | 1.3.x |
5765-VCS 4 | IBM PowerVC | 1.2.x |
5765-VCC 3 | IBM Cloud PowerVC | 1.3.x |
On or after that date, you can no longer obtain the release level identified for these programs directly from IBM. You can obtain these programs on an as-available basis through IBM Remarketers.
Note: 3 For the 5765-PSE, 5765-VCS, and 5765-VCC, program numbers are not withdrawing, just the Release Level under the Version for these programs.
Note:4 For 5765-VCS, withdrawing release level 2 as clean up.
Effective August 10, 2018, the following feature for this program will be withdrawn from marketing:
Program number | Program/Feature name | Feature number |
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5692-A6P | Firefox for AIX® | 1488 |
Note: The 5692-A6P Program number is not withdrawing.
Replacement program information
Withdrawn programs | Program number | Replacement programs | Program number |
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PowerSC V1.1 | 5765-PSE | PowerSC V1.2 | 5765-PSE |
PowerVC V1.3 | 5765-VCS | PowerVC V1.4 | 5765-VCS |
Cloud PowerVC V1.3 | 5765-VCC | Cloud PowerVC V1.4 | 5765-VCC |
IBM i Access for Windows 2 | 5770-XE1 | IBM i Access Client Solutions 2 | 5733-XJ1 |
Note: 2 Many components of IBM i Access Client Solutions and IBM i Access for Windows are delivered and licensed with IBM i (5770-SS1). Some components require an additional IBM i Access Family (5770-XW1) entitlement. See the IBM i Access Client Solutions web page.
New orders
For new orders, the customer-requested arrival date (CRAD) can be no later than June 19, 2018, the effective date of withdrawal or end of life date (EoL).
Technical support
See the IBM Support Portal website for product support information.
Technical support continues to be available. The end of support for these products will be announced a minimum of 12 months before the termination.
Business Partner information
If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM, you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement. A PartnerWorld® ID and password are required (use IBMid).
Trademarks
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