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z/OS, z/OS.e, and OS/390 marketing and service announce, availability, and withdrawal dates


   
 
z/OS, z/OS.e, and OS/390 marketing policy
IBM intends to market a given release until the next release becomes available. IBM may occasionally choose to continue to market a release beyond the availability of the next release.


z/OS, z/OS.e, and OS/390 end of marketing and end of service dates
The following tables provide the announcement, general availability, end of marketing, and end of service dates for z/OS, z/OS.e, and OS/390 releases as announced by IBM in the United States.

All statements regarding the future direction and intent of IBM are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only.

z/OS
Program
number
VRM Announced Available Marketing
withdrawn
Service discontinued
5694-A01 1.10.0 2008/08/05 2008/09/26 2009/09* 2011/09*
5694-A01 1.09.0 2007/08/08 2007/09/28 2008/10/27 2010/09*
5694-A01 1.08.0 2006/08/08 2006/09/29 2007/10/22 2009/09/30
5694-A01 1.07.0 2005/07/27 2005/09/30 2006/10/23 2008/09/30**
5694-A01 1.06.0 2004/08/10 2004/09/24 2005/10/24 2007/09/30
5694-A01 1.05.0 2004/02/10 2004/03/26 2004/09/09 2007/03/31
5694-A01 1.04.0 2002/08/13 2002/09/27 2004/09/09 2007/03/31
5694-A01 1.03.0 2002/02/19 2002/03/29 2002/09/12 2005/03/31
5694-A01 1.02.0 2001/09/11 2001/10/26 2002/03/14 2004/10/31
5694-A01 1.01.0 2000/10/03 2001/03/30 2001/10/11 or 2002/06/25 2004/03/31
Legend


*
Indicates projected date. Actual end of marketing or end of service date has not been announced yet.


**
IBM generally announced support for z/OS V1.7 ends on September 30, 2008. However, IBM has announced a special extended lifecycle accommodation exclusively for z/OS V1.7. The IBM Lifecycle Extension for z/OS V1.7 (5637-A01) provides fee-based corrective service (a fix, bypass, or restriction to a problem) for up to two years beyond the September 30th 2008 withdrawal of service date for z/OS V1.7.


z/OS.e
Program
number
VRM Announced Available Marketing
withdrawn
Service discontinued
5655-G52 1.08.0 2006/08/08 2006/09/29 2007/10/22 2009/09/30
5655-G52 1.07.0 2005/07/27 2005/09/30 2006/10/23 2008/09/30
5655-G52 1.06.0 2004/08/10 2004/09/24 2005/10/24 2007/09/30
5655-G52 1.05.0 2004/02/10 2004/03/26 2004/09/09 2007/03/31
5655-G52 1.04.0 2002/08/13 2002/09/27 2004/09/09 2007/03/31
5655-G52 1.03.0 2002/02/19 2002/03/29 2002/09/12 2005/03/31
Legend
*
Indicates projected date. Actual end of marketing or end of service date has not been announced yet.


OS/390 V2
Program
number
VRM Announced Available Marketing
withdrawn
Service discontinued
5647-A01 2.10.0 2000/05/16 2000/09/29 2002/12/17 2004/09/30
5647-A01 2.09.0 2000/02/29 2000/03/31 2000/09/14 2003/03/31
5647-A01 2.08.0 1999/02/22 1999/09/24 2000/03/16 2002/09/30
5647-A01 2.07.0 1998/08/18 1999/03/26 1999/09/09 2002/03/31
5647-A01 2.06.0 1998/02/24 1998/09/25 2000/06/15 2002/03/31
5647-A01 2.05.0 1997/09/09 1998/03/27 1998/09/03 2001/03/31
5647-A01 2.04.0 1997/09/09 1997/09/26 1998/03/12 2001/03/31


OS/390 V1
Program
number
VRM Announced Available Marketing
withdrawn
Service discontinued
5645-001 1.03.0 1996/09/10 1997/03/28 1998/12/31 2001/03/31
5645-001 1.02.0 1996/02/20 1996/09/27 1997/03/13 2001/01/31
5645-001 1.01.0 1996/02/20 1996/03/29 1996/09/12 2001/01/31


MVS/ESA V5
Program
number
VRM Announced Available Marketing
withdrawn
Service discontinued
5655-068 5.02.0 1994/09/13 1995/06/30 2000/03/07 2001/03/31
5655-069 5.02.2 1995/02/28 1995/09/29 2000/03/07 2001/03/31
5655-069 5.02.1 1994/09/13 1994/09/13 2000/03/07 2001/03/31
5655-068 5.01.0 1994/04/05 1994/06/24 2000/03/07 2001/01/31


MVS/ESA V4
Program
number
VRM Announced Available Marketing
withdrawn
Service discontinued
5695-047 4.03.0 1992/06/18 1993/03/26 1997/06/27 1999/06/30
5695-047 4.02.0 1990/09/05 1991/03/29 1992/12/31 1999/06/30
5695-047 4.01.0 1990/09/05 1990/10/26 1992/12/31 1994/03/31


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