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- z/OS, z/OS.e, and OS/390 marketing policy
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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withdrawn |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.
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| 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withdrawn |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.
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| 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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End of service for z/OS V1.5 was March 31, 2007 and end of service for z/OS V1.6 was September 30, 2007. You should move to z/OS V1.8 now! z/OS V1.8 is the last release you can migrate to in a single step
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