Software Sunsets

Software Support Availability for Selected IBM Operating Systems

OS RELEASE PLATFORMS FIRST
AVAILABLE
SALES
SUNSET
SUPPORT
SUNSET
z/OS 1.7 64-bit only:
z9, z990, z900, z890, z800
9/30/2005   9/30/2008
1.6 9/24/2004 9/30/2005 9/30/2007
1.5 3/26/2004 9/9/2004 3/31/2007
1.4 9/27/2002 9/9/2004 3/31/2007
OS/390 2.10 Any ESA capable mainframe including 9672 (all), 7060, 2003, 3006, PC S/390, Flex-ES, plus all zSeries running in ESA mode 9/30/2005   9/30/2008
2.9 3/31/2000 9/14/2000 3/31/2003
MVS/ESA 5.2 Any ESA capable mainframe including 9672 (all), 7060, 2003, 3006, PC S/390, Flex-ES, plus all zSeries running in ESA mode 6/30/1995 3/7/2000 3/31/2001
5.1 6/24/1994 3/7/2000 3/31/2001
z/VM 5.2 z9, z990, z900, z890, z800 12/16/2005    
5.1 9/24/2004    
4.4 z9, z990, z900, z890, z800, 7060, 9672 G6, 9672 G5, Flex-ES 8/15/2003   9/30/2006
VM/ESA 3.1 z900, 7060, 9672 G6-G3, 3006, PC S/390, Flex-ES, plus all newer systems running in ESA mode 2/23/2001 8/27/2004 12/31/2005
2.4 Any ESA capable mainframe including 9672 (all), 7060, 2003, 3006, PC S/390, Flex-ES, plus all newer systems running in ESA mode 7/23/1999 9/5/2001 6/30/2003
z/VSE 3.1 z9, z990, z900, z890, z800, 7060, 9672 G6, 9672 G5, Flex-ES 3/4/2005    
VSE/ESA 2.7 Any ESA capable mainframe including 9672 (all), 7060, 2003, 3006, PC S/390, Flex-ES, plus all newer systems running in ESA mode 3/14/2003 9/30/2005 2/28/2007
2.6 12/14/2001 3/14/2003 3/31/2006
2.5 9/29/2000 12/14/2001 12/31/2003
2.4 6/25/1999 9/29/2000 6/30/2002