Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM PowerVM V2 and Cloud Management Console for Power Systems
IBM United States Withdrawal Announcement 918-129November 6, 2018
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Overview
Effective September 30, 2020, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 5765-PVS | PowerVM® Standard edition V2 | September 30, 2020 |
| 5765-PVE | PowerVM Enterprise edition V2 | September 30, 2020 |
| 5765-PVL | PowerVM for Linux® V2 | September 30, 2020 |
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Withdrawn programs
Effective on the date shown, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following program licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:
| Program number | Program release name | Withdrawal from marketing date |
|---|---|---|
| 5737-D02 1 | Cloud Management Console | February 19, 2019 |
1 Passport offering
Effective on the dates shown, IBM will withdraw from marketing part numbers from the following program licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:
| Program number | Part description | Part number | Withdrawal from marketing date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5737-D02 | IBM Cloud™ Management Console for Power Systems™ Managed Server per Monthly Subscription | D1SNQLL | February 19, 2019 |
| 5737-D02 | IBM Cloud Management Console for Power Systems Managed Server Overage | D1SNRLL | February 19, 2019 |
Effective February 19, 2019, IBM will withdraw from marketing programs and features licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement.
| Program number | Program release name | Withdrawal from marketing date |
|---|---|---|
| 5765-PVS 2 | PowerVM Standard Edition | February 19, 2019 |
| 5765-PVE 2 | PowerVM Enterprise Edition | February 19, 2019 |
| 5765-PVL 2 | PowerVM Linux Edition | February 19, 2019 |
2 AAS offering
Note: In the Power® configurator (e-config) the PIDs 5765-PVE/PVS/PVL will be removed on November 6, 2018.
On or after that date, you can no longer obtain these programs directly from IBM. You can obtain these programs on an as-available basis through IBM Remarketers.
Effective February 19, 2019 the following programs and features will be withdrawn from marketing in AAS:
| Program number | Program/Feature name | Program version | Feature number |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5765-PVS | PowerVM Standard edition | 2.x.x | All |
| 5765-PVE | PowerVM Enterprise edition | 2.x.x | All |
| 5765-PVL | PowerVM for Linux | 2.x.x | All |
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Replacement program information
| Withdrawn programs | Program number | Replacement programs | Program number |
|---|---|---|---|
| PowerVM Standard V2 | 5765-PVS | PowerVM Standard Edition V3 | 5765-VS3 |
| PowerVM Enterprise V2 | 5765-PVE | PowerVM Enterprise Edition V3 | 5765-VE3 |
| PowerVM V2 Linux | 5765-PVL | PowerVM V3 Linux | 5765-VL3 |
Note: PowerVM V3 is a direct replacement for PowerVM V2.
On the IBM Entitled Software Support (ESS) download site, clients with active SWMA can upgrade to PowerVM V3, the PowerVM 2.2.6 level images will also be available under the PowerVM V3 supply on the ESS site.
| Withdrawn parts | Replacement parts | ||||
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| Program number | Program description | Withdrawal from marketing date | Program number | Program description | Availability date |
| 5737-D02 | Cloud Management Console | February 19, 2019 | 5771-CMT | Cloud Management Console 3-month | September 14, 2018 |
| 5772-CMT | Cloud Management Console 6-month | September 14, 2018 | |||
| 5773-CMT | Cloud Management Console 12-month | September 14, 2018 | |||
| 5774-CMT | Cloud Management Console 36-month | September 14, 2018 | |||
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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.
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