Announcement Summary - April 12, 2022

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Announcements by Letter Number

A22-0017 Software support discontinuance: IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2

A22-0117 IBM Storage offers a capacity tier for the IBM Block Storage as a Service (STaaS) family

A22-0132 Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: Select IBM Software from the following divisions: IBM Automation, IBM Software Defined Network, IBM Data and AI, IBM AI Applications & Blockchain, IBM Security, IBM Storage Software, IBM Z & LinuxONE, IBM Watson Advertising & Weather products or part numbers - Some replacements available

A22-0186 Licensed program software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM ESSL for OpenPOWER Version 6 - No replacements

A22-0206 IBM MQ 9.3 for Multiplatforms and IBM MQ on Cloud deliver improved capabilities to securely power cloud-native applications across hybrid-multicloud

A22-0234 Software withdrawal: Select IBM Planning Analytics part numbers

A22-0235 Hardware withdrawal: IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6 select models and select b-type features - Some replacements available

A22-0241 Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM SAN Volume Controller models and plant-install features - No replacements available

A22-0242 Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM FlashSystem models and features - Some replacements available

A22-0243 Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM FlashSystem 7000 models and plant-install features - Some replacements available

A22-0244 Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM FlashSystem 9000 models and plant-install features - Some replacements available

A22-0257 IBM Open Data for Industries Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 3.0 provides updated OSDU support

A22-0276 Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM Client Lifecycle Manager with Fenergo - No replacement

A22-0288 Software support discontinuance: IBM Cloud Pak for Data 3.5.0

A22-0298 Cloud service withdrawal: Select IBM Cloud Education part numbers

A22-0306 Revised standard support: IBM Cúram Social Program Management 7.0.x

A22-0325 Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM FHIR Server

Hardware Announcements

A22-0117

IBM Storage offers a capacity tier for the IBM Block Storage as a Service (STaaS) family

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Overview

For high-capacity needs where performance is not the primary concern, IBM offers a capacity-based tier for the Block STaaS family. This tier will provide a high-density storage solution and is ideal for clients with highly variable capacity needs for lower-tier workloads and backup solutions.

Key requirements

• Base commitment CTx models: 100 TB for Tier 4 systems (CTx models) is the minimum that must be included in the base
• Variable component CVx models: On a quarterly or annual basis, clients pay based on how much storage used above the base commitment

Planned availability date

April 12, 2022.

Availability within a country is subject to local legal requirements.

Software Announcements

A22-0206

IBM MQ 9.3 for Multiplatforms and IBM MQ on Cloud deliver improved capabilities to securely power cloud-native applications across hybrid-multicloud

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Overview

Businesses large and small need to ensure that every order, every payment, and every customer interaction counts. It takes time to build the right mix of applications, to integrate with partners, and build a successful business. Maximize your investments by ensuring messages between enterprise applications are delivered reliably once-and-only-once, and decouple your applications to rapidly respond to a sudden increase in traffic or a system outage.

IBM MQ can be deployed to public clouds or private data centres to connect applications and data wherever they reside. You can even tap into the value of existing data as it flows around the enterprise to gain real-time insights or react to events as they happen, while robust security mechanisms keep critical business and customer data safe.

MQ 9.3 is the follow-on long-term support release (LTSR) to MQ 9.2. With the LTSR, fix packs will only provide fixes that include no new functions.

MQ 9.3 also is the follow-on continuous delivery (CD) release to MQ 9.2.5, which is the final CD release for the MQ 9.2 LTSR. MQ 9.3 includes the features that were delivered in the MQ CD releases 9.2.1 through 9.2.5, along with some minor additional enhancements. The capabilities being incorporated into MQ 9.3 from previous MQ 9.2.x CD releases and those that are new in MQ 9.3 are detailed in the Description section.

For more information, see the IBM MQ FAQ for Long Term Support and Continuous Delivery releases website.

MQ 9.3 includes:

• An improved getting-started experience
• Simplified cloud-native deployment and improved high availability, scalability, and resilience
• The ability to tap into existing data with streaming queues
• Enhanced administration for improved user experience
• Security enhancements that build on the existing robust security mechanisms in MQ
• Enhancements to IBM MQ Advanced Managed File Transfer capabilities
• Updates to the supported platforms

Key requirements

MQ 9.3 runs on a variety of operating systems and container runtime environments. For more details, see the Software requirements section.

Planned availability date

June 23, 2022

Availability within a country is subject to local legal requirements.

See the Availability of national languages section for national language availability.

A22-0257

IBM Open Data for Industries Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 3.0 provides updated OSDU support

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Overview

IBM Open Data for Industries Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data is a premium service that is an implementation of standard APIs and data formats established by The Open Group consortium in the Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU) Forum. It enables OSDU-compliant access to well logs and seismic data. This release builds upon IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0 and includes:

• Support for the OSDU R3 Milestone 10 open standard
• Updated support for Kubernetes operator
• Simplified install and updates using Kubernetes operators
• Support for Cloud Pak for Data 4.0

Key requirements

For details, see the Software requirements section.

Planned availability date

April 15, 2022

Availability within a country is subject to local legal requirements.

A22-0306

Revised standard support: IBM Cúram Social Program Management 7.0.x

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Overview

Effective April 12, 2022, the standard support terms for IBM Cúram Social Program Management 7.0.x, as announced in Software Announcement A21-0245, dated March 23, 2021, are revised.

Standard support is available for Cúram Social Program Management 7 until April 30, 2024. After April 30, 2024, extension of support will not be offered.

Effective date

April 12, 2022

Availability within a country is subject to local legal requirements.

Withdrawal Announcements

A22-0017

Software support discontinuance: IBM Spectrum Symphony 7.2

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Support and access discontinuance

Effective on the date shown, IBM® will withdraw support for the specific version and release of the following program licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:

Discontinuance of media access date: April 14, 2023

A22-0132

Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: Select IBM Software from the following divisions: IBM Automation, IBM Software Defined Network, IBM Data and AI, IBM AI Applications & Blockchain, IBM Security, IBM Storage Software, IBM Z & LinuxONE, IBM Watson Advertising & Weather products or part numbers - Some replacements available

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Support and access discontinuance

Effective on the dates shown, IBM will withdraw support for versions, releases, modifications of the following programs licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:

Version Release Modification (VRM)

• Note: VRM (3.2.1)
• Note: V= All means all versions
• Note: V#.x means all releases of the version # listed
• Note: V#.#.x means all mods of the version release # listed

IBM Cloud® & Cognitive Software

For Passport Advantage® (PPA) On-premises products:

Note 5725-I43: Extended support contracts will not be offered after the April 2024.

Note 5725-T06: Contact your IBM representative for the details of ongoing support for FIPS-reliant DataPower deployments.

IBM Systems Software

For Passport Advantage (PPA) On-premises products:

Effective on the dates shown, IBM will discontinue access to the following cloud services as subscribed to under the applicable IBM agreement:

IBM Cloud & Cognitive Software

For Passport Advantage (PPA) cloud service products:

A22-0186

Licensed program software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM ESSL for OpenPOWER Version 6 - No replacements

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Support and access discontinuance

Effective on the dates shown, IBM will withdraw support for all versions and releases of the following program licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:

A22-0234

Software withdrawal: Select IBM Planning Analytics part numbers

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A22-0235

Hardware withdrawal: IBM Storage Networking SAN64B-6 select models and select b-type features - Some replacements available

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Overview

Effective April 12, 2022, and June 12, 2022, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following products. On or after the effective date of withdrawal, you can no longer order these products directly from IBM.

For new orders, the client-requested arrival date (CRAD) can be no later than May 12, 2022, and July 12, 2022.

You can obtain the products on an as-available basis through IBM Business Partners.

If you have a continuing need for this machine/model type, go to the IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment website to check on availability or utilize the request a quote to communicate your specific requirements. IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment has the largest inventory of used IBM systems that are refurbished, tested, and warranted for a minimum of 90 days.

A22-0241

Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM SAN Volume Controller models and plant-install features - No replacements available

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Overview

On their respective withdrawal dates, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following products.

Effective April 12, 2022, IBM will withdraw from marketing feature code ACE2 for IBM SAN Volume Controller 2147-SV3. Encryption remains available through feature code ACE5.

Effective October 22, 2022, IBM will withdraw the IBM SAN Volume Controller expansion models and plant-install features.

On or after the effective dates of withdrawal, you can no longer order these products directly from IBM.

For new orders, the client-requested arrival date (CRAD) can be no later than November 4, 2022, for products withdrawn effective October 22, 2022.

You can obtain the products on an as-available basis through IBM Business Partners.

If you have a continuing need for this machine/model type, go to the IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment website to check on availability or utilize the request a quote to communicate your specific requirements. IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment has the largest inventory of used IBM systems that are refurbished, tested, and warranted for a minimum of 90 days.

A22-0242

Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM FlashSystem models and features - Some replacements available

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Overview

Effective July 16, 2022, IBM will withdraw from marketing IBM FlashSystem® 5000 models 12G, 24G, and 92G for machine types 2077 and 2078, and associated plant-install features.

Effective January 14, 2023, IBM will withdraw from marketing:

• IBM FlashSystem 5100 models 4H4, UHB, 12G, 24G, and 92G for machine types 2077 and 2078, and related field-install features
• Select FlashSystem 5200 machine type 4662 feature codes
• Select FlashSystem 5015 and 5035 machine type 2072 feature codes

On or after the effective dates of withdrawal, you can no longer order these products directly from IBM.

For new orders, the client-requested arrival date (CRAD) can be no later than July 29, 2022, for products withdrawn effective July 16, 2022, and January 27, 2023, for products withdrawn effective January 14, 2023.

You can obtain the products on an as-available basis through IBM Business Partners.

If you have a continuing need for this machine/model type, go to the IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment website to check on availability or utilize the request a quote to communicate your specific requirements. IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment has the largest inventory of used IBM systems that are refurbished, tested, and warranted for a minimum of 90 days.

A22-0243

Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM FlashSystem 7000 models and plant-install features - Some replacements available

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Overview

On their respective withdrawal dates, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following products.

Effective April 12, 2022, IBM will withdraw from marketing feature codes ECSM and AL0Z for select IBM FlashSystem 7300 machine type (4657) and models (924, U7D, 12G, 24G, and 92G).

Effective July 16, 2022, IBM will withdraw select IBM FlashSystem 7200 models and plant-install features.

Effective January 14, 2023, IBM will withdraw from marketing feature codes ADT1, AHD6, AHD8, AH79, AH7B, and AHH9, for select IBM FlashSystem 7200 machine types (2076 and 4664) and models (824, U7C, 12G, 24G, and 92G).

On or after the effective dates of withdrawal, you can no longer order these products directly from IBM.

For new orders, the client-requested arrival date (CRAD) can be no later than July 29, 2022, for products withdrawn effective July 16, 2022.

For new orders, the CRAD can be no later than January 27, 2023, for products withdrawn effective January 14, 2023.

You can obtain the products on an as-available basis through IBM Business Partners.

If you have a continuing need for this machine/model type, go to the IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment website to check on availability or utilize the request a quote to communicate your specific requirements. IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment has the largest inventory of used IBM systems that are refurbished, tested, and warranted for a minimum of 90 days.

A22-0244

Hardware withdrawal: Select IBM FlashSystem 9000 models and plant-install features - Some replacements available

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Overview

On their respective withdrawal dates, IBM will withdraw from marketing the following products.

Effective April 12, 2022, IBM will withdraw from marketing feature code AL0Z for select IBM FlashSystem 9500 machine type (4666) and models (AH8 and UH8).

Effective July 16, 2022, IBM will withdraw select IBM FlashSystem 9100 and 9200 models and plant-install features, and IBM FlashSystem 9200R rack bundles.

Effective January 14, 2023, IBM will withdraw from marketing feature code AHT1 for select IBM FlashSystem 9200 machine types (9846, 9848 and 4666) and models (AG8 and UG8).

On or after the effective dates of withdrawal, you can no longer order these products directly from IBM.

For new orders, the client-requested arrival date (CRAD) can be no later than July 29, 2022, for products withdrawn effective July 16, 2022, and January 27, 2023, for products withdrawn effective January 14, 2023.

You can obtain the products on an as-available basis through IBM Business Partners.

If you have a continuing need for this machine/model type, go to the IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment website to check on availability or utilize the request a quote to communicate your specific requirements. IBM Certified Pre-owned Equipment has the largest inventory of used IBM systems that are refurbished, tested, and warranted for a minimum of 90 days.

A22-0276

Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM Client Lifecycle Manager with Fenergo - No replacement

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Support and access discontinuance

Effective on the date shown, IBM will withdraw support for the indicated version and release of the following program licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:

A22-0288

Software support discontinuance: IBM Cloud Pak for Data 3.5.0

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Support and access discontinuance

Effective on the date shown, IBM will withdraw support for the specific version and release of the following program licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:

A22-0298

Cloud service withdrawal: Select IBM Cloud Education part numbers

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A22-0325

Software withdrawal and support discontinuance: IBM FHIR Server

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Support and access discontinuance

Effective on the date shown, IBM will withdraw support for the version and release of the following program licensed under the IBM International Program License Agreement:

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